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| - Overall we had a good experience at Red, but I do think they could make some improvements. We arrived for our 9PM reservation, and were told they were getting our table ready. We requested a bar table when we made the reservation through open table. We were not sat until 9:40 PM, and were told we could not sit in the bar area. The hostesses did not apologize for our late seating or offer an explanation. However, we were immediately approached by a manager who offered to comp our appetizer, which was nice. We were there for restaurant week, and ordered the mussels, french onion soup, stuffed pepper, filets, and lobster mac and cheese. All of the food was wonderful. I will say that my filet was more on the rare side, and had an odd char on parts of the steak. Overall though, it was very good. Even though it was restaurant week, the food was very basic. I am not sure if we ordered off the regular menu if they would have done more than just filets with steamed broccoli. The mussels were excellent. The service was pretty good, except for the seating issue. Our server was very nice. The overall ambiance was odd, you can tell they built the restaurant very quickly and there is still some construction going on. The bar was very bright and the music was turned up very loud- it did not create a nice "lounge-like" experience compared to other high end bars around Pittsburgh. We were not drinking unfortunately, but we looked at the cocktail menu and the cocktails were $13-$15. This seemed slightly pricey for Pgh, but would have been OK if the bar area was more romantic/high end. I am not sure if I would go back because considering the prices, there are many other restaurants in Pittsburgh that offer a much better dining experience overall.
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