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| - My visit to Steak 44 steakhouse started as a bitter one, but it got transformed to a sweet and lovely night at the end, thanks to Triple Js. Although I dislike long reviews, this one of mine might be a very long one so apologies in advance!
Reserving a table was easy breezy thanks to the Open Table app. Got seated soon after arriving which was very nice considering that the restaurant was super busy. It didn't take very long until it became evident that the table is in the middle of the way where even our waiter almost dropped the menus while passing our table. Yes, it was that bad. To make things even worse, there were plenty of LOUD guests that just wanted to yell instead of talking normally. I perfectly understand, perhaps one of the most precious traits that we Homo Sapians Sapians have, is the ability to speak. Having said that I don't enjoy being in super loud places while eating. And that is exactly where this visit started to change course.
After letting the waiter know that we would like to be moved, we were approached by one of the managers named Jake. He apologized for the situation and directed us to a dining room in the back of the kitchen area that was called the "800s room". The room had no more than 8 tables which was perfect and lovely and away from alllll the loud crowd.
Soon after Josh our waiter and his assistant, John introduced themselves and made the dining experience very pleasant.
Now, it is worthy to review the food itself. The super food salad was tasty. The Jumbo shrimp cocktail was Double Super Jumbo. I am not sure if these shrimps are genetically modified to be this jumbo but they were delicious. As for the main course, it was suggested to us to order the off-menu special of wagyu steak. The suggestion was accepted and ordered sautéed corn as the side of choice. The wagyu steak was amazing. Although I am not a big fan of medium cooked steak, the plate that it was served in was soooooo HOT that the steak was cooked to my liking after is was served which was perfect.
If you ever visit Phoenix, you should try to dine at this restaurant. I have had plenty of great tasting steaks in the past, this steak is among my top 3 steaks that I have ever eaten. If the Triple Js (Jake, Josh & John) were not involved in this dining experience, this review would have been a solid 3 star review, but they saved the day or night along with this review!
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