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| - Well, I can honestly say... I don't get it.
Okay, so full disclosure, ever since I bought a sous-vide tower and started cooking my own steaks with it I haven't found a steak that can compare, but I always try to keep an open mind everywhere I go. So, with that in mind, here's my review!
We came here around 6pm tonight- there were only a few other tables, so we were seated promptly. The service was great- very attentive, friendly, and informative. I ordered the 16oz ribeye with steak fries, and my girlfriend ordered the molcajete with beef. We went to the salad bar and got our salads, which were fine. Nothing exceptional, but nothing that didn't look fresh, either. The bread and butter came out and it was good- the portion of bread was small but it was all tasty.
Our meals were... well... I gotta say, I really just don't get it. Maybe it's because I didn't cook my steak properly? The girl who brought it out said to flip in, and then cut it into strips. Maybe that would have magically made it into an amazing steak, but I wanted to cook it like a "normal" steak instead of cutting it into strips, so I let it sizzle for a few minutes on one side, then flipped it and cut it for a few more minutes on the other side- seasoned it, then gave it a couple of more minutes on each side, then let it rest. And it was fine... just fine... but that's really it. I didn't see any advantage to cooking it on a stone over cooking it on a roaring hot cast-iron skillet. Maybe I missed out on something amazing, but I dunno... I just didn't get it.
My girlfriend's molcajete was fine, but the chunks of beef in it were few and far between, and the sauce was... well, it was just fine, but again, nothing really exceptional. Our steak fries were just fine, and the baked potato which we got from the hot bar was just fine.
I really can't say anything bad about this place, and I genuinely do wish them all the best, but I just can't figure out what the attraction could be. If someone wants to cook their own steak, there are better ways to do it at home. The cut of meat I had was good- I believe it was a USDA Choice cut of ribeye, but honestly for the $40 price tag you could go to AJ's an purchase a USDA Prime cut and cook it yourself. And if you want molcajete, there are places in Mesa you can go to which will make your toes tingle. So yeah... I just don't get it, but I do hope they do a great business!
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