For my birthday this year my wonderful husband took me to Ruth's Chris for dinner. The restaurant was pretty empty when we arrived at 7pm for our reservation. But soon started filling up with a few couples and several tables of business men. it went from fairly quiet to noisey just as quickly.
I would've taken pictures inside but the lighting was so dim, although perfect for a nice romantic dinner setting, was less than ideal for my Iphone camera.
We started off with a couple cocktails awaited our stuffed mushroom appetizer and enjoyed conversation.
Our waiter was informative and very pleasant. (M Miles?)
Our stuffed mushrooms arrive and it is 4 fairly good sized mushrooms over stuffed with a very nice crab stuffing, topped with butter melting in the dish. Wonderful flavors blended in not over seasoned and could have used a little more cheese on top and maybe its just me but I thought a squeeze of lemon would have set it over the top! Yum
next we had our dinner, my husband had the ribeye and I choose the petite filet with shrimp. sides we choose were the asparagus with hollandaise and potatoes au gratin which is enough for 2 people to share so becareful on ordering sides plenty of sharing family style opportunites. The asparagus were perfectly aldente and the hollandaise is none like I have ever had it was the consistency of a mayonnaise with a pleasant flavor. and it complimented the asparagus well.
my 2 small filets melted in my mouth and each was topped with 3 nice sized shrimp each. this is a great alternative and less expensive than buying the filet and adding $12 for the 6 shrimp!
i tasted my husbands ribeye and it was very tasty but in my opinion could've been more tender.
now the au gratin potatoes we did not care for. there was a strange taste of cheese we could not put our finger on. very strong pungent cheese that left an after taste in our mouths. upon asking the waiter what was in it he returned to say the odd cheese was some kind of italian cheese (dont remeber the name) and he and the manager Kevin said they would take it off our bill, but hence it did not disappear so that was $8 thrown in the trash!
we ordered the creme brulee which is out of this world! I personally dont like custard like desserts but I will eat this any time!
our waiter also brought us on the house a trio of desserts, it was the chocolate sin cake, rasberry sorbet and a mini cheesecake. my husband melted into the cheesecake savoring every bite. the sorbet was glorious and the chocolate sin cake, well my first bit all I could say is WOW. that is pure chocolate, eating more than a couple bites will send you into a sugar shock! if you love dark chocolate this is the dish for you! I highly recommend sharing that sin! I did love combining a small bite of the cake along with the sorbet, it balanced out the strong cake very well.
I would love to eat here often but the cost is the downfall for that. 2 of us spent $155 without tip.
2 jack and coke $18.50
2 crown and coke $20.50
mushrooms $12
petite filet and shrimp $39.00
ribeye $40
asparagus $9
potatoes $8
creme brulee $8
a wonderful meal for a wonderful end to my day!