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Honestly, this is a steakhouse trying to be a Mastro's...which I can understand, but it still has some ways to go. Overall, we were all just "okay" with our meals, though one of my girls had to send her order back. Let me go over what we had:
Salmon: A bit on the dry side for me, but I can make a killer salmon dish so I may just be picky. The sweet pea puree was for the most part, tasteless with the exception of a grassy (mint-y?) random herb that I picked up randomly from the puree. The peas were nice and fresh though.The pork belly bits under the salmon were overly salty, and it was a bit too much zing on the taste buds to complement the salmon, which was seasoned just right. The puree did help with the dryness, but it shouldn't have been necessary.
Lamb rack: This dish was actually okay, and made just right for the bf. Quality-wise, we've had better for the price, but it was decent.
Bone in: My two friends who ordered steaks were like "...that's it?" because presentation-wise, it really was just a slab of meat on a plate. Sure, it's what they ordered, but there was no wow factor at all compared to Ruth Chris or even Houston's. The steaks were definitely edible, but once again, not very melt-in-your-mouth or orgasmic flavor explosion. They were just steaks. Steaks that I could probably make better at home, but eh, we were away so we'll make do.
French onion soup: My friend expected crunchier croutons, but they were actualy incorporated into the soup and made into soggy bread bits along with her measly looking cheese on top. Once again, no wow factor, and even when she got it I could tell she already looked disappointed. However, it was actually way too salty for her and she ended up getting a stomach ache and was sick the rest of the night, so we returned the order.
Truffle fries: Giant, clingy mass of cheese and oil. It didn't look classy for the restaurant at all, and it just looked like a heart attack mess waiting to happen. Granted, the truffle taste was strong and it was tasty, but the mixture of sodium and heavy, heavy grease just made it too hard to eat. We barely scarfed any of it down for fear of just feeling sick from all the fat.
Service was professional and courteous, and they did take the french onion soup off the check and gave us a side of mashed potatoes as the fries were taking a long time to come in, which was nice. Overall though, I don't think I'd pay what I did to be back.
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