Echoing a few other reviewers, capital grille is a five star place that should really be more a three star. The food is nothing special for how much you pay for it. My friend and I came for dinner to catch up while he was in town, we were quickly seated at an open table in the bar area which was nice. Our waitress was kind of aloof at times, she'd be very attentive for a short period of time and then nowhere to be found for a long period of time in between. We shared a few starters that were all unremarkable, i will say their bread basket definitely didn't disappoint. I had the sliced filet with mushrooms and a fig sauce, my filet was ordered to be medium rare plus, and it came out barely medium rare. The middle pink wasn't even warm. The dish was definitely way more on the sweeter side than I anticipated. My friends meat was cooked to correct temperature though. Our sides again were nothing to write home about. The cheesecake was tasty, and I got a cappuccino that had had about 2-3 inches of foam on it that I had to scoop out to get to the barely lukewarm espresso. All in all, I feel like capital grille is becoming the Olive Garden of fine dining steakhouses, the quality seems to be going down as they are trying to maybe appeal to a wider base of customers? Not really sure, but there are def so many other legit steakhouse options in Charlotte that are better quality and worth the $$$$$$