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| - This night's dinner puts Ruth Chris back on top for my favorite chain steakhouse. Superior service by our waiter largely contributed to this.
Cost to worth it rating: 3 (standard steak prices)
Highlights:
- Ruth's classics: set menu for $40 for choice of entrée (6oz filet and shrimp was one), salad or gumbo, personal sized side, and small dessert. Filet itself is mid-30's, so excellent deal.
- Waiter: We got a certified pro here. Sean not only far surpassed my expectations for a place like this, but was fit to work at any highly rated fine dining establishment. He topped our experience at many a places like this (most recently Charlie Trotter's) by doing the secret waiter hyper observant eavesdropping thing as a tool to anticipate our tastes and needs. After minutes at the table, he already deduced we were wine fans and on his own initiative delved into giving us a taste of one of his new favorites that was coincidentally already one of ours too. Immediately we knew this guy will be cool. He was gymnast-level flexible accommodating modifications to the set menu (swapping out sides, giving blue cheese crumbles, doubling up on mousse for the non-berry lovers, etc.), telling us whatever the question, the answer would be yes--the level of service I'm always hoping for. Also chummy friendly sharing info about how many kids he had and talking iPhone apps with me when I pulled out my phone. And this treatment just wasn't for us--I saw him doing the same for all of his tables near us.
- Wine: pretty good choices across price ranges and with the help of Sean we ended up with a great one. He shared one of his preferred wines we weren't aware of, saying if we didn't smile after a taste, we could choose something else. Of course we were happy with that Shiraz. When ordering sparkling, he wisely let us know they had a muscato di asti which the hub loves after his 6 month living stint in Italy.
- Filet: cooked perfectly and served on a sizzling hot plate of butter which doubled as presentation flair and sears in flavor. I'm picky about my steaks and this fit the bill. The shrimp were nicely intertwined together and placed on top of the steak.
- Dessert: mini berries and cream and chocolate mousse in a chocolate shell. Perfectly small proportions after a hearty meal like we had.
Lowlights:
- I've patronized many a Ruth Chris over the years and even though their steaks are relatively consistent, their service has never been this good. Thanks Sean for that and tell your wife you're doing great, but now the bar us set high for my return visits and I doubt they'll live up to this.
Thoroughly enjoyed our meal here and will be back if not to this location another one for sure. Thanks Sean to making it such a great experience!
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