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| - First time at a capital grille, overall great experience. For a high end restaurant, it's about what I thought it would be in terms of food and service. Had a reservation and was seated promptly. I want to say we got very lucky and had an amazing server (Mithoon) who knew the menu perfectly, had a great sense of humor, and was very personable.
As for the food, table starts with assorted breads and butter, Fiji bottled water and sparkling bottled water. I started with French onion soup. Very good but I was hoping for something different/better, not that it was bad, but honestly average. The Caesar salad I thought was delicious and light, and I enjoyed their style of croutons (not box kind).
For the main course we shared a dry porterhouse, without seasoning, just salt, cooked medium rare. I thought I was excellent and cooked perfectly. If you want to enjoy it, you need some sides. Top recommendation is lobster Mac and cheese, one of the best I've ever had. Other great sides are the o'graten potatoes and mash potatoes, I prefer the regular mash, so creamy and perfect with the porterhouse. If you like brussel sprouts, I also highly recommend them; it's a soy based sauce and there's nice chunks of bacon in there that are heavenly. The mushrooms were just okay, not a wow like the rest.
For desert, tops is coconut cream pie, and I'm not even a huge coconut fan, but you must try. Double chocolate cake takes second, kind of like an open lava cake, comes out hot, and with the vanilla ice cream you got a hell of a nice desert. Also tried the flourless chocolate cake, it's super rich and in the hard side, not creamy at all but delicious. This is a great gluten free option.
For the wine drinkers, they have a nice cellar, but it's byob and they charge a corking fee, and they bust out the decanter.
Free valet outside the front entrance, otherwise street parking. Clean bathrooms, great staff, I would come here again!
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