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| - We arrived on time for the 7pm reservation, let the hostess know we were there and waited less than 10 minutes to be seated. The place was real old school with its decor, as it was very dark and drab like the old steak places from years ago. Cigar smoke was missing but proably not too long ago. It definitely needs a renovation but isn't likely to get one as its probably not financially feasible. The casino still uses some coin drop machines and is a downtown hotel, so it makes sense. Besides, it caters mostly to an older crowd who are usually comped for their meal as I was. Of the five tables I saw pay, only one paid cash.
I ordered the porterhouse special to share with my wife as its 16 oz, and we typically don't like to eat large meals. To add, we chose the sautéed mushrooms in a port wine Demi-glacé, the French onion soup, and Crab Wontons with a Chinese mustard sauce. The special also came with a mesclun salad with choice of dressing and a dessert of apple puff with vanilla bean ice cream and caramel sauce.
Now, I will say since I don't have to pay cash for this place we will definitely coming back, but I will not order the porterhouse again, but will choose a regular steak off the menu like the filet or ribeye. Since the entire porterhouse special costs less than any individual steak entree I believe the quality of the porterhouse isn't prime. It had to be one of the worst porterhouse I've ever had--although the filet portion wasn't so bad, the strip side was tough. Another thing I couldn't understand was there was no seasoning on the steak at all. Which was surprising since everything else we ordered was--the French Onion Soup was probably the best I've ever had. It was covered with a tremendous amount of Gruyere, the most flavorful and largest crouton I have seen and was a huge portion. The mushrooms in Demi-glacé were also well seasoned and delicious, I used them bite for bite with the steak. I also felt a need to put some salt on the steak which I've never done. I was also appalled they asked if we wanted A1 or Heinz 57... Wife requested worsted shire which I use once in a while but didn't last night.
Anyway, everyone around us seemed to be enjoying themselves, and mostly everyone I saw didn't have the Porterhouse, but Rack of Lamb, prime rib, filet or others. That should have been an indication, along with the fact there is no Porterhouse listed on the menu a la-carte, that that cut of steak isn't high a quality as their menu listed, full priced items.
The server was nice but service was slow due to the amount of tables he had. Three of his tables had over 22 people combined. There were more I just lost count.
The place was a bit stuffy and cramped and felt as if it was dusty, don't really know if that was true or my perception, but looking at all the fabric walls it would be amazing if it wasn't.
Dessert was good, with excellent ice cream and a simple but tasty apple puff. My wife thoroughly enjoyed herself and considering the price was right, and whether I was comped or not was a plus. She said she would come back absolutely, if even just for the French onion soup. I would definitely come back for everything but the porterhouse special. I would go for the lamb rack, or the filet mignon, or maybe even the prime rib. Though I am not a fan of prime rib, they were huge, absolutely huge and from I have read here wonderfully tender. Definitely an item to share.
This would have been a 4 star rating but for the not so great Porterhouse.
I will update, next time... See ya
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