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| - I feel I was misled for some time about this place. I always felt it was upscale and out of my price range. However, I am wrong, wrong, oh-so-wrong. Steak On A Stone, as far as the Montrose based restaurant is concerned, made me sad. We entered into what can only be described as "a formerly nice Elk's Lodge" and walked through the very empty dining room to a secluded area and were seated next to the drink machine. All the room in the world and we got to listen to the hum of an air compressor. But wait, there's so much more.
Everything was dirty and in some kind of disrepair. It had that look of "ok from far away", but upon closer inspection, the carpet hadn't been vacuumed for cleaned in some time, the walls were scuffed and dingy, the windows needed some serious scrubbing, and whatever I touched had a slightly tacky film.
We sat down and had to send all of our silverware back. Dirty utensils wrapped in napkins. Hooray.
At this point, it seems impossible to understand how they could receive a 2 star rating, but at the very least, the food was inexpensive, at lunch, that is, for the food we ate.
You get to choose your own very appropriately sized meat. I appreciate a decent cut of beef over quantity any day. There was a long list of options for dipping sauces. It reminded me of hibachi in self-serve style. The dipping sauces for the meat all tasted bland, though. The meat was better by itself. If anything, Steak On A Stone should focus on pushing how good their cuts of meat are. They are far better looking and tasting than the chain places across the street (such as Outback).
The sides were not bad or good. I tried the rice and the regular mashed potatoes. I sort of wish the menu had been better thought out. The suggested sides are unoriginal and really don't match the food or concept of the restaurant. Speaking of which, the concept they are going for seems to fall short of the experience I feel I was promised. With a little effort, I'm sure this place could do better. But everything had the feel of half-assed and apathy. I can deal with cooking my own food and paying to do so. But a more cohesive and patron friendly experience would actually do wonders for this place.
In the end, at lunch time, for 4 people with drinks, entrees and a dessert per person, with a 25% tip, the meal was under 100. For a steak lunch, that's worth 2 stars. I won't be coming back or recommending this place, and I know this wasn't just "a bad day" for them.
You could have done so much better guys.
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