First of all, I wanted to say we really wanted to like this place!! My husband and I rarely get out, so we were so excited to try JC's! We loved the location and the fact it was dark and live music was playing. So we were happy about the ambiance and the tone that was setting our night out, but sadly it was pretty disappointing from there!
First we ordered the trout and lobster dip as an appetizer and it was well... absolutely awful. It was extremely dry and the smokey taste was so overwhelming that it tasted like cigarettes and cat food combined. So we ordered the sautéed mushrooms thinking that we may have better luck. They came in a bowl with some onions and it was cold and tasteless. The garlic toast that came out with it, wasn't too bad. But we weren't sure what to do with it. Dip it in the bowl of mushrooms? Put the mushrooms and onions on top?
For our entrée we got the porterhouse steak and lamp chops, both with mashed cauliflower and veggies. The porterhouse was ordered medium-rare, but was cooked medium-well done. It was relatively tender considering, but was just bland. The lamp chops were actually pretty good (yay!) but the sides were so bland and disappointing. We love mashed cauliflower and make it all the time at home, but JC's was very tasteless. We could've made the mashed cauliflower and veggies better at home.
I cannot tell you how badly we wanted to like JC's Steakhouse. We rarely get a night out without the kids so it just stinks that it was a disappointing night. :(