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| - So I didn't know what to expect going to this place because I'm not much of a fine diner. But every year for Christmas, my family chooses a nice restaurant to simply eat, drink, and enjoy each other's company during the hectic holidays. My dad had a gift card for Ruth's from when he retired almost 3 years ago, and said he was saving it for a time we could all go. Well, this Christmas was it!
We were seated promptly at our reservation time and all ordered drinks and cocktails. As I opened the menu, the prices were about what I expected based upon what I've heard. Now I like a good steak, but I can also say I feel like I've never really had a bad steak out, so I'm not too picky. I was wondering to myself if paying triple what I'd typically pay for a steak was going to make a difference to me taste-wise, but I was blown away when mine came. I got the 6 oz filet cooked medium with shrimp. I've never eaten a steak without steak sauce or mushrooms or onions, something to add more flavor. This steak was so. Damn. Flavorful. It's obviously a combination of the cooking it in a thousand some degree oven, as the waitress explained to us, and the mass amounts of butter that I'm sure was applied and soaked in during different times of cooking. Wow. The smell alone was amazing as it wafted around our table. They should make a candle! (That would actually be weird and you'd be salivating at random in your home. ) Every bite was so melt in your mouth good I really couldn't believe it.
Nearly everyone at our table got the Ruth's Chris classic meals, which were priced for either $48 or $55 depending what you got. They all came with either a soup or salad, one side, and dessert. I was really surprised to see these options on the menu, because we were preparing to spend almost double a person of we all ordered a steak and side. This was a great choice to try a little bit of everything on the menu without going overboard in the money department. I got broccolini as my side, with a salad beforehand and the dessert was a mini apple cheesecake tart with ice cream. I really can't express enough how delicious it all was, but especially that perfectly cooked filet.
The staff was great and very attentive while also answering all of our questions since we'd never dined there before. Definitely a great place to go for a special occasion in the future.
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