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| - GEW. Just another overrated and overpriced chain steakhouse (not to say all chain steakhouses are bad; Del Frisco's is decidedly not bad).
I will go through all the things I tried and why each, minus the desserts, sucked:
- BREAD: step up your bread game, RC. This was some of the worst restaurant bread I've ever had. It was like a warmed up Harris Teeter "french roll." Bland, dry... so unsatisfactory.
- HARVEST SALAD: fine, this didn't suck, per se. it was just fine, but c'mon, it's a salad.
- OSSO BUCCO RAVIOLI: ordered as an appetizer. did not like. the tastes in this dish did not go well with each other.
- LAMB CHOPS: medium rare with mint jelly. frowny face. basically hunks of lamb fat served with mint jelly from a jar. I know, I know, who gets lamb at a steakhouse -- whatever, I just wanted to try them. Lesson learned. And I guess for the price, I thought they would at least have a mint chutney or something... not the mint version of canned cranberry sauce.
- NEW YORK STRIP: medium (sigh). Despite being medium, this was the best of the three meat dishes. It was fine.
- RIBEYE: medium rare. I don't even know what wasn't good about it. It just didn't taste good nor did I enjoy the texture. BLT's ribeye puts this one to shame.
- LOADED BAKED POTATO: seriously, RC... w.t.f. My potato was undercooked so instead of being soft and flaky, it was hard and chunky. like bread, a baked potato should be a gimme... yet, RC didn't do either right.
- CREAMED SPINACH: so so so bland.
- MASHED POTATOES: so so so mediocre.
- ONION RINGS: fine.
- APPLE TART: delicious.
- CHEESECAKE: so delicious.
- SERVICE: server was average. bussers were surly as hell. food runners were confused. literally took about 20 mins. for us to get our check and pay. nothing annoys me more than being ready to leave and the server won't take my money.
I wish I could use my words better to explain why the steaks were not good... alas, what I said above will have to suffice. If you want a good steak, go to BLT or Del Frisco's. Don't come here. Don't go to Fleming's, either. It's worse than RC.
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