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| - Steak on a Stone takes itself way too seriously, and under delivers drastically. First off, we call to make reservations at 6:45 for 4. Pretty smooth, first open reservation is for 7:45. The man on the phone made it sound like it was a very busy night. That was expected. We arrive 5 minutes early and are told to we need to wait. Ok sure, we're early. But wait, what is this? There are approximately 6-8 tables open. Not including the tables they have pushed together to seat 8-10 people. I'm thinking "Ok, this is strange. Why would they not seat us at one of those? Must be reserved." Meanwhile 4-5 more parties of guests arrive. They are told the wait will be 45 minutes! Some stay and some leave. At this point I am really thinking we picked the wrong place to dine this evening.
Finally we are seated, promptly at 7:45. Great. Our server comes over, takes drink orders and explains the menu (which is unnecessarily huge by the way) and leaves. He comes back quickly with our drinks and takes our food order saying he'll be right back out with some bread and our salads. 15 minutes pass, finally he is back with bread and 2 of the 3 salads. He puts them down and leaves before I can get his attention telling him he forgot mine. After another 7 or so minutes I spot him again and tell him what he forgot. He apologizes and brings it out quickly. Before leaving the table again he says are food will be right out. I cram the side salad down just in time for our food to arrive. Food was ok, nothing spectacular. By the end of the meal one of my friends realizes he never got his baked potato. We ask the waiter he apologizes again, blaming it on his handwriting which I thought was strange. He brings the potato out and we finish dinner. Check comes, plates are cleared and our waiter disappears for another 10 minutes before coming back to get the check. We pay and leave.
All said I was throughly unimpressed. Steak on a Stone wants to be an upscale restaurant so bad but just can't do it. The dining room is dirty and over lit. The windowed area is even worse, and the soda fountains being there don't help much either.
My advice to the owners, get rid of your management. Hire competent waitstaff, clean up, turn down the dining room lights and get rid of most of your menu. Stick with the namesake steak on a stone and a few other dishes. Also, don't take yourself so seriously. Just because you want to have an upscale restaurant it doesn't mean that it is one.
Skip this one for sure.
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