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| - Had dinner at the Sam's Town location on Tuesday night with my wife and daughter. Wasn't sure what I was hungry for, but my daughter ordered herself a wedge salad with a side of sweet potato fries. My wife and I wanted to split an order of the fried green beans.
My wife decided she wanted the ribeye steak with shrimp because the picture looked good, and I agree, in the menu the picture looks very good. I was going to go with the burger and bottomless fries for $10, but decided that the steak looked so good that I'd have what she's having.
My daughter got her salad and fries very quickly. The salad looked okay, since it was 90% plain iceberg lettuce it's hard to mess that up. She also liked her fries and said they were good.
Our green bean fries arrived next, and I was so disappointed. I remember getting these before for around $6 and you good a fairly decent amount of beans. This time they were about $8.50 and there was a modest amount of green beans. I was frankly shocked at how few beans there were. I will say though, they were hot, crisp, and delicious.
Our steaks came next. The best thing I can say about them is that they were cooked properly, mine medium and my wife's medium well. We got the shrimp scampi, which for some reason came on a barbeque stick and looked grilled...hmmm, I thought scampi was baked in garlic butter sauce. Also, while I know I'm not high-class, I hate having to peel my shrimp to eat them. I find it unappetizing and then you're left with the matter of where to put used shrimp shells - not fun. The Parmesan cheese fries were tasty, but there were only about a half dozen of them. The vegetables were terrible, I thought they had been soaked in vinegar - awful! The problem with that is that the vinegar soaked into everything on the plate affecting the taste of everything negatively. I thought it was just me, until my wife spoke up about how strong the vinegar flavor was. I felt relieved that it wasn't just my tastebuds acting up!
The namesake steak was flavorful, but quite gristly and fatty, although I know and expect some of that from a ribeye, I guess at $24 bucks each I expect better - hell I could have gotten Fillet Mignon for $20 at Billy Bob's in the same casino.
When asked how we like our dinners we commented that the vinegar taste was displeasing and inquired what part of the meal included vinegar, or if it was a mistake. The waitress said she would go into the kitchen and inquire. She returned a few minutes later with the bill. Never said one word about the vinegar taste, I looked at my wife, and we agreed we weren't going to get any answers from this server.
Very disappointed in this dining experience, and it especially burns as the bill came to $85 including tip. I struggle to think how this restaurant can survive when you can get a much better meal, and service, from at least 3 other restaurants in the same damn casino!
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