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| - Moishe's has some of that old style steakhouse charm - ornate decorations, attentive service, attention to detail - that I love. We enjoyed our dinner here, but I don't think we'll be in a hurry to return (more on that later).
The selection of drinks is very nice, and the bartender knows his stuff. The wine list is good, but a little thin on older selections, and the list is not kept current, so you need to ask what is there and what is different.
The complimentary pickles and coleslaw are excellent - really, they were almost the high point of the meal. We started off with the Caesar salad (nice, well flavoured, but not prepared tableside, so why is it $13?) and a dozen oysters (these were excellent - fresh, flavourful and well shucked). The steaks were really good - we chose the 85 day dry aged steaks - very tender, with a slight nutty flavor, cooked over charcoal to give it that extra flavour only fire can bring to meat. They came with the signature monte carlo potato (very tasty) and we ordered the grilled oyster mushrooms (these were unevenly cooked and had charred edges). For dessert there was the crème brulee (ah, beautiful simplicity, my blood sugar is rising) and chocolate cake (decadent, rich, just the way it should be).
They have some excellent staff here, but our waiter was definitely not one of them. Which leads me to why I don't rank Moishe's only 3 stars. The steaks are really good, but the extras that make the experience special, that elevate a place to 5 stars, that justify this sort of expenditure, just weren't there. Things like not updating the wine list, making the salads in the kitchen instead of tableside, mediocre sides and poor service detract from the overall experience. At this price, I expect a lot, and Moishe's didn't deliver enough bang for the buck.
Really good, but not worth this price.
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