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| - I was there on my brother's birthday, we ordered the seared ahi-tuna, lobster bisque, medium well ribeye and medium rare cowboy ribeye. Unfortunately, the best dish was the lobster bisque for me. The sauce of the seared ahi-tuna completely covered the taste of the tuna, I could only taste mustard, and the tuna didn't feel fresh. The presentation of the steak was surprising, not as expected and very disappointing. The rib eyes came in dishes that looked a bit like a bowl, the plates were just a bit bigger than the steaks. I do not know how they cooked the steaks but it seemed like they added a lot butter after the steak was cooked rather than while cooking. I could taste butter more than the steak. I felt that they have put in too much butter which made it very heavy. I could not even finish the steak because I was too heavy and oily. The lobster bisque was thick and tasted like lobster rather than tomatoes, as some restaurants use tomatoes as the soup base. I would give them credit for that.
Although the food wasn't as good as I thought it was, the service was excellent. Very polite waiter and someone who seems to be the manager checked in on us while we were eating. The atmosphere was great, very classy and relaxing. Only thing we didn't like about the service was the person who served us our steaks, he had the sizzling hot plate too close to me that I almost thought it would hit my face. Probably did not care and was not very polite. Other than that service was great.
The bill ended up over $200, for the price of the food, it feels like I'm paying for the better than average service rather than premium food.
All in all, that was my only visit of the place so I can't really judge too much but I have been to Canoe and The Loose Moose in downtown Toronto, 17 in Mississauga, Jack Astors, Crayon Creek, the Keg, and more. I would rank Chris Ruth's service after 17 and Canoe. And food wise, they are around the same level as Jack Astors. If you are looking for premium service and food, 17 would be well worth it, the prices were the same but the service and food were even better. It was a disappointing visit but at least the service is decent and the lobster bisque was good.
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