If there is one thing I hate about restaurants its when you charge over $30 for a plate that isn't worth much more thatn $19. I do not understand how or why anyone could give this place 5 stars.
We typically head to Scottsdale or Phoenix for our date nights on the weekends but since we live in Chandler and this place advertises all over we decided to give it a shot.
First, when you walk in there are two huge doors you walk through. And then there is like no obvious hostess stand. Its just empty. Of course there is nice decor but I have seen WAY better. Nothing to write home about. We stood there awkwardly looking around until someone walked up next to a computer attached to the wall. When you want to guests to think you are a 5 star restaurant and charge those prices you should always have someone there to greet guests so they know where to go. If you want some ideas on how to do this Chop, go to Mastro's, Capital Grille, BLT, etc.
After being shown to our table - it took literally 12 mintues for our server to get to us and on a Friday night this restaurant was not packed so what in the heck?!? We orderd a BOTTLE of Chardonnay. Here is my second angry moment of the night. When someone orders a bottle of wine that needs to stay chilled, you should chill it at the table! The server took it back to the kitchen to keep it cold back there. So anytime we ran out of wine we had to wait until the server came by and ask him to go get it. What a joke!!!
I ordered the special which was grouper for the night. My husband the trout. After my first bite I just started cracking up laughing. You are going to charge me $32 for a piece of fish that was SO over cooked that I had problems pulling a bite off the filet with my fork. It was honestely the worst over cooked piece of fish I have ever had. I can name dozens of restaurants that serve fish properly and for much less than $32 a plate. My husband and I will drop lots of money on our date nights but we better get quality in the food we pay for and this was just god awful.
Needless to say I will never be back, and Chop, please teach your cooks how to properly good food to the doneness the guests want. I heard the table next to us complain about how dry and over done his steak was. Way to over priced, poor service and poor food. A total waste of $200.00.