Friday night team dinner with my coworkers at Mastro's. We'd been planning for a while but schedules kept getting in the way. I'm glad we finally made reservations and went because wow. Just wow.
Made our reservation for 5 on OpenTable and when we arrived, we were instantly seated. Our server got us waters while we waited for the rest of our group to arrive, then he went through menu and drinks with us. We ordered drinks and appetizers. While waiting for appetizers, they brought out baskets of bread (the pretzel bread was yummy!). We ordered Shrimp Cocktail and Seared Ahi Tuna for appetizers. I ate some of the tuna, which was amazing.
For main course, we each ordered a meat then a bunch of sides to share. I got the filet mignon. For sides, we got Mac & cheese, black truffle gnocchi, broccoli, asparagus, and mashed potatoes. I couldn't eat the gnocchi, but everything else was flavorful and delicious. Even the veggies had a unique flavor to them! We had leftovers, which we split up (somehow I ended up with a coworker's lamb, which I ate the next day and OH MY GOD I should have ordered lamb...). They bagged everything up for us and then we ordered desserts to share. We got the butter cake, flourless chocolate cake, and one other dessert (I forget!). The butter cake was good, but not my favorite. I loved the chocolate cake, though it was super rich. So yummy.
As far as service, our server was fantastic and attentive. When we first were seated and only ordered waters to start, I think he was a little "eh" that we might not be big spenders (and therefore big tippers...), but as we ordered more and more he seemed to friendly up a bit. He also had an assistant who helped quite a bit and constantly refilled our waters and cleared plates as needed.
The ambiance is nice, but it is in a mall (though a pretty nice mall). The main seating areas kind of overlook the mall, so it's a bit "meh" but don't let that take away from your experience. The food was great, the service was great... the price was definitely expensive. I'm sure you can eat here without it being as pricey as we made it, but we ordered a LOT of food and drinks.
Really enjoyed Mastro's. Definitely recommend it!!