"0"^^ . . "3"^^ . . . "0"^^ . "I don't get the hype. So I'll first qualify by saying I'm not a big steak guy so this may discredit my opinion in your eyes, but Morton's is just an ok steakhouse (especially comparing it to Jacob's or Hy's). We got:\n- French onion soup: Best part of the meal for me. Not as good as Barbarian's (which has the best onion soup in the city), but this was great - lots of gooey cheese, just the right amount of bread, and the soup wasn't overly salty.\n- Mac and cheese: Looked really good until we dug in and it tasted a bit bland.\n- Filet mignon with shrimp and bacon wrapped scallops: The steak was cooked to the right temperature and had good flavour, but the shrimps and scallops basted basically like butter and were a bit rubbery.\n- Jumbo shrimp: Lacked any distinct flavour.\n- Morton's legendary hot chocolate cake: I know I may be the minority here, but it was far from legendary. Tasted like many other chocolate lava cakes I've had.\n\nI guess what also made my Morton's experience less than expected was the dining area itself: super crammed (to the point that servers were having a difficult time navigating through guests as they stood from their tables; we even witnessed a patron crashing into a server), really noisy, and there was a bar area which weirdly almost seemed like a sports bar with all its tvs. So it was really not the vibe I was expecting from this place.\n\nI may have been expecting too much, but for the prices Morton's charges, I was hoping for a more fine dining experience. From both the food and venue experience, it failed to meet these expectations."^^ . "2018-05-21T00:00:00"^^ . "0"^^ .