Went for steak dinner there on March 20, was really looking forward to it. I guess it was an off night though. Here's why:
- Hubby and I got tough steaks and neither one of us wanted to complain. Our own fault, as any problems are usually fixed quickly by friendly and willing staff.
- Ran out of horseradish! Apparently horseradish was put out by mistake at a steak dinner in the past, and it caught on like a house on fire. Horseradish on steak, who would have thought it could be so delicious. But we got there too late and there was none.
- There is no tap water available to drink, you have to buy their bottled water.
- The man who was bringing out the steaks and calling out the numbers of the people to match up with the right steak is still YELLING THE NUMBERS AT THE TOP OF HIS VOICE. I almost fell off my chair every time he did this. I mean really... half a star off for ruining my eardrums. You can raise your voice to be heard without yelling.
- Here's where the other half star came off: Dishes were piling up on the shared tables and staff was clearing the dishes during the evening. Actually, they were not doing much dish-clearing - they were chatting with diners or each other and simply walking away time after time while dishes accumulated. So we were surrounded by precarious piles of dirty dishes unless we picked them up ourselves and then there was no place to put them.
On the plus side, tonight there was a pleasant surprise - Caesar salad (I think, though it had onions in it, which would not normally be in a Caesar salad) It was delicious.
We will still go back, we do enjoy these steak dinners, even with the recent price increase to $15. read more
