I came here for my birthday dinner after having tried the Miller & Carter in the city and I overall thoroughly enjoyed it. If you were comparing the two, I would say that I generally prefer the Miller & Carter in the city, but the quality of the food is still fantastic regardless of which you go to! As a steakhouse, Miller & Carter is definitely on the pricey side but well worth it for a special occasion!
~ Atmosphere:
It's a smaller establishment than the one in the city and looks a lot more casual as well, with a small bar area and some seating both outside and inside. The benefit though is that they have their own parking which makes it an easier convenience!
~ Customer Service:
Where this place gets rated down slightly for me. Although our waiter was exceptional (very attentive) and our food came out at a respective time, the beginning of our experience was a bit off-putting. We had a booking and came in to meet a rather stressed looking host who said that he wouldn't be able to seat us for a while as he "needs to organise his staff because he's walked into chaos". Okay... we didn't really need to know that and it made me nervous about what was to come. We were finally seated about 15-20 minutes later than our booking time. Really, this isn't that big of a deal, but since I've never had any issues at the city location besides smooth sailing from start to finished, I feel that the Bay location may struggle with organisation.
~ Food:
Really great as usual! we ordered a sharing platter to start with came with chicken and duck wings, macaroni and cheese, nachos, garlic bread, and meatballs. All of it was definitely delicious and was a nice start to the meal. I ordered a ribeye off the bone cooked medium and it was perfectly cooked to my liking and went well with creamy peppercorn sauce (all of the steaks come with chips, onion loaf, a balsamic glazed tomato, and lettuce wedge). It was great, though they really skimped on my onion loaf unfortunately as my loaf was about half the size of every other steak on my table.
For dessert, I highly recommend the Banoffee Pie, which was INCREDIBLE. I tried a bit of my partner's and was kicking myself for picking the ice cream instead. The ice cream was disappointing as the flavour was very subtle. I ordered the praline ice cream which tasted more like vanilla.
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All in all, I would definitely recommend Miller & Carter. You may notice that all of my criticisms are smaller nitpicky things, and they are. I just make the point that if you were to choose between the city location and this one, I would head to the city if you can. Still, it's Miller & Carter - I left extremely satisfied with a belly full of steak. read more