- 整體 2
- 食物 3
- 服務 4
- 氛圍 1
We used to be very frequent diners at restaurants like this; however, we now have two kids under two years old and don't get out as much. This was a special occasion for my wife's birthday and it was disappointing.
The two-top table in this restaurant is like the red headed step child. Our table was located right behind the host stand, was no bigger than a TV tray, and wobbled liked a penguin. I will give credit to the food runner that fixed it after seeing me mess around with it. The table was also in very close proximity to the only walking lane through the restaurant, and no less than 15x was someone brushing up against my back while I was eating. When spending over $350 on a dinner, this was not the experience I was looking for. If I wanted to brush up against people all night, I would have channeled myself from a decade earlier and got bottle service at Barley House and fist pumped until my arm fell off.
As for the food, we started with the Sachetti pasta as an appetizer and for $20 it was like 3 bites. The pasta appetizer is a go to in our playbook at restaurants like Dante, or even their sister company Luca, and this was disappointing on the price to value ratio versus those. The three bites we did get were very good, so not a total loss. We had the Florentine Steak for our main entree. The filet side of the steak was great, but the strip side was very tough (e.g., hanger steak tough). I like strip steak and don't mind one with a little chew to it, but this was way too tough. The cook was also very inconsistent with half of the strip side over cooked (mid-well versus mid-rare).
It wasn't a terrible dinner, but at this price point there are so many better options within a 5 mile radius. I would pick a chain steak house (e.g., Flemings) over this any day of the week. The atmosphere was lively; maybe if we were in a group and not stuck at a small two-top the experienced would've been different.