Aram K.
Yelp
The A5 wagyu steak we had first came out cold, I found out because I let a couple friends try it and they said it was not tasty, just cold fat, and then when they said that my partner and I took a bite and yes it was very cold. So they took the remainder back and brought it back warm, we got to experience half of the dish at the correct temperature. Even then, we felt the steak was so thinly sliced that all we tasted was fat and there was no texture to the meat. Mind you, we love A5 wagyu steak, but we've never had it so thinly sliced before we've only had it as a whole steak.
Also, when I was at the restaurant the night before I was so intrigued by the
Tableside Flambe, I wanted to order it, I thought it would ruin wagyu steak so I ordered rack of lamb so I can have the cool show with my meal. The only issue was even though I had discussed that I wanted that cool show and which dishes would go well with that, it was never discussed to me that I should change seats. So the whole show was going on so far away from me that I didn't get to enjoy or view it at all. I get it, this seems like a small and dumb thing to complain about, I even feel weird typing it, but when I go to Mastros I get the cocktails with the dry ice, or sit by the live entertainment, here I wanted the cool flaming effect to be in eyesight. So it was just a bummer. There was none sitting to the left of us, they could have also asked who it was for and pushed the table a little to bring the show. A friend of mine recorded it and sent it to me so I could see it. But it's not the same.
It was our anniversary and when I made the reservation I asked the girl who in person the night before to put notes about that, the butter cake didn't even have anything special about it , and I guess they don't comp deserts for celebrations? Or maybe those notes never reached because many other people do get desserts comped and even have it decorated for birthdays and anniversaries. But we did not.
The experience just felt not so special and it was all 6 of our first time coming.
We split the check just the two of us spent $408 plus $80 tip. Almost $500 and I can say that we weren't very pleased.