Joseph S.
Yelp
We went to Del Frisco's hopeful but ultimately left disappointed. Service was good. Ambiance was also fine. The food was very disappointing. Even more so, when the dinner was over $100 per person before liquor/wine.
Here is a breakdown of the visit:
French Onion soup - good. They used bread chunks instead of a complete slice of bread. Easier to eat. Taste was a traditional French Onion soup which I love. Less chance I had of getting it all over me.
Steaks - average to below average. We both had filets (my wife paired hers with salmon which I will get to next). Average quality but I would consider below average when my 8oz steak was just over $50, al la carte. We also ordered their peppercorn butter for each. First it was forgotten. They then took the steaks back, added it and brought it back. To say underwhelming would be an understatement. I was expecting something like a small side of the butter but instead is was a patter of butter on each steak and I could not discern the peppercorn part very much. It was also an $8 add on.
Salmon - not fresh. My wife loves and eats salmon when we go out. She could not eat it due it not being fresh. Very disappointing. Particularly since she has had other salmon at Malone's and other local places that was very good. With the UPS air hub here we should not have fish that is not fresh. In fairness to the restaurant, they took this part of the meal price off the dinner (still worked out to $100 per person).
Broccoli au gratin - best part of the meal. Enjoyed it.
French fries - undercooked and soggy. For the price we should have perfect fries.
Desserts - this was the worst of it all (though the fish is not far behind). We had both a piece of the chocolate cake and carrot cake. We took them home and opened them about 90 minutes after dinner. We were told they were the best desserts on the menu First they were extremely small and even a piece of the edge of each cake was missing. On top of that they were extremely dry. I mean extremely dry....like the Sahara. The icing was separating from the cake part for both pieces and was like a solid piece on each layer. It was like they were bought at store and kept in the fridge for way too long. If they were made on premise, then they were the worst ever. If they bought them, they need to get a better vendor. They also cost $14 for each slice.
Overall, I would not recommend this restaurant. You have Malone's (always a consistently good experience), Jeff Ruby's, Ruth Chris, Stoney River and, now, Capital Grille (favorite go to restaurant before we moved here) to have, in my opinion, a much better experience. There are also good seafood restaurants, according to my wife. I don't like seafood so can't rate any of them though I, ironically, had a better steak and experience at Mitchell's Fish Market than Del Frisco's.