Anye S.
Yelp
My expectations were exceeded! I was craving steak, but not a lot of food, so when I saw they had steak kabobs as an appetizer as well as a salad with goat cheese, dried cherries and candied nuts I was sold to try it for last week's Date Nite (TM).
When we arrived, I got a bit nervous because holy shit the parking garage is expensive (the building is near UMD campus and hosts a hotel and convention center as well)! But, fortunately, the restaurant validates parking. I wish I'd seen that in a review so that I could have skipped the "I'll pay as much for parking as my meal" moment. Phew!
I was driving, so I ordered a not-rum punch mocktail. Hubs ordered their version of an old fashion (smoky, I believe). He liked that they used the fancy cherries. My mocktail was just ok, probably will stick to soda next time if I'm driving.
But the food is where it was at for us. The steak kabobs are marinated perfectly, so flavorful, meat was super tender and delicious. Tasty grilled veggies help fill up the kabobs and they were presented on a bed of lettuce and pico de gallo. Honestly, at my current appetite, I probably would have been fine with just the appetizer though most people would need a bit more.
Hubs and I split the salad... which was freaking huge. We took 3/4 of it home, no lie. It was delicious though. All the ingredients worked really well together and the balsalmic reduction was lovely. It's definitely better at first meal than leftovers as lettuce will get a bit wilty over time. I think if we were splitting this *and no other food* it would have been the right portion for us.
But Hubs also got a bacon cheese burger of some sort, which he enjoyed a lot, so that's why we had so much salad leftover.
We did not get dessert that night, we were too full.
Prices aren't cheap, but they give you a lot of food, no "two bite" appetizers here. Appetizers are the size of my normal meal, entrees are 2-3 meals for me. But steak doesn't keep well, so I'll stick with the appetizers. I will be dreaming of those steak kabobs for awhile and will probably request we come back here again for date night soon, and maybe I'll make him drive next time so I can try a cocktail!