Maria T.
Yelp
Farm to table? More like failure to table. This restaurant is all bark and no bite. We were at first dazzled by the insanely gorgeous ambiance, soothing live music at a reasonable volume, and a bartender who made an unfamiliar drink on the fly. This is where the magic ends.
Firstly, this restaurant boats all farm to table and organic, the server recommended the chicken and the steak. My first mistake was trusting this skinny server. Never ever trust a skinny server, they never know what they're talking about.
We inquired about the radish appetizer, which the server really talked up. We were expecting some roasted radishes in artisanal butter or something. What arrived to the table is a bunch of poorly sliced radishes, some half circles, some full circles (Anne Burrell would roll in her grave over these inconsistent knife cuts), a half stick of butter smeared on the plate, and a teaspoon of flaky sea salt. I was like wtf is this? I could have gotten a bag of sliced radishes and a pound of Kerry gold at the grocery store and would never be like wow this would make a snack worthy to be an appetizer at an upscale restaurant! Absolutely nothing about this dish is worth $10.
We also all ordered salads. The ramp vinaigrette was very enjoyable but there was probably a tablespoon of it on the entire plate. The few bites with dressing were very fresh and enjoyable but other than that I felt like I was eating a bag of grass clippings with some parmigiano reggiano on it.
My husband was so excited to have a grass fed New York strip and my mother in law ordered the same. My husband ordered his steak medium rare and my mother in law ordered her steak medium. I ordered the highly recommended chicken against my better judgement.
What came to the table? Well, my husband's medium rare steak came medium well and my mother in law's medium steak came well done! These New York strip steaks both resembled a filet more than a New York strip, my husband's portion was much smaller than my mother in law's. I have decent culinary knowledge although I'm kind of a steak novice, but it looked nothing like the New York strips I see at the grocery store or at other steakhouses.
My mother in law asked for a refire on the steak due to it being inedible (if you enjoy well done steak, I'm calling the police) and the server said it would take five minutes. My husband finished his food while my mother in law waited and I had them each try my chicken dish. We all agreed the grain side dish that came with the chicken was a little al dente and gross, the chicken skin was rubbery, and overall it just wasn't worth the price point.
My mother in law's refired steak arrived after the rest of the plates were cleared from our table. The first few bite was enjoyable and then by the third bite she noticed the steak was cold. She cut a little further to find the steak was completely uncooked in the middle. My mother in law got up to locate the server, and told someone inside to please send her to our table. My mother in law never mentioned an issue with the food, just requested the server come to our table.
This is where is gets a little weird. You be the judge:
The server rushed to our table saying "I talked to the manager and we're taking it off your bill! It should have been on the grill for a minute longer!"
We had not yet explained what our issue was, so it seems they knew they phoned the steak in.
So! $200 for raw radishes and butter, two overcooked steaks, a raw steak, a rubber chicken, and 3 plates of grass clippings with a tablespoon of the most delicious garlic ramp vinaigrette I've ever tasted. Even a broken clock is right twice a day I guess!
$200 and a 25% tip later we all agreed that you can get better food at the ball game. Tell my why Texas Roadhouse is putting out better quality steak than this farm to table organic kumbaya grass fed vegan gluten free steak?
