Robert R.
Yelp
I feel like I need to say a lot about the one, perhaps because my expectations for a new declared steak house drew me to this location and a very cool building they decided to make there debut.
So first the ambience, it's a nice place, but honestly , I do not want to see a TV bar so close to my table.( See pic from our table) Result, a loud atmosphere, and just not fine dining aside that NO table cloths exist for a place that feels it can charges 88.00 for a NY bone in strip.
So overall, it is at best a 2.0 ambience... Maybe upstairs is better, but it was not open. Do not sit on bench closest to the bar. Design wrong, the bar looks nice, should rip out the bench dinner seat that backs up to it and create 1/2 wall, maybe a 20" glass on top ...
Ok, now let's let to the food, that is why you are at YELP.
Appetiser - shrimp cocktail. 3.0 .. 6 in an order
Caesar salad ... You never saw one like this... Why try and get fancy, but it's not to split, the egg is silly, the crouton chunk ( like a small hard brick) is not practical, the dressing to heavy. Score 2.0
Dinner. Girl friend order Filet Minion - medium with char... It came as medium rare . I think they mixed up my request for med rare with her. Anyway I ate 1/2 of hers , it was ok... Solid 3.0
For me, I ordered a bone in NY strip 88.00 which as in any NYC steak house. It came out looking like a bone in ribeye, kind of round in shape and barely 1/2 thick. Med well, tough, just not a good cut of beef. No one can confuse a NY strip... That was not like any I have seen, and we eat all across USA , In NYC for 10 years, so spoiled. But score 1.0. the Mason sauce... Not good. For value this scores below a 1.0.
We are from Hingham, Tosca does a much better job for less money. Boston, many choices, Moo,and Capital grill costs less than 88.00 much better.
BTW ..the Caymus was 200.00 or 50.00 more than Tosca
Potato Puree... Good, 4.0
Service 2.5. ( table maintenance poor, entree came out 2 min after my appetizer done, to fast, one should ask customer about timing)
Overall value of dinner 1.0
Overall dinner 1.9
Not returning... Disappointed