Jim S.
Yelp
The "executive summary" is that Morton's is an excellent restaurant but I couldn't give them five stars because I wasn't sure that the "value to food and service" equation matched the price. Why? Well, at 300 bucks (with tip) it was easily the most expensive dinner we've ever had. Steakhouses are never cheap but I couldn't help but think we paid this much because of the Seaport Boston location.
The service was very good. We had a very chipper young lady as our server. That said, personally, I could live without half the menu being read to me. Just print up a specials menu, ask me if I have any questions - done.
So, what did we have? Well, we both started with French onion soup and while it was good, we both felt we'd had better. It could have been a little more flavorful.
We both had 9-oz glasses of Chardonnay. At a combined 44 bucks, maybe we should have just bought a bottle. The wine list is overwhelming so we usually just get glasses. But it was very good.
My wife got lamb and loved it. I got the bone-in ribeye (72 bucks) and also loved that. At that level, it's hard to quibble from one steakhouse to the next. We also shared mashed cauliflower, mushrooms and onions (for steak), and mashed potatoes, all very good. One disappointment - my wife's lamb came with mashed potatoes. Doesn't it behoove the server to tell us that? We would have saved a few bucks by just getting the cauliflower (or asparagus) and I might have shared a little bit of her potatoes. Could have saved us a few bucks and we had too many.
We skipped dessert. Neither of us needs it frankly, we were too full and God knows what the bill would have been. We are not destitute and can afford this meal. My quibble here is that usually I pay about $250 with tip for a meal like this. Now, maybe prices have gone up everywhere due to inflation, don't know. But if $300 with tip is the going steakhouse rate, afraid I'll be making them at home more often.
Bottom line - Morton's is a fine steakhouse. But if you're looking for that quality and you don't care if you're in Boston, there's always Mooo, Bancroft, Capital Grille, and Strega in the Burlington/Woburn area.
And I just realized that back in September we went to Ruth's Chris in Somerville. I wrote a 5-star review and we paid about $260 with tip. Winner.