Steven R.
Yelp
I am not a professional chef, but I do trade steak tips with the top steakhouses in Texas. I have cooked and consumed hundreds of steaks using grills, broilers, sous vide, etc. I know good steak when I eat it, and what I had tonight in this restaurant was NOT good steak.
I'll start with just a general service review. Poor. It was like 10 minutes before we were contacted by the waiter. When I ordered a 110 PLN wine he didn't miss a beat in telling me that the 185 PLN wine was better and what he recommended. Just such a blatant and shameless upsell. We hadn't even ordered food yet so it wasn't a paying thing; just recommending us to a more expensive bottle. But the company was paying and I'm sure he knew it so why not. It did end up being delicious but we didn't need to spend extra for it.
Then the food. My coworker had the calamari which they did not cut, but he said it was GREAT. I ordered tuna ceviche but they were out, so I got grilled vegetables as a side. They were fine.
Now, the steaks. Oh the freaking steaks. I asked him which one is best and of course he pointed to the most expensive one that wasn't wagyu or kobe (which you should never trust anyone outside of a world class establishment to cook properly). So I got it and ordered it medium. It came out maybe medium rare at most, but fine. However, it was the most flavorless steak I have had in a long time, period, even more so than cheap steaks I buy and sear at home with minimal prep when I'm in a hurry and don't have time for sous vide. I believe they did not use any salt before cooking, or they salted it but then cooked it before the moisture it pulled out got absorbed thus burning it all of. Anyway, flavorless steak that was not as tender as a property salted steak should be.
My corner ordered medium rare and it came out blood red. He sent it back and asked to have it a little more cooked and it came back still rare. I have never seen a steakhouse this clueless about temperatures. It's called buy a meat thermometer! If a customer is sending it back in the first place don't screw it up again by using the thumb technique or whatever it is these guys did!
The desserts were phenomenal. We had the chocolate orange balls and the tiramisu. Very good.
But intimately it's a steakhouse that did a terrible job on two steaks. I know I can't hold them to Nick and Sam's standards but this was just a disappointment. Try Moo Moo and you may have better luck, or maybe be explicit with these guys about how to cook the steak. Shouldn't have to teach them how to do it but whatever... Good luck!