The Steak Knife - Review

[nikinik]

We went for dinner last night and were very pleased. Here's the report...

Decor: The space was very lacking in this regard. The lighting was nice...but there was absolutely nothing on the walls...very boring space.

Service: Service was top notch. Absolutely no complaints there.

Prices: I'd say the prices were SLIGHTLY on the lower end compared to steak houses in New Orleans (a.k.a. Ruth's Chris, Mr. John's, etc.)

Food:

French bread and butter - French bread was hot and crunchy and delicious. Butter was just standard butter and did fine.

Butter and dill crostinis - These were tasty...though we really couldn't taste the dill. It was a great compliment to the crabmeat augratin.

Crabmeat AuGratin - I'd give this a 7 out of 10. It was tasty and had enough crab but it could used a little kick/seasoning to it.

Wedge Salad - Really good...but it's hard to get this wrong. Very fresh lettuce, good blue cheese dressing.

Ribeye - Absolutely delicious and cooked perfectly! My husband asked for a little bit of blue cheese crumbles on the side and then he put it under the steak and then just let the juices flow into the cheese. VERY good.

Veal Medallions with crab and mushroom sauce - Really very good. The veal was cooked perfectly and there was a satisfactory amount of crab on it. No complaints.

Wine:

Saintsbury Pinot Noir - I love this wine and found it to be very reasonable at $50...especially considering I usually pay $32 for it at a wine store...so the mark up was minimal.

The bill: Not bad at all IMHO. 2 appetizers. Salad. 2 entrees. $50 bottle of wine. Total bill: $143 before tax and tip.

I would definitely go again I just REALLY wish they'd spice up the decor...and the crabmeat augratin.

---------- Post added at 11:52 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:05 AM ----------

I realized that I left out one of my favorite things! We got a side of creamed spinach and it was perfect. A lot of the time when I get creamed spinach it's got way too much cream in it...it overpowers the spinach. Theirs was so delicious.

[cstoehr]

Sounds like you enjoyed yourself. Nice report.

[Shep]

I would agree completely with your report. We were there Sat night, we had two 14 OZ strips medium rare with onion rings(large order and well done). We also had the eggplant stack app. which was different and very good. I found the wine prices a good value also with a Dry Creek Cab for $38 that was very drinkable.

[BTG]

Nice review.

Nikinik, just disregard that private message that I sent you.