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Jordan
Minneapolis2 reviews
- Overall 4
- Food 3
- Service 5
- Ambience 5
Our first time at Ruth’s Chris, and while we’ll probably try it again - it definitely wasn’t one of our favorite experiences or steakhouses. Aside from the hostesses who didn’t seem very friendly and greeted us with kind of a straight, barely there smile (the valets were very friendly) - our server and her skills were outstanding.
Starting off with our drinks, the server brought us a sample of a wine we were eyeing (by the bottle). We didn’t like it very well, but they were out of the bottle we wanted. I ended up with a dirty vodka martini with blue cheese stuffed olives and my husband had one of their signature cocktails. The stuffed olives were so good, but the martini was barely dirty. It almost tasted like straight vodka with no juice whatsoever, but it did the job.
Now for the food. I honestly wasn’t that impressed, the prices certainly didn’t match the offerings. I had the 6oz filet that came with 2 shrimp. I also had a Caesar salad and side of garlic mashed potatoes. The Caesar salad was superb, so good. One of my shrimp had a short, black hair cooked into the seasoning right on top of it. That immediately put me off the entree. I decided not to say anything about it and just pushed the one shrimp to the side. I didn’t want the server to feel bad and I didn’t want to make the restaurant feel like they had to comp anything or make anything new. In hindsight, I feel like my decision was wrong and I should’ve pointed it out at the end of the meal so that they at least knew to be more thorough with plate checks before sending food out - it’s a different caliber of restaurant so the expectations are higher and I should have let them know. The steak itself was cooked more on the well side when I confirmed with the server that I wanted a warm pink center. The 500° plates don’t help because they end up cooking the food more after it leaves the kitchen so it ended up more cooked than I’d like. While it was tender, it was dry. The mashed potatoes were also very bland
