Once again, it's that time of year... Restaurant week is here! Jenny and I carefully took time to scour through the list of restaurants, finally settling on Smith & Wollensky Steakhouse. Unfortunately, Jenny was unexpectedly pulled away on a business trip so Meredith accompanied me instead. For the $35 charge, we received a full 3 course meal. I liked that instead of choosing a several things off the menu and only getting tastes.
The food was pretty good. The Wollensky salad and the gazpacho soup were pretty standard... The way I see it, a salad is a salad. The steak was really good, though not the best I've ever had. The mashed potatoes, on the other hand, were amazing. Definitely a must. For dessert we had the chocolate cake and the cheese cake. Both were delicious, and the slices were massive... In fact, they seemed a little out of proportion to the rest of the meal.
I really wasn't thrilled with the service. When we sat down our sever was mumbled his was through the menu descriptions. There were a lot of "Ums", "You know..." and "I can't remember what it's called"s. Not impressed. A restaurant of this caliber should have knowledgeable waitstaff. Later, after we had finished our first course the same server came back and stacked the plates in front of us on the table. It may sound uber picky, but it really left a bad taste in my mouth.
I'm not sure that I would go back to Smith & Wollensky. For the same prices I would rather go to Morton's where the food is a bit better and the service is more on par.
Smith & Wollensky Steakhouse
1112 19th Street, Northwest
Washington, DC 20036
www.smithandwollensky.com
When you go to a chain steakhouse, the steaks are usually above average but the dining experience is very cookie cutter. Some better steakhouses... You mentioned Morton's but I like Ray's the Steaks and BLT Steak too.
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I want to try Ray's the Steaks so bad... field trip?
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