Three-stars, but almost 2 stars for the cooking, luckily the staff brought it up with the attention…read morethey gave and how well done the side of fries was and how delicious the orange juice was. The staff is very friendly and attentive and helped out when needed.
Seeing how this is supposed to be a southern style themed USA restaurant, I figured my input would be good here... the restaurant is well decorated and I enjoyed the ambience. Although there was an electric guitar on the wall that seemed out of place, as they could have used a regular guitar, like what would actually be used in a southern US steakhouse, an electric guitar is not what should be used unless signed by somebody famous from the south US.
The steak itself, they got my order of medium rare wrong at first and it came out rare. Advice to the cook, feel with the back of your fingers by pressing on the steak while it's on the grill if the steak is medium rare, should only be slightly mushy, not completely mushy as in the way it came out... for a medium rare. Do not feel right after you just flipped the steak, as it will be naturally harder because of the heat.
The steak was a T-bone and it wasn't flavored with herbs, but that wasn't a big deal as it had decent flavor. The meat itself was too fatty and had too many fat streaks to be a southern style steak. Suggest using better quality meats, especially for the price as I can tell that it is the bargain steak (suggest finding an Angus dealer and using them, not frozen steaks for this price, kind of insulting).
I probably asked, improperly, as my Dutch is not very good, if the vegetables on the side were grilled and they said yes they were, but when they came out, they were steamed, actually over steamed and slightly mushy...
BTW again, I shouldn't have to order a side of veggies with my order, it should come with it, again for this price in the US, minus a few dollars, it comes with a side, a few you can choose from.
****Quit overcharging and add sides to the steaks as a standard order, especially when you don't buy the correct expensive steaks! Sides are not a "specialty item" that you can charge more for...
Advice to the cook, the vegetables should be crunchy, not slightly mushy. Also to the cook, try grilling the veggies for a more authentic American flavor and add some butter and mild salt to the grilled veggies. The cook will decide if this restaurant in the long run will survive, so the cook needs to study more and I hope my suggestions will help if they ever see them.
Cheers, it isn't a bad restaurant, just not as good as the price suggests... Either change things and make sure things are cooked properly or find another living as just a bar.
