I went here twice with my sister and her family, in August and Sept 2011. There were 3 adults, a 12 yr old and an 8 yr old. Over the course of two visits we ordered almost everything off the menu. Nothing disappointed. Everything was prepared exactly to order, food was delicious, service was extremely quick and friendly and the price cannot be beat for the quality of food.
Some highlights: Well mixed specialty drinks at reasonable prices
-tasty appetizers, some were the regular done exceedingly well (superb onion rings and one of the best French onion soups I've ever had) and some were specials done even better (grilled Cajun shrimp)
-perfectly cooked steaks (we tried the NY strip, top sirloin, and Delmonico), tender veal (the Veal William is very tasty), and the Tuscan Chicken was so delish my sister ordered it both times!
-the burger my nephew ordered off the kids menu was actually a huge ground steakburger... so big he actually complained (silly boy ;)
-we added lobster tails to our meals to create our own surf-n-turfs and they were steamed to perfection, and I think bigger than the 6oz listed on the menu. Other seafood we tried was shrimp cocktail and bacon wrapped scallops, both were excellent also.
-desserts were yummy too (we had to take some home cuz we were stuffed) we tried the chocolate volcano cake: very chocolaty and the kids loved the gooey fudgy center, PB pie: choco and PB and creamy, and the caramel cheesecake: divine yumminess... needed 5 spoons for that one!
-little things that added up to a great meal: marinara dipping sauce was superb, rolls were warm, salads were good, side veggies were fresh and perfectly steamed, servers were spot on... we never had to flag one down for anything.
NOTE TO PREVIOUS REVIEWERS:
To the Vegetarian: Please don't go to a restaurant called a "grill", that does NOT advertise itself as a vegetarian place and then take off a star because it doesn't offer enough meatless options. My girlfriend, who is allergic to shellfish, doesn't go around giving bad reviews to seafood restaurants because she has trouble finding suitable entrees there, that would be unfair. Try asking the server next time to ask if the chef could prepare something special for you. We asked our server about changes and substitutions and she said the chef accommodates people all the time AS LONG AS THEY SPEAK UP AND ASK!
To the Obnoxious Cellphone Guy: First of all you, have terrible table manners if you are at a restaurant for dinner and your cellphone is not put away in your pocket or on the seat. Second, maybe the server was saving your phone from getting a hot plate set on top of it or it was at risk of getting something spilled on it... in either case it was prudent of her to move it,,, since it (or a baby) didn't belong on the table in the first place!
Regarding the steak "seasoning". The reason people eat (and pay more for) steaks at restaurants is because the restaurants have access to higher quality cuts of meat than are available at retail. They are then usually aged for weeks to months and cooked on equipment that can reach much higher temps than you or I can at home. A high quality steak should never be seasoned with anything other than salt and pepper. The taste of the meat should stand on its own. If you need steak sauce or "seasoning" to make your steak taste good (like a certain other restaurant) than there is something wrong with the quality of your steak. The Blue Moon grill did not have that problem with any of the 3 cuts of steak that they served on the two visits that I made. I dare you to go to Peter Luger's or the real Delmonico's in NY and ask for a "seasoned" steak... they'd throw you off the Brooklyn Bridge! read more
