Walking in, I felt like I was at someone's Jewish house. This is clearly a restaurant created for the Jewish community, with several tables nearby speaking in Hebrew, almost all the men were wearing yarmulkes, and almost every age group was represented throughout the tables, whether infant, child, teenager, adults, and elderly. There was definitely a sense of community throughout the restaurant thats nice to see.
Noise wise it was actually bearable. I thought the kids would be screaming the whole time, but they were well mannered (for the most part). At no point did I feel like I couldn't hear myself. I could even hear the 70s soul music they were playing on the speakers (which I definitely enjoyed).
The tables here are tiny. Not to the point of a European café table small, but small enough to feel like I couldn't ever truly stretch out and relax. Even my chair was right next to the wine rack, and leaning back 4 inches had me bump against the rack.
That eggplant dish is basically baba ghanoush, but not pureed. It was quite tasty, although there could have been smoked for my personal taste.
The beef carpaccio was good, taste wise, but I don't feel it was worth the cost for how little you receive. They sliced it super thin and it's more like an amuse bouche than an appetizer.
The beef marrow and rib is much more substantial than I thought it would be. It's typical bone marrow, but they pile on a sizable amount of shredded beef (maybe it was a beef rib, maybe it was chuck roast?) It was actually quite nice to have the shredded beef, even though my girlfriend couldn't eat too much since she would get full.
The ribeye with antipasti (vegetables). The steak was good, but it felt like a pan fried steak I could make at home. There was no crispy seat on the outside, the day wasn't completely rendered, and no options for compound butters on top. The cut itself was tender, but seemed like choice grade, as oppose to prime grade.
Service was kinda slow. Took almost an hour to get our steak. The waitress also said that the back of the house would get upset if they received appetizer and entree orders at the same time. I don't know what POS system they are using, but Ive never had a problem like this at other restaurants. Our server also lacked basic knowledge of the menu, such as what vegetables came with the antipasti. They also have three different food menus that can become confusing. One menu is online, with items that they are not serving at the moment (such as beef tartare). The second menu is tied to the QR code you can pull up on your phone, as well as their POS system. The third menu is a transistion menu, where its more seafood focused and supposedly the future menu of this restaurant. It's a little confusing when learning about all this at once, but this is not permanent.
This place is easily the kosher best steakhouse (by default) in North Dallas. Whatever I say doesn't matter to someone who needs to eat kosher and wants to get it off the house. For anyone else, id say you'll have a good meal, but there are better options. read more