For my wife and I know anniversary is complete without a visit to Capital Grille. One year while traveling on business during the week of our anniversary we actually ate at five Capital Grilles in different cities. One thing I have noticed as a constant throughout the brand is on the rare occasions where things are not perfect, they go out of their way to secure your loyalty. And while they are all outstanding, some of their restaurants stand out and Miami is one of them.
This year, our only Capital Grille trip for our anniversary was the Brickell restaurant here in our hometown of Miami. I almost broke our tradition this year because I had a wonderful Wagyu 40 ounce prime ribeye the night before, but I could not bear to celebrate another perfect year with my perfect wife without visiting the perfect restaurant. And while it is perfectly acceptable to object to my frequent use of the word perfect so often in this review, I found that I could not perfect it without this indulgence.
So here is the story of our perfect evening. We arrived for our reservation and parked with the valet parking. Extremely courteous and easy access to the restaurant. When we checked in, there was a brief wait while they prepared our table in their unique and beautiful way that they do for anniversary celebrations. Sometimes it is a little things that turn excellent into wonderful and wonderful into perfect. They escorted us to a lovely table and brought out champagne. The table was adorned with confetti and a card. While I recall the old days where they came out with an instant camera and took our picture and put that in with the card, I understand that times change, but I do miss that. But they did take our cell phone and make sure we captured a picture of the evening. They asked about our drinks and while we sip champagne, we considered that it is not celebratory without our favorite drinks at the Capital Grill. We asked about the Stoli Doli and they gave us a rather generous taste of it, which we enjoyed, but we decided to go with our standards, she with their signature Cosmo and I with their wonderful dirty Goose martini. They also brought out their bread basket and although I am on a low-carb diet, I cannot resist the best of brown bread in the world. I even had to ask for more.
I started my meal with a delicious crab bisque instead of my usual salad. What a good choice. It was wonderful and I enjoyed every spoonful. A generous amount of crab and a very tasty bisque indeed.
For the main course, I went off my routine due to my large stake the night before and for the first time ordered the lamb chops. I have to use the word perfect again. These were cooked perfectly and the flavor was wonderful. For double thick chops was a very generous portion, but every bite was savor. Loved it.
My wife went with her usual filet mignon, which arrived a bit undercooked for her (although it would have been perfect for me.). As always, the meats were top quality and could not have tasted any better. Perfect in fact. Our sides were the Lyonnaise potatoes and brussels sprouts which were, sorry for that word again, perfect. The brussels sprouts are soy glazed with thick cut bacon. Frankly, they are meal in themselves. There is so much meat mixed in. Bacon is not something I usually eat, but for these I make an exception. Because they are exceptional. I sometimes also get the lobster macaroni and cheese, but deferred this time due to the amount of food we already had.
They brought up a night, complementary dessert for our anniversary, which we enjoy every year because we ordinarily would not get dessert after such a big meal and these small tastes really add a wonderful touch to it.
What can I say? The restaurant is beautiful and romantic, the service is impeccable, the management always comes by for a quick visit, and even the other patrons helped make the experience, yes, you guessed it, perfect. They have secured my loyalty as I love their brand and this particular one is truly exceptional. One might say perfect. I know I do. read more