I had high hopes for this place, as we have been for cocktails, but not for dinner. We wanted to celebrate my mom's birthday somewhere nice and decided to give Venue a try. We were pleasantly greeted at the door and had a drink at the bar before sitting down. Everything was great until the meal. Out waitress was not very friendly and seemed to be annoyed with us from the start. We ordered some appetizers, drinks, and wine and then our meals.
Crab Cakes- Meh. Too much filler, not enough crab.
Mussels-No flavor.
My brother ordered a Ribeye rare. It doesn't seem to matter where we go, but his food is NEVER correct. He doesn't have a desire to go out to eat often, he'd rather cook at him, but he gave it a try. His ribeye showed up to the table butterflied to about 14" thick and was well done. And I mean well done. Not even any pink. He immediately sent it back and did not want a replacement. The waitress didn't seem to be too concerned with it. I'm not sure if she entered the order wrong as "well" instead of rare, but it's hard to make a ribeye rare when it's butterflied to a thin pulp.
The fettucini was also lacking flavor. I had the strip steak which was okay. Nothing more than you can get at the Texas Roadhouse. The only item that seemed to be pretty good was the pork chop. Chicken marsala-meh, Boubon Chicken- meh.
Basically, for that price point, I expected a TON more with the service but mostly the food. The entrees should not be priced where they are. The quality of food is not there.
A manager never stopped at our table to discuss the Ribeye fiasco. It was removed from the bill, but they should have tried a little harder to make it right. My brother should have also given them the chance, but he didn't.
I hope it gets better. It's a great place to have a cocktail, but we will not return for dinner. There are much better options for a much better price. No one was raving about their meal, it was all just very "meh". read more