restaurant week – more like restaurant month – continues! next stop is iii forks, supposedly one of the better steakhouses in the dfw area. what did om and nom think?
om: iii forks offered up quite a nice selection on their restaurant week menu, so it we had to give them a try – and glad we did! the overall experience rivaled al biernat’s (our favorite) in many ways! first, the ambiance is excellent and might end up being one of the best that we see. love seeing all the old pictures of famous people on the walls, love the big globe and grand piano when we walked in, loved the fountain’s in the dining area – just wonderful. the food was equally as good, and we got a generous portions of everything! my filet was cooked perfectly – it seems like half of the steakhouses that we have visited manage to get either mine or nom’s wrong, but they nailed them both. the steak was also very tender and high quality. the sides included mashed potatoes, peas, cream corn, and some kind of tomato concoction. all were very good, especially the cream corn. the onion rings served before the main meal were a solid choice, glad they didn’t try to make them too fancy! iii forks salad was one of the better salad’s that i’ve had, and the chocolate cake to end the meal had good taste without it being heavy. all of this plus good service makes iii forks one of our top two steakhouses in the area!
nom: this place is beautiful and expansive! what a great choice to help us on our food journey across the month of august. iii forks is no less than grandeur in the form of a restaurant. it makes the wait a non-issue. we sat in the area that had the fountains and it was lovely. it seemed like each area was very different but equally beautiful. our waiter was very helpful and friendly. i had the iii forks salad and it was delicious, one of the better salads we’ve enjoyed at a high end restaurant. we also started with some onion rings and they were very good, not the kind of good that merits them as their own meal but good none the less. i ordered the filet and it was wonderful, i had hoped it would be as wonderful as al biernat’s and it was close. it was cooked perfectly and it came with delicious mashed potatoes and some amazing snap peas! additionally the cream corn was delicious. i didn’t think i’d have room for the dessert but the cake was too good to pass up because it was the perfect balance of light and chocolaty. this place has earned and deserves the rave reviews it gets! we will be back for sure!!