smith & wollensky

average. food was ok. i had filet oscar the bernaise sauce was so thin could barely taste it. i ordered filetmediumand when they brought it it was almost burnt on outside and bloody on the inside. my daughters short ribs were good flavor sorta fatty. creme brûlée trio was good. service was slow. probably won't go back because at those prices expect to have a better experience.

houston restaurant week. i went here for houston restaurant week last year with a group of friends in 2013. i had the filet mignon which was cooked tomediumperfectly. tasted like butter, melt in your mouth which is the best filet mignon i had ever tasted. my girlfriend also ordered the filet mignon. she order the filet mignon to be cookedmediumwell, but it turned out to be well done. though she didn't want to return the steak to the kitchen. also we both enjoyed the truffle mac and cheese, it was a cheesy and had a unique taste.

we started the dinner with a few appetizers.  the beef carpaccio served on a himalayan salt block is delicious usda prime thinly sliced sirloin.  our only issue is that the beef is sliced too thick, so the portion seemed a bit small. next we moved on to the crab cake served with cognac mustard & ginger sauces.  this is a wonderful example of a crab cake, with lots of crab and little filler.  the flavors are great and left us wanting more. we both ordered charbroiled filet mignons ~ pam got the 10oz and jeff jumped in for the 14oz.  while pam ordered hersmediumrare, jeff went a bit more aggressive and ordered it rare.  both steaks arrived perfectly cooked and were delicious.  along with the steaks, we ordered butternut squash with spinach & bleu cheese fondue.  it was perfect and the blue cheese is a great addition to this dish.  we also got the standard roasted wild mushrooms, something we can’t pass up. smith and wollensky is a good choice f

worst dinner ever. went there with the family for a holiday meal. it was a total disaster. waiter was nowhere to be found. took 45 minutes for appetizers to arrive. soup was room temperature. i had ordered a filetmediumand was told they cook them on the rare side. it arrived way past well done...dry as in not a drop of juice and room temperature. the bernaise sauce had been sitting so long, it had a skin on top and was also room temperature. the family had turkey and the gravy had started to congeal, like it does after it sits for over an hour. we actually left with the entrees sitting there. the couple sitting next to us had the same problem..no service. they had to stop a busboy to ask for menus and drinks. his reply was "what do you want?"

the room had maybe 20 tables with diners sitting at them. every time i'd look up, i never saw more then two waitstaff, and usually only one...for the whole room.

i can't believe smith and wollensky lets this place operate like that. i guess you take your chances going to a corporate chain like that.