[Franco54]

This was another trip of fabulous meals
but I think I will start out with our worst!
Ruth Chris SteakHouse.. This is a high end
steakhouse chain with lots of locations all
over the country. The one in Boston has
had nothing but praise sense its opening,
but there lies the problem with chains.
As with most steakhouses everything is
ala cart (everything cost extra) and I have
no problem with that as long as the quality
is there and it was not here! Well
we started out with thier appetizer of shrimp.
It came New Orleans style in a butter/white
wine sauce with ba-be-cue spices, the
flavor was nice, good size, but they were over
cooked and stringy. Our steaks were the
New York Strip, Filet Migion, and a Ribeye.
Now I have to say Helena and the boys are
really old fashion when it comes to steaks
and beef in general. They would cook the beef
until welldone take it off the heat and cook it
again But over the years I have managed
to get them to enjoy a little pink in the center,
while I still like mine on the redish-pink side.
Well all three of thiers came way to red for them
so all went back for more cooking. No apology
from anyone and we are always very clear on
how we would like them. All came back with
much more doneness, but by then I was having
no luck with mine. I was the one with the ribeye
and I know there is a good amount of fat on that
cut of meat, but it was way too much fat and even
some grisel ,a very poor cut of meat
The sides of Steak Fries,these were huge , but just
a few of them and very little flavor. And our asparagus
were bland and that off green color you get when
you don't stop the cooking process
I was not happy about this meal but the families beef
turned out better than mine. As always I don't drink
at all if I am driving, Helena does not drink at all so
our bill never consist of big drink prices. So, IMHO the
check of $235.00 was way out of whack! This restaurant
gets a C- from me. Time to move on!

[tinkerbelle24]

Wow! sorry to hear about this. I was thinking about this for dinner and I guess thank god I checked here first.

[Dana]

wow...not so good a meal there. Can't wait to hear what you have to say about the other places.

[emamasa]

oooh - i love your dining reviews!!! keep em coming!

[WDW Rules]

Originally Posted by emamasa

oooh - i love your dining reviews!!! keep em coming!

Me too. Can't wait for more.

[timsha]

Wow!!!! Sorry to hear you had such a bad experience Franco. My only experience with Ruth Chris is from Lafayette LA (post Katrina), and we had a great meal. We have a new in in Providence RI, which is always packed, and has gotten great reviews.

[Franco54]

Restaurant Review No. 2
Il Mulino
This is at the Swan Resort at the old
location of Palio. They have done a complete
overhaul and its very nicely done. According
to thier press they come highly regarded thanks
to thier New York location.
We started off with a few appetizers, we wanted
to try the Arancini (Italian rice balls) so we ordered
a serving. They were very nice in appearance, lightly
browned with a meat sauce in the middle, a nice
change of pace. I suppose they were a way for the
mamma's to use up things in the Italian kitchens.
I had the oysters on the half, they were huge, cold,
and brineyness I look for, a little salty taste, thier
mignonette was a little tame for my taste but added
a nice crunch of match tip size red onion.
And even though you can get Calamari Fritti just about
anywhere, they do thiers very well, golden brown a
nice amount, but once again the spicy marinara sauce
was a little tame.
On to the Entrees. Danny boy went with the Pollo Parm
igiana, it came as flat as I have seen a chicken breast
with a nice tomato sauce and cheese, (one of the times
he was so quiet) He consumed the whole thing,
which was a very good serving. Leonardo (big dog) went
with the Pollo Fra Diavolo. It came with Boneless chicken,
sausage in a spicy red sauce, just like his brother he was
very quiet.
Helena had the Bistecca Alla Pizzaiola, this is a ribeye cut
steak, which was cooked to her liking (medium well) with
lots of red and green fried peppers in thier house Pizzaiola
sauce.
And I went with the Gamberi Francese, these were of
excellent size jumbo shrimp battered very lightly with
egg and served in a delicate white wine lemon sauce, it
was delicious!
They bring a very nice bread basket with olive bread, sour
dough and we also ordered thier garlic bread, it came maybe
11/2 inches wide and 6 inches long, spicey and buttery. Yum!
We shared two orders of Tiramisu, a nicely presented good
portion of this star of Italian desserts, it was excellent with
a good cup of coffee. Prices are comparable to any of the
Disney resort restaurants, portions are a plus, service was
good with a nice set of servers, I had them make me a big
doggy bag of the bread for my night time snack.
A very, very nice meal! I give them a solid B+

[pumouse]

Haha! I love the way you review! We should make you our resident Restaurant reviewer!

[iluvwdw]

Awesome reviews! I can't believe you had such a terrible experience with Ruths Chris. There is one around here that gets pretty good reviews...although I haven't gone yet.

Il Mulino sounds GREAT! I've been to the one in NYC a couple of times years ago and I remember it being DELICOUS.

Can't wait to hear MORE!

[mickeymotto]

Can't wait to hear more....I'm also surprised and sorry to hear about your Ruth Chris experience. We've been a few times around home here and Loved it!