Tell me about Ruth's Chris Steakhouse

[Anonymous]

All the steaks come with butter all over them. Yuck.

[Anonymous]

Good food. Be wary of valet - I know two people who got their car scratched/lightly wrecked within the past few years using it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That you are over paying for an average meal with below average service.

That pretty much sums it up. Other than Morton's, I think it'd be my last choice in DC steakhouses. Like a PP, I like Bourbon, Capital Grille (although it's infested with tourists in the summer), Charlie Palmer's, and J&G, and think the Palm is WAY overrated.

[Anonymous]

Great place the haters here hate anything that has to do with chains. In their mind corporations are evil . Probably a bunch of asshole lawyers who think 50 dollars for an assorted bread appetizer is cheap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great place the haters here hate anything that has to do with chains. In their mind corporations are evil . Probably a bunch of asshole lawyers who think 50 dollars for an assorted bread appetizer is cheap.

I have no problem with chains, as long as the quality is decent, and you get what you pay for. RC offers neither. And $50 for bread woudl be insane - although I might pay it for the truffle rolls at Bourbon Steak, or the Parker House rolls at CityZen.

As for being an asshole lawter - guilty as charged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is good steak? I ask because I happen to love Applebee's 9oz sirloin. (I hate Outback's steaks though.)

Well, it's not the Applebee's sirloin, that's for sure, on which I'm confident you can still see the marks from where the jockey was hitting it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great place the haters here hate anything that has to do with chains. In their mind corporations are evil . Probably a bunch of asshole lawyers who think 50 dollars for an assorted bread appetizer is cheap.

Way to alienate customers, Ruth Chris manager!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great place the haters here hate anything that has to do with chains. In their mind corporations are evil . Probably a bunch of asshole lawyers who think 50 dollars for an assorted bread appetizer is cheap.

I love some chains - Mon Ami Gabi, Houstons, hell, I even like Cracker Barrel in the right circumstances. But I don't like chains that overcharge and underdeliver.

[Anonymous]

I don't mind Ruth's Chris. I really like their creamed spinach. It has an "old school" steak house feel. The same as The Palm or Morton's. That said, I don't think DC gets great quality steak. I love David Burke Prime and Peter Luger. Bourbon is good. I think DC got kind of shafted on steakhouses--it's no Chicago.

[Anonymous]

I love Ruth's Chris! The steak is perfectly fine - certainly no worse than Capital Grill and Charlie Palmers (neither of which is haute cuisine, PPs.)

One question, though: Do you like butter? If so, you'll be happy. If not, you probably won't be.

To the PP yapping about the middle class - was that supposed to be a slam? Because you are ... what... a princess? countess?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't mind Ruth's Chris. I really like their creamed spinach. It has an "old school" steak house feel. The same as The Palm or Morton's. That said, I don't think DC gets great quality steak. I love David Burke Prime and Peter Luger. Bourbon is good. I think DC got kind of shafted on steakhouses--it's no Chicago.

OK, thanks. I will fly to Chicago for dinner instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love Ruth's Chris! The steak is perfectly fine - certainly no worse than Capital Grill and Charlie Palmers (neither of which is haute cuisine, PPs.)

One question, though: Do you like butter? If so, you'll be happy. If not, you probably won't be.

To the PP yapping about the middle class - was that supposed to be a slam? Because you are ... what... a princess? countess?

It's a joke. Everyone on here is middle class or upper middle class whether they want to admit it or not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love Ruth's Chris! The steak is perfectly fine - certainly no worse than Capital Grill and Charlie Palmers (neither of which is haute cuisine, PPs.)

One question, though: Do you like butter? If so, you'll be happy. If not, you probably won't be.

To the PP yapping about the middle class - was that supposed to be a slam? Because you are ... what... a princess? countess?

It's a joke. Everyone on here is middle class or upper middle class whether they want to admit it or not.

I made the first "middle" comment but I said middle America. By which I mean the middle of America geography wise. I usually end up going to steakhouses with people from the Midwest (for business lunches/ dinners). The exception is J&G Steakhouse, which really isn't a classic steakhouse at all. Ruth's Chris originated from New Orleans but first seem to have much New Orleans character.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't mind Ruth's Chris. I really like their creamed spinach. It has an "old school" steak house feel. The same as The Palm or Morton's. That said, I don't think DC gets great quality steak. I love David Burke Prime and Peter Luger. Bourbon is good. I think DC got kind of shafted on steakhouses--it's no Chicago.

OK, thanks. I will fly to Chicago for dinner instead.

Just don't go to Capital Grille and you will be fine!

[Anonymous]

Ruth Chris is where the baggy jean set cowboys fans go for nice dinner.