Post Anniversary Dinner

Strange Night.

Randy orig made dinner reservations at The Bacchus Steakhouse http://www.thebacchuschophouse.com/ for this past Wed, but I told him to postone it to Saturday JIC i couldn't get out work on time. The place has awesome reviews, and i've been dying to go there - but now that I've been there, idunno if i'd come back

1) we arrived on time for our 7:30pm reservations. The hostess asks us if we want to get a drink at the bar first (?????) Why would i want to stand around drinking at a bar, when I could drink at a table w/o the crowd. If the table wasn't ready, that is one thing - but it was still early, so there were plenty of tables still open.

2) luckily when asked if we wanted to be seated in the first room "with the entertainment" or in the back room, we selected back room (VERY GOOD CHOICE - SEE BELOW)

3) the timing for our first round of drinks & appetizers were fine (except randy's appy, which was Gnocchi w/ Truffles & Mushrooms was AMAZING and mine, which was the special - Sauteed Shrimp Risotto, was EHHHHHH)

Things went kinda downhill from here...basically, we were forgotten.

4) took over 45 min from removing our appy plates to bringing our steaks and asking us if we wanted wine with our dinner. Randy ordered this humungo Porterhouse steak (rare), and i ordered the Filet Mignon (medium). Mine came out Well Done - blech, so I wound up eating some of randy's (which was too rare for me, so I wound up dunking it in ketchup).

5) after dinner we were given dessert menus. It took another 30 minutes to take our order - the pumpkin cheesecake - and then another 40 minutes to bring it with the cordials. The dessert was really yummy, but by that time i was getting bored with the place.

Oh, forgot to mention that during #4, the live entertainment began. I thought it might be a Harry Connick jr type piano player....OH NO...it was a James Brown impersonator (and i mean a damn good one) singing friggen loud. If i was in that first room - I would have picked myself up & left before dinner. All I could think of was The Bistro, circa 1989!!!!

It wasn't a BAD meal, but after reading reviews & viewing their website, I did build it up in my head....and I was a bit disappointed.