Ruth Chris Steakhouse

[LonghornGirlie]

your thoughts?

 

[Hpslugga]

This post was on the back page? For shame.

Ruth's Chris f'ing rules

 

[iamtigerwoods]

In Austin, it is as good a choice as any, except I would probably give the nod to Fleming's. In any city with several good independents(dallas, houston, chicago, etc.), it would be similar to going to the Macaroni Grill for great italian..

 

[jimmyjazz]

Speaking of Fleming's . . . my wife & I went there with both sets of parents the other night. Holy smokes, that's good food. I had a ribeye that was far and away the best steak I've ever had.

 

[TenaciousTgarden]

ruth's chris is >>>>>>>>> than macaroni grill
yum. i even like it better than flemings.

 

[crayon1973]

Flemmings is better. I am not overly impressed with RCs. Thats just me.

 

[RaizerAlum]

gf worked at ruth's chris during college so we went from time to time and i loved it. then i broadened my horizens and tried a few others around town and its really 3rd or 4th on my list as far as austin steak goes. we went a few weeks ago and the steak wasn't as great as i remember.

 

[crayon1973]

try going to Texadelphia now. I used to eat there once at least twice a week and thought it was the greatest food on the planet. Had one recently and realized that my horizons were much more narrow a long time ago.

 

[RaizerAlum]

was never big on the cheesesteak, but they make a mean mushroom burger at texadelphia. but, yeah i get what you mean. at the time ruth's was the best steak i'd ever had. since then i'd put trulucks, austin land and even sullivans ahead of it.

 

[hookem2102]

At a steakhouse I always order a fillet and compared to similar places Ruth Chris is not that great. In fact I don't plan on ever going there again.
Unless the scenario is "Hey, Hookem2102 wanna go to Ruth Chris...my treat?" Then I would go.

Fwiw: The shoestring potato/fries are great though.

 

[scottsins]

Flemings >>>> RC.

 

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[TR_Horn]

I had a $100 gift card and ended up spending $50 out of pocket ($150 total for 2) at RC. I thought the steaks were OK, nothing to write home about. The best part of the meal was the dessert which was a creme brulee. I will probably be hanged for this but I think Outback has better filet than RC. I ate at Fleming's some years ago and I remember if being better than RCs - but again not overly impressive for what you're paying.

My favorite steak restaurant at the moment in Austin is...shudder...Houston's. I think the Hawaiian Ribeye as well as the Filet Mignon are good choices for steak there. It's a little sad that there are not that many home-grown steakhouses in Austin (or are there? Educate me). I have heard some good things about Austin Land and Cattle.

All of this being said, part of my problem with eating steak out, is that I love making steak at home on a charcoal grill and it's hard for any of these places to match a Choice or Prime Ribeye cooked to perfection at home, by me.

 

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[RaizerAlum]

ausitn land gets my nod for austin steak house. the shiner bock mushrooms are the best. theyve got a good caesar salad to go with it.

 

[wedgie]

I live down the street from Houstons. Great babt back ribs and prime rib. The ribeye is damn good too.

 

[hookem2102]

houstons ribs are awesome, fries too.