3/5 Thorin G. 1 year ago on Google
I
read
the
reviews
and
heard
all
the
great
word
of
mouth...so
we
gave
Gallagher's
a
shot.
It
was
a
special
night
for
us,
and
first
off,
the
service
was
exceptional.
From
the
host
to
the
waitstaff,
top
notch.
Now
the
bad.
For
a
place
to
claim
to
have
the
best
steaks
on
the
Northshore...meah.
My
ribeye
was
edible.
That's
about
it.
Cooked
medium,
even
medium
well,
it
should
not
have
required
I
saw
at
the
meat
with
my
knife.
I'm
not
a
fancy
guy,
so
this
was
a
rare
experience
at
a
pricey
restaurant.
I
learned
an
important
lesson.
I
do
not
like
"a
la
carte"
at
all.
To
pay
the
price
they
charge
for
just
a
steak,
then
add
a
side
for
a
price
most
appetizers
go
for...it
just
doesn't
make
sense
for
the
consumer.
The
side
I
chose
was
the
asparagus
with
"hollandaise
sauce".
I
love
asparagus
and
prepare
it
regularly,
and
just
assumed
that
one
should
trim
off
the
hard,
fibrous,
inedible
ends
of
the
stalks,
but
what
do
I
know.
I
also
have
made
hollandaise
sauce
a
number
of
times,
which
can
be
time
consuming
and
finicky,
but
should
not
be
presented
on
your
side
dish
as
runny,
foamy
and
basically
buttery
lemonade.
My
wife
tried
the
catfish
pecan,
which
was
mushy
and
had
a
muddy
taste...sigh.
The
side
she
chose
was
potatoes
au
gratin,
which
brings
to
the
imagination,
thin
slices
of
potatoes,
baked
with
an
abundance
of
cheese...or
in
this
case
some
lumps
of
potatoes
in
a
semblance
of
cream
sauce
with
a
spattering
of
cheese
on
top.
To
return
to
the
"a
la
carte"
aspect...I
do
no
see
the
appeal
of
having
numerous
plates
and
dishes
consuming
the
table
space
and
making
it
a
tedious
endeavor
to
bring
one
stalk
of
asparagus
from
the
bowl
shaped
dish
to
the
inadequately
sized
steak
plate
one
at
a
time
to
be
able
to
cut
it
and
eat
it.
We
paid
for
the
meal
without
complaint,
as
there
was
nothing
that
could
have
been
remedied
at
the
time,
the
damage
was
done,
lesson
learned.
But
I
wanted
to
ensure
that
my
experience
was
available
for
people
thinking
of
going
there.
While
most
people
seem
to
rave
extensively
about
the
place,
I
could
in
good
conscience,
not.
The
three
stars
above
are
solely
for
the
exceptional
front
staff,
if
I
could
just
rate
them,
it
would
be
absolutely
5
stars.