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Ruth's Chris Steak House

  • November 20, 2006
  • Rated 5 of 5 by stvchin from Tustin, California
Ruth's Chris Steak House

Ruth's Chris Steak House is a very fine dining steakhouse known throughout the US for their heavenly steaks. You are not required to make reservations, but if you don't there's probably a 3 hour wait. We made reservations for 5 people on a Saturday and received an 8pm reservation.

The Irvine Ruth's Chris is located at the corner of Michelson and Jamboree, just south of the 405 Freeway. There is a business casual dress code, with no hats, and the code is enforced.

We entered Ruth's Chris, checked in and waited about 10 minutes for the staff to prepare our table. The restaurant is a bit dark inside, but quite nicely adorned with nice dark hardwoods, romantic lighting, and rich linens. We were seated at a table in a round dining section at one end of the restaurant.

The waitstaff were quite prompt and attentive. We placed our drink orders and were brought a basket of warm French bread and soft butter.

We didn't take long to decide, and we placed our orders. Two of my friends ordered the lamb chops, one ordered the fillet, and another ordered the ribeye. The entrées are served ala carte, so there are no side dishes included. The side dishes at Ruth's Chris are quite large and feed the whole table. We ordered sides of potatoes au gratin, sweet potato casserole, and the fresh broccoli. We also ordered a Veal Osso Buco Ravioli appetizer.

Our Veal Osso Buco Ravioli appetizer came out first and it was very nice and saucy. The veal inside was quite tender. It was served with a delicious sauteed spinach.

About 20 minutes later, our entrées and side dishes arrived. The steaks and pork chops look absolutely scrumptious! They are seared to perfection under extremely high temperatures, and finished off with a nice healthy (well, not literally) dollop of butter, which melts and blends with the flavor of the meat.

My friends' pork chop entrées came with three pork chops. They said it was absolutely tender and full of flavor. My fillet was nice and tender, and the butter really brought out the flavor of the meat. I can say this is one of the best steaks I have ever had! My other friend with the rib eye was very happy with his selection too.

With steaks and pork chops like this, who needs anything else. Well, I guess side dishes wouldn't hurt. The fresh broccoli was drowned with cheddar cheese and baked. It was extremely good, if guiltful. The mashed sweet potatoes were very sweet. The pecan crust fooled us into believing we had a sweet potato pie. The potatoes au gratin were wonderful, the cheddar cheese sauce wasn't too heavy and didn't overwhelm the potatoes. There were onions blended in which made it taste just right!

We had no room for dessert. Our total bill with 5 entrées, 3 side dishes, appetizer, 2 drinks came out to $248! Yes, it's expensive, but it's definitely worth it on occasion.

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