Patrick Mao

Review of NICK & SAM STEAK HOUSE

For all the hype that I received about this place,...

For all the hype that I received about this place, I found it missing the mark on some things, while parts were pretty remarkable.

1. We made reservations for 8pm 8pm a Saturday night but didn't get seated for nearly 40 minutes. Could have been worse, but their waitroom bar and buffet somewhat made up for it.

2. Their washroom buffet serves chips and salsa, as well as unlimited caviar! This was one of the better parts of my experience there.

3. Our appetizers were pretty decent. The Foie Gras was delicious and fatty. Their garbage salad was a bit heavy on the ranch dressing.

4. The overall wait time for our appetizer to our entree also took much longer than we expected. From the time we sat down til we recorded our entree was another 35 minutes. Granted the restaurant was packed, so I can understand the delay.

4. Our entree was the porterhouse, and we ordered one servinf for 2 people. Overall it was really good, however, the meat was slightly more rare than our requested medium rare. We'd ask to have it taken back but we were starving at this point, so we settled with our order. (Sorry, the lighting was bad in the restaurant so we didn't take pictures of the steak)

5. The service was amazing, when they attended to. Again, restaurant was extremely busy and we were overlooked sometimes. However, when they noticed us, they were very accommodating. They also give a very informative sample demonstration of the meats that they have there. Very interesting!

All in all, great experience, with a little room for improvement for next time. Will be visiting another time when I visit Dallas again!