Tim

Review of McKendrick's

I expected better. For the price, 3 stars.

I expected better. For the price, 3 stars.

We were a larger party, but had a reservation and were all well behaved. Apps, dinner, and drinks ran about $125 pp in a large group inc tip.

Service was exemplary. The wait staff were 100% on top of drinks, including topping up water. Orders were taken efficiently and accurately from drinks to apps to dinner to dessert. No one looked for anything that the staff didnt almost instantly provide. I've been here a few times, from solo to a 20+ group, and had consistently amazing service.

But...something went south in their kitchen since my last visit which was 5-stars. When one person says their steak is ... cold, it's a fluke. When they say something and another person pipes up and then a third? No, that's a problem in the kitchen. If a high end and expensive steakhouse can't consistently get a simple rare steak right they have work to do before I'd consider rating them better than 'mediocre'. Sadly, they're more than capable of making good, even amazing, food but need to deliver that consistently given what a typical meal costs.