Hannah Frey

Review of Bern's Steakhouse

My boyfriend and I went here last night for our an...

My boyfriend and I went here last night for our anniversary dinner. Our server, Davor, was delightful, he was probably about 90% of the reason our experience was so great. He made us feel like he was our grandfather and suggested different ways of trying the food and wines. The food itself was amazing. We started with the crab cakes (so good!). For the salads, my boyfriend asked our waiter to "surprise him" with which salad dressing to put on it and he brought back this lovely French dressing. I chose to get the caesar salad and the option to have the dressing made table side. DO IT. It's very very good. French onion soup is the best I've ever had. We both got steaks, which were very good, cooked perfectly. We both had sangria to drink and it was the best sangria I've ever had. Davor did also let me taste a wine they had there; it was the only sweet red wine they had and I don't usually like red wine because it's so dry, but this wine was great. If you like sweeter wines I suggest at least tasting it when you go.
We went on a tour of the kitchen and wine cellar and both our tour guides were very nice.
Finally we went to the dessert room, where the only complaint I have is that our waiter, Julio, I think, seemed more like he should work in a sports bar, not a fine dining restaurant. He had a dry sense of humor, which is fine, but almost complained about making us the Bananas Foster dessert that we ordered, saying it's a pain to make on a busy night, but tonight it was okay because they weren't busy. He also said he doesn't understand what the big deal is about the Bananas Foster. I feel like it's one thing to say "The bananas foster isn't my favorite dessert here, but (insert dessert here) is my favorite." But he just went on about how he doesn't understand the hype and how it's a pain to make. As a server in general, you're supposed to be selling your menu items, not making people feel uncomfortable about ordering it. He did end on a nice note thanking us and saying he was glad we enjoyed everything, but he did rub both me and my boyfriend the wrong way personality wise.
Overall a very nice experience and we would definitely return. I would definitely recommend asking for Davor as your server for the dining room.