super disappointing first visit during restaurant ...

super disappointing first visit during restaurant wk. we arrived late on a sunday night and were excited about the menu offerings. the ambiance was quiet and romantic, and the restaurant was mostly empty so the atmosphere felt much more casual. dinner started off with the turtle soup, which was pretty good and had a lot of depth and flavor. the garlic bread was also sinfully delicious, although it probably consisted of more butter than flour. next came our entrees, a stuffed quail dish and a filet mignon entree. the quail wasn't bad, but was also nothing exciting. it was on the borderline of being almost dry, but still acceptable. the filet on the other hand, was hands down the worst one i've had anywhere! anytime i get steak, i always go for filet mignon, and i've had it prepared many different ways but always delicious. of course, some places serve it better than others, but i would say that i'd never had a bad filet mignon-- until my experience at brennan's. i ordered it medium as usual, but it was utterly dry and flavorless. there's not much else to say about it because it was that uninteresting. i never ever add salt to my food, and i found myself picking up the salt shaker at least a half dozen times. the mushroom sauce on top made a feeble attempt to add a touch of flavor, but even that was pretty much bland. i don't think the steak was overcooked because i could still see the pink despite the extremely dim lighting of the restaurant. i just think the quality of the meat was sub par and the seasoning was even worse. sigh... what a disappointment. dessert sealed the flop, with an anti-climatic tableside preparation of bananas foster (the table next to us got a giant flambe, whereas we got a whimper of a flame about 4 inches high). the bananas foster was just blah, and the bread pudding was way too alcoholic. the meal just kept going downhill, and was finished off with 2 pralines to take home, the same ones that they set out in mounds next to the hostess stand. i won't comment too much on the pralines since i think they're probably alright-- but even though i usually love any dessert, i'm just not a fan of that kind of thing-- where it's so sweet it makes your throat hurt. sadly, despite all the rave reviews about brennan's, i doubt i'll be back in the future. for a place as pricey as it is, i would expect the food to surpass cafeteria or bad-wedding food status. i will say that service was decent though, so at least there's that...