Antonio To

Review of The Metropolitan Grill

We visited the Metropolitan Grill for dinner on ou...

We visited the Metropolitan Grill for dinner on our first day in Seattle visiting out of town and left with a lot of displeasure. After reading several reviews and hearing how wonderful Metropolitan Grill was, we did not have the same experience.

Our dining experience started off wonderful but was ruined midway through our dinner. We made reservations at 8 PM but arrived a little early at 7:45 and the hostess was able to accommodate us only having to wait about 5 minutes. Once seated, we were greeted by our server requesting our drink orders and provided fresh warm bread to start with. He went over all of the meat selections along with the specials on the menu for the night. Since this was our annual guys trip that we budget for, we wanted to try the best selections from the menu.

For Six People we ordered:

Drinks: Ordered some specialty cocktails (Met mango margarita, Mezcal mule and another drink)

Appetizer: King Crab Cakes, Almond Crusted Scallops, French Onion Soup, Lobster Bisque and Tenderloin Tartar

Main Entrees: Boneless Ribeye, Olive Steak Oscar Style, Cap Top Steak, Hokkaido Filet, Ohmi Filet, 2 Australian Lobster Tails

Sides: Lobster Macaroni and Cheese

Dessert: Banana Foster and Hot Apple Pie

Before our order was placed we received our cocktail drinks and they were all good except for one. We then started receiving our appetizers which were also very tasteful and presented nicely.

Once our appetizer finished, it took quite some time for our steaks to arrive which we did not mind as the restaurant seemed pretty busy. However once our steak arrived, for a high end steak restaurant we would expect our server to ask us to cut into our steaks making sure it was cooked to our desired temperature but this did not happen and our waiter left the table. The result of this was that one of our friends that ordered the cap steak med-rare came out to med to med-well and both of our lobster tails seemed very tough or overcooked.

In addition to the cap steak, the presentation was not expected as this meat was sliced into pieces instead of one whole piece like the others (causing the steak to cook even more to a well done since the plate was hot and the juices were flowing out). After most of us started digging into our meal, it took almost 10 minutes until our waiter came back to check on us realizing that the cap steak was overcooked. He immediately took the plate and stated it would be 10-15 min to have another replaced and provided a small crab cocktail for the guest to enjoy while waiting. After 25-30 minutes EVERYONE was finished with their food and the waiters assistant removed everyone's plate leaving the sides. We pushed all of our sides along with the lobster to our one friend that still did not have his steak to eat while he was waiting. Finally after about 35 minutes he received his steak and it was cooked to the desired temperature. We all watched him rush on eating his steak leaving an uncomfortable experience since everyone was done.

After our main entrees, we ordered the hot apple pie and banana foster for two. The presentation and dessert were both very wonderful but I would mention that each of the desserts could be for four people at least. Around 10:20 we received our tab and it was well over one-thousand dollars after tip. This was not a normal dinner and like most people it is a privilege to dine out nice every once in awhile.

Overall for a high end restaurant, we did not enjoy our meals due to the experience and presentation of the entrees we had. We would not really suggest it to our friends or family back home. For a restaurant with a rich history and high reviews we really expected more.