Ruth's Chris Steak House
Category: Restaurants [Edit]
Neighborhood: Avenue of the Arts South260 S Broad St
Philadelphia, PA 19102 (215) 790-1515
- Price Range: $$$$
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Attire: Dressy
- Good for Groups: Yes
- Good for Kids: No
- Takes Reservations: Yes
- Delivers: No
- Waiter Service: Yes
- Outdoor Seating: No
11 Reviews for Ruth's Chris Steak House
Bar was good. Good bartender, good mixed drinks.
Dinner was pretty bad.
Food was good to OK.
Service was not so hot.
A wine glass broke and hit the floor so the shards sprayed all over the food, wine & me. Wine was comped as well as dessert. Overall, even without the shower of glass I won't be going back.
Decor can go. I don't mind taxidermy, but not in this venue.
Other Ruth's Chris are great but this one needs a mega makeover.
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I've been here a few times and have always had a consistently decent fillet. The meal was good, but not memorable. Very expensive, especially for a chain restaurant, but not nearly as good as other high-end chains like Morton's or The Palm.
Unfortunately, the one lucid memory I have of Ruth's Chris doesn't involve the steak. I ordered a glass of scotch - neat (without ice). The waiter said, "pardon me, sir, but I believe you mean to say N.I." I responded with a confused look. He continues, "N.I. stands for no ice. That is the correct term." I could have gone on arguing back and forth but I didn't want to embarrass him. For the record, "neat" is the correct term.
-1 for being condescending
-1 for being condescending and wrong.
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I love steakhouses and this place is very nice inside....but it is not the best or even great...just good.
I loved the baked potato, cream spinach and portabello mushrooms.
The steak was medium rare and was good but I have had better.
The place though has great interior and honestly the food is worth the price but if you are in Philly and want to dine out in an elite steakhouse, skip this place and look elsewhere.
Greasy & just not good. Do not waste your money here. Go to one of the many fine steak houses in the city.
Okay, my review really doesn't matter. My aunt decided she'd drag me on New Years Eve here though I'm a vegetarian. GREAT IDEA!
Luckily they had one thing on the menu for me which was portabello mushrooms in some kind of sauce (which could of been meat related but i don't even want to think about it) & a little scoop of mashed potatoes all for $18. My aunt, her husband, and two cousins got some dead carcass. My mother had the same as me. The bill ended up being slightly $400. My stars are based on the service since I obviously can't give a review on the animals. Most were lovely & I got a free jingle bell.
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I love steak. I love steakhouses. I HATE RUTH CHRIS.
FOOD: Total Crap. They drench the filet mignon in BUTTER (read the menu) and then serve it to you. They also drench all their vegetables (which are over-cooked) in butter. They probably use more butter here than beef.
SERVICE: Worse than the food. Served me cold (not lukewarm, but COLD) soup and didn't even apologize. Waited eternity for everything, including a spoon for my cold soup. Servers, hosts, and management all acted as if they were doing me a huge favor by allowing ME to eat at THEIR crappy restaurant and were plain RUDE. WTF?!?!
AMBIANCE: Dirty carpet. Dingy-looking place. Really loud.
By far, the worst steak house I have EVER been to. I even went there a SECOND time, hoping my first experience was a fluke, but same thing. Other Ruth Chris locations are not as bad, but still the worst of all the steakhouse chains. YUCK!
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I totally agree with the generally "meh" reviews of this place. The service is fine, the food is fine, the atmosphere is fine. Three stars all around.. blah blah blah etc. I'm told that places like this have their place in the world, and I suppose that's true. It's just not a place that I think I want to live in just yet. Not that I have anything against moose and deer heads on the wall or anything. Mostly my meh-ness has to do with the food.
But we had a gift certificate, and we went, and it was fine.
No news here: Ruth's Chris is a steakhouse. I like creative food, so I'm not super into the steakhouse. I'm all for high-quality meat cooked to perfection and served sizzling on a 500 degree plate (with butter! Who doesn't love butter?). And hey, potatoes, yummy. Mashed, au gratin, shoestringed, etc. ok.. sure.. all styles of potato that have stood the test of time and persisted in their relative deliciousness. But at the end of the day, quality isn't enough to overcome the boring. I mean, really.. steamed asparagus with a tiny ramekin of hollandaise? Not. Exciting. The hollandaise would have to be pretty spectacular and the stuff at Ruth's Chris is really.. just hollandaise. Likewise the potatoes. We had the shoestring and they were.. fine.
I've only been to Barclay Prime once and it was for an "event" so the menu was super limited: cheese trays, shrimp cocktail, creamy cheese garlic herb stuffed in little tomatoes or something, olives and... the kobe sliders. Bottom line: If I'm spending $200 for dinner at a steak house, I'm having kobe sliders. Because every freakin' bite of those little suckers was melty meaty cheesy buttery perfect brioche-encased joy. We are totally totally going there when the Ruth's Chris gifters come to visit.
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I know Ruth's Chris is suppose to be THE steak house, but I still think the best steak I've ever had (and I've had Morton's, Capital Grille, Ruth's Chris, Miami's Forge and Smith & Wollensky) is at Barclay Prime. Don't hate the Death Starr 'cause he's beautiful.
Ruth's, however is better than Morton's I feel. Their location o Broad is great and service is welcoming. Sides are buttery and perfect, and the plates warm. Perfectly pink centers, but some cuts lack that melt-in-your-mouth medium-rare orgasm you meat-aholics may be looking for.
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Without question, Ruth's Chris will never leave you disappointed. In addition to their steaks, their southern-minded seafood and tuna is excellent. Moreover, it's the many choices of starches that get people talking (I've always found the Shoestring french fries to be far more memorable than any cut of beef here).
Still, as others have duly pointed out, there are homegrown options to eat better steaks, or on par steaks in Philadelphia, without resorting to a chain. The Starr Report packs some local flavor, for around the same money.
Ruth's makes sense if you're in Vegas, or in Orlando (which actually has better local steakhouses) or some other concrete, franchise hell... but in Philly, we have better offerings that when I want to take someone out for a steak, I pass right by Ruth's and Morton's just knowing that somebody else is eating the same thing somewhere else at the exact moment.
Chain. This was my first visit to a Ruth's Chris, and to be honest, I was pretty disappointed. I've heard the hype over and over about how great this place is, blah blah blah, but it was 'good'. Here's the story:
The steak was decent. it's a plain peice of meat in the middle of a hot-ass plate that can burn your fingerprints off (speaking from experience). My dinner was overcooked (medium well vs. medium rare), and it took long enough that I wasn't willing to send it back. The sides we decent, but certainly nothing to write home about.
The atmosphere was a bit stuffy. Clearly I see what they are going for in their 'private-steakhouse' setting, but for what you pay, I was looking to be a little more imporessed.
Perhaps my steak got a little too well-done while I was dipping my fingers in my water? Perhaps ordering a vodka tonic v. a bottle of wine suggested I have no taste? Any one of these things could be true, but all in all - marginal.
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I have always wanted to try Ruth's Chris Steak House. Good but not great. I hate when places state they sell only Prime. I have had Prime and this is not prime. However it wasn't horrible and the sides are yummy.
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