Cattle Baron NE - Horrible dining experience
Last night (Feb. 27) my wife and I go out for our 3rd anniversary. We had heard good things about the Cattle Baron and she had been to the one in the south before so we decided to go to the NE because it was a bit closer.
Got there, seated right away and had some nice sour dough bread, glass of wine etc.. She ordered the 8oz New York cut and I ordered the 10oz rib eye.
This is when things started going down hill. I started to notice the opening and closing of a window that lead into the bar area. Obviously they were passing drinks through this window as there is no bar on the dining side. Well, the problem with this is that it was simply one of those divider accordians that you find separating rooms and of course people on the other side were smoking. (I was under the impression that smoking was no longer allowed in restaurants) but anyway..
So then the food comes out. My 24.00 rib eye was cold and looked like some kinda chop steak you would find on a cheap steak sandwich from a bar. And my wife's 23.00 New York cut had fat all the way through it.. And i'm not talking marbling, I know what steak is supposed to look like and this wasn't a new york cut.
So the waitress comes by and we explain that this is not a good cut of meat, she apologizes and explains she will get another one for her. Another 20 min or so goes by, meanwhile we've already been there over an hour, and the second steak comes out. Smaller, burnt and still full of fat. So finally the manager comes over and takes a look at it and explains that it must have been a bad batch from the company they buy the steak from and he will do anything to make things right with us. Of course I've been long done my meal but I feel bad and she is hungry cause besides the bread she hadn't had anything to eat yet. So she decides to try the filet mignon instead.
Another 20 min or so goes by, the manager brings out the steak, everything is cooked perfectly, the steak was good, she was happy, I was happy and we thought that was it.
Then the bill comes.. NOT ONLY did he not take care of the bill period, after all the bs we had gone through, we get CHARGED for the filet which was 28.00!!! I couldn't believe this. We had spent over 2 1/2 hours there, went through 3 steaks and mine which wasn't all that good anyway only to get charged full price.
So I call the manager over and ask if this is the way you "take care of people" and he explains that the waitress misbilled us and he will fix it. So how does he fix it, he puts back on the original steak that she ordered.
Well needless to say, this was a horrible experience, i will NEVER go back to the Cattle Baron in the NE and probably will never go to either for that matter. A simple anniversary dinner turns into a night of bad steaks, stinky clothes (from the smoke in the lounge) and very sour taste in my mouth.
Should have went to the Bear's Den and been done with it.
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