Stoney River Legendary Steaks

08/07/08

Great on Saturday nights

by GaLynn at Citysearch

Have been going to Stoney River for over 10 years and have never had a bad meal! The Pecan-Encrusted Swordfish is absolutley the best and they lay the fish on the tastiest Garlic Smashed Potatoes. Yummy.

Lively atmosphere, beautiful people. Bar is engaging and drinks are a good size at a good price. I have never been disappointed and have taken many friends and family to dine.

06/19/08

Not so great

by girlygrrll at Citysearch

So...I use to eat here 3 or 4 times a week. Since the last time I was here, 3 years ago or so, the food has gone down hill.

My dinner partner & I shared the Spinach Dip & Crab Cakes

The Spinach dip was flavorless, worse than TJI Fridays. The Crab Cakes were in a sauce, akin to Miracle Whip. Not so tasty, when freezer-burned canned crab is what is in stock.

Don't even get me started on the service at the bar, where we ate! 3 bartenders, still waiting for drinks. The side-bar seemed to be the focul point of the bartender's attention. Guess what G's, that is not were the tips really come from.

Please, Stoney River, step it up to what you once were. And please, lay off the MSG!!!

• Pros: Used to have a good ambiance
• Cons: Food was bad & what's up with the coprerate pouring of beverages?

12/31/06

Not what we expected at all! Bad experience.

by badabing33 at Citysearch

We took some out-of-towners here for a good steak on a Friday night and it was not what we expected!!

2 of our 4 main entrees came out wrong and when they were sent back they came back still wrong! One dish I got was a chicken breast dish and they had to go check to make sure they even had chicken?! I know it's a steakhouse but seriously.

They did have one single breast left and said it was mine! So when the chicken dish came out with gravy on it (I specifically asked that there be NO gravy) we sent it back. The funny thing is that if they had no more chicken because I got the last one, how could they cook a new one? They didn't...they brought back what appeared to be the exact plate with the same chicken breast with the gravy washed off and then the whole plate microwaved. The green beans were shriveled up little sticks and the chicken was as dry as could be. I ended up selecting an entirely new entree which was better but by then most of our party was done eating and I was no longer hungry as I had been eating from their plates.

The other bad dish was an extremely undercooked steak when medium was ordered. When it was sent back it still was bloody and was eaten anyway, because it had been so much trouble already.

We were offered nothing in the way of items removed from our bill or anything, for our trouble and bad experience.

Atmosphere was pretty poor as well and it was very crowded. We did "call ahead" and still waited for 30 minutes to get our table.

We were embarrased that we even took our guests here as they specifically asked us to pick a good steakhouse!

Try somewhere else!

• Pros: Mashed potatoes
• Cons: Crowded, entrees came out wrong and the cover up was poor, atmosphere needs help