May 16, 2006 Atmosphere is
lively, slightly crowded, bright and fresh as the facility is reasonably
new. The dining rooms are accented with wine lockers and displays of wine
bottles through accentuating their attention to wine oriented dining as a
complement to great steaks. This is a steakhouse first and foremost although
they feature a broad selection of seafood as well. Their affiliated
restaurant, Charley's Steakhouse is nationally recognized and carries
several major awards but they have almost identical menus. Vito's winelist
is broader and deeper.
Atmosphere - 4.5/5
Food - The beef is aged and carefully selected and cut
daily on premises by the staff. There is a broad
selection of beef and seafood and an adequate
selection of starters and deserts. The servings are super-sized and come ala
carte. Steaks were very good. Their style to offer massive desserts detracts
from their effectiveness as they force sharing of one selection vs.
individual selections by each diner.
Food - 4.5/5
Wine - The wine list is broad and deep. They have a
reasonable corkage policy allowing special dinners to be enjoyed with
special wines which was important since we had a special group and occasion. See
Wine Journal.
Wine - 4.5/5
Service was adequate but not particularly personable or attentive.
Service - 3.75/5
Overall Rating - 17.25/20 |