Club A Steakhouse - A for Ambiance!

After hearing Club A Steakhouse mentioned on Gossip Girl recently, I was so excited that I was going to be going to a place as trendy as that! My foodie friend bought a Living Social prix fixed dinner there.

Upon entering the steakhouse, I noticed the beautiful ambiance of this place! It was dark and romantic, with candles, red velour accents, and many beautiful lights. They actually put up their holiday lights already on the trees outside their restaurant, so when looking out of their huge window panes, you can see a beautiful scene!

Beautiful Lights (I accidentally took a picture of the couple dining next to us! )

Lights on the Front side of the Restaurant

We were each entitled to a 3 course dinner and a bottle of wine for the table. The choices on the living social menu were actually very good, considering the price of the deal.

Living Social Menu

Despite the amazing ambiance and food selection, the service definitely lacked. My dining partner and I waited for almost a half hour before being able to order our food. We also had to ask for our water to be poured. I definitely would rate them 1 star for service. 

My dining partner and I decided to share the appetizer choices, side dishes, and desserts so that we could have "the best of both worlds" dining experience. We ordered our own entrees. 

For the appetizers we ordered the Fried Calamari and the Steak Tartare. We were both concerned about ordering a red meat appetizer when we were both ordering steak for dinner, but this wasn't a problem. The Steak Tartare wasn't too heavy and tasted amazing! It had bits of onions and capers mixed in with a nice citrusy flavor. Also, it was accompanied by a nice salad on the plate. Yay for greens! 

Steak Tartare

The Fried Calamari was actually very good. I use the word "actually" because I tend to get bored of calamari easily. After a few bites, it usually tastes the same, and tastes soooo fried. This calamari had a nice light taste and I didn't get bored of it! I kept wanting to eat more and more! Luckily, when there were a few bites left of it, the waiter came over to ask if we were finished, and I practically handed him the plate so he would take it away. 

Fried Calamari

For our entrees we both ordered the Filet Mignon. We also both ordered our steak medium rare. When our steak came to the table, we both noticed that my steak was so much more rare than my friend's and also that it was so much more moist and bloody. I felt bad for him, because my steak was definitely cooked so much better! He agreed when he tasted my steak that it was better! :) 

Filet Mignon - Medium Rare 

Cooked to Perfection

For the sides, we ordered the Truffle Oil Infused Creamed Spinach and the Garlic Fries. The truffle oil infused creamed spinach was definitely good, but kind of interesting. I wouldn't say that this was my favorite creamed spinach that I have ever had. Even though I love truffle oil, I am not sure if it goes that well with creamed spinach. I almost like creamed spinach made more regularly. Because spinach has more of a bitter taste, the combination of the truffle oil with the bitter spinach made it kind of interesting. 

Truffle Oil Infused Creamed Spinach

 The Garlic Fries were good. They weren't overly garlicy though. I actually think that the garlic fries at the Yankees stadium are better! But if you like your garlic fries to be a little less garlicy and light, than you would probably love these. The nice thing about them, is you didn't need ketchup for these because of the garlic flavor.

Garlic Fries

For dessert we just ordered one of each choices since there were only two desserts to choose from. The Tiramisu and the Cream Puffs were both very authentically Italian. Both desserts were very good, but I loved the tiramisu! Yum! :)

Homemade Cream Puffs

Homemade Tiramisu

I would suggest coming here for a romantic dinner for the ambiance and also the food. If you are pressed for time though, I wouldn't suggest it, because the service was extremely slow!