Masselow’s Steakhouse — Restaurant in Airway Heights

UPDATE: 05/20/21

Came with my wife so that so could enjoy the new experience here at Masselow's.

We had a couple of drinks at the bar before being seated. The bartenders were friendly & helpful. They have plenty of unique cocktails. My favorite technique is the smoked old fashioned.

We both ordered the 4 course tasting menu. They offer a suggested wine with each course, but we did not want to drink 4 glasses of wine an dthen drive home. So they split the "pairing" for each of us so we could taste each suggested wine with each course. The cost was an additional $30 per person but well worth it. Most wines complimented the food nicely. I wasn't the biggest fan of the moscato for the desert wine. The wine was good, I am just not a fan of sweet wines.

They served us an amuse-Bouche that was a small polenta cake. Seemed a bit strange at first but the flavor suddenly grows and continues in your mouth for some time. It was a quite a surprise and very enjoyable.

We ordered the More Than Ahi Tuna Poke & the Caviar "Egg Sandwich". Both were very tasty. I especially liked the sandwich, just wish it was a bit larger.

We each had the Tableside Caeser & of course, the bready course. more comments below from my original review.

I ordered the 40-Day Dry-Aged Eye of Ribeye & she ordered the Grilled Prime Filet Mignon. Both were fantastic. If being critical, the fillet was a bit rarer than medium rare and the Ribeye more medium than Medium rare. Bit minor issues as the flavor for both was great.

For desert, I was the Raspberry-Rhubarb Tart & she ordered the Chocolate Blackout Cake. Both fantastic. I loved the brightness and flavor of the tart especially.

Again, the service was impeccable. Super friendly and very attentive staff. The meal is not cheap, but this is True fine dining that you rarely to never see in Spokane. Special Occasion worthy every time.

03/2021

Was a great experience. They are currently only using 2 price fix menus for dinner. A 3 course menu ($70) or the 4 course menu, which I selected ($90). They served us a pasta noodle amuse-bouche as a tasting that was nice and interesting.

I chose the "More than Ahi Tuna Poke" starter, which was flavorful and looked fantastic. Just felt it was missing some thin crackers to go with it for texture & flavor.

Then came the table side Caeser salad. Unfortunately, the don't actually make the caeser dressing in front of you. It is already made and they just assemble the salad in front of you. They give you many add-on options such as anchovies, bacon, shrimp, cheese, croutons, etc.. The salad was good, but not the best that I have ever had.

Something very cool and unique was the bread cart. I have never seen a bread cart served table side at a restaurant. The breads, crackers and house made butters were great.

I chose the Grilled Prime Filet Mignon for my entree. It was very good but rather small. The main critique was that they sliced the filet instead of leaving it whole. I had never seen that done at a high end steak house. The meat was cooked perfectly. The mashed potatoes & grilled butternut squash was nice but small.

Lastly I chose the Chocolate Sundae Flambe. They lit it on fire at the table for a good presentation. The brownie & ice cream were a good finish to the meal.

Service was fantastic! The staff was very friendly and helpful. They made sure everything was perfect.

I really enjoyed the meal and would definately come back. While there were a few odd things about the dishes, all in total the meal was a...

-Sigh- I'm usually so easy to please when someone else makes dinner. Our waitress was fantastic and the restaurant layout was nice for a more private dining experience. The food did not meet our expectations by a long shot for the price. We were woefully disappointed.

Firstly, I have to admit, my husband is a self-appointed steak connoisseur, with a refined palate for steak, by cut and cooking. He ordered rare, and almost sent it back as it was way overcooked for a rare order. He said it was a $30 steak at best. I ordered lamb. It tasted okay to me, but I was disappointed at the small portions, 2 shanks. It was plated in a lovely way though, but for the price it needs to have wow taste.

The salad had enormous sized, burnt croutons. The waitress noticed them being burnt when she came back and replaced them. The scalloped potatoes looked interesting but were cold in the middle and bland.

We thought we'd order desserts to go in hopes those might salvage our night out splurge. We ordered the flourless chocolate cake, creme brûlée, and beignets. They were all the worst we've ever had. The small slice of cake had only a 1/5 inch layer or so of chocolate and was mostly some sort of white nougat or cream. The creme brûlée had an odd flavor and the caramelized crust was so thick and hard it was really hard to eat. The tiny beignets were hard, as though they had been sitting out, stale.

I really hate to give such a critical review. We've been here once before a while back and were disappointed then too, maybe not as badly. So I wanted to share our experience before some plunks down their money with high dining expectations.

Interestingly, it seemed like they had more seafood options than steak. Diners should also be aware that they include a generous service/gratuity fee of I believe 25% in your bill, as many patrons are probably staying overnight at the resort. We did NOT notice that service fee and added another 20% or so for a tip. We did not want to fault the waitress for our disappointment with the food, as...

The steaks were great! We had Bison ribeyes and a porterhouse steak, steamed clams that were delicious and great amount, the spaghetti squash wasnt so good to me and noone really ate it at our table. The seabass was very very good just wish there was more fish because it was so good! The only thing is, i reserved a table here a week ahead of time, i knew it wouldnt be busy on a monday but did it anyways expecting that it would help them be more prepared. Well i show up 30 mins early and say hey to the greeter, tell her my name and she looks us up and we tell her we will be back in 30 mins. Anyways, we go play and then the rest of our guests show up 30 minutes later when everyone is supposed to show up for dinner and they take a minute to even bring us inside to show us our table but then when we get to our table the girl counts how many chairs there is and there's only four but there was five of us oh, so she makes us walk all the way back out and tells us she's sorry she didn't get the table ready for us and we just need to walk out and come back in when she tells us to, I was a little embarrassed because my dad read reviews and saw that this was supposed to be a five-star restaurant and quickly realized that you are not treated like you should be at a five star restaurant. And it was embarrassing going into the restaurant and then being told to walk back out and then come back in. I just didn't see the point in that. We didn't mind watching her put the tables together. The food was great we were definitely stuffed the stuff was very polite I just wish they were little more prepared. And a little bit better side choices, like I wish you got a salad with anything that you order...