18 STEAK — Restaurant in Baton Rouge

My husband and I were celebrating our 26th wedding anniversary and made reservations to have dinner here. Our waiter was Jeremy. Jeremy was not attentive at all. He took forever to get our order in. Our food took forever for us to get it and when we did, Jeremy never came over to see if everything came out okay. My husband got the delmonico ribeye and I got a filet to which both steaks were really thick and no steak knives to cut them with. We waited and waited for Jeremy to come…10-15 minutes and our steaks getting cold. My husband had to literally yell Jeremy’s name for him to come to our table. We finally got our steak knives. My steak was really good! My husbands steak was not so great. It was a very tough steak. The sides were really good. The crawfish and Tasso Mac and cheese was the best! But as we were eating, they sat an old drunk guy and his wife next to us. As the old man was eating his soup, he started vomiting in his napkin and soup and then proceeded to eat the soup! It was the most disturbing and disgusting experience ever! My husband had to get up and walk out of the restaurant because he can’t handle those kinds of bodily functions as we are eating. Then our dessert came. Thank goodness Jeremy brought me a box to put it in because we could bear to eat it next to that old man. Jeremy took my cards to cash us out and literally took FOREVER to bring them back to me. Like at least 10-15 minutes of me sitting there waiting for my cards and ticket while my husband is outside the restaurant. He went to go get a manager to complain but no one seemed to care at all. Whoever he talked to said they couldn’t find anyone who vomited. Whatever. Watch the security tape. You will see him vomiting and strings of mucus from his mouth to his napkin. It was the most disgusting thing to see while we were eating. So I give the food 3 stars because it was good, just not 5 star worthy and not worth the price. The rest, if I could give zero...

They didn’t have several items available at the time I went, so I ended up getting the 18 oz dry aged New York strip, but it was tough and the fat wasn’t rendered at all. I also asked for a medium cook, but they gave me mostly medium rare (steak was a little lopsided, so the cook was uneven) There was still gristle on my steak too, so it makes me wonder if they just used lower quality meat too, or if their kitchen didn’t handle the meat very well in the preparation or cooking?

The lump crab was a little dry and watery, that the sauce couldn’t really save. Definitely did not taste very fresh.

The tasso mac and cheese came out molten hot and wasn’t bad, but lacked a good crust on top plus the bread crumbs weren’t baked into the mac and cheese so my first bite I pretty much inhaled a spoon full of breadcrumbs and pepper 😂 I had to mix and stir it up to remedy that.

Service was attentive with drinks, but I did end up waiting a long time before I got all my food in between getting my bread and butter and the rest of my food. I asked for it all to come out at the same time, but they brought out one appetizer, and then I sat there waiting 30+mins before they brought the rest out.

All in all, I was expecting filet mignon, but all I got was hotdog. Not the worst food I’ve ever had, but for “fine dining”, it was...

We’re staying at the casino on holiday. We decided to casually dine downstairs but we didn’t have reservations. So we decided to patronize the bar at 18 Steak. We sat there for about 15 minutes being ignored by Mr. Glenn. He avoided eye contact and after we said hello to him he replied with just a second. He had conversations with the other customers at the bar. He even told one couple a delightful story about his kid being able to listen to a book on the audio books app while studying for two other subjects which scares the heck out of him but he acknowledges his kid is super smart. He then spoke to a couple walking up that were a few feet away. He never asked us for our order or anything. Thankfully Ms. Grace was working this Saturday and she helped us. She took our order and made our drinks. She was very nice and welcoming. Even when Mr. Glenn told the couple sitting next to us let’s blame the bad drinks on her in jest I thought. But then he added “even though she blames things on me constantly we won’t blame her tonight.” Any who we tipped $30 because Ms. Grace was so nice and I think Mr. Glenn kind of assumed that we “Black Folks” weren’t going to tip based on some of his other comments and convos around us. Anywho try the Mac and Cheese, and let Ms....