Corks & Cattle — Restaurant in Enterprise

Sadly, I'm not impressed. I had such high hopes after hearing family share their experience. Honestly, I'd have to drink a lot of alcohol (which I don't drink) to make myself think it was good and give it a 4/5 star review. My husband and I decided to splurge for our 28th wedding anniversary and eat here. We both ordered the filet which came with "roasted" potatoes and seasonal veggies (squash and zucchini). Most of my potatoes were extremely hard (raw) and basically tasted like a baked potato that had been diced up and sprinkled with a nondescript herb. The squash and zucchini we're edible but not special. Now let's talk about this $28.00 "filet" steak. Had it not been drizzled with a "balsamic reduction" the steak would not have been worth going in for another bite. Was this an actual filet? Not compared to the filets I've had over my adult life time. They shouldn't have had a steak knife on my plate. A filet should be soft and you should be able to cut it with your fork. I've never had gristle in a filet. This filet was loaded with gristle and was quite tough to chew. I absolutely cannot see what all the rave is about. It's definitely a "hangout" for the local-yocals because "everybody knows your name". Well, except for us. We live in another town. Want an appetizer? How about (1) $10 crab cake with some special greens tossed on the plate? That thing better be the size of my plate if they want me to pay 10 bucks for it. Forget about bread. Oh but you can pay extra ($2.50) for some greasy naan (say non) bread with only the grease for flavor. I'm not one to salt my food, but tonight I was grateful for the itty bitty tee-niney little salt shaker. You know, the kind you use at home when you have the girls over for a tea party. You'll need it for those little cucumber sandwiches you'll be serving. Our waitress, oh excuse me, our server failed to tell us there were specials available. But then we're not one of the hometown boys that would've known to look at the giant floor to ceiling chalk board over in the corner. Dessert anyone? Do like we did. Drive around the corner and get some ice cream at Milky Moo's. It was totally worth it! So lesson learned. Just because everybody knows your name and you would be so "uncool" not to be seen at Corks and Cattle, save your money and your taste buds for a delicious, mouthwatering steak elsewhere and pay a little less for it. It's not the money that's the issue with us. But I've always heard, "you get what you pay for". And I expected that $28 steak to melt in my mouth and cut like butta. You know what I'm talking about?...

We were extremely disappointed in the food and the way the manager handled the situation. For a table whose bill was around $400, their level of care for the situation was ridiculous. We ordered the special 16oz ribeye, and the special filet mignon. We also had a Togo order of the 16oz ribeye and a chicken salad. When the steaks came to the table they were both leathery and tough on the outside. The ribeye was mostly fat. The side was “CRISPY” Brussels sprouts. The Brussels were literally mush/slop. When I addressed the fat on one of the steaks the waitress didn’t offer to make it right but she did say she could bring me green beans to replace the mush on my plate. When I ordered the salad to go I specifically requested plain chicken and confirmed there were no seasonings on it (such as blackened chicken). I wanted to be clear that I just wanted a plain piece of chicken. I checked the Togo order after we paid the bill and I noticed there was pepper seasoning all over the chicken. I asked the waitress if she could please get me a piece of chicken that was unseasoned, like I had asked. And instead of remaking the entire thing, I just asked for the piece of chicken. Then she brought a plate to me and asked me to give her the chicken back out of the Togo box- WITH NO UTENSILS. My jaw dropped to the floor. First of all, this is just weird that someone would ask you to pick out the part that they got wrong. They should have remade the entire thing. We aren’t at McDonald’s. I just dropped over $400 at this restaurant. I looked at the waitress and asked “am I supposed to pick this out with my hands?”. She walked off. At this point we were extremely aggravated and decided to just leave. As I was walking out I heard the manager ask the waitress, “did you get the chicken?”. In what world does an establishment like this care if we got the chicken!? How about, “let’s remake the entire salad for them”. Worst experience and worst food ever! I highly recommend Moms cafe off of bollweevil circle. We ate there the next morning for a fraction of the price. The service was great and when they messed up one of the orders, they told us to keep it and take it home to someone. They handled the situation like any other restaurant would. And our entire bill was the amount of one of those crappy steaks. Will never go to this restaurant and will be sure to share my experience...

Ok, this is going to be a rather long review, but here it goes. Sometimes when I'm bored I like to trek out a good distance from my house in search of food. I had heard about this place so I decided to go. Took me almost an hour to get there but I managed to get here at 3:30. Only to find out they didn't serve food again till 5:00 p.m. no biggy though, I had already drove an hour to get here, and I was not about to turn around and leave. So I got to hang out at the bar for a little bit. The bar hostess was.named Ashely and she was super nice and helped me figure out some drinks to try while I waited. Well 5:00 rolled around, and this is where I can truly begin. When I try an upscale location I like to go for a lengthy review that looks at three crucial parts of a meal

Part 1: the appetizer. I tried the crab cakes, and was pleasantly surprised that they had real crab in them. You're probably wondering why I was surprised, but that's because I've been to fancy restaurants that try to pass of krab as the genuine article. But these babies were chock full of real crab. They weren't overly fried, and had a nice flavor to them. The remoulade served with them was tasty also.

Part 2; the entree: okay I have a confession to make. I dont like steak I'm more of a burger person, albeit i still have standards when it comes to upscale burgers. The burger I got here exceeded my expectations to the point where I would place this as the best burger I have ever had. The flavor of the meat, the bacon jam, and all the other ingredients worked together to create a sandwich that warmed me up, much like a good bowl of soup does on a winter's day. Fantastic!!. The slim cut fries were also excellenty done and we're seasoned perfectly.

Dessert: while I would have liked to seen more dessert options, the Banana toffee bourbon cake I had was a great way to end this evening.

All in all this restaurant is fantastic. I will say though that I recommend reservations unless your a party of 2 or less. But needles to say the food was great ,and the service was awesome! Definitely on my...