AG Steakhouse — Restaurant in Georgia

For context, my best friend has been a vegan since I have known her.

She and I visited AG Steakhouse on May 18th 2025 to celebrate the end of another week. The GM of the restaurant, Johnathan Schecter, asked the host to seat us at "the best seat in the house", brought out a chef-special for my vegan friend, and poured us a glass of champagne each (from an already open bottle).

It was not long before he poured those glasses that he (the "GM") offered my vegan friend, a fully "vegan" menu.

Pause - I want to be VERY clear that, especially being so close to someone with dietary restrictions, I understand how difficult it can sometimes be to accommodate their needs, especially in a fine dining setting. My friend and I have literally traveled the world to visit vegan restaurants, just for her to have the best experience she can.

However, this was a "Vegan" menu that was being presented to us; meaning no animal products would be used in the preparation or plating of the dishes. Their menu. AG Steakhouse's "Vegan" menu.

My friend chose (4) dishes from this menu.

The first couldn't be made because they were missing a key ingredient in the dish, and we were not told until 15 minutes later. This was my friend's appetizer.

The second, was a $9 avocado cucumber roll.

The third, was a "grilled brussel sprout" dish, on the "vegan" menu. IT CAME OUT WITH BACON.

The fourth, was fingerling potatoes. My friend ate roughly half of this dish before turning to me to have me taste them. You guessed it - cooked in BUTTER. No remorse shown from the 'owner' or the GM for violating a guest's trust.

The executive chef couldn't even tell us whether or not it was cooked in butter (before he was "whisked away", 5 min before the kitchen closed).

The GM then sent a third person out to deliver our check, with only the potatoes removed. When we asked to speak with the GM about removing the brussel sprouts dish, given the track record they now held, his response contained the following statements :

"You made my server cry..." - ok... my friend burst into tears telling our server about the butter issue. This is someone who hasn't consumed animal products in YEARS. She will have repercussions that go beyond tonight's meal - NO ONE seemed to validate or acknowledge that fact.

"The owner doesn't like you" again, ok... why are you sharing this with a guest?!

Ready for the best one?

"Maybe you should eat at home."

Yep. He said that a guest in his restaurant, after not being able to uphold the standards that HIS restaurant made.

He is a shameful partner that is a TICKING TIME BOMB and will only harm the, otherwise, beautiful experience.

His attitude and straight up UNPROFESSIONALISM should not be tolerated.

This guest trusted AG Steakhouse. They failed and then the GM tried to blame the guest for having the audacity to come to a restaurant in the first...

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