William B's Steakhouse — Restaurant in Michigan City

Would not return and would not recommend; waste of money entirely.

Let me start by saying I’m very, and I mean very, confused by the high reviews unless we just happened to have gone on the worst night the kitchen has managed. No possible way people reviewing this have ever eaten at another steakhouse.

Party of four, one of our water glasses was dirty with floating bits of scum in it. Oh well, mistakes happen, we came for food and company and this didn’t bother us.

Cocktails: good Long Island, great vodka and gin martini. Sadly it’s all down hill from here.

Appetizers: pork belly, escargot, and stuffed mushrooms. All were good, escargot was fairly average but enjoyable and the stuffed mushrooms were good for not had prime rib stuffed mushrooms before.

Sides: wedge salad was good, great blue cheese, crisp bacon. Potatoes au gratin, great sauce, bland potatoes and they were not well sliced- cooked well. Green beans with bacon and onions were excellent, properly cooked, very tasteful.

Entrees: this is where the fun begins... I had a steak three way, 3x 5oz filets. One had a cream sauce with artichoke and was pretty good. Another had a shrimp and crab topping but I saw no crab and the shrimp was very over cooked and tough. The third was steak Diane, it was underwhelming. All three were properly medium rare but this may have been on accident as I’ll explain next. As a note, seasoning was poor and overall very bland for the extreme $99 price tag. Huge disappointment but that’s nothing...

My girlfriend ordered a filet with shrimp stuffed with crab. The shrimp and crab where excellent. The steak was supposed to be medium, it was half well done and half medium rare which begs a lot of questions. Poor flavor or more appropriately, not flavorful at all.

Another member of my party ordered a filet medium rare and it came out under cooked and, again, not flavorful in any way. Very sad.

My brother ordered the beef Wellington, having been looking forward to trying it. He ordered medium rare and it came out entirely well done which again begs the question of how you mess it up that much. He returned it and asked again for medium rare and it came out rare. And barely rare at that. The inside was nearly blue and was cold to the touch. Overall okay flavor but the cow was so raw it was about to eat the damn garnishes on the plate.

The service was fine. We had Barb. Not overly attentive but also was not exactly polite when we returned the Wellington. She didn’t even make a comment until she returned to tell us it was being fixed (and subsequently turned out nearly raw). She watched him cut into the second rendition, saw it was undercooked, and because my brother decided to keep it she brushed it off. I wouldn’t have paid for such a poorly done entree but he did.

Overall, the cocktails were the best part followed by the side dishes. Everything else was extremely disappointing. Not going to say I expected a compensation for the Wellington, but it may have been proper for a restaurant that claims to be so upscale and high quality.

This venue should remove the Wellington from their menu and consider adding a salt shaker to their kitchen for the steak.

The cost of the entrees was staggering for how poorly seasoned and low quality. I love to try steaks all over the world and I can easily say that a simple Longhorn steakhouse offers immeasurably better food (especially steak).

I will never return here or recommend it. We joked, but not entirely in jest, that we should have asked for food from the buffet across from the restaurant.

I don’t mind spending a good penny for food but I’ll be severely regretting the nearly $210 I spent for my date and I for weeks to come. Worst food cost I’ve...

I have never been more disappointed with my meal in my entire life. That sounds dramatic but real was very underwhelming

We came to blue chip to celebrate our 4 year anniversary. We arrived on our anniversary date and went here shortly after checking in. We reserved a 9 pm table and that was totally unneeded as there was only 2 other tables at that time

The bread look a lot like hamburger buns but aren't to bad but nothing crazy either

We ordered a Cesar salad to start large enough to share but more dressing than lettuce much less croutons and cheese

I ordered a ribeye medium and she ordered a filet mignon butterfly and well done. Mine came back medium rare hers came back rare. I kept mine as it was close enough we sent hers back and it came back medium. We were ready to just call it at that point as we dont like being "those people" but the waitress refused to let us keep it and instead she tale it back. The 3rd time it did come back well but by this time I was nearly done and she was full on our sides (gronton potatoes and asparagus both large enough to share and ok) even the temperature aside the quality is just lacking Applebee's has better cuts

Dinner for 2 with drinks will run you about 250-300 +tip. If you want a good cut of stake and can afford a 300 meal take the 30 min trip to hard rock and eat at there's definitely worth the drive

The waitress we had was very nice though

Thankfully we didn't let this experience ruins our anniversary and we made up for it with other place we went and just the time together

but I'd hate for a couple that can only go out once or twice a year by themselves and run into...

If YOU, an get a reservation: GO! APPETIZERS: DELICIOUS & VARIED ( SEE MENU ON THE NET.) off line daily specials, soups, deserts - with cart!

MAIN events: STEAKS! Fish to pasta? STEAKS ARE COOKED TO STANDARD , rare, med rare, med, med well, " Pittsburg". - black & blue - charred - blackened etc.

Then: will accept and do TEMPRATURE? I like 135°F , they will hit it with a nice 1/16 - 1/8" char and "shell" that contains the flavor within that the beautiful marbleing ( they will show you, upon request!) Releases. If; for any reason it's not perfect ( inside where no chef can see or predict based on the beef producer, feed, " injury" or genetics?) They will replace it to YOUR SATISFACTION. When they get to know you ( "a regular" ) they will recommend/ suggest dishes they know you will like! In house bakery, sorbet ( new) fresh vegetables ,in season.

WINE? Patrick will find every wine & liquor or aperitif his cellars will fit, thus only the best selections!

Staff , will make your dining experience even better! Diets or restrictions: just ask and you will be accommodated however with such a large menu and volume they inform you that there may be traces of know sensitivity's ( peanut/ shellfish etc. Or religion based or just, PERSONAL preferences?)

IF, out have the room and Dr. Diet is not looking: try the off menu ,or any deserts on the cart.

Last but not least: come...