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2013-04-18
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Craft Steak categorizes itself as a high quality steakhouse, and that was how I had set up my expectation walking in.Let's talk atmosphere first... with it being in Soho, walking into the restaurant this is a typical Soho hangout, with high energy, open concept, friendly staff, very comfortable and a great place to entertain.The choice of meats was decent, with meat supplies ranging from USDA to Aussies' to Canadian's.For appetizers, we started with an order of steak tartar and onion soup. Both
Let's talk atmosphere first... with it being in Soho, walking into the restaurant this is a typical Soho hangout, with high energy, open concept, friendly staff, very comfortable and a great place to entertain.
The choice of meats was decent, with meat supplies ranging from USDA to Aussies' to Canadian's.
For appetizers, we started with an order of steak tartar and onion soup. Both were good, not the best I've ever had, but good enough for us to clean the plate/bowl.
For our mains, I ordered a 40oz boned in Ribeye (to share) and my guest ordered a USDA Sirloin.
Here's where our nightmare began. The Sirloin was ordered medium rare and it came medium well. Not the end of the world, thanks to the good quality of meat, the Sirloin was not a total loss.
Unfortunately for me, my overpriced 40oz Canadian Ribeye came like it was fired with twice the heat but with only half the time. The meat was completely burnt to a crisp yet the meat was borderline raw. I had ordered medium rare by the way so I guess for those math nut out here, by applying the law of averaging the chef actually did alright!
I was sharing my slap of meat with a customer and he said he loved it, rendering my right to complain mooted. The meat was so raw that I had problem cutting through it with a steak knife.
I think this is an expectation problem. A steak house, charging this much money better have its grill master's skill honed pretty close to perfection. In Craft's case... his skill level is so far off the mark that this was a shameful attempt to cook the meat, wasted a god quality piece of meat and a complete rip off for the money charged.
With so many good alternatives for a good steak in Hong Kong, there is no sane reason to waste your valuable time and money at Craft.
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