Hyde Park Grille, Columbus, Ohio, Steak House Restaurant Details

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Wonderful steaks and other things

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Dave Powers in the bar -- loved the "real jazz"
Wait staff outstanding
And the food -- picky eaters you are safe, there are many delicious things.

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Valet spots are blocked off right in front when the parking lot is 40 yards max in every direction, is valet really necessary; oh wait it is since valet has blocked off the the close spots. Yes, it is free but now $3 tip for allowing to park 20 ft away. Our service was sad, my wife sympathized and said you never know what the waiter is going through but is was sad; we had to steel silverware from the next empty table since we did not get any and food was getting cold , forgot 2 parts of the order/ or perhaps kitchen did screw up?, had to steel my water from my wife since few refills apparently. Food was off: soup was lukewarm, asparagus was drowned in olive oil, molten cake was over baked and not flavorful (just went to Barcelona, with stuffy nose, and had theirs and still it tasted better). We had 1 side, 3 apps and 1 dessert, 3 drinks did not help, and bill was 87. Oh, wine by glass selection had favorites, I looked up on phone the fav was given an 85. Ordered 18 a glass that was good but not that good to be the most price glass. Wine must have very high markup and I understand markup is usually double retail.

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Me and my 3 best buddies have a tradition every Valentines to take our wives out for a special dinner, we essentially do our best to make it special...we make the reservations, find sitters for the kids..its a big deal!...at any rate for the 2014 Valentines, I called on 1/30/14 and reserved for a table for 8 in the jazz lounge for dinner at 7pm on 2/15/14, matter of fact I called twice that day just to make sure I have a table in the jazz lounge, they did mention they may not have a table big enough for 8 so I suggested 2 separate reservations one for 6 and another 2, which they did agree to. I got a call on 2/13/14 at 3.14pm confirming my reservation. On the material day (2/15/14) we arrived all set for a wonderful experience only for them to check their list and tell me they did not have my name or number in their reservation list. Well, I pulled my phone and showed them the log for the incoming call I received 2 days prior, they looked at the number and told me that it is not their number, which obviously made me look like a liar....I decided to dial the number right there and then and guess what? the phone right behind the check in counter rings, they pick it and and proceed to answer and I go.."thats you answering my call!" ......... The thing that annoyed me the most was the gentleman (I assume he is/was the manager, but did not identify himself as such) seemed quite unapologetic, just repeating that they have prepared a table for us in the main dinning area and we can have it if we want it...we ended up taking the table because we were determined to have a good evening.... but you can be sure we will neither be going back there nor recommending this restaurant to anyone...Just to be fair the lady who sat us was really wonderful and apologized profusely for the mess and did a great job trying to defuse the situation...the servers were also wonderful and so was the Valet.

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I've been here three times, and I only had good food one of the three times. The wedge salad is fantastic, the steaks are above average, although they seem to have issues with hitting a perfect medium rare. Most recently, I ordered a burger "medium," and it was totally dry, cooked past "well-done." The lobster mac and cheese, while very flavorful, has trace amounts of lobster, and is not really cheesy the way I like mac and cheese; rather it is more like pasta in a cream sauce. I probably would not order it again. The fries and onion straws have both been solid each time I've gone. They do have a good selection of wines to go along with the meats.

Service is very cordial. You get greeted at the door, at the host stand, and servers are attentive with drinks.