Best High End Steakhouse in Houston

Sullivan's on Westeimer is pretty good.

 

I started a thread about a week or so ago about my worst dining experience of my life. One of my best dining experiences was recently at Vic and Anthony's. The place is spectacular. Decor, attention to detail, service and most importantly food were all five-star. I'm considering going back soon. This is high praise from someone who is very critical of restaurants. I have eaten at some ridiculously nice steakhouses, including Sparks in NYC, and Vic and Anthony's is high atop the list.

 

OK, I have a problem here.

I no longer go to restaurants to eat steak.

It just isn't worth it.

For the same price ( or even less) that a Capital Grille or Taste of Texas would charge me, I can get a better cut of meat at Central Market and cook it better than any of those a-holes.

I go out to eat all the time for all kinds of different food. Steakhouses, however, are off my list. There isn't a steakhouse in town that can grill a steak better than I can.

End_of_rant.

 

You can get USDA Prime at a supermarket? I doubt it.

 

You can taste the difference between USDA prime and Angus?

I doubt it.

 

Excuse me, but I am a steak aficionado. My fine epicurean tastes extend beyond the usual Trader_Jorge dinner of lean pockets or frito-chili-pie. While I'm sure your skirt steaks are delicious, I put only the prime cuts of beef on my plate. My body is a temple.

 

I never order steak at a restaurant either, you can get a nice cut of meat at Central Market and you would have to be a pretty bad cook to mess a good cut of prime rib. I just don't get it, steak is about the easiest thing to cook at home and one of the most expensive meals at a restaurant.

 

Excuse me, but I now have further proof, on top of your usual Hangout D&D crap, that you are totally full of 100% USDA prime bullsh*t. You wouldn't know a good piece of meat if you were sucking on it.

 

For standards in steak excellence, Morton's and Ruth's Chris just take the cake. Ther bernaise (sp?) sauce at Ruth's is amazing.

For a churrasco Steak, a South American style Sirloin, America's is the place. I think America's is just the all-around best date place in Houston. The decor with blowglass and tile is just perfect and the tone is set with the dim lights and the different levels for tables.

I honestly think the Capital Grille is a bit overrated. The steak there was not worth the price paid.

 

For meat lovers,

Fogo De Chao is awesome including the prime rib.

 

I'm another person who only eats steak at home. I prefer my own blend of spices and the past few times I've had steak out (Taste o Texas, Mortons) they were bland in comparison.

 

RMTex -- I am one insult away from posting a Grateful Dead picture. Do *not* make me do it.

I need to try America's. I've heard good things but have never been there. Basically, you can justify paying $150 for two people if included in that cost is some USDA Prime Nookie from your boo later on.

 

I really enjoy the food and atmosphere at Capital Grille. That would be my favorite.

 

I would say Vic and Anthony's. Last week I ate at both Pappas Brothers (surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet) as well as Vic and Anthony's. Vic and Anthony's blows away Pappas in terms of service. The steaks at both places were exceptional. When I worked in Cincinnati, I used to eat at Morton's every 2 weeks or so. NOT A FAN. They cook their steaks too quickly and frequently burn the outstide to achieve the desired coloring in the middle. I've heard people talk about how good their cajun seasoning or bernaise (sp?) sauces were, but I'm not a believer in all that. I want to taste my steak, not some rub or sauce. A steak should not be used solely as a conduit for a sauce or rub.

I refuse to eat a steak on the Richmond strip, so have not been to Ruth's Chris.

 

I haven't been to V&A's yet...but I can't wait to try it.

 

Yes, Capital Grille is awesome. I agree. Great atmosphere. I still put them behind Vic and Anthony's though. Something about the fact that Capital Grille is a chain is a slight turnoff to me.

 

MARGE: Homer, I have to go out and pick up something for dinner.

HOMER: Steak?

MARGE: Money's too tight for steak...

HOMER: Steak?

MARGE: Uhh...sure...steak..

 

Yes. You most certainly can. Central Market, Whole Foods & Pete's Fine Meats (among others) all carry USDA Prime.

And I'm with RMT & others on this one, I've been to just about every steakhouse in town (God bless expense accounts), and several other highly praised ones around the country, and I can definitely cook a better steak for half the price. If I'm eating out & forking over serious $, I want to be amazed, and I've never, ever, been amazed by a restaurant steak.

Of course, if you had the ability to cook anything other than frozen snacks straight outta the box you'd already possess all this knowledge.

 

that may be so, buck..but there's something about the experience of a nice steakhouse. you don't sell the steak, you sell the sizzle (or something like that! )

seriously, capital grille, with its jazz music, dark woods, dark atmosphere, friendly staff, hanging out with my wife, etc. etc...something about all that blows the doors off cooking at home. that's just me, though.