First Review (hopefully of many)... here it is
Restaurant: Pinky's Steakhouse & Cocktail Lounge
Where: Yaletown; 1265 Hamilton Street
Website:
http://www.pinkyssteakhouse.com/
Intro: Went down to Pinky's steakhouse with a couple buddies to check out this relatively new place.
Atmosphere: 6.75/10
Pros:
- The inside of the restaurant has a pretty nice and relaxing feel
- gave a 'lounge' impression
Cons:
- there are only 4 TVs that were probably 27" LCDs ... they do have a projector but it was not on when I was there
- the Men's bathroom is upstairs and its REALLY small: one urinal and one stall .. The whole bathroom is the size of 3 stalls.
Service: 8/10
Pros:
- the waitress was pretty helpful at making recommendations for the menu
Cons:
- had to ask to get water refills for the table (no drink for 15 minutes)
Menu: 9/10
Pros:
- pretty diverse menu
- decent prices
- good 'side' selection
Cons:
- online menu is not updated (they had Yam fries listed on the online menu but it was not there on the actual menu)
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Food: 8.5/10
Sourdough Bread w/ Whipped Butter was served with our menu
What I ordered: Millionaires Filet Cut Ultimate Dinner Special (with tomato linguini)
Friend #1: New York Steak Ultimate Dinner Special (with tomato Linguini)
Friend #2: Sirloin Steak and Lobster tail
Sides to share: Beer Battered Onion Rings and Wicked Mushrooms
For my meal.. The Ultimate Dinner Special includes: Caesar salad, millionarie's filet cut + tomato linguini (or fettuccini alfredo) and a scoop of chocolate ice cream
Caesar Salad: 7/10
- good salad: romaine lettuce, bacon bits, croutons, caesar dressing
- the dressing uses some anchovies as a flavouring (i found it a little too strong)
Millionaires Filet Cut: 8/10 (cooked medium well)
- its no Gotham .. but its better than the Keg
- they did a good job cooking it as per my preference
- came with a few onion rings on top (yum)
- tomato linguini was ok at best
- came with a side of horseradish
- very filling ...
Chocolate Ice cream: 10/10
- it tasted kinda like Haagendaazs but i'm not sure if it was..
Sides:
Beer Battered Onion Rings: 10/10
- damn i love their onion rings haha
- nice and crisp
- kinda 'sweet' type of onion
- big onion rings not those small shitty ones
Wicked Mushrooms: 10/10
- I don't usually like mushrooms but these were pretty damn good
- nice flavour
- has a spicy kick after you've eaten it
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Overall: 8/10
Repeat Trip: Maybe for the onion rings and mushrooms
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