Ruth's Chris Steak House - Portland

09/20/08

Go to Morton's instead

by Ribeyeman

Ordered a ribeye medium rare and it came well done. Sent it back and then was afraid to eat it. Staff made me feel uncomfortable about sending it back, but hey for $40 I think they can cook it to the correct temperature.

07/21/08

Why when we have the Ringside?

by pdxridgeback

It is evident this is a chain with restaurants in other cities. For a steakhouse try the Ringside ( a local excellent steakhouse) or the Portland's Steak and Chophouse. Unlike other great steakhouses in the city, Ruth Chris' menu items are strictly a la carte which drives up the price on an already expensive steak dinner. Wait staff are young and act immature, using words like, yeah, you guys and my bad. The $$$ is not worth what you get.

• Cons: a la carte menu items

07/19/08

Dont' waste your money here.

by juicy82

My boyfriend and I decided to try Ruths Chris tonight for the first time and were sadly disappointed. I looked on citysearch and like many places there were both good and bad reviews, but we decided to go for it in good faith anyway. The waiter was nice, but the steak had gristle, the crab cake was weird and gross, and the stuffed chicken breast was just overcooked and nasty. The creamed spinich was ok, and the augratin potatoes were too cheesy in a bad way. (I love cheese so it was strange.) Another thing I found akward was when the waiter asked if we enjoyed the meal and I casually said it was "alright." A couple minutes later the manager came over to check on us, and even though it was in good intentions, the whole thing was really akward. I wasn't in the mood to tell him the truth about how I really felt about the overpriced, mediocre meal. Maybe we had too high of expectations because we enjoy Morton's Steakhouse and they are at compaible price ranges, and Morton's is WAAAAAYYYYY better.

• Pros: Nice waiters
• Cons: Food not up to standards for "quality" steakhouse expectatins and prices.