Thank God for Restaurant Week or I would have never been to this fabulous place this past weekend.
When I called to make a reservation, I initially knew that Restaurant Week at Capital Grille was not being done on Saturdays. I called the restaurant about 3x that day to make a reservation and when I finally got one for 9:30PM Saturday evening I acted naive and said we were going to partake in restaurant week. The host put me on hold and a man came on and said, "Danielle, we will honor restaurant week tonight for you," I was pumped and called one of my dining guest, Sandra as soon as I got the news.
When I called to make a reservation, I initially knew that Restaurant Week at Capital Grille was not being done on Saturdays. I called the restaurant about 3x that day to make a reservation and when I finally got one for 9:30PM Saturday evening I acted naive and said we were going to partake in restaurant week. The host put me on hold and a man came on and said, "Danielle, we will honor restaurant week tonight for you," I was pumped and called one of my dining guest, Sandra as soon as I got the news.
Anyways, restaurant week is $33 for an appetizer, entree, and desert. Usually just an entree at Capital Grille is easily over 30$. We walked in around the exact time our reservation was and waited about 7minutes to beseated. Lets be honest, for a classy place with an amazing review, they placed us in a ghetto area in the dining room.
Thankfully, the warm bread arrived instantly and the service was five stars.
We took part in the Master Wine Restaurant Tasting event which is six tastings (but, the woman saw three girls who wanted to potentially have an amazing night and was quite generous on the tastings) for only $25!
Some of the wines we tasted were $20 a glass and one was even $100 a bottle. We began tasting our meals and then sipping the wine to see the contrast but once the desert came, everything seemed to be the same.
Still amazing.
We all started with the standard salad, I got the Salmon and Sandra, and my other dining guest, Anya (dined at Sonsie with) ordered the Steak. We also all ordered the chocolate Gelato which was not much of a Gelato but Chocolate ice cream AND again, the wine took over all our taste buds at that point of the dining experience.
Essentially, we had six wonderful glasses of whites and reds that complimented both our meals and our motives that night.
We all had to pay about $57 each but decided to tip the server $15 each so it was a bit more.
Lets be honest, the server hooked us up and we trusted her to pick out the wines and take us on the journey to a wonderful dining experience.
In the end, we can confidently say with no embarrassment that Sandra, Anya and I Closed Capital Grille.
We left with about 18 empty glasses on the table a photo shoot on Anya's camera and a developed photo from the Capital Grille digital Camera.
We left Capital Grille around 12:15AM (yeah we did!). We made it to one bar on Boylston and went home. I was still on a high all day Sunday from the wonderful dinner, company, and beverages the prior evening.
Still amazing.
We all started with the standard salad, I got the Salmon and Sandra, and my other dining guest, Anya (dined at Sonsie with) ordered the Steak. We also all ordered the chocolate Gelato which was not much of a Gelato but Chocolate ice cream AND again, the wine took over all our taste buds at that point of the dining experience.
Essentially, we had six wonderful glasses of whites and reds that complimented both our meals and our motives that night.
We all had to pay about $57 each but decided to tip the server $15 each so it was a bit more.
Lets be honest, the server hooked us up and we trusted her to pick out the wines and take us on the journey to a wonderful dining experience.
In the end, we can confidently say with no embarrassment that Sandra, Anya and I Closed Capital Grille.
We left with about 18 empty glasses on the table a photo shoot on Anya's camera and a developed photo from the Capital Grille digital Camera.
We left Capital Grille around 12:15AM (yeah we did!). We made it to one bar on Boylston and went home. I was still on a high all day Sunday from the wonderful dinner, company, and beverages the prior evening.
I think the server could have been my personal assistant on wine and dining on a budget. She knew what she was talking about and honored our ambitious personalities to dine well and drink cheap. In the end, we drank cheap but imbibed elegant wine that we would have never considered before!
Lesson: refer to prior lesson, gooooooooo restaurant Week!!!!!
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