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re: Anyone else not like fine dining?
Posted on 9/25/25 at 12:31 pm to AbitaFan08
Posted on 9/25/25 at 12:31 pm to AbitaFan08
Fine dining by Tigerdroppings standards is chilis. Might as well just say “eating out”.
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Posted on 9/25/25 at 12:32 pm to Tigerdew
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Fine dining is about creativity and craft with high quality ingredients and an attentive waitstaff.
Well, anytime a meal for 2 costs me $200 out the door, I consider it fine dining.
However, using your criteria then how about the $450 meal for 4 at Brigsten's a year ago for a friends anniversary dinner? Not a single steak on the table and we all had different entrees and sides.
Posted on 9/25/25 at 12:33 pm to Lester Earl
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but I also enjoy a steakhouse that presents a memorable experience.
Do the waiters sing and dance? Something other than bring food?
Posted on 9/25/25 at 12:33 pm to AbitaFan08
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This is all subjective, but I just don’t think a steakhouse (with some exceptions) falls under the category of “fine dining.” I’d almost consider steakhouses to be their own thing.
Even a place like St. Elmo’s wouldn’t be fine dining, IMO. And that’s not an insult to St. Elmo’s.
Bern’s in Tampa maybe? Just because of how goofily over the top it all still is.
I certainly don’t see it as “fine dining” in the modern sense of the word, though, but I can see how others could see it as such versus most other steak houses.
Posted on 9/25/25 at 12:35 pm to gumbo2176
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Well, anytime a meal for 2 costs me $200 out the door, I consider it fine dining.
So in other words you go to fine dining restaurant just for the dessert?
No pre meal drink, glass of wine or after dinner drink? No appetizer?
Cause $100 a person including tip aint gonna get you much
Posted on 9/25/25 at 12:35 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Bern’s in Tampa maybe? Just because of how goofily over the top it all still is.
I ate at Bern’s once. It was nice but again, not what I would personally consider “fine dining.” But certainly not a bad meal though.
Posted on 9/25/25 at 12:37 pm to AbitaFan08
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Based on the replies in this thread I think we need a definition of what constitutes “fine dining”
That was my first thought as well.
We did a prix fixe menu at 610 Magnolia (one of Chef Edward Lee's restaurants) here in Louisville awhile back and it's lower end of fine dining. Was absolutely fantastic though. About $200 per person if you did the wine pairing with it before tax and tip. Would definitely do it again.
We've also gone to Meesh Meesh recently and have reservations to go back again (their chef was a James Beard Finalist this year). But they are more upscale versus fine dining (even though given OP's description it's probably fine dining by his definition).
I would absolutely spend good money to go to a Michelin star establishment if given the opportunity in another area.
It's weird to me that people can't grasp the concept that you can like a fine dining spot and enjoy that experience (and it IS an experience) but also enjoy grabbing a beer and some wings somewhere. They don't have to be mutually exclusive.
This post was edited on 9/25/25 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 9/25/25 at 12:40 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Do the waiters sing and dance? Something other than bring food?
I feel sorry for you
Posted on 9/25/25 at 12:40 pm to profdillweed
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So in other words you go to fine dining restaurant just for the dessert?
If you're dumb enough to spend $200 on dessert, then you have more money than sense.
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No pre meal drink, glass of wine or after dinner drink? No appetizer?
The last time the wife and I went to Ruth's Chris we each got a steak, had 2 sides-----creamed spinach and a potato dish. I had 2 cocktails and the wife had a glass of wine and they comped us a dessert since it was our anniversary.
Posted on 9/25/25 at 12:42 pm to gumbo2176
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Well, anytime a meal for 2 costs me $200 out the door, I consider it fine dining.
Try getting out the door for $200 at
Antoine's
Arnaud's
GW Fins
Desi Vega's
Doris Metropolitan
Chemin à la Mer
Miss River
Bayona
Galatoire's
Peche
Gautreau's
August
Commanders
This post was edited on 9/25/25 at 1:01 pm
Posted on 9/25/25 at 12:42 pm to gumbo2176
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The last time the wife and I went to Ruth's Chris we each got a steak, had 2 sides-----creamed spinach and a potato dish. I had 2 cocktails and the wife had a glass of wine and they comped us a dessert since it was our anniversary.
Sounds like you went to Piccadilly
Posted on 9/25/25 at 12:45 pm to iwyLSUiwy
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Give me a good steakhouse with awesome sides, good service, good atmosphere, and a good bourbon selection over some nothing but fried food place any day.
There's not much of a gap in a high-end steak house vs a mid-tier steakhouse, though.
Spent $100 on a dry-aged steak last night that was not any better than a mid-tier steakhouse steak that costs $50. Even my wife said the same about her meal.
You are paying extra for the atmosphere, usually, which is what the OP was pointing out.
FWIW I have eaten at many steakhouses all over and my favorite is Steak & Whisky in Hermosa Beach. Some of the freshest beef I have had was at 1900 Steakhouse in Torreón, MX.
Posted on 9/25/25 at 12:47 pm to Lester Earl
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I feel sorry for you
Berceuse i dont find people handing me food as a great experience. Youre kinda simple.
I wa the night ops mgr for a company that had a suite of companies including a fine Dining restaurant, got to eat there almost every night I was working, I can think of a dozen other things that have more value and better "experience" than someone bringing me several courses of food.
Museums are far more interesting.
Posted on 9/25/25 at 12:47 pm to gumbo2176
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Well, anytime a meal for 2 costs me $200 out the door, I consider it fine dining.
$200 these days with drinks, appetizers, etc gets you in the door of a mid-seafood restaurant. That's not fine dining.
Posted on 9/25/25 at 12:47 pm to stout
"You can go to 10 different steakhouse and "well done" means a different thing at each one"---PeeJ
Posted on 9/25/25 at 12:48 pm to stout
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$200 these days with drinks, appetizers, etc gets you in the door of a mid-seafood restaurant. That's not fine dining.
The Chinese place here is more than a hundred for two people.
Food is good though.
Posted on 9/25/25 at 12:48 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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I can think of a dozen other things that have more value and better "experience" than someone bringing me several courses of food.
Museums are far more interesting.
Some of us have the capacity to enjoy both museums and fine dining establishments.
Posted on 9/25/25 at 12:49 pm to LemmyLives
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A tactic I've had success with is asking the concierge or front desk staff where *they* would get a meal nearby.
Lot's of times the concierge is getting kickbacks from the restaurants and they could lie about where they eat. If you're fluent in the language, the bellhops or maids will usually hook you up with great places to eat.
Posted on 9/25/25 at 12:50 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Berceuse i dont find people handing me food as a great experience. Youre kinda simple.
Like i said, I feel sorry for you.
This post was edited on 9/25/25 at 12:50 pm
Posted on 9/25/25 at 12:51 pm to Mo Jeaux
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Some of us have the capacity to enjoy both museums and fine dining establishments.
Yeah, I dont find "fine dining" worth it. I find people interesting.
Dirty secret. Many of their staples are food service quality too. You'll find Sysco trucks there at 3a
Restaurants are one of the worst offenders at false advertising
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