I would rate this more of a 3.5. For starters, the decor and architecture of this restaurant is absolutely breathtaking. Based in the center of a classy mall, the treehouse area has a unique and interesting view of everything around you. We went around 9, so no one was really shopping and the mall was pretty bare. I felt like I was in a different world! For a Monday night the restaurant was hardly crowded and we were seated immediately at a table of our choice. The complimentary bread was interesting, although there were several pieces that were extremely hard to bite into, I enjoyed the soft pretzel-like bread the most. For drinks we tried the lemon drop and the cantaloupe martini. Both very awesome, and the cool thing is that they come with the martini shaker, so you end up getting two drinks really. I enjoyed both drinks, the cantaloupe one tasted like sweet cantaloupe but strong enough to get you buzzed. As for the lemon drop, it was soooo cool - they put some kinda sizzling dry ice or something in it so it looked like a volcano when it came out. I sat there in awe for like 2 minutes just staring at the smoke come out of my drink! Then sipped on it and got buzzed 10 min after hahahhaha. \n\nAs for the entree, we ordered the rib eye medium rare, macaroni and cheese, and creamed corn. I'm sad to say but I wasn't too impressed with the rib eye. I felt like it was cooked in fire too high - the bone was completely charred. Even though the inside was medium rare, the outside had bad burnt areas all around it. And since we shared a plate, they brought out another plate for me, but it was soooo hot that when we put food on it, the oil kept splattering on me!!! I mean granted it was a nice gesture, but I did not like how bits of oil kept splattering on my nice dress! So anyhow, despite the slight disappointment in the steak, the macaroni and creamed corn TOTALLY made up for it. The macaroni came out in a sizzling pan where the cheese would not stop ooozing when you tried to take a spoon full of it off....just the way I like it!!! I couldn't stop eating the side items that I probably would have rather eaten those as my meal rather than the steak itself!\n\nAnyhowl, I dont know if I'd come back for the steak, but I definitely appreciated the view, side items, and drinks. Our bill came out to be $110 for 2 drinks, 2 side items, and 1 rib eye. It was what we were expecting for a steakhouse at this caliber so not surprised. I rounded up on the rating only because between the two of us, we shared the leftover mac and cheese and creamed corn the next day and still were satisfied :)
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