Last night my wife and I went out to dinner. A couple months ago, I was given a $100 gift card to Morton’s steak house in Seattle. I’d never been there so we were looking forward to going. I’d heard that it was somewhat expensive but figured the $100 would get us a decent meal.
We arrived downtown about 5:45 and pulled up to the door. There is really no convenient parking right there and it was raining pretty good out. (So far, 26 straight days of rain here. The record is 33 and we just may beat it). When we pulled up, we decided it was worth the $7 to valet. I figured it would be $7 to park and then we’d need to tip afterward.
We walked in the door and immediately went down a couple flights of stairs. The walls were trimmed with beautiful cherry wood and there were pictures of the original Seatac airport on the wall. We were greeted by about 3 people. 1 offered to take our coats, 1 offered to add our valet parking to our bill, and the other showed us to our table. No sliding in the booth at this place. The Maitre de grabbed the table and pulled it out from the booth so that we had plenty of room to sit down. Then he put the table back in place. As we sat down, we noticed hundreds of pictures on the wall of famous people who had chosen to eat here. Bob Hope, Geraldo, Dan Quayle, and many more. (I can’t remember some of the others)
As we were sitting there, Mike Holmgren, the coach of the Seahawks walked in with his family. He had just won the playoff game and obviously had chosen Morton’s to celebrate with his family. Everyone in the place clapped for him, which the waitress said, had never happened before.
The food was delicious. A little steep for what I’m used to paying, but it was fun. I was surprised that their steak prices were only for the steak. You buy each thing on your plate. Here’s what we had:
Cajun ribeye: $40
Filet Mignon: $39
Potato: $8
Lobster Bisque: $14
Cosmopolitan: $11
Coffee $3.50
Valet: $12 (w/ tip)
Coat check: $3 (tip)
Meal tip: $20
Tax: $11.20
Total for the night: ~$170
That’s the most my wife and I have ever spent on a dinner. It was nice to have the $100 gift card so that made our evening a $70 night. Still right up there on the most we’ve spent on a dinner out. We had fun. We probably won’t be heading back there again, but it was a good experience and was a nice evening by ourselves. (We had free babysitting from my family).
Last year I decided to splurge (since I was on company business) and try the Morton’s in downtown Minneapolis. I was very disappointed. Not that anything was bad, but it was incredibly average. Glad to hear your experience was much better!