Ruth’s Chris Steak House

Food was good. All staff from front of the house to back had terrible attitudes. Maybe hangovers from New Year’s Eve? Ruth’s Chris is my families go to place for steaks and family celebrations. It was my brother’s birthday. But not after tonight. Hostess keep asking to seat us even though I made it clear we prefer to wait for the rest of our party of 10. Rolled their eyes and made faces.
We were in seated the back of the restaurant where the large group tables are located. The hostess practically ran through the restaurant to seat us even though we had an 92 year old with us. My niece asked that she slow down because we have a large party with an elderly lady. She just giggled. After we were seated the hostess came to our table and said oh, it’s a birthday and lazily tossed birthday confetti on our table and walked away. Really? Our servers Hedi and Laura were no better with their attitudes and service. I can only assume the best wait staff were on last night for New Year’s Eve and had today off. What a disappointment. If you are seated and Hedi or Laura are your servers run don’t walk to another section.

Perfect, everything is perfect and above expectations. Everything they do is done well and the food is AMAZING. We have had dinner at this location many times and have never been disappointed.

Eh, I had the ribeye and it was not up to par really, my gf had the filet which was ok. I’ve had way better steak for less $. Plates are hot as hell and I guess I don’t understand why they serve this way because you can’t really taste anything when food is that hot. Mashed taters were decent. Overall I probably wouldn’t go back here for steak. Service was really good though.

The only thing that saves this place is the free valet.
We went with a party. My full-​sized filet was overdone, and because the service was so slow and I didn’t want to delay things even more, I didn’t say anything, although everyone at the table was wondering if my server would say anything since I only ate the middle (none of the servers noticed my overdone steak or the fact that I only nibbled at it). I ordered medium and it came out a bit over medium-​well. That said, it was piping hot and the butter was delicious.
Hashbrowns were meh. Creamed spinach was disgusting — luke warm and not much flavor. The au gratins were probably the best side. The caesar was great — lots of zip to the dressing, and I can’t resist shaved parm. My husband loved his crab cakes. The dessert and wine lists were impressive, although I couldn’t find a glass of pinot noir under $ 11.
Our dinner took around three hours on a Wednesday night. They screwed up splitting our bills, and they forgot to grab one couple’s dessert. Please go to Strip Club, or Manny’s. Save yourself the $ 180 dinner and leftovers that you’ll just turn into even more overdone steak and eggs the next morning. The service was nowhere near as good as Manny’s or another place with similar fare.

1 star because I can’t give a zero — Minneapolis location only — 2^nd worst lamb chop ever — feel like I would have been better off going to McDonalds and that’s a pretty low bar.

Had a wonderful dinner here. As always with Ruth’s Chris anywhere, the service was stellar, the service was excellent (not too much, and not too little), and the food was all excellent. Both of our steaks were cooked to perfection and the sides were perfect.
Always a great place for a special occasion kind of dinner.

Had my first visit yesterday for restaurant week and I will be back! The service was amazing from the host, bartender, server, etc. everyone was very friendly and attentive. The ambiance is a classy romantic feel with the dim lighting. We had the restaurant week menu which included three courses starting with a salad, meal with side, and desert. You are started with warm bread and fluffy butter followed by a delicious salad– I chose the house made ranch and it was wonderful!
Now to the good stuff, the meal! I ordered a 6oz filet which comes on an extremely hot plate with sizzling butter. I ordered medium well which was the perfect amount of pink in the center and all that was seasoned on this filet was salt and pepper– amazing it had top notch flavor! The side was mashed potatoes which were light, fluffy, and full of butter-​perfection! The desert was a small cheesecake and chocolate truffle both delicious, but nothing beats that filet! :) I will make Ruth’s Chris my regular steakhouse!

I just love Ruth’s Chris. Haven’t been to one for a long time. I had told my boyfriend that it was the best steak I had ever had. (He is very discerning). So, when trying to decide where to go for restaurant week, I suggested Ruth’s Chris.
I hadn’t been to this location, nor had he or his daughter. As expected, thus was the best filet I’ve had since the last time I ate at a Ruth’s Chris.
The steak house salad with Italian dressing was delicious as were the sides of mashed potatoes, creamed spinach and mushrooms. The filet was cooked perfectly. The salmon was a very generous portion and was delicious.
If you are looking for a classic steakhouse with consistently good food, this is the place. I’ve eaten at the other places in town (except the other national «grille)» and this is better.

I love putting on shorts, a t-​shirt, and sandals and heading out for a relaxing meal on the town. But sometimes there’s nothing better than slipping on one of my fine Italian suits, buffing my shoes to a mirrored shine, and taking my wife out for a fine dinner. Steak was on our minds, and we thought we’d go high end and head to Ruth’s Chris with a few friends.
Complementary valet parking upon arriving is quite the bonus when heading to downtown Minneapolis. Walking into Ruth’s Chris is rather stunning. Elegant dark woods and artwork that suited it’s style. Every steakhouse I’ve ever walked into has its own special smell. Smoky. Grilled goodness. Char. Beefy. Garlic. But at Ruth’s Chris the smell that hits you in the face is most definitely butter. Browned, nutty butter. More on that later. We were warmly greeted and promptly shown to our table. Our server, Dan, was very nice, very professional, and just plain knew his stuff. His knowledge of the wine list was impressive and he helped us pick out one of the better Cabs we’ve ever had.
I love a good ribeye steak, and I’d been eyeing the cowboy (bone-​in) ribeye for quite some time. My wife had the filet, the others at the table went another way and ordered the Swordfish and crab cakes. Basically everything here is a la carte. So if you want a salad, potato, or veg, you order them separate. I had the steakhouse salad with a homemade blue cheese dressing. Excellent. Worth ten bucks? No, not really. The sides are basically meant to be family style. Hash browned potatoes were the special and we all agreed they looked good on another table so we gave it a go. For a veg, Dan the server recommended the broccoli au gratin. Now, here’s where I have some problems. In the words of the great Joey Tribbiani from Friends, JOEY DOESN’T SHARE FOOD. I hate anything remotely close to family style. The hash browns were good, but absolutely swimming in butter. Literally. $ 15. Didn’t do it for me. The broccoli au gratin was just ok and a rather small portion. I could’ve eaten it by myself really.
Now to the steak. Cowboy Ribeye. Medium rare. Cooked to perfection. All of their steaks come out on a 350 degree plate and sizzling. How do you think they get that sizzle? That’s right, butter. Wicked hot drawn butter poured over a hot steak on a wicked hot plate equals sizzle. I think it’s cheating really. I could pour hot butter over just about anything and make it decadent, juicy, savory, and have the mouth feel of a fine French foie gras. Don’t get me wrong, I realize this is prime beef and the best quality there is. It was delicious. I picked up the bone and ate every last morsel of meat on it. I dipped it into the pool of butter on my plate and sucked it dry.
All in all, it was a very good meal. But was it worth over $ 400? Hmmmm. I understand this is how a real steakhouse does it, but it felt contrived and fake. I’ve been to many different steakhouses and this was quite good, but next time I’d go elsewhere. And the last kicker, we all had to laugh as the smell of butter carried with us on our clothes throughout the rest of our night.

Amazing food, service, atmosphere, wine!
No matter where you go, as long as there is a Ruth’s Chris around, you’ll have an amazing experience.

Steak houses are not the first place I normally choose to go out to eat, but since i’ve always heard good things about Ruth’s Chris, I decided to check it out during Restaurant Week. The first plus was before I even stepped foot in the restaurant, when the restaurant called to confirm and left me a voicemail reminding me that they have complimentary valet. Since it is winter in Minnesota, the complimentary valet was a huge perk and luckily easy to find based on the directions in the phone message.
We were seated quickly upon arrival, and given the regular menu in addition to the Restaurant Week menu.
The Restaurant Week menu included:
1) choice of house or caesar salad
2) 6 oz filet mignon, chicken, or salmon
3) mashed potatoes, creamed spinach, or sautéed mushrooms
4) turtle cheesecake
My group of 3 all decided to do the Restaurant week menu with the wine pairings. The wine pairings were 2 glasses of wine (1 white, 1 red) for either $ 12 or $ 20.
Our meal started with warm bread and room-​temperature butter. The bread was delicious, and it was hard to not eat all of it before the first course came.
I ordered the steak house salad with ranch dressing. The salad was a large portion for being on the Restaurant Week menu, and the ranch dressing was delicious (and made in-​house). My only compliant was that I asked for the dressing on the side, and it came already on top of the salad. I didn’t say anything to my server, because after I tried the dressing it was so delicious i knew I’d want to eat it all anyways.
For my entrée, I ordered the filet mignon. The steak came out on a 500 degree plate with sizzling butter. It was so hot that I couldn’t eat it for the first few minutes it was at the table, but the steak was still perfectly medium-​rare. The steak was so tender and flavorful (yum… butter!), I now know why Ruth’s Chris is famous for their steaks. For sides, my group decided to order one of each, so we all got to try the potatoes, spinach, and mushrooms. All were good, but my favorite was the spinach. I prefer lumpy, garlic mashed potatoes, and these potatoes were smooth, but I didn’t have trouble finishing off my portion.
For dessert, we each got a cupcake-​sized turtle cheesecake with some chocolate bark. By the time we got to dessert, we were all so full that none of us could finish it, even though it was cheesecakey-​chocolately goodness.
My group all decided this was a ⁵⁄₅ dining experience based on the food and the service. The Restaurant Week menu was a great deal, and made us fans of the restaurant. We will definitely be going back again soon.

Solid. Old school. Nothing beats a steak served on a sizzling plate.
The main dining room feels less cavernous than at Manny’s.

Steaks were fantastic. Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Service was wonderful. Altogether, well worth the trip for that special occasion.

Excellent steak, service, and atmosphere. We were here on Christmas Eve, and although busy, the wait staff was attentive and helpful. Gena, the general manager, even remembered our names, even though we were last in Minnesota over a year ago!
Carol was our wait person — well worth asking for when you make reservations. Very attentive.
The wine list is good. One of our favorites is Pedestal, a Longshadows merlot. This is one of the few places that carries it.
Overall, a great experience.

Ruth’s Chris is quickly becoming my birthday spot. Last year we had an excellent experience at the Las Vegas location, so we decided to give Minneapolis a go around. What continues to impresses me most about Ruth’s Chris is the service. The host warmly greeted us, offered to check our coats, and even sprinkled birthday confetti on our table after she discovered it was my ‘special day.’ Our server was very knowledgable without being pretentious and gave great suggestions without being pushy. My petite filet was wonderful, the sides were as expected (Burch has more exciting sides), and my surprise birthday dessert complete with a candle was a nice touch. Overall, it was a wonderful birthday date with my husband :)

I love to cook so when we do eat out the food must be truly wonderful.
THIS Ruth Chris is one of the best in the country. Their head bartender, Zack, is so great that he travels globally to open and train restaurants from Saudi Arabia to Louisiana. Each restaurant is so very different largely because of the staff. Layout of floor plan is second.
This Minneapolis location was beautifully planned — sunny perfect sized intimate feeling bar area but large enough to accommodate larger visiting corporate groups waiting for their reservations. The dining room has a surprising intimate relaxing feel thanks to the design of elegant banquettes which provide great privacy for business meetings. The acoustics are very good and you are not overwhelmed with crowd noise. The bar staff is the VERY best set of people we have come across. They each truly love their job and it shows.
After many years celebrating New Years at downtown Monte Carlo (old staff now gone. Maybe a new chef…) we switched last year to Ruth Chris. We shared a monster Rib eye for Two. Each had our own elaborate delicious salads shared an ahi tuna appetizer (very high consistent fresh non fishy tasting quality and as a Japanese American I would rate it one of the best served in the Twin Cities). We especially love their (quite rich but perfectly seasoned) side vegetable dishes — potatoes are truly fabulous.
The banana cream pie is to die for– not too large a personal size portion with Fresh bananas. But my favorite is the molten chocolate cake — I dream of eating this between visits. Perfect. And not too large. I used to love their bread pudding but with the new recipe of 2 years ago, I find it now too dry and not enough brandy sauce. If you want light, their Crème brûlée is smooth subtle perfect not too sweet.
My favorite cocktail is the fresh blueberry mohito — lots of crushed blueberries and not too sweet. I don’t like strong alcohol tasting drinks. This is divine. The wine selection is also easy. And excellent. Smooth not sharp bitter or overly sweet.
But the best is the heavenly aroma of sizzling steak cooked in butter and spices as they rush it to your table high atop their shoulders above everyone’s head.
Yum. Food to remember and excellent friendly warm staff — rare today.

My buddy and I were here for a WebFOCUS presentation and lunch. The place is pretty large and they showed us into one of the meeting rooms that they open up for lunch. After getting my name tag, I sat down and quickly was offered a Diet Coke by one of our servers. (The servers were ¹⁰⁄₁₀ here, just amazing)
There were three options on the meeting menu, a stuffed chicken breast, some salmon, or a fillet Mignon. I ordered the fillet. It also came with a salad and mashed potatoes and asparagus,
The salad came out first, duper fresh greens with accouterments like tomatoes and croutons. The balsamic dressing was the bomb. Super salad.
The fillet came out sizzling from the butter on top and the boiling hot plate. It looked spectacular. I had never been to a top notch steak house for steak, and this looked like a hunk of perfectly shaped fillet Mignon. I ordered it medium, and every bite was unbelievable. Slice right through it and enjoy. So good!
The asparagus was perfect, not to soft, not too hard. Just right.
The mashed potatoes were full of butter, I am sure, but they were amazing!
I had to get to work before the cheesecake came out, but I passed by them. They looked delish!
Between the service, the food, and the plenty of refills of Diet Coke, this place was a solid 5 stars!
Lots of laughs with a friend too. Awesome time!

I usually try to avoid chain restaurants, but this one is worth hitting. We ended up stopping by for a quick bite before a show at Minnesota Orchestra Hall. This was my first time at Ruth’s, as I’m a Manny’s type of girl. That said, it was fantastic. Definitely worth the splurge.
First, the ambience is typical of classic steakhouses — dark, quiet, romantic, and elegant. We were seated right away, and the staff were polite and friendly. Our server Jesse deserves a special shout-​out. He was way too cool to be working in a fancy, stiff, old steakhouse with a bunch of old people and business men. He made our dinner pleasant — friendly, cool, but not overbearing. Shout out to him — we’d come back just for his service. (Give him a raise!)
Second, the ciabatta bread. Yum. Had to control myself and limit to two pieces. Delic. My husband and I ended up getting two salads, a half-​order of mashed potatoes, and sharing a waygu steak ($ 60)… and it was still WAY too much food! The salads were huge and filled us up before the steak got to us. The steak was delicious but a bit too buttery — not very healthy, but oh so worth it. I had to soak up the extra butter with the extra ciabatta bread. Cooked perfectly medium rare.
The only BOO: While I LOVE booths, their booth seats are really tight and not very comfortable. I’m pretty small, and even I was squished against the table. Where’s my big belly supposed to rest after my glutinous meal?
Two thumbs up.

I love steak. I love steak almost as much as I love my husband. Seriously, and I love him a lot! We ended up here with a group of 7 people during Restaurant Week. None of us ordered off of the Restaurant Week menu but it was nice to have the option.
I’ve been to a few other Ruth’s Chris in Maui and New York so I was familiar with their «we-​cook-​steaks-​at ridiculously-​high-​temps-​and-​bring-​it-​to-​you-​really-​hot» thing. I did forget how hot the plate was though– geesh!
My favorite things about the most recent experience are (in order):
1. The valet. I love complimentary valet downtown particularly during our cold MN winters.
2. The caesar salad. Oh. My. Gosh. so good. Perfectly salty and a little more garlicky than I’m used to. It was fantastic.
3. The service. Attentive, thoughtful and there when we needed things.
4. The bread and butter. The bread was warm and the butter was room temperature. Some people I was with couldn’t get enough!
5. Their mashed potatoes were surprisingly good!
Not so good:
1. My meal. I ordered the filet oscar– medium. My steak was overdone which is tolerable since I am pregnant and apparently not supposed to eat raw meat. The crab cake, however, was cold midway through and I wasn’t able to eat all of it. Kinda of disappointing but it didn’t ruin our night by any means. Just not what I want when you’re paying that much for dinner.
2. Calamari. I would skip it even it you’re an optimist. It was also overdone and the Asian sauce just didn’t do it for me. Our table of seven didn’t even eat all of it.
A couple of other good things were the coat check people– so kind. And the hostess. And the manager who stopped in at our table. In fact, everyone who worked there was great. The desserts are gigantic. Like the size of my face. And pretty good, too.

I’m updating my review from a 2 to a 3. The fact that I’ve been back several times after my initial visit is an indicator (to myself) that I obviously like it.
The zucchini fries are so good; well seasoned, crispy and served with an aioli on the side. The burger is pretty good and filling. It comes with fries which I’m not a fan of… they remind of the fries from five guys. If you like those type of fries you’re good, but if not try switching to sweet potato fries or the zucchini fries.
I highly recommend the pomegranate martini. Not too sweet and not too tart; it’s only $ 7 during HH so live a little and have a few. Do note that there’s sugar on the rim of the glass, so if it’s not your thing have them leave it off.
I like that this HH is pretty much still unknown which therefore more means finding a seat (even if you have a large party) is easy.