Yay for Australia & Steak!

Went to Milton on the recommendation of a few randoms on the net (i.e. googled “best steak +Brisbane” and looked at some random rants) of which the Embers Restaurant (http://www.embers.com.au) was recommended.

So I made a booking for 3 (really shouldn’t have). The interior was not really what I was expecting for a steak restaurant. A bit pretentious with fancy wooden chairs with arms. It had a strangely up-market feel which I did not really expect for a steak and grill place. But it had no ambience about it, being pretty empty it was like a hospital cafeteria feel, but as it filled up it just got noisier.

Service: About 60 seconds after being seated we were asked if we wanted a drink – hmmm how about you let us look at the drinks menu first??? Thanks Waitress # 1.

And then shortly after this we were served (?? More like just approached) by waiter # 2, which when IP asked if there were any special tonight we were told that everything was special, and then that specials are only for when the chef wants to get rid of something that is getting a bit past special. Hmmm.. ok ..RUDE!!!! When Waitress # 1 came back she balls it up not writing down our order properly so had to come back and confirm. I would like to say that the one saving grace was the waitress # 3 who served our meals, cleaned up and settled the bill - she was "nice" and helpful.

Food: I have to say that I had no complaints about the food. I ordered the rib on the bone and I absolutely loved it - a perfect medium rare, tasty AND tender. It's good when a steak is cooked as ordered (rare but required).



I also eyed up my brother’s rump (well his steak to be specific) and it was thick and looked very tasty.



IP ordered pork ribs (swear he is obsessed with ribs at the moment – this is the third time in a week), they didn’t look like anything to write home about! And can I add that the waitress asked "how would you like them cooked?" (ummm cooked please? geez it's not a steak!!)



Overall I think that they may have the best steak in Brisbane. The salads that we ordered, also were tasty and more importantly fresh!



Overall: I was going to give them a solid 8 out of 10 (one point off for the lack of ambience and the weird ass service) although after getting the bill, I am giving them a 7.5 because the steaks were expensive enough with out having to shell out another ten bucks for sauce and salad (side salad $6.50 and sauce $3.50) Damn you embers for charging me to have more than just a steak and a potato!

RATING GUIDE - 10: perfect; 9: excellent; 8: very good; 7: good; 6: passable; 5: disappointing; 1-4: woeful.