Spleen93

[yankeesrule]

spleen93 i booked res for mortons steak house and ruth chris steak house also do you recomend these if not can you recomend something else for me and my wife thanks :)

[spleen93]

You must really like your steak to book 2 different steakhouses! :)

 

If I had to pick between the two of them, I'd probably pick Ruth Chris's Steak House - I like the steak a little better there than Mortons. I'm not a big fan of Morton's for some reason - the prices to me seem a little over the top and I haven't been impressed with the steak enough for the prices I'm paying.

 

But both of these restaurants are mainland chains and are exactly (more or less) the same in Hawaii as they are on the mainland. You may want to go with something a little more unique to Hawaii - I would recommend Hy's Steak House (though technically, they're a chain too - just much more limited than Ruth Chris or Morton's). All their steaks are grilled over kiawe wood (Hawaiian mesquite) and are quite good. I recommend the steak Diane. :) And they do the most amazing flambe desserts - cherries jubilee, bananas foster, etc. at tableside. My personal favorite is the Chocolate Lovers dessert - rum, coffee liquor flamed with dark chocolate, cream, brown sugar, butter - then poured over rock hard Haagen Dazs vanilla ice cream with an assortment of sliced fruits including bananas, mandarin oranges, strawberries. It's to die for. They also do a mean oysters Rockefeller. Service can't be beat - atmosphere is like a men's club with big banquettes and a lot of leather and dark wood. Tuxedoed waiters make for a fantastic sense of elegance.

 

Spleen

[Quincella]

I know you didn't ask me, but living most of my life in the midwest I like to think I know a thing or two about stead! :D

 

Gall Bladder (better known to the rest of you as Spleen93) has a point about RC and Morton's being chains. However, I"m assuming you don't have them where you are and that's why you've booked these reservations. If it's good steak you want and don't care so much about local cuisine, my vote is for Ruth's Chris. For some reason every time I've had steak at Morton's it seems to me they salt the heck out of it! I just don't see the need for ruining a prime cut of beef with all that salt. Yuck.

 

And now I'm hungry.

[Sharpy]

Spleen93, What island is Hy's on? The dessert description alone has me ready to swim to the islands!!

[spleen93]

Hy's is on Oahu in Waikiki. It's off of Kuhio Avenue (the street that runs parallel to Kalakaua).

 

Spleen

[yankeesrule]

Spleen93, we are staying at the outrigger on the beach hys sounds like its closer sounds great is the out rigger closer to hys if it is i think ill give it a try. cant wait thanks for all the info............and steak diane is my fav.........:)

[spleen93]

Hy's is walking distance from the Outrigger, so, yes, it's closer. :)

 

http://www.hyshawaii.com/welcome.htm

 

Spleen

 

PS: I took a look at the menu - I could have sworn that they had steak Diane but maybe they took it off the menu. Or maybe I was thinking about their garlic steak. :)

[yankeesrule]

thanks it look great

[TrentS]

Oooh, do NOT miss Hy's! Hy's is WONDERFUL!!! I'm hungry now

[yankeesrule]

lol you got it im there :)