A week and a half ago I had a strong desire to celebrate my big Vegas weekend with a nice steak dinner. So on Friday I decided to call the Brown Derby, in downtown Detroit at MGM Casino. It turns out that a new restaurant called "Ruby on Third" is now in it's place. The person that took my reservation assured me that they were a 5-star steakhouse, and since all I really care about is the food, it could have been called "Dog Shit on a stick" and I might have gone being promised a good steak.
The restaurant is on the 3rd floor of MGM, and as you wind through the maze of obnoxious slot machines, you enter the restaurant, which is like walking into a different dimension compared to the chaos of a casino.
Immediately after sitting down I could tell I was in for a different type of dining experience. First, the server brought warm wet washclothes to wipe our hands off with, while this in itself isn't new to me, it was a nice touch. Then the server offered me my choice of napkin color (black or brown). I'm not sure the significance of this, nor do I care (I selected black). Strangely red was not a choice, despite the overall red decor of the restaurant and the red in the title.
The menu was short, but most of the items sounded excellent. Victoria selected the Filet (cooked medium well), with some kind of potato and leeks (neither of us had any idea what it was, and she was in a gambling mood). Maybe she can chime in as to what exactly the leek was, and what kind of potato she got. I chose the surf and turf, which was a filet (cooked medium) with a lobster tail, along with a baked potato. We also split a caesar salad. We also started with an adult beverage. I got a spicy bloody mary, which was delicious. I wish I knew which mix they used for it. Victoria got a strawberry daiquiri.
The salad was excellent, though hardly worth $8, with just the right amount of dressing. We had two different types of bread, one with poppy seeds, one without. Both were good, but the one without was the best.
We were both very hungry, and everytime the door from the kitchen swung open we were teased by the false hope that our entrees were on the way. Finally, they arrived. Everything looked excellent, and the steak actually tasted far better than it looked. It was prepared perfectly. Quite honestly one of the best steaks I've had in a few years. The lobster was also quite succulent. After all of that I had very little need to eat my baked potato, which was merely good by comparison.
Victoria's steak was slightly undercooked in the middle (more for me!!!), but was also very good. Her's came with a sauce on the top that she really liked, but I was kinda meh about it. The leeks were a disappointment to her, but overall the entree's were excellent.
Neither of us had any room for dessert, so the meal closed with more warm wet washclothes, and some chocolate covered strawberries with our bill. Overall the tab was $125 with tip, which wasn't that bad considering how great the meal was, and that it included one drink.
I definitely would recommend this restaurant to anyone interested in upscale dining.
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