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Very interesting. We've been to this Fleming's on several occasions, and tonight seemed to be a continuation of the progression downhill for this restaurant, in my opinion. We decided to make this a family of four dinner, bringing our 10 and 12 year olds. Obviously, we tried to stick with steak at this steak house. We came at opening, about 5pm, arriving at 4:50. They did have us wait until they were ready at 5pm, and that's okay. The opening, though, plays a big part later in this review. We stuck with water, as you can run up a really high bill very quickly. Our orders were taken late (about 15 minute wait) because we had not ordered drinks, and the waiters were busy brining out wine, etc, to the other tables. The bread was fresh, but the butter was not. It was dried out, like it had been frozen, and we were served the freezer burnt butter. I asked for the Crab Cake appetizer to be brought out at the same time as everyone else's plate. This was screwed up, and was brought out early. So everyone else had to watch me eat. I was having this as a "small plate" dish. The boys had the specials, which were a petite filet mignon along with 3 scallops. We asked for medium--they were undercooked, more along the lines of rare to medium-rare. The scallops were well cooked, but a little bland. The 10 year old did not like them, and he usually really enjoys seafood. I added on the Chipotle Cheddar Macaroni and Cheese for the kids, which they liked, along with Half and Half, which is shoestring fries with Onion Rings, both tasted okay. My wife had the Double Thick Pork Rib Chop. The sauce was very tasty, BUT the pork was underdone, and was visibly raw in the middle. This was unacceptable. We had to send the plate back, which was put under the broiler, and then brought back to us. I have to say this is the second time in a row that my wife's meat was raw at this Fleming's. I would've chalked it up to oven not being hot enough for the first dishes, but this seems to be a recurrent problem. I had a small plate, the Sliced Filet Mignon, which is served on Risotto. The meat was very well done, but the risotto was completely dried out and tasteless. I was very disappointed. As it took about another 10-15 minutes between when our plates were taken away and our waiter came with the dessert menu, we had decided to skip dessert and coffee and make our way to Starbucks, about two buildings away. I'm willing to forgive the delays due to them just opening up. Plus, it was Veteran's Day. However, the food being underprepared for the second time in a row is unforgivable, especially for as expensive a restaurant as Fleming's is. This is really starting to feel like a "chain" restaurant as it really is rather than an exclusive steak restaurant, which they strive to be. Overall, I think we're done with Fleming's.
Options: (1). negative. (2). positive.
(1).