Alexander's Steakhouse

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  I went here with a very large group of about 100.  They did a good job of cooking and serving the meals.  The line for the salad bar was very long though.

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  Posted on 02.05.13 Kevin B.

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  Make your own steak over a fire pit, I get it, catchy, fun, cute. I did it, don't need to do it again. This is why I have a BBQ grill at home.
  
  So you know when you are the one that cooks at home and everybody gets a warm plate and just as you are about to sit down to yours somebody needs milk and then somebody drops a fork and then 'while you are up' comes out of somebody's mouth and at the end you are just satisfied to sit at a table everybody is leaving and drink a glass of (now well aerated) red wine? Yeah, the only difference is here they give you a higher than reasonable bill so you can do a spit take with your glass of moderate quality wine.
  
  With 2 kids at my table I didn't sit down at all. First salad bar, then they decided they wanted more carrots & cucumbers (which were taken off my plate, not on their plates to begin with). Then I cook the steaks while I am a short order cook of toasted bread for the table and finally put it on the table and everything you want for your potato is at the damn salad bar. So why didn't I tell my kids to do everything and enjoy my meal... because the salad bar is near the open flame and people drinking. Not a good mix with younger kids.
  
  It was well more costly than your chain steak place, with the same quality and well over twice the work. If you must go, sit on the left side as you face the salad bar, right side gets most of the grill smoke. Then get on here and validate this rant which is my review.

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  Posted on 08.06.12 Brad C.

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  Not a place I would recommend. I've been there three times in my four years in Springfield and have never had a good experience. Tonight was no exception. The salad bar was just depressing. The lettuce was white and the topping options looked gross and picked over... and this was about 5:30pm. The onion ring appetizer seemed to have been only dipped in plain flour and deep fried - there was no taste to it. Their Texas toast also barely has a flavor - it's a joke. Someone needs to tell them to rethink their recipes.  I forgot to mention that when we were seated, although the restaurant looked half empty, our "host" said well, I'll seat you here as long as you're gone by 7pm. Yes, he was serious.
  
  You can cook your own steak at this place - I'm sorry, why are we dining out? NOT to cook our own food. My entire table asked that they cook it for us. I decided on my steak being cooked medium (instead of my usual medium-well)... my steak was nearly raw on the inside. Our waitress promptly disappeared... so I ate a few bites and then someone else gave me some of their cooked steak.
  
  The place is dingy and dark... it's just depressing. We had originally gone to Long Horn, but the wait was 70-80 minutes. There's a reason they have a LONG wait at 5pm on a Saturday. And there's a reason we walked right into Alexander's on a Saturday night.

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  Posted on 03.03.07 D l.

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