Cast Iron Steakhouse

Cast Iron used to be a go to place for my family, friends and a place to bring out of town relatives.  I say use to because  I'm done with them. The food quality has been on the decline since we first found it about 2 years ago.  My son ordered his usual sirloin steak. It was full of gristle. My Mahi Mahi tasted like it was sitting out for a while prior to my receiving it. The service is ok, but you need to remind them repeatedly for another drink. The quality of the food is is below par especially for  the price they are charging.

I'm going to give a 4 star for tastiness of food. The place was interestingly on stilts because of bring on River Rd. It looked average on the outside, but slightly elegant on the inside. The wait staff was friendly with average+ service. I tried to have a conversation with our waiter, and he was always looking away when I asked him a question about the food. Overall a 7 out of 10 experience. My wife and I used a Groupon and we have another one to use in a couple of weeks.
My wife had the chopped steak with onions and mushrooms with salad and fried green beans. Tasty green beans were very lightly fried. The salad was nice with fried onions, cheese and tomatoes with a zesty ranch dressing.
I had the salmon with dill sauce and the giant potato cake. The potato cake was very good. The salmon was nicely seasoned and the dill sauce was good. I thought the salmon was a little small for $18.00 but overall very good.

Stick to the cast iron filet. I came here because we bought one of their groupons or living social deals. I forgot which one. Either way, the place was pretty crowded on a weekend night. Tons of people. We were having such a hard time finding parking. We went around the small parking lot many times, contemplated whether we should park at the post office next door.... finally after 10 minutes, someone was leaving so we parked there. Anyways, we still had to wait about 10-15 minutes even though we had a reservation. That kinda sucked. I hate having to wait when I have a reservation and I'm on time. My husband got the ribeye and I got the cast iron filet. I'm glad I got the cast iron filet because my husband's steak sucked. He was envious of my filet. His was a typical USDA choice steak. Not that great. I think I could have gotten a better one at outback steakhouse. Anyhow, the server was new or something. He sucked. He was not attentive. He was running around like crazy for no reason. He kept forgetting to refill our drinks and forgetting to bring certain things that we asked for. Overall, it was an OK experience. I don't think I'll be coming back here. I'll rather go to Ruth Chris or Mortons.