Wow... This place was everything I expected and a lot more. Â Why did it take me so long to get here? Â I keep giving the casino my money but was too cheap for a wonderful steak dinner. Â Where is the logic in that? Â Thankfully I came in from the west last night so the restaurant was first!
The visit was at 6 PM on a Friday night. Â They were a little busy and it took about 20 minutes to get seated. Â The salad bar was fairly simple but quite good.
I purchased the 28 ounce sirloin steak. Â They offer baked potatoes or a skillet of potatoes, onions, and green peppers. Â I chose the skillet potato option and it was dang tasty. Â In addition, Rubes offers a lot of add ons - skillets of mushrooms, blue cheese, etc. Â I skipped all that fancy stuff.
The steak was grilled using salt, pepper, and garlic - nothing elaborate. Â You can also grill your own Texas toast which I wolfed down while waiting for the steak to cook. Â I did use blue cheese but had smuggled my own Maytag blue cheese into the restaurant. Â It was tasty on that great steak.
The large top sirloin was incredibly flavorful and super tender. Â Sirloin? Â There had to be a reason for the wonderful consistency. Â I asked the waitress how long the meat was aged. Â She told me about 23 days. Â You don't get that with the stuff just cut from the cow. Â It takes special handling. Â This was the best darn steak I can ever remember eating. Â Fortunately, I saved half for later.
If I can give you a good piece of advice, it's to visit the gym in Tama after the big steak dinner. Â You might need to! Â But this is worth it. Â It's the real deal.
1. Have beer.
2.. Pick your favorite aged to perfection piece of steak. Â
3. Coat your favorite aged to perfection piece of steak with delicious seasonings.
3. Pick sides.
4. Put your sides and favorite aged to perfection piece of steak on perfect and evenly heated area of the grill.
5. Watch sides cook and flip steak.
6. Enjoy favorite aged to perfection piece of steak and sides.
Went to Tama, IA on business. Â Population 2700. Â Didn't expect much, but a few fields. Â Instead I found Rube's. Victory was mine.
An Iowa classic, the original "cook your own steak" steakhouse, and still the best. Their beef is so fresh you can see it grazing a few blocks away in a field (no joke!). And these steaks, while expensive, would easily be double the price for (maybe) the same quality at Ruth's Chris or Morton's.
They've added more firepits in recent years, so there aren't the LONG waits I remember from when I was a kid. Two bars, four or five fire pits, probably seating for a hundred or so, and just the coolest place ever to hang out for a long leisurely dinner with friends.
Helpful hint: Pick up a wheel of Maytag blue cheese directly from the Maytag farms in Newton 30 miles away, then slice some of it on top of your beef when it's fresh off the grill. Indescribable.
The steak was good, but you have to cook it yourself. Â While that would be fun hanging out with your friends knocking back a few beers, it's not fun at a business dinner. The grill was crowded so the cooking part sucked. The steak was good but it wasn't cheap and you have to cook it yourself. The steak was a 4 but the experience was a 2.
Review Source:Rubes is unquestionably THE BEST place you're going to get a steak. We've been making the hour-long drive for over 10 years to enjoy their corn-fed beef. Â I'm not sure if this is USDA Prime, but I would be fooled if it wasn't. Â This is the heart and soul of the hamlet of Montour, Iowa.
This is a grill-your-own steakhouse. The decor and accommodations are simple. Â The meat however is all that a steak should be. Â There are fancier places in the "BIG CITY" that will bring you a USDA Prime steak, a plate of veggies with hollandaise sauce, and then bring you a big bill. Â But this is the experience of enjoying Iowa at the same time you are enjoying its' corn-fed beef in comfortable, humble surroundings. Â The people are kind. Â the atmosphere is laid back and the beef is the stuff of legend. Â I'd take an evening at Rube's over Ruth's any day.
If you are an Iowan you already know. Â If you're a visitor you need to make a point to stop here. Â It's one of the most enjoyable dining experiences you can have in our state.
When St. Peter asks you:
 Where did you have the best meal of your life. Â
 It will be an easy answer - Rube's.
 If your one of those and before the gallows they ask you... -
 Easy - Rube's, specify a baked potato. (You want to be full where your going)
 When the doctor say terminal
 We're going to Rube's
Yes, it is that good. And as much as they're trying to screw it up with locations, a sucky website, and Australian Wines. Â If the coolers are full you will be too.
Cook thyself a giant slab of aged beef over charcoal while telling the big stories and jokes ... enjoy the side dishes with a giant mug of Sam Adams ... try the dessert afterward ... take a small tiny bite of the dessert and the beef [to make sure you cooked it JUST RIGHT], then take a big styrofoam container home so that you enjoy this meal for a WEEK. Â
If you don't obey this commandment and you try to eat five meals worth of beef at once ... you will be miserable ... remember, a fat fool and his money are soon parted.
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