The Wild Mushroom

Pretentious atmosphere which only accentuated the poor service.  Had to send someone to get the waitress to place our order, had to ask for water refills. When the tab for a dinner for two exceeds $100 one expects outstanding service, because when you get down to it food is food.  We went with a groupon to try them out and I'm glad we didn't pay full price.  Perhaps they have a "groupon" level of service, half the service for half the price.

We started with the deconstructed crab cake, which was basically a cold unfried crab cake. Although the flavor was good and it was not too bready, I felt like I was eating leftovers from the frig

The steak was ok, but really nothing special, the mashed potatoes were nice, and the sauted squash was fresh.The bread was not good, but we waited so long for the waitress to come back we ate two little loaves.

The desserts were made in house, and actually inexpensive relative to the overall menu. A giant slab of chocolate cake or a nice slice of very good cheesecake for $6.

The Silver Fox in Ft.Worth is a much better example of the outstanding service one should expect at this level, although I don't think they make their own bread.

They have an odd menu, I saw someone on a nearby table eating a large plate of noodles with chopsticks .. ?

Although the atmosphere was nice, food and service were a miss ... overall not worth the drive.

We are traveling, spending all day in the car.  Then the motel routine.  Time for MEAT, not just something you and I could do from the grocery store, but REALLY GOOD MEAT.

Can you say STEAK?

We could and did, finding sweaty selves, wearing shorts and golf shirts, in the relative luxury of The Wild Mushroom.  Very nice and we had to wait until 7:45 for a two person reservation in this west of Ft. Worth rural area.

Service, a la a gracious, very suave waiter, Phari P.  Very smooth and pleasant.  His smile washed our sweat off and the service was tip-top for the rest of the evening.  This guy would make it in NYC, Chicago or any of the other high end restaurant areas.

Wedge salad, great chop house salad, both with house-made dressings, and a wonderful Liberty School cabernet and we were THERE.  How nice to munch on the warm, soft yeasty bread, sip the wine and softly consume the salads.

The filets were perfectly cooked to order.  In fact, Phari came by and asked us to cut the steaks across the middle to make certain that they were as we ordered.  Our mediums were absolutely text book perfect with a oblong red center fading to the tasty and crunchy pepper and salt crust.  Oh man!

Each bite was decadent, accompanied by the wine.  The pureed mash potato was very good, and the extra side of mushroom (of course) risotto was excellent.  What a mate for the filet!  Even the mixed veggies were sauteed with a char, making them edible rather than decorative.

No complaints, great atmosphere, prices were not outrageous, but you did pay for the prime meat and service impeccable. This being only a one visit yielded four stars, but this is certainly in the five star range.

The Wild Mushroom is a very nice restaurant. It's perfect for a special occasion or a date night. They offer quite a few house specialties that are options you just don't see in other steakhouses. For example they have a Tandoori chicken dish. They also have a lot of seafood.

I opted for the filet mignon and it was okay. I've had filet that was more tender than the one I ate there.  Also, I like my filet cooked medium and when my steak came put it was extremely hot. Consequently by the time I finished eating the steak had gone from medium to medium-well.

They have a large wine list with quite a few options. However we thought the prices were marked up by a lot. Yes restaurants mark up wine quite a bit but this was even higher than that.

For dessert we had their lemon citrus coconut cake. It is huge!  However it was just okay - I found it very dry.

In summary I think that The Wild Mushroom is a good option for fine dining in Weatherford and I would return. I think next time I will order one of their house special dishes just to have something that I can't get somewhere else