If you read here often, you will soon find out I don’t care what the chefs family did or who the managing partner is; neither of these trivial facts make a difference if the service is slow and my steak is overdone, or, as in the case of Lannys, both.
Lannys had a nice atmosphere, cozy but nice, a little too loud to be considered romantic and the couple sitting next to us was sitting NEXT to us.
Tap water served, without asking our preference, something that really irked me considering the money. This would easily be a $150+ meal, the very least a place like this can do is offer us bottled water, just not toss the smell Fort Worth tap at us. I finally requested bottle water and was pleased to see the waitress bring VOSS to the table.
The menu looked quite amazing, the selection a little daunting as I didnt know where to begin. Jessica took the easy way out and ordered the five course tasting menu, without the wine parings and I took even a more wussy way out and went with the steak, medium rare.
Service was amazingly slow and inattentive, again, for this price point, I expect more. Jessicas courses came out with little fanfare, and were pretty good overall. Some were a little bland, like the goat cheese potatoes, but they would have been better had she gotten the wine paring with it.
Eventually the entrees arrived, and my steak was medium well. I never got to tell anyone this since we didnt see our server again until after we had eaten. I didnt bother informing her since I did eat it, but again, at this price, I would expect it to be right.
I decided to order a desert so I wouldnt have to watch Jessica eat her crème brûlée, but it didnt arrive until after she had finished her bland, if perfectly textured, custard. I refused it and sent it back, prompting a visit from the manager who then comped us our drinks. Jessica had a pomegranate margarita and gave it a non-comitial meh when asked. I had two vodka martinis but in typical Ryan style they were just vodka with a twist. The check came out to be about 100 even plus a little for tip, but I will admit had the manager not been so generous with the comps, I would have tipped much less than the 18% I did.
Overall, Lannys either needs to up the service, or drop the price, but as it is, the entire experience was unbalanced and painful.
