Grill 23 & Bar Restaurant Review:
Grill 23 & Bar is a twenty-first-century, classic American steakhouse that has reinvented itself with a renovated bar, steaks that sizzle and a notable wine list. Yuppies and board chairmen hold court in the two-story dining room (which can get boisterous at times) over huge slabs of tender, juicy meat and bottles of red wine. The bar has been expanded to include a wall of windows that provides...
Pinstripe suits, dark paneling, Persian rugs, and waiters in white jackets give this single-location steak house a posh demeanor. The food is anything but predictable, with dishes such as seasonally dressed tartars (steak and tuna) and weekly cuts of all-natural beef like the 14-ounce dry-aged New York sirloin. Seafood specialties such as spicy scallops with mushroom dumplings and baby...
"Well-heeled" steak aficionados laud this Back Bay chophouse for its "extraordinary", "mouthwatering cuts", which are served along with "excellent" sides and seafood plus an "oustanding" wine selection; "superb" servers preside "without pretense" over both the "classy", "bustling" main room and the quieter upstairs, ensuring that even at "upper-scale" rates, "you will be happy you dined here."
The best steakhouse in town, Grill 23 is a wood-paneled, glass-walled place with a businesslike air. A briefcase-toting crowd fills its two levels -- the dining rooms get very noisy -- and chows down on traditional slabs of beef and chops, traditional steakhouse side dishes, and sophisticated yet traditional desserts. The meat is of the highest quality, humanely raised and expertly prepared....