Joseph's Italian Steakhouse

Food was great. We were there for a large party. There were only 3 servers but they did a great job! It was a little loud but it was a large party in the patio area. The rest of the restaurant looked really nice.

The service was very strange. We were placed in a corner without anyone else, but the server we eventually got assigned to was great. However, since we were out of the way, it wasn’t the quickest service. Despite this, the food was amazing.

Also menu structure was not most thought out, the meal comes with a salad or soup, but you can upgrade them. I upgraded the soup to French onion which cost $9 on the menu but the upgrade was $8, was not really worth it in my opinion.

Good food, fine service, terrible atmosphere.

We ordered filet mignon that came with a house salad, mashed potatoes and broccoli. I thought the salad was a little sparse - a couple of tomatoes, but the lettuce was crispy and fresh. The filet mignon was very good, perhaps a bit undercooked for how I ordered it but still very good. Same with mashed potatoes and broccoli. The waitress was very pleasant and attentive, so really nothing to complain about except the atmosphere.

There are two dining rooms here but we, along with everyone else, were placed in the room that had the bar. Normally this wouldn't be a problem except for the people going in and out to smoke, letting in a blast of cold air, that made the food ice cold in no time. There was no place in this room one could sit to escape the cold air as it had entrances/exits on both sides of the room.

Add to that the most drab, outdated, dining room I think I've ever encountered, along with a price tag of $100/person, and it's more than a little disappointing. This place wants to present itself as high end, but the decor ruins that facade.

Another pet peeve of mine is unpaved parking lots. It irks me when you go to a supposedly high end place only to get your car dirty from the dust and gravel in the parking lot.

All in all I don't think I've ever given a place 4 stars that I thought I would not go back to, except for this restaurant. Maybe sitting outside during summer might be nicer, but it's difficult to believe since it's sandwiched between two fairly busy roads.

Had the 10oz ribeye, was excellent. Wife ordered a 12 inch pizza. didn't really care for it, think is probably a frozen pizza or perhaps just a frozen crust, not homemade. they did offer something else and comped us a dessert. one part of the fresh mozzarella was hard and dry. the Caribbean rum cocktail was very good. our server John was excellent.