McCormick & Schmick's Seafood & Steaks

Apr 7th, 2024

Went to this spot before a concert at the arena. Food was delicious! Drinks were incredible. Service was decent but they had lots of newer staff so it took some time to get menu questions answered. The atmosphere was a mixed bag. Because of the concert ahead of time there were some people who were a little more rowdy than I would expect at a place that expensive.
Apr 7th, 2024

The food and drinks were delicious! The calamari had a lot of flavor, and my dry rubbed steak was tender and seared just right!
Apr 6th, 2024

Apr 5th, 2024

DO NOT LET THE PICTURE PERSUADE YOU! Truly awful for what it's supposed to be and Not at all worth your time or money - service was poor, prices are truly based on convenience and not at all the quality you'd be getting! A $200 ticket for 2 adults and a 4 yr old; You'd be better off paying to Uber somewhere further and getting true quality for this price! Went on a Monday, only minutes after 5pm. The details: The orange and yellow lighting started putting me to sleep while we waited about 40 minutes for our meals. The appetizers were mediocre and highly over priced. We got the flatbread with prosciutto, octopus, and the raw oysters. The flatbread was...good? But An odd combo of flavor with a sharper flavored cheese paired with balsamic glaze drizzle? Oysters were nothing more than what you expect from raw oysters. However, we did pay for the "meatier" ones (per the menu description), which were by no stretch "meaty". In fact, they weren't even big enough to cover /fill your typical saltine cracker. The complimentary bread was a sharp sourdough (which had almost too strong of a "sour" flavor) with very bland, albeit soft, butter. It was also too hard on the outside to eat beyond the middle without it cutting the inside of your mouth. I ordered the Parmesan crusted flounder and shrimp with broccolini and Brussels. It was a very generous sized portions with two large fillets of fish and half a plate of Brussels with 2-3 stalks of broccolini. The flounder was thickly breaded and pan fried, likely in old or dirty oil, based on how dark it came out (which was so dark you could hardly make out that there were herbs and parmesan mixed with the bread crumbs. ) There was no uniquely delightful flavor to - truthfully it was not much different than a box of Italian bread Crumbs with Parmesan added!!-- Something I could make at home honestly. The broccolini had no seasoning or character to it, At all, and was all very thick stem with hardly any florets to it. The brussel sprouts honestly were the only memorable part of the meal. The mixture they came with was actually very pleasant, maybe a diced ham in a delightfully lightly flavored balsamic vinegar or diluted glaze? The Brussels had just the right amount of crispiness to them as well. I don't eat shrimp but my 4yr old was happy with the texture and flavor of it; she likes gentle flavors that don't overwhelm the pallet. We also got her a side of shrimp scampi and the truffle Mac n cheese. By the time we got our food, she had grown inpatient, tired, and hangry and was no longer interested in spending more time at the table to eat. I tried the Mac n cheese and it had little to no truffle flavor and was very lacking in flavor at all. There was hardly any cheesiness to it and again something that could easily be made at home. Not worth it. All Shrimp seemed to at least be cooked to the right texture. The other meal was the scallops and risotto. It was the smallest portion I've seen at a place that isn't high end dining! It was MAYBE half a cup of creamy risotto that was loaded with.... Sweet peas...?! And had 4 scallops on it. Not just an accent of sweet pea, but every bite involved at least 3-4 peas. All the sweet peas completely drowned whatever pleasant taste the risotto may have had on its own, and turned it into a store bought bag of rice with powder flavoring that you throw on a stove top for 15 minutes! The scallops were fine though, good texture and flavor- Nothing to write about really. We had two waters, an Apple juice, and a one jack n coke. Highly underwhelming and left us feeling just as regretful and disappointed in ourselves as we would feel had we just gotten some greasy fast food!
Apr 1st, 2024