Steve & Rocky's43150 Grand River AvenueNovi, MI 48375
248.374.0688
Last Saturday Ira and I went to Steve and Rocky's for dinner and Second City for some entertainment afterwards. Since it was my choice, I have to that say that all in all it was a pretty great night.
Steve and Rocky's is a little on the higher end of price and trend, including a piano player on the weekend evenings. However, it is casual enough to go to in jeans.
This is not a restaurant where you order your entree and also pick a salad, soup, and sides. Everything is separate, which I personally didn't mind. So many times I get too full on all of the extras and can't fully enjoy the actual meal.
So, we both started with the the Chef Milo's Mushroom soup that was recommended by our waiter. This soup was great and a nice little before meal bite. For dinner Ira ordered the Braised Rib of Lamb. He enjoyed the meal for the most part, but was not thrilled with the burgundy sauce. It actually gave him a stomach ache later.
I ordered the Gulf Shrimp and Lobster Fettucine. First, I absolutely hate that 99% of restaurants leave the shrimp whole and with the tails on in any pasta dish or salad. I have been to a very upscale fine dining restaurant and tactfully tried to cut the tails off of my shrimp. One, I do not like to play with my food, and two, it takes so long to get to eating it once you have removed the tails and cut up the meat. It only takes a few minutes to do it right in the kitchen before you serve it to the customer. So, you can imagine my delight to receive a pasta dish with shrimp that had the tails removed. I can deal with cutting the meat up as long as the tails are removed. This was a wonderful dish and I ended up only eating half since we had ordered the Chocolate Ganache for dessert and I wanted to make sure I had room to eat it. Honestly, the pasta was just as good the next day and I honestly think about it from time to time. That is the sign of a very good dish. Pricey, but good.
We finished the meal with the ganache. Frankly, it was the only dessert on the menu, but that is only because you need to order it in advance due to the additional time it takes to bake. So, since we actually weren't sure what a ganache is, we decided to try it. However, we found out later that there is actually a dessert tray. For those of you that also don't know what a ganache is, it is like a volcano cake - chocolate cake/brownie with oozing chocolate in the center. Very yummy!!
I do give Steve an Rocky's 5 stars and will consider it when planning a special evening out. It's pretty hard to not get a bill for around $100 for 2 people.
