We recently celebrated two birthdays at Ruth’s Chris Steak House in Wailea. They offer an excellent early bird menu if you order prior to 6:00 p.m. You have a choice of a Caesar salad, house salad or soup, four entrée selections including a petite filet mignon, fresh fish of the day, stuffed chicken breast or barbecued shrimp, side dishes such as mashed potatoes, broccoli, sautéed mushrooms as well as dessert. Wow! If you stray away and peek at the regular menu you’ll be tempted to order other items and of course, that’s exactly what we did.
Osso Buco Ravioli
Calamari
Caesar Salad
Frites
Petit Filet
Mahi Mahi with Lemon Butter Caper Sauce
Our local Costco store sells Ruth’s Chris gift cards (redeemable on Maui, Oahu, Big Island). You pay $80 and receive two $50 cards.
Our dinner was excellent. They improved their Caesar salad by serving whole, baby romaine leaves instead of chopped romaine. It was crunchy and fresh and the dressing was delicious. My dining companions raved about the Osso Buco ravioli and the calamari appetizers. For our main course some ordered fish and others the petite filet which is what I chose. It was well seasoned and cooked to a perfect medium rare. The one item they could improve upon are the frites. We’ve had them before at Wailea and Restaurant Row and Waikiki and they just don’t come close to the really good frites we’ve had in San Francisco which are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. With that being said, it was a very delicious meal with wonderful service and we’re off to Costco to buy more of the great value gift cards for another visit to Ruth’s Wailea.
