Dakotah Steakhouse – Rapid City, SD
We ate at Dakotah Steakhouse on Wednesday, June 29th. At the time of our visit the restaurant had been open for about a month.
On the whole I would rate the place as a 7/10.
The experience didn't start off great. The hostess seemed distracted and disinterested in us. When she asked us if we had reservations and got a negative response her attitude somehow got worse. It was not overtly nasty but rather seemed bothered that we hadn't called ahead (which would have been strange to do at 4pm in the afternoon anyway...)
After getting a table the experience got steadily better. The decor was very modernly rustic. It's a steakhouse so there is a western/cowboy flair but in an upscale way.
What the hostess lacked in personality our waitress more than made up for. She was very engaging, especially with our girls. It all did get to be a little much after awhile though.
The food we ordered was on the whole very good. I am glad we got food off of the lunch menu though as the lunch prices looked more like dinner prices. I don't miss not seeing the dinner menu, even though the lunch menus we had said that lunch went until 4pm and we were seated at 4:06pm. A typo, our waitress explained.
Despite it's newness, there were a substantial number of people there. I don't know that we would be compelled to go back but that may be a function of the other great places we like to frequent in the Black Hills. Coming soon some thoughts on the Sylvan Lake Lodge. That meal was fantastic! (Yet even there the host was a little lethargic. First impressions people!)