Miller and Carter Steakhouse

Great new restaurant in hereford and the first time I have actually ventured into a Miller and Carter. The décor was quite fitting for a steak house, lots of leather and deep red material haha. We had to wait about 5 mins to be seated which was odd considering it was empty (we went about 4.45pm which is why it was quiet) but other than this, the service was great. We had a couple of gins, and the waiter fulfilled other halfs request for soda and cucumber with his though he thought they didn’t have any cucumber in the kitchen.
The starters were great, I had the tempura king prawns and other half had the pork belly. Both were absolutely lovely and came very quickly.
For mains I had the 8oz sirloin and other half had an on the bone rib eye. Each steak comes with a lettuce wedge which was a little odd. Nonetheless I had bacon and honey mayo and the other was garlic mayo and Parmesan. These were ok I guess but at the end of the day. It was a wedge of lettuce. We also ordered sweet potato fries and these were lovely, and also a mashed potato which i loved as it was very like the one you get in Nandos lol. Ordered a lobster tail which was well cooked and also some garlic mushrooms which were nice and fresh and covered in loads of melted garlic butter. On the plate was a kind of deep fried onion log. This was kind of strange and like the lettuce wedge. Didn’t really add anything to the meal.
The cut of meat I had was ok. Quite tough but they do provide you with a steak knife so not too much bother. I asked for it blue which is always a risk in a restaurant as you tend to either get it cold or over cooked. I had high hopes for Miller and Carter but nope. It came cold. Come on you guys. You are a steak restaurant !! You should be able to provide me with a warm steak. I know cooking blue is hard but if I can manage it I am sure you can too. Each steak comes with a blob of garlic butter on. Other halfs was melted all over his steak while mine remained in a solid block kind of indicating to the chef that my steak probably wasn’t that warm. But never mind.
I would come back and give it another go, hoping that as this place is still quite new these may just be a few teething issues. Will choose a different steak next time !