Balla’s Steakhouse

Steakhouse??? Ordered a 14oz. Ribeye, it came out no more than a ½ in thick!!! I haven’t even seen ribeye cuts like that in the grocery store!!! The baked sweet potato was smaller than the cup of cinnamon butter it was served with!!! Girlfriend had the Filet Oscar special, it was special alright, I’m pretty sure the bacon wrapped around the (filet?) weighed more than the steak did!!! Should’ve left after appetizers, Ahi Tuna Sashimi was frozen, no flavor and overpriced for the proportion. Stuffed mushroom caps were like eating cardboard!!! My girlfriend did like the Lemon drop martini until they rimmed the glass with salt instead of sugar!!! Although my club soda with lemon & lime was ok. The waitress was very nice and friendly. But after spending over $ 100.00 there, I must say I was very disappointed!!! 1 star is for the waitress because this app won’t late you rate it 0!!!

No thank you… Will NOT go back !!
That was my first and last experience there. :-(

With a mixed bag of reviews, I wasn’t sure what to expect. What a pleasant surprise!
A cute place, with seating on the water too. I had a taste for some prime rib, which was done to perfection. The service was friendly and they had a bar tender who knew how to make a manhattan — -really! A classic steakhouse menu with seafood as well.
I will definitely be back to try a piece of fish. Desert was fabulous for a chocoholic like myself. They even had crème brûlée. Prices are reasonable, a good wait staff, and lots of specials, along with «Happy Hour».

My husband and I went to Balla’s for dinner. As other’s have said, the décor is nice however that is where the pleasantries end!
Our waiter was unbelievably rude! My husband and I both looked at each other and had the same immediate reaction: «This guy surely does not want to be here»! He let us know through his attitude and his actions that «we were not welcome in his space». He took our drink order (an iced tea and a diet coke) in haste and then walked off. Not even a «welcome to Balla’s — I’m so-​and-​so». The bread loaf was slammed on our table a few minutes later. It looked to be something wonderful. It wasn’t! My husband said «this is yesterday’s bread»! I couldn’t have agreed more except that it was probably from two days ago. It was hard and tasteless. The butter (if you could call this whipped concoction butter) tasted like «refrigerator». As we were trying to break pieces of bread off the loaf (it didn’t come with a chainsaw to cut it) our drinks showed up. They too were slammed to the table and the waiter left. The next time we saw him (as our drinks were empty and we were turning our heads to find him) he walked right past our booth with Windex and a towel in hand to clean a table on the other side of the room. (I guess they can’t afford a bus boy?).
He finally shows to take our order, once again demonstrating his disgust at having to be in our presence. By this time, we had broken the bread apart, cracked off enough of a piece to try dipping it into their herb-​laden oil — hoping for a taste sensation that would mask the taste of the lousy bread. Didn’t happen! It was an awful mess of blandness. I didn’t take the second bite.
My husband then ordered the steak salad and I ordered a Ceasar salad and a rib-​eye. The steak on the salad was tough and inedible. The salad greens did taste fresh though. The Ceasar salad dressing was the absolute worst! It tasted (and looked) like a bland brownish-​tan olive oil with a touch of «spoiled». Need I delve further into the steak? OK — it looked great. I’ll give them an «A» for looks. At first bite however, you know this is going to be a bad experience made worse by having to pay for this tasteless hunk of grade-​D beef. I ordered a sweet potato as a side and it wasn’t bad until I got ½ way through it. Then I discovered that it was burned beyond recognition underneath the top layer. Literally folks — I’m not kidding!
Our waiter, who continued to walk by rather than checking on our food quality finally shows up and says «BOX?» Literally! I’m not kidding here either! That was it — «BOX?» Are you kidding me? I wouldn’t give that meat to my worst enemy’s dog! (I didn’t say that).
We politely asked for the check, all the while pondering what kind of tip I was to leave this rude character. My first inclination was to leave him nothing. You know — a «nothing tip for a nothing service». But then, my better judgement got the best of me. I knew that if I left him «nothing» that there would be the off chance that he would think I simply forgot. I sure didn’t want this, as I always tip handsomely commensurate with the service level we receive. So I left him $ 3.00. (well under 10%).
All-​in-​all, the entire experience was a painful, regretful waste of our valuable time and money. Don’t waste yours on «Belcha’s» (I mean Balla’s).

Absolute best!

i wish i could give them a minus star rating, Was awful food. The Strip steak they claim is 12oz is in reality 7oz at most. Has wings and onion rings for appetizers, wings were fat and undercooked and the rings were soaked in oil, we had one of each. As was stated in another review on here, This place will close soon, the empty restaurants are that way for a reason.

Excellent prime rib cooked the way I ordered it! Wonderful service and nice atmosphere. Will be back!

Save your money!
Should have gone with my gut… empty restaurants are usually empty for a reason.
Bread must have been heated in microwave or was 4 – 5 days old and impossible to cut even with a serrated steak knife.
Baked brie was okay but burnt.
Left after first bite of entrees which were sub-​par especially considering the price! Paid 50 bucks for one beer, one app and two entrees.