Mr. Lesters vs. Ruths chris

Everyone rants and raves about Mr. Lester's, and they undoubtably have steaks on par with Ruth's, but I don't think they are worth the 40 minute drive when I have an RC 10 minutes from my house.

I mean that place is in BFE. And I'd rather not have to look at the low income people smoking cigarette's and playing slots on my 1/2 mile trek to the restaurant from the parking lot.

I think Lester's is more expensive, but I definitely think it's better. Part of the fun is the adventure getting out there(and the "locals"). We get the casino to send a bus for a group of us a couple of time a year, good times.

park in valet not at shortys and it is right there inside the casino. I enjoy Mr Lesters better because I like a road trip now and then, everything they serve, except for the obvious, they make in house from Breads to Ice cream. Smoking is only allowed in the Cigar Bar,not in the dinning room but if you do smoke, there are tables in the cigar bar, RC is nice but Mr Lesters is special because it is an effort to get there and it is fun once a quarter or so just to do it. Also it is much more a fine dinning experience than RC but I do them as well.

ENJOY!!!!

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but Mr Lesters is special because it is an effort to get there

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Not to start a holy war here but since when is something being out of the way a positive thing?

I've never heard of, much less eaten at Mr. Lester's, but I just checked their menu out online and it doesn't say that they serve USDA Prime meat. I'm not sure if this is the case but if I served prime meat, I'd be sure to put it on my menu. I think every other restaurant does. If they are in fact serving Select, then anyone saying their steaks are better than RC's is a fool. You're basically paying RC's prices for an outback steak. Lester just dressed the place up like a nice steak house and pulled the wool over your eyes.

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Our steakhouse is the finest in Acadiana. Mouthwatering Prime Beef.

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It's in the first sentence

guess it is an individual thing etm but I have driven to Madisonville to eat and Keith Youngs place before and now that we have a base there I have found others worthy of a trip in the area.

I broke the cardinal rule at Mr. Lester's the last time I was there. I ordered the filet topped with lump crab. The crab really took something away from the steak experience. I'll never do that again.

And the time before that I got the prime rib (medium) and it was freaking cold meat. I like a rare steak but this was a bit ridiculous. This was my bad, I know prime rib is served rare. Looked good on the menu and I wanted to try it because it had been a long time since I had prime rib, but this is not my steak, this steak is for T-Rex.

So that was two meals in a row where I was shelling out big bucks for less than a perfect dining experience.

The breads at Mr. Lester's are a special dining experience all by themselves. They serve you 6 or 8 different kinds of bread with 3 or 4 different butter spreads. My wife gets the bread basket restocked during the meal for our doggy bag. Great breakfast the next morning.

I will go back to Mr. Lester's, but the next few times I'll be a RC.