"I highly recommend Ruthie's for any special occasion! Took my wife here for her birthday and I was honestly blown out of the water. Grace's service was fantastic and the food was absolutely amazing. The meal started off with complementary bread basket with two garlic spreads and olive oil. The bread basket had a few different kinds of bread, all brought out warm and ready to eat. The two butter spreads were Sundried Tomato and Pink Lemon Aid. I was a little thrown off at first by the sound of a Pink Lemond Aid garlic spread, but I was surprised that it paired perfectly with the bread. The warmth of the bread and the sweetness of the Pink Lemond Aid spread tasted amazing. The Sundried spread was perfect, nothing more I can say about that. For the first time in a long time, I decided to try French Onion soup and it was delicious. Lots of cheese and the broth was amazing. Dipped some of the bread that came with the bread basket in the broth and it was incredible. For the main course, my wife and I ordered family style Asparagus-Hollandaise. My wife ordered Maryland Ribeye and I ordered the Filet Marmalade and topped it with the Lump Crab Oscar. The steaks were cooked to perfection! It was literally like a hot knife cutting through butter. I was stunned at the tenderness of the Filet Marmalade. The Filet Marmalade comes with brandy pork belly marmalade and that pork belly was just amazing. Pared with the Filet, I was shocked at how delicious it was and thinking about it, my mouth is watering writing this review. I should add that I am not a huge fan of pork and pork belly marmalade was cooked to absolute perfection and I feel would be really hard to find anything comparable in the Quad Cities. I really think it could be pared well with a Mac Cheese dish, just something to consider if the owner reads this. From personal experience, asparagus is a hit or miss to cook well. Either it is still too hard or the tips come out dried and burnt. Let me tell you, the asparagus was just amazing. Cooked to absolute perfection. Soft to bite into and the char on the Asparagus enhanced the flavor of the Hollandaise. For the price, I was surprised at how much Asparagus came with the dish, it was much more than expected and so good that none was taken in a to go box. I tried a Wife's Maryland Ribeye and that was cooked to savory perfection. With this being my Wife's birthday dinner, Ruthie's did not disappoint in the slightest! I found the manager and asked if they did anything for birthdays and they do! A complementary, chocolate cake, perfect size for sharing between just the two of us. I was surprised to see the cake came with a hand written birthday card. That was a nice touch and made the evening more memorable. Only critique I have is the menu did not state that our Signature dishes came with Asparagus. If we had known that, we might have tried one of the other side dishes. We had a ton of asparagus, but again, I do not have any complaints as it was all cooked to perfection. Overall 5/5! Amazing and I will definitely go back in the future!"
