Trail Dust Steak House

rhia says:

• Food:

  4/5

• Vibe:

  3/5

• Service:

  4/5

• Value:

  3/5

• Overall:

  4/5

We stumbled across them due to a few wrong turns, had never known they were there. Piped in music is Loud, but that may be to prepare you for the live band later, and the atmosphere is so "Western" as to almost be touristy. Don't wear a tie, they use the bottom half as wall art. If you have friends from the frozen Northeast who visit Dallas and want a "real (stereotypical) Western experience" restaurant with just plain good food, no fancy chef specials or bento boxes, then Trail Dust should be high on your list of options.

We visited early on a Sunday evening so crowds weren't a problem and service was decently fast, pleasant, and unobtrusive. The restaurant was filling up by the time we left and we suspect the place may be quite crowded on a Saturday night, especially with a live band and raised wooden dance floor. Overall, an interesting mix of a good old-fashioned honky-tonk and a full dinner menu, with the addition of an indoor slide for kiddies of any age.

The steaks definitely have that open flame mesquite wood flavor. For the first time since moving to Dallas (not counting the Brazilian places), my husband didn't use A1 on his filet - I take that as high praise on his part. My sirloin was good, not spectacular, but I was pleasantly surprised that the green beans were crisp and well seasoned, not just dumped from a can and cooked until gray mush. Our guest had the burger and couldn't stop raving about it. (For the price, it should be good - glad it didn't let him down.)

A bit pricey, and the mismatched wooden chairs and slab top tables are more down to earth than some other steakhouses that we've tried, but that actually increased the appeal for us. Overall, a bit out of the way, but we'll go back.

glebe436 says:

Surprisingly decent food with friendly service. Visiting on a Tuesday night, not too many customers were eating save those who appeared to be in from out of town and eating a "real Texas steak" on the company expense acoount, but this allowed for chatting with the talented solo performer (Brian Rueth) performing that night.