Elegant Bull Restaurant

We were driving by and needed some comfort food. We have always heard good things so we decided to try Elegant Bull. One lone server was working but seated us as soon as she saw us. Gracious lady. The tables are set elegantly with faux flowers, cloth napkins and candlelight. There was not too many people in the front room but later I saw there is also a banquet area and a bar area in the back. She told us the specials and gave us the menus. There were so many options. Since this is a Portuguese family restaurant, you will not leave hungry: most meals come with soup, bread, salad, Portuguese beans, veggies and a starch .... All with your main entree. As much as I love eating, I can't eat a lot. I get full really fast. With all the pre courses, I was hoping to have enough room to eat some of my entree. I selected ribs and I was upsold to a whole rack for $7 more. I knew I wouldn't eat it all but I knew my kids would eat them tomorrow. In hindsight, that was not a good idea since I've never had their ribs, but more on that later. My husband chose the meatloaf, but she came back right after and said they were sold out so he got Beef Stroganoff (remember we were there for comfort food).The first thing that comes out is the soup. It's homemade with veggies, chicken and some kind of flat wide noodle. Very good soup and it would be great to have if I was not feeling well. It has that kind of homemade, mom loves me vibe. It came with huge homemade rolls. Still warm. I love bread and I could come back just for warm bread and butter.Next comes your salad. I expected a tiny salad but it was a decent size. Simple salad of Iceberg, tomato, croutons, but there were so many dressings they make in house. I got blue cheese which was good but my husband's choice was better: garlic ranch. I'm getting that next time. Next comes out your entrée, which has your starch, veggies and entrée on one plate... if it all fits (See my picture). A small bowl of Portuguese beans comes on the side.I was glad I upgraded. The ribs were good, not the best I ever had, but definitely good. Not overcooked, not undercooked. Good flavor. For my starch, I selected a sweet potato. And I got a very huge sweet potato to go with my huge rack of ribs. I had a little bit of room for my veggies which were seasoned nicely.I ate about five ribs, which was astonishing honestly since I ate all the pre courses. I had one spoonful of Portuguese beans, because my husband ate the rest of them. They had a very smoky chili flavor, but don't think sweet beans. They were definitely different than other Portuguese beans I've had. My husband loved them.My husband thought he was gonna be funny and look at the dessert menu, which was a huge mistake because with an amazing amount of desserts, but we knew we couldn't eat anything more.This was a great experience for a great price. The location is not much to look at on the outside, but the food, service, and warm atmosphere inside will keep us coming back often in the future.

My father had been coming to this restaurant for years and after he shared how wonderful it was, and I was now living in Oakdale I decided it was time to give them a try. We were greeted and seated immediately. We were really disappointed by how the kitchen is open to the dining area. As we were in the middle of eating, one of the cooks began shouting at someone that was in the kitchen with him. This went on for at least twenty minutes. A real mood killer. I should mention that the appearance of this chief was less than appealing! He looked like he was straight out of prison! Harsh... but I'm only being honest. Greasy hair and he just looked nasty! The food was disgusting! And I don't use that word often. We could hardly eat any of our meal. Thank goodness our waitress was on point with her service. I was so blown away at how horrible the food was that I finally asked the young man that was refilling our water if the restaurant had changed owners? And just as I had figured it had! The price of this awful food was it for us! I'm not even sure why we did refuse the bill or at least complain on spot other than for the fact we just wanted to get out of there as quickly as possible! The prime rib was over cooked and seemed as if they reheated their leftovers for the night before. The horse radish was beyond gross as if was not refrigerated and had spoiled. We sat at our table only to drink our wine. We will never return!!

The service wasn't that great. The waitress didn't seem like she was happy to be there. They served us soup and we had to wait 10 minutes for the spoon. She seemed bothered when we asked for the spoon. Their oyster Rockefeller was topped with cheddar cheese, when I mentioned that to the waitress she stated that the menu said it has cheese. The menu does say cheese but not cheddar. Who puts cheddar cheese on their oyster Rockefeller!

I was really excited about going to this Portuguese steak house but, I was very disappointed in the end. It was a busy Saturday and we had to wait and that was fine, it was only like 45 minutes. The waitress was Not friendly and then almost seemed bothered to take our order. We were a party of (7) 3 adults 3 young teenagers and a baby. We had a New York steak, chicken Marsala, linguica plate , Bull cheeseburger and I had the Steak De Lisboa. The bill was over 200$. They were "out" of multiple things from the menu and they up-charge if you ask for anything extra like drink refills which is fine, we don't mind paying $ for good food. Unfortunately, the consensus from everyone at the table was that their food was very under seasoned and bland. This place is small and it has a nice ambiance but, unfortunately the food and the service was very disappointing.

Had a truly great experience here. We had a gift card for this restaurant and decided to swing by. We made reservations the same day and to my understanding they greatly appreciate reservations. The service is excellent and the food tastes really good. They serve you a barbecue and bean soup as an appetizer with bread and butter. They brought us more bread too throughout the night. Then we had a salad I recommend the ranch as it is a homemade ranch. After that we got our plates and we were already so stuffed but the steak is so tender and the shell lobster was delicious and buttery. I would come here especially for a nice occasion if you'd like to splurge

We went back and saw Misty again :-) Also met the owners, the Son and his Mom. Very nice folks as well as a dining room server who greeted us and sat us. Thank you for a good experience. We had some appetizers there and also took food to go. The escargot is melt in mouth tender served with toasted soft bread and real butter. The frog legs are cooked perfectly as well and a very nice light breading maybe some cornmeal with white flower? Our family also enjoyed the beef tips stroganoff. On our way out we visited the dining room and their banquet room. I used the ladies bathroom and it was clean and tastefully decorated vintage theme with a touch 4th of July.

I didn't like the food steak didn't have any flavor tasted burnt for -$45 dollars I'll pass

Hole-In-The-Wall yet Fine-Dining type of place! Very pricey! This is the most expensive restaurant I've been to so far for the Central Valley area!Probably would not know this is a restaurant driving by unless already looked it up and plan for it earlier. Small parking lot enough for about 13 - 16 cars (guessing). Looks very small from outside, but once inside not too bad. Nice cozy romantic candle-lid dinner type of setting - Hence, a bit on the dark dimmish setting kind of environment. Overall, was a good experience for me and my friends! Wish our waitress could be a bit more friendlier and more acknowledging considering we were kind and didn't ask much from her other than very few things like "more bread please." But she just walked away as if didn't hear our request. When we were done and paid our bill, she just gave us our receipt and AGAIN walked away. No "thank you please come again" or "have a good night," etc. Wow! And we even gave her a very nice tip!

I've lived in this small town and didn't know it existed till 2 years ago and finally decided to spurge this past Sunday. Our server was so kind and knowledgeable. It is pricy but I would say it's worth it!! The only thing I didn't personally enjoy were the beans. Want to come back during happy house to try more things on the menu that looked delicious!!

OMG! The food was amazing. I had 18 oz Bone in Ribeye. My wife had the Halibut. Both were cooked perfectly, and tasted great. Dinners come with Soup, Salad, Bread, Portuguese Beans, choice of starch, and Vegetables along with your protein. Dinner is served with plenty of time between courses, so no rushing through your salad, so your main doesn't get cold. Staff was very friendly and attentive. Wife had Creme Brulee torched at the table, whis was fantastic.