For decades, the Chop House has obsessed over one thing: quality. We start with the best steaks, seafood, and chops we can find, cook them exactly to your liking, then inspect every plate twice before serving you. At every turn, we pay special attention to the details. It's these little details that all melt together to make a truly extraordinary meal.
A few words about Helen Barnhill, general manager of the capital city location Nov 14, 2024 I would like to take a moment to talk about Helen. I work for align technologies, a fortune 500 company around the corner from The Chophouse. About three years ago I started a program that would incorporate dental laboratories coming to Raleigh for an extended learning. This group would be staying locally and we wanted to offer them a great dinner while they were with us. There are a number of restaurants very close to the airport and in the beginning we tried three other venues. We finally went to The Chophouse and enjoyed the atmosphere and food so much we decided to use this restaurant solely for our events. At that time, Helen was not the general manager but was always present for each of our events and showed exceptional leadership skills, especially when I learned it wasn't her complete responsibility at that time. Since then, as Helen has taken over that responsibility, we have never had an event that was less than perfect. When you're dealing with multiple bookings, there are always things that can go wrong. A few times now we have had an issue with the wrong date being booked. Once I showed up at the chophouse with 25 unexpected guests. We have a set menu at The Chophouse and it needs to be organized and pre-ordered. Helen took one look at us and said 'I will work it out'. Within 20 minutes she had everybody seated and within an hour had all of the appetizers, salads and drinks delivered as if nothing was scheduled in error. I can't imagine what it took to pull that off but at no time did she make us feel bad for our mistake and made our guests feel like they were the most important people in the world. Recently I had to evacuate due to hurricane Milton from FL and I brought my mother and grandma with me from to one of these dinners. Helen came and sat with them and made sure they had everything they needed knowing they were worried. She took care of them like they were family. She is so loved by our team that we feel like she is in fact one of our team members. There are two factors that blow me away about Helen. Not only is she incredibly professional while still maintaining an atmosphere of fun but she is the most organized and efficient operations manager I've ever seen. You can see the respect her team has for her and how much they love their job because they have a boss that cares about them, sets clear goals and expectations. We have a number of choices when we come to Raleigh but I promise you as long as Helen is in place we will never go anywhere else for our events. Based on this a number of other programs in my company only use The Chophouse as well. My event alone spends on average $3500 to $6000 at every monthly visit and it's probably the best money our company spends per year. I don't know what positions are available for Helen but I would take her in my company in a second. I'm very grateful for her as a business partner and a very dear friend. Thank you, Renee Harris Senior manager Lab education, NA- align Technologies Renee S Harris
Rharris
Surprisingly tender for a sirloin and full of flavor. Gorgonzola sauce was really yummy! :)
Kate
Huge jumbo lumps! I'm from Maryland so I'm picky about crab dishes, but this one is fantastic!
Kate
