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Exceptional food and service. I am on my third post-vaccination road trip and one of my favorite activities is to try the most highly recommended steak house (or one of them in locations which have several) in the area. Murrays was one of several highly recommended steak houses and I chose it because it claimed to be the oldest. I have a weakness or predilection for older buildings and atmospheres. Murrays has two things going for it: the ribeye was exceptional (even when compared to The Barn in Evanston, Illinois, and The Marble Room in Cleveland and Keens or Peter Lugers in NYC) and the service. When I ordered my ribeye "medium rare", our waiter McShane told me to order it medium and that it would be perfect. I thought that was pretty bold for a waiter but I am grateful he did. The steak was perfectly prepared and phenomenal. The experience, however, was not perfect. The cabernet sauvignon I ordered (by the glass) was very good but not at the same level as the steak. The exterior of the restaurant has a great old-time look but the interior has no charm: it might as well have been built yesterday and basically looks no different than upscale chains such as Ruth's Chris. We were seated near a table of and of the diners at that table spoke so loudly that I thought he was sitting at the table with me. I understand that large parties, or more, are going to be loud and if I am seated by one, I ask to be relocated. I am not sure how an establishment should handle this situation when person at a table of is just loud and apparently unintentionally so and apparently clueless. Overall, the food and service were exceptional