[Abbylovi]

No, it wasn’t bad but it just wasn’t Luger.

Starting from the beginning:

You enter and the light is so low you are temporarily blind until your eyes adjust. The décor that they are going for is I suppose a bordello slash steakhouse. We waited at the bar for the rest of the party to arrive and I noted that I was the only female. To my eye, all the men were dressed the same and there was lots of talk about something called “sports.”

Okay, on to the food. All five of us ordered steak of course. The sides read very well so for the table we got crisp goose fat potatoes, black truffle creamed spinach and mushrooms. On the menu they are listed as “family style” but what arrived was about a cup of spinach and a cup-sized dome of potatoes. That’s a portion for one, not something suitable to serve to entire table. In the end it didn’t really matter because they weren’t that good.

Yes, yes but who cares about the sides, that’s not what you’re there for. The steak itself was pretty unremarkable. It lacked that aged, beefy taste that I’ve come to expect from Luger.

For dessert, I got the crème brulee and someone else at the table got a monstrous piece of chocolate cake. I am not exaggerating when I say that it was 9 inches tall. And not good.

My steak dollars are better spent in Brooklyn.

[Wilfrid1]

The only steak I enjoyed there was the double strip, for two. Which I shared.

[Abbylovi]

My friend got that but he didn't share.

[g.johnson]

They do a good prime rib special.

[Daniel]

Strip House
13 east 12th street
(212) 328-0000

Steak quality was excellent.. The atmosphere was cool 7 years ago.. When it started out it was a steakhouse that was quite and reserved.. Red walls, small scene at the bar, it was the place to be.,,

Reservations for the regular guy was at least 3 weeks... Dot com ganstah! Jump forward years later and this place is a steakhouse now..

3 Deep at the bar.. Kind of attitudy front desk crew.. Told a couple that walked in with no reservation it was going to be a 45 minute wait.. Then sat them down 5 minutes later.. For no reason other then to A. look for a $20 B. Relive the glory days. or C. Try to make a few bucks at the bar. They sat down two minutes after I did.. I had a 830 reservation that was made on Friday.. It was rowdy filled with guys mainly.. A few tourist couples sat next to us.. But mainly it was no longer a chill spot.. Much of the original appeal was that it was a loungy sort of steakhouse.. Now it was a small crowded dark room.

Dry aged ribeye was really good.. Bone in. They put a wonderful salt and pepper dry rub on it.. We ordered our bone in ribeyes rare.. The steak was so well aged, there was no blood or chewiness.. It was perfectly cooked..

The sides are average.. 7 years ago when I ordered the goose fat potatoes they were different.. i feel they are made less to order and held longer.. Our version tasted dry with an old goose liver oily taste.. I recently had seen the video of the chef making these potatoes.. Mine looked nothing like what was on that television.

Cream spinach was ok.. Better with out splashing D'artagna truffle oil in it.

Corn with pancetta.. Ok..

Great bread plate. Steak was good but expensive.. Expense account or business dinner where you don't need to talk about anything too important..

Wine by the bottle or glass was unexciting.. We ordered a half bottle after some cocktails. Waiter was over pouring the wine on either side of us. While the one guys date was in the restroom he said to him, I am going to give you a quick extra pour while she is in the restroom.. Mind you, they were sharing a bottle. Was he supposed to chug it?

That aside our waiter was a nice guy.. He left us alone, busers refilled water quickly.. They were quick to clear things before there time. The mushroom soup amuse, a drink with liquory limey ice was snatched.. On the plus side, so were straws, napkins, dirty plates and untensils.

260 for the two of us. And that is was I dont go to steakhouses.

[g.johnson]

Opinions differ on this place. We've usually done pretty well there but other MFers haven't been so pleased with it.

[Daniel]

I did really, really like the steak though..

[Abbylovi]

Here's my post.

[oakapple]

The ribeye there is insanely good. In other respects, it is a generic steakhouse.

[Daniel]

Looks like we all kind of agree on the place.. For 260 bucks, I can buy half a cow at Ottomanelli's..

In terms of the restaurant, why do you think the couple was initially told 45 minutes to be seated just 5 minutes later?

[Wilfrid1]

Any signs yet of the place expanding next door?

[oakapple]

Looks like we all kind of agree on the place.. For 260 bucks, I can buy half a cow at Ottomanelli's.

I believe the cost of steaks at Strip House is pretty much in line with aged prime almost anywhere in town. Whether it's worth it is not for me to say, but they're charging what everyone else charges.

In terms of the restaurant, why do you think the couple was initially told 45 minutes to be seated just 5 minutes later?

If there was an underhanded reason, it was probably to make money at the bar. On the other hand, sometimes people are just incompetent.

[Wilfrid1]

Or another couple who had been waiting gave up. All kinds of possible reasons.

[Daniel]

Looks like we all kind of agree on the place.. For 260 bucks, I can buy half a cow at Ottomanelli's.

I believe the cost of steaks at Strip House is pretty much in line with aged prime almost anywhere in town. Whether it's worth it is not for me to say, but they're charging what everyone else charges.

In terms of the restaurant, why do you think the couple was initially told 45 minutes to be seated just 5 minutes later?

If there was an underhanded reason, it was probably to make money at the bar. On the other hand, sometimes people are just incompetent.

I hear ya on the steak prices.. I havent been to a a traditional steakhouse in New York or ordered a steak in a restaurant since the last time I went to Luger's 4 years ago.. Its hard to do.

[Sneakeater]

To those of us with normal ovens it's easy to do, since steak is one thing I couldn't possibly cook at home the way it's cooked in a restaurant, even if I could get beef of the same quality.