Wolfgang's Steakhouse

(212) 889-3369

4 Park Ave (at 33rd St.)
New York, NY 10016 40.7468 -73.9817

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Neighborhoods: Kips Bay, Midtown

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Hours:

Mon-Thu, noon-10pm

Fri-Sat, noon-11pm

Sun, 5pm-10:30pm

Price:

$$$$

Last updated 8.05.11

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

American Express, Discover, Visa, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

People Watching, Business Dining, Group Dining, Food Delivery

Cuisine:

Steakhouse, Traditional American, Seafood

What People Are Saying About Wolfgang's Steakhouse

Featured Review

Allison Austin

Contributor

The Scene – It's owned by long-time Peter Luger head waiter Wolfgang Zwiener and it shows, in everything but the elaborate Guastavino-tiled ceilings and white linens. There's a profusion of jeans and shirtsleeves, and an unmistakeable and enticing aroma of charred beef. Service is experienced but often rushed. – – The Food – The prime steaks, which are dry aged in the basement for 28 days, are the overwhelming draw. The restaurant serves sliced porterhouse for two, three or four on sizzling platters a la Luger, but it's the filet mignon that's the best bet, since the…

Editor's Tips

What to Drink:
The wine list is short and features many full-flavored California cabernets beginning at $30. The mellow, fruity Waterstone merlot ($46) is a good choice.
Where to Sit:
Request a table in the open, airy front room; the tiny dining room in back lacks the grandeur and people-watching of the main dining room.
ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. Great location, great food, great service - congrats to Wolfgang.
  2. The wait staff was good, but we arrived at the Park Ave location on time for a 7:00 reservation for a birthday dinner and were not seated until 7:54 with barely an apology.
  3. When you spend this much money, you expect professional service and ambiance commensurate with the price you pay.
  4. Excellent steaks in a great location, Park Avenue and 33rd.
  5. The decor is very unique and comforting with low, arced ceilings, ancient looking tile, and low lighting throughout the dining room.
dessert
100.0% positive
  1. Additionally, the fries, the spinach and their pecan pie with fresh cream threw me off a couple of pounds, but who cares, I'll go to the gym, work-out harder and longer, the pounds will come off.
  2. $86 pp for 3 people (apps for 2, porterhouse for 2, a ribeye, 2 sides, 2 desserts, coffee, 2 drinks) is a deal vs. the $100 I typically pay for a decent steakhouse meal.
  3. He offered to buy me dessert - I told him we didn't want the entrees we were forced to order and dessert would not be necessary - anyway - we finished up with the entrees half of which were not eaten - and they sent us over a huge tray of dessert.
  4. The Canadian bacon was tasty, as were the creamed spinach, German potatoes & apple strudel with whipped cream.
  5. We then had the dessert"Fantasy" wich is a selection of the desserts along with fresh fuit and the wonderful SCHLAG.
  6. Great seafood appertizers and typical supermarket style dessert.
drinks
75.0% positive
  1. of course, it helps to order a couple bottles of expensive wine, too.
  2. The draft beer was good.
  3. The restaurant was quite busy, however we sat at the bar and enjoyed a drink, the bartender was very pleasant and helpful.
  4. $86 pp for 3 people (apps for 2, porterhouse for 2, a ribeye, 2 sides, 2 desserts, coffee, 2 drinks) is a deal vs. the $100 I typically pay for a decent steakhouse meal.
  5. Wolfgang's boasts good steaks, a small but decent wine list, and an interesting dining room.
  6. The wine is overpriced and 30% higher than most other restaurants.
food quality
82.23999977111816% positive
  1. Without having to travel to Brooklyn for a great steak, Wolfgang's delight us with their aged meat selection.
  2. thought the steak was absolutely delicious!
  3. Their creamy spinach and their shrimp salad are both very yummy.
  4. have been to Lugar's many times (first time was in 1987) and finally gave up on the "best steak house in the USA" because of the lousy service (which is often rude) and the low quality of their "steak for two
  5. The bacon was delicious and the tomato and onion as well.
  6. While the food was good, I wouldn't come back here because of the service.
  7. The steaks were good.
  8. The meat was dry and tasteless.
  9. Worse service, combined with bad food
  10. We went there dreaming a great steak.
  11. The food was really good, but it took a long time for the food to come out after we ordered.
  12. Since we ordered Steak for 2 we asked the waiter to take the bread away and so he arrived with the best steak in town.
  13. good spot for work dinner steaks this is a test etc kjlkjkjkljlkjkljlkjjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkkjkjlklkjlkjljlkjlkjlkjlkj
  14. Recommendation: If you want a steak in Midtown, go to Keane's or Lever House (Michael Jordan's and Bobby Van's are also good).
  15. You can do infinitely better at Bobby Van's or Del Frisco's or Peter Luger or Sparks all of whom actually know how to cook tasty meat and to order.
  16. The quality of beef was amazing and it just melted in your mouth.
  17. Great location, great food, great service - congrats to Wolfgang.
  18. The service was excellent, Wolfgang himself was there, and the food was outstanding.
  19. Wolfgang's boasts good steaks, a small but decent wine list, and an interesting dining room.
  20. The steak is excellent.
  21. Check is very high for rude service and for a burned steak.
  22. Delicious Steaks, excellent Grilled Canadian Bacon all taking place in a lovely setting without the testosterone of the typical men's club steak house.
  23. Despite the small size of the dining room, this place dishes out huge steaks that are consistently the best I've had since Lugers.
  24. ... order the bacon and tomato and onion for appetizers, steak for 2, medium rare (no matter how many people you have), cottage fries, creamed spinach, and then the hot fudge sundae w/extra schlag.
  25. The waiters passing by with the amazing smell of sizzling steak.
  26. Overall- the food was not very enjoyable, the servicers need a lesson in being friendly.
  27. Let me begin with saying Wolfgang's food was great - great steak and side dishes.
  28. although the food was good, the service and athmosphere was anything but.
  29. The food was average, the service horrible - I am still wondering why I did that to myself?
  30. The side dishes were also pricey but delicious.
  31. We expect a perfect meal and that's what we get.
  32. We ordered the porterhouse for four and it was possibly the most delicious steak I have ever had.
  33. The food was very good.
  34. For starters it is way over-priced, and the steak I received was quite dry, even "janes" special sauce did not help out.
  35. the sizzling buttery steak and not to mention for the amount of people that eat here maxed out and packed the service is outstanding yea sure the hostes forgot to check out on me and my wife after teh fact that there was a line of peopel wating for tables
  36. Great seafood appertizers and typical supermarket style dessert.
  37. Additionally, the fries, the spinach and their pecan pie with fresh cream threw me off a couple of pounds, but who cares, I'll go to the gym, work-out harder and longer, the pounds will come off.
  38. The Canadian bacon was tasty, as were the creamed spinach, German potatoes & apple strudel with whipped cream.
  39. We particularly enjoyed the mushrooms side dish, the steak was perfectly cooked, and this group of Luger fans was very pleased.
  40. BTW dont hesitate to try the delicious german patato with blue cheese god bless the taste
  41. The food was decent, but not as good as Lugers.
  42. recently had dinner with some friends at wolfgangs -- once i stopped staring at the beautiful tiled ceiling i got down to business and ordered some awesome food -- bacon was great and the steaks were cooked to perfection and had me dreaming for days after
  43. The following are recommended, the Filet, tomato and mozzarella salad, lump crabmeat salad, sauteed onions and mushrooms (as a side).
  44. Side dishes were very good - German potatoes and Creamed spinach.
  45. Decor is fancy, not like Lugers which is more turn-of-the-century authentic.
  46. asked her again why they lost our reservation and explained that my parents were visiting and wanted to enjoy a good steak in New York, she rolled her eyes and blurted out again that "someone" had made an error and that we were going to have to wait our
  47. The food is decent but absolutely not worth the hassle and poor service.
  48. really good steak, cool interior
  49. The food was great,
  50. $86 pp for 3 people (apps for 2, porterhouse for 2, a ribeye, 2 sides, 2 desserts, coffee, 2 drinks) is a deal vs. the $100 I typically pay for a decent steakhouse meal.
  51. PERFECT MEDIUM RARE nicely charred and super juicy, creamed spinach out of this world and the crunchy and yummy german potatoes(i love the crispy part).
  52. Excellent steaks in a great location, Park Avenue and 33rd.
  53. The food is very good for what it is, but it's a steakhouse, so it's nothing spetacular.
  54. One of the best steaks ever, flavorful and sizzing.
  55. once seated service was good; steak was good but equal to any other better steakhouse that doesn't make you wait.
  56. We order our food Porterhouse for two.
  57. If you are in New York City and you are looking for bad to worse service, combined with bad food, than you have to go to Wolfgang?
  58. ... steaks were pretty good but both of our steaks were overcooked by one full grade.
  59. Once we were seated we found all the food totally mediocre (we had the porterhouse).
  60. We then had the dessert"Fantasy" wich is a selection of the desserts along with fresh fuit and the wonderful SCHLAG.
  61. We enjoyed every meal.
menu variety
75.0% positive
  1. We then had the dessert"Fantasy" wich is a selection of the desserts along with fresh fuit and the wonderful SCHLAG.
  2. First off, Wolfgang's boasts the City's best business lunch with a pre-fixe menu under $30 that could feed Rosanna Scotto's fat arss.
  3. Without having to travel to Brooklyn for a great steak, Wolfgang's delight us with their aged meat selection.
  4. This is New York, the options are endless, avoid the poor customer service served up here.
overall
100.0% positive
  1. Wolfgang's was a great place to have a bachelor party, but didn't fare as well for my wife's 30th birthday.
  2. This is a great place to feel a real NY steakhouse experience.
return potential
100.0% positive
  1. While the food was good, I wouldn't come back here because of the service.
service
59.52000141143799% positive
  1. have been to Lugar's many times (first time was in 1987) and finally gave up on the "best steak house in the USA" because of the lousy service (which is often rude) and the low quality of their "steak for two
  2. Abysmal service.
  3. When you spend this much money, you expect professional service and ambiance commensurate with the price you pay.
  4. Our recent experience at WolfGangs Park Avenue is the worst experience I have had service-wise at a restaurant anywhere.
  5. The service was excellent, however.
  6. The portion here is huge so we just ordered Steak for 3 although we have 5 people.
  7. The service was so great that there wasn't one thing we needed to ask for after we ordered.
  8. The food is decent but absolutely not worth the hassle and poor service.
  9. once seated service was good; steak was good but equal to any other better steakhouse that doesn't make you wait.
  10. While the food was good, I wouldn't come back here because of the service.
  11. The wait staff was good, but we arrived at the Park Ave location on time for a 7:00 reservation for a birthday dinner and were not seated until 7:54 with barely an apology.
  12. The night went on from there with amazingly rude and crass service from start to finish
  13. All of a sudden our waiters cleaned up our table mess and set us up for the good stuff.
  14. Our waiter failed to give us the proper attention, got the order wrong and basically ignored us the entire night.
  15. Worse service, combined with bad food
  16. Terrible Service, overpriced and rude.
  17. Waiter was attentive and responsive.
  18. Wait staff is always attentive and professional.
  19. Steak was great, but the service was very poor
  20. Food was bad service was bad everything was bad.
  21. wouldn't say the service was worth the price, but for New York City the service was not bad at all.
  22. Our waiter was very attentive and helpful.
  23. The service was excellent, Wolfgang himself was there, and the food was outstanding.
  24. lousy service
  25. The service was just OK, not great.
  26. The food was average, the service horrible - I am still wondering why I did that to myself?
  27. If you are in New York City and you are looking for bad to worse service, combined with bad food, than you have to go to Wolfgang?
  28. $86 pp for 3 people (apps for 2, porterhouse for 2, a ribeye, 2 sides, 2 desserts, coffee, 2 drinks) is a deal vs. the $100 I typically pay for a decent steakhouse meal.
  29. This is New York, the options are endless, avoid the poor customer service served up here.
  30. The service was good, but very unfriendly.
  31. The waiters passing by with the amazing smell of sizzling steak.
  32. Overall- the food was not very enjoyable, the servicers need a lesson in being friendly.
  33. Not at a nice steakhouse like Wolfgang's where you would expect to have a more attentive and professional service, when you see the Internet-side.
  34. Great service, great sides.
  35. Since we ordered Steak for 2 we asked the waiter to take the bread away and so he arrived with the best steak in town.
  36. Great location, great food, great service - congrats to Wolfgang.
  37. ... order the bacon and tomato and onion for appetizers, steak for 2, medium rare (no matter how many people you have), cottage fries, creamed spinach, and then the hot fudge sundae w/extra schlag.
  38. The service is the worst that I have experienced in NYC.
  39. have never seen such a downright rude waiter in this city.
  40. Check is very high for rude service and for a burned steak.
  41. service was great,
  42. The restaurant was quite busy, however we sat at the bar and enjoyed a drink, the bartender was very pleasant and helpful.
  43. The service is always friendly and professional.
  44. Bad waiter and poor reservation system
  45. The service was impeccable as well.
  46. And the waiters were friendly.
  47. although the food was good, the service and athmosphere was anything but.
  48. that being said, we always get great service at wolfgang's b/c we know the system
  49. the sizzling buttery steak and not to mention for the amount of people that eat here maxed out and packed the service is outstanding yea sure the hostes forgot to check out on me and my wife after teh fact that there was a line of peopel wating for tables
value
70.0% positive
  1. of course, it helps to order a couple bottles of expensive wine, too.
  2. AM trully amazed after waitng for 2 hours for a table dam right worth the money and wait !
  3. the sizzling buttery steak and not to mention for the amount of people that eat here maxed out and packed the service is outstanding yea sure the hostes forgot to check out on me and my wife after teh fact that there was a line of peopel wating for tables
  4. Terrible Service, overpriced and rude.
  5. Despite the small size of the dining room, this place dishes out huge steaks that are consistently the best I've had since Lugers.
  6. wouldn't say the service was worth the price, but for New York City the service was not bad at all.
  7. After a wonderful dinner at wolfgang's I thougt about my doctor and then i thought it was really worth the wait!
  8. The portion here is huge so we just ordered Steak for 3 although we have 5 people.
  9. The wine is overpriced and 30% higher than most other restaurants.
  10. When you spend this much money, you expect professional service and ambiance commensurate with the price you pay.
  11. He offered to buy me dessert - I told him we didn't want the entrees we were forced to order and dessert would not be necessary - anyway - we finished up with the entrees half of which were not eaten - and they sent us over a huge tray of dessert.
  12. either way; not right for such a pricey restaurant.
  13. The food is decent but absolutely not worth the hassle and poor service.
  14. recently had dinner with some friends at wolfgangs -- once i stopped staring at the beautiful tiled ceiling i got down to business and ordered some awesome food -- bacon was great and the steaks were cooked to perfection and had me dreaming for days after
  15. The side dishes were also pricey but delicious.
wait time
100.0% positive
  1. The food was really good, but it took a long time for the food to come out after we ordered.
4 Star Rating: Recommended

06/27/11

Great Steaks

by BobSanders11223

I was a big Luger's fan and still am, however after going here the last few times for steaks I no longer want to take the trip into Brooklyn. To be honest this place is just better then Lugers, food wise, service wise etc.....

1 Star Rating: Poor

02/03/11

Walked Out - Shameful Treatment and Disgusting Food

by RP2011

Horribly snobby and rude service. The food was disgusting. My Wolfgang salad was room temperature, nothing was crisp and fresh like a salad is supposed to be. The waiter does not know what a caipirinhia cocktail is. My husband likes his lamb chops well done, and they came out completely red on the inside, blood was still oozing out! When he sent it back to cook further (which should not even have to happen to begin with – Del Frisco’s, Prime Rib etc, they all know very well, what well done means when they serve us our food), the dish came out with the chops completely burnt and charred on the outside, and still red on the inside. They just popped it under the broiler. They serve you by plopping your chop on your plate, they spilled grease all over our table when serving both times! There is nothing high quality about wolfgangs besides their prices and their arrogance. We called the manager and he just tried to prove us wrong, while staring at the red chop. He was raising his voice at us, outrageous!! I asked him if the plate looks like it is worthy to charge 36 dollars for, he was speechless, could not even say yes. The food looked like trash, tasted like trash, and the service was absolutely disgusting. Mistakes happen everywhere, so we could look beyond that. It is the attitude of the staff and manager that sealed the deal for us in deciding to never set foot in this place again. Never going back, and letting my circles know. Bunch of amateurs.

People are far better of at the Mac Donalds a few blocks down, where you still get service with a smile.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

12/19/10

I love it!

by yasukoqnbolingu

I've never had a better steak in my life! After my first visit there I compare all steaks i eat with the one I had at Wolfgagng's. Nothing came close so far.

1 Star Rating: Poor

12/02/10

Cold hearted

by keuja75

Never seen anything like it.

We had 7:00 pm reservations. One person in our group is elderly and currently undergoing cancer treatment. At 7:45, we were still waiting for our table, standing in the lobby. I spoke to the hostess twice, trying to find out when our table would be ready, and pinted out that one of our guest was very ill and couldn't stand for long periods of time, she never gave us an answe. After waiting for an hour , we decided to leave, at which point the manager looked at me and said, "you cant wait for two minutes?". I said no and he rolled his eyes at me.

Won't be going back anytime soon.

4 Star Rating: Recommended

09/18/10

love this steakhouse

by ciasy

really great steakhouse

  • Pros: food, service
  • Cons: noisy

The Details on Wolfgang's Steakhouse

Place Categories:

  • good steak
  • bad food
  • rude terrible service
  • great seated service
  • rude waiter
  • great experience
  • very good side dishes
  • delicious canadian bacon
  • unapolgetic manager
  • famous steakhouse
  • overpriced wine
  • great place
  • tasteless filet mignon
  • decent steakhouse meal
  • tasteless meat
  • great restaurants
  • always attentive wait staff
  • worst restaurant experience
  • flavorful best steaks
  • helpful bartender
  • memorable wolfgangs
  • comforting lighting
  • rude burned steak
  • melt-in-your-mouth amazing food porterhouse
  • great location
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