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- Neighborhoods:
- Chelsea, Midtown
- Categories:
- Restaurants
- Cuisine:
- Traditional American, Hamburgers, Steakhouse
- Price:
- $$$$
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100% ambiance
“The truth is, it was a pleasant enough evening with nothing going wrong, service is ok, ambiance was traditional steakhouse, but the actual flavor of the meat was nothing to write home about.”
100% dessert
“Dessert was also wonderful especially when paired with a wonderful desert wine that our waiter also helped select.”
100% drinks
“Dessert was also wonderful especially when paired with a wonderful desert wine that our waiter also helped select.”
85% food quality
“And the steaks in those places are huge anyway.”
66% menu variety
“So a selection from the fairly limited wine list was the go, and it was not a bad drop all things considered.”
87% overall
“great place for huge appetizers and monster filet mignon!”
100% return potential
“don't think I will be back, there are alot of other "Great Steakhouses" in better parts of Manhattan.”
78% service
“On a recent visit with a large group during the holiday season I was very surprised to see that one of our favorite waiters was now employed at OH.”
75% value
“Average acceptable steak place for too much money”
0% wait time
“The service was slow but the amount of food you get, plan on taking your time and enjoying it.”
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October 08, 2012
Great Steaks, amazing burgers. Price is fair considering the quality and location. Have to stop by every time I'm in the area.
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July 05, 2011
Ignored. Me and my boyfriend had dinner reservations at the Old homestead a couple of weeks ago. We had 9pm dinner reservations and got there at 9:15pm. The host asked us to sit at the bar while they get our table ready. At 9:45 and not yet seated, I finally convinced my boyfriend to say something to the host. She had said she had called our name out "3 times" and no one answered, meanwhile WE WERE THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE AT THE BAR! When we finally got seated, the host handed us the menu. 20 minutes later, no one bother to even give us water or check up on us. We ended up walking out and going to ABE AND ARTHURS ACROSS THE STREET. SEEING HOW BUSY ABE AND ARTHURS WAS......I GUESS WE BOTH SAW WHERE ALL THEIR BUSINESS WENT......
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February 23, 2011
Best steaks in nyc. been to the Homestead once, and it was amazing. not cheap, but worth it
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January 18, 2011
Check the receipt. Food is always great as I believe this is NYC's oldest steakhouse or thereabout. This was my 6th time and for the 3rd in a row we had extra drinks / bottles of wine added to the check as well as appetizers. Beware...
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October 23, 2010
Not as great as it once was.
But still very good.
With all the new steak houses in NY, I don't know if I'd put the Old Homestead on my "must go to list" but I wouldn't count it out either..
The Old Homestead' has the best Kobe beef burgers that I have ever tasted. The steak literally melts in your mouth. It is so flavorful, juicy and tender. It actually melts in your mouth. I love it.
Enjoy.
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October 10, 2010
Can't beat the awesome $19 Kobe burger lunch!.
I saw at The Old Homestead Steakhouse's website that my favorite beef - Kobe (made with hand-massaged and gourmet-fed beef) is being offered in a new lunch special, and on my next trip to the City, I hopped right on over! Just as I remembered, the burger was bursting with flavor, the tator tots perfectly seasoned, the Caesar salad very fresh (I especially love the dressing! wish they would bottle it!), and the Cabernet exactly right. I can't believe it was all for only $19!
It's nice to know that I don't have to consider the Kobe burger just a treat anymore - I can definitely afford it much more often. I highly recommend it.
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September 11, 2010
Food drastically overrated.
First time I have been motivated enough to review a restaurant - I really don't get these reviews. I live in the neighborhood and my wife and I stopped by here for the first time tonight, expecting greatness, based on reviews, both from the internet and our friends.
Steak - completely - unimpressive. I ordered the 18 oz sirloin, medium-rare. It came medium, which is an error, but not fatal. The main problem was the meat - it was shrink-wrap/supermarket quality, and I swear it had not been aged, at all. Simply not a good cut of meat.
You can get a MUCH better steak, across the street at Chelsea Market. There is no excuse for a steak at this price (which although not exorbitant, is up there) not being noticeably better than what you can get at your local butcher.
The seasoning was average, not spectacular, certainly not enough to overcome the cooking error and the toughness of the meat.
The macaroni and cheese side was good, but if truffles played any part in this "truffle mac 'n cheese," I couldn't find it.
I can only conclude that this restaurant is reviewed well because: (i) the quality has for some reason gone down; OR (ii) people are deluded by the reputation and are over-hyping the food.
I cannot recommend this restaurant. You would be better off going to your local butcher and getting a high-quality, aged steak. Season it with salt and pepper, take care not to completely kill it, and you will get a better result than what I was served at this restaurant.
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August 31, 2010
WOW! What A Steak.
Wow. Old Homestead has the best steak I have ever tasted. The steak literally melts in your mouth. It is so flavorful, juicy and tender. I love it. Also, the side dishes are great, especially the mac n cheese.
The staff is fantastic and the drinks are made to perfection. It doesn't get any better than this. Although the prices are a little high, it is well worth the money spent. I definetly recomment Old Homestead as a steakhouse that MUST be tried.
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August 16, 2010
Incredible.
I like my steak juicy, tender and somewhat bloody. I ordered a medium steak and it was cooled to perfection, came already cut and the mashed potato and broccoli sides were delicious.
We topped it with a fresh Bordeaux and it was a truly memorable dining experience. Impeccable service.
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August 10, 2010
Really gone downhill.
I'm giving them 2 stars out of courtesy - and because the food tasted good. BUT - really it's more than they deserve. My littany of complaints:
(a) we were sat upstairs where the accoustics are AWFUL - it's the city, space is at a premium, I get it, but with tiny tables on top of each other I could still barely hear my SO and heard way too much of the people around us, (b) bus boy was surly and sloppy - spilled ice and water all over our table when he THREW the water into our glasses and only cleaned it up because we asked him to, (c) had to ask twice for the wine list, (d) wine glass was dirty and after they switched it out they left the dirty glass on the table for the entire meal, (e) the steak was not hot when it came to the table - REALLY?
It was a lot of little things. I don't know if I'll ever go back and this had been our special place. I heard from the table next to us that they were featured on the Food Network - maybe that's why they were so busy they could ignore the details. This isn't McD's - you're dropping big bills on what should be great food coupled with great service.
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