Michael Jordan's Steak House

(212) 271-2323

23 Vanderbilt Ave
New York, NY 10017 40.7531 -73.9777

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Neighborhoods: Midtown Center, Midtown

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Price:

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Last updated 5.13.12

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Restaurant Special Features:

Business Dining, Online Reservations, Date Spot, Bar Scene, Notable Wine List

Cuisine:

Steakhouse

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What People Are Saying About Michael Jordan's Steak House

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The Scene – The steakhouse, designed by architect David Rockwell, whose credits include Nobu, Vong and the Lincoln Center branch of Rosa Mexicano, is a sweeping 7,000-square-foot space on the northwest balcony of Grand Central Terminal. Rockwell's design is the traditionally "masculine" steakhouse model--polished mahogany and leather abound, while a large circular bar up front beckons martini and Manhattan drinkers. – – The Food – The fare is typical, showcasing sundry cuts of grilled beef and broiled seafood. A giant porterhouse is available for two and arrives…

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What to Drink:
In addition to the obligatory $1,400 bottle of Chateau Petrus, the American red-heavy wine list also boasts many quality bottles in the $30 range. The wines by the glass are excellent.
ambiance
80.0% positive
  1. “brilliant food and location.”
  2. “Bland, overpriced, lousy atmosphere.”
  3. “The food is quite good and the location is great overlooking Grand Central.”
  4. “would highly recommend this restaurant for a special occasion, and a romantic night, or a smart business deal.”
  5. “Great location overlooking Grand Central Station.”
dessert
100.0% positive
  1. “Bill, the maitre'd was excellent and apologized profusely (even gave us a free $14.00 slab of cheesecake for compensation) but it certainly didn't make up for the rest of the meal.”
  2. “The only bad thing I have to say about this place is that the chocolate cake wasn't the best I've had.”
drinks
100.0% positive
  1. “The drinks are usually excellent; the bar tender will make anything you like.”
  2. “excellent and charming bar staff!”
  3. “The waiter kept INSISTING on recommending his wine and OF COURSE went straight for the $275 bottles, attempting to EMBARASS my dinner partner for having picked out an affordable choice of wine for us.”
  4. “The bartender was not only the most sincere person I've ever met in a Manhattan bar/restaurant but she made the best mojito I have had in the City!”
  5. “Yes, it's expensive but you know you're getting a good drink and can still make your train.”
  6. “The restaurant is always packed so make a reservation, and while you wait get a drink at the fabulous bar.”
  7. “When we did order before dinner cocktails instead of a bottle, he said, oh are you sure you won't have wine with those fabulous steak - (as if the horror of horrors had just been committed)- shall I go ahead and recommend a wine so I can uncorck it for yo”
food quality
93.75% positive
  1. “Our food was delicious - the wait staff was friendly and not pretentious at all and the service was just perfect.”
  2. “Bill, the maitre'd was excellent and apologized profusely (even gave us a free $14.00 slab of cheesecake for compensation) but it certainly didn't make up for the rest of the meal.”
  3. “must do for anyone, especially Brits like myself, as you will never get steak like this at home.”
  4. “Flawless service and delicious food in a palace setting.”
  5. “give this restaurant a "10" - The food was excellent (we had the turkey and my husband had the steak) They give you so much food.”
  6. “How can a famous steak house serve a bad $40 petite filet?”
  7. “fries were good hot and crispy.”
  8. “Huge portions, so your best to share you side dishes.”
  9. “The fries were good and steak was ok.”
  10. “We had the ceasar salad which was nice and the filet - perfect and the ny strip - perfect.”
  11. “we had the combination side sampler which was delicious.”
  12. “The food is quite good and the location is great overlooking Grand Central.”
  13. “The food was amazing.”
  14. “The porterhouse for two was probably the best steak I have ever eaten.”
  15. “The New York strip was stringy and dry, the $12.00 cesar salad was TRULY AWFUL (I've seen better, fresher romaine lettuce at Wendy's) and the "herb roasted" mushrooms tasted of pure salt.”
  16. “Food is superb,steaks are great nometer what temp u wont them.”
  17. “The fasttrack lunch menu was affordable and the streak was delicious.”
  18. “We are all in our mid-twenties and while we were going out for restaurant week, we would have been more than willing to spend a large sum of money on a great meal and an enjoyable experience.”
  19. “The gorgonzola fondue was delicious and the servcie was very attentive.”
  20. “One bonus, the crawfish chowder was very rich and tasty.”
  21. “The service was perfect, food was excellent.”
  22. “When we did order before dinner cocktails instead of a bottle, he said, oh are you sure you won't have wine with those fabulous steak - (as if the horror of horrors had just been committed)- shall I go ahead and recommend a wine so I can uncorck it for yo”
  23. “good midtown steak in grand central”
  24. “The food, while predictable is very, very good.”
  25. “The food was great, although not worth the price.”
  26. “Ruth Chris was my best steak experience until I went to this place.”
  27. “If you want to have a good steak, go to Lugars.”
  28. “They preslice it for you, the service was incredible, and the steak fries were great too.”
  29. “Peppercorn sauce wasnt flavorful.”
  30. “The steak was the best I ever had.”
  31. “had a tasty Caesar salad for an appetizer and ordered the 10 oz Fillet Mignon medium rare.”
  32. “brilliant food and location.”
  33. “Onto their famous steaks.”
  34. “If steak was love this steak would have been the orgasm!”
  35. “The food was excellent, and the presentation divine.”
  36. “steak was decent and salmon was barely even cooked.”
  37. “Overall, the service was excellent (with the exception of the ditzy and unpleasant hostess) and the food was awful.”
  38. “This is the way a perfect meal and service should be.”
  39. “Also, the steak is decent, but I definitely like Peter Luger's the BEST.”
  40. “But the service was amazing, the food was delicious (try the garlic bread with gargonzola sauce) and served with perfect timing.”
menu variety
100.0% positive
  1. “The fasttrack lunch menu was affordable and the streak was delicious.”
  2. “Everything on the menu is fantastic.”
overall
100.0% positive
  1. “great place”
  2. “Ruth Chris was my best steak experience until I went to this place.”
service
78.00000190734863% positive
  1. “The gorgonzola fondue was delicious and the servcie was very attentive.”
  2. “Our food was delicious - the wait staff was friendly and not pretentious at all and the service was just perfect.”
  3. “Friendly staff.”
  4. “The hostess (with her over exposed cleavage and constant eye-rolling) was unpleasant and for the most part indifferent towards us.”
  5. “Great service!”
  6. “Overall, the service was excellent (with the exception of the ditzy and unpleasant hostess) and the food was awful.”
  7. “The waiter was intrusive, pushy, over-bearing, insulting, and downright rude trying to embarrass my dinner partner.”
  8. “Every member of the staff is very helpful and sincerely very friendly.”
  9. “Flawless service and delicious food in a palace setting.”
  10. “service was attentive until a party of 15 sat next to us and then it went downhill from there.”
  11. “The waiter suggested an excellent bottle of Bordeaux (almost worth the $65 price).”
  12. “Great service and surroundings”
  13. “The service was perfect, food was excellent.”
  14. “The waitor was snobby and the service was horrible.”
  15. “the service was non-existent, the staff was rude, it was a complete disappointment.”
  16. “The waiter kept INSISTING on recommending his wine and OF COURSE went straight for the $275 bottles, attempting to EMBARASS my dinner partner for having picked out an affordable choice of wine for us.”
  17. “They preslice it for you, the service was incredible, and the steak fries were great too.”
  18. “service is super friendly and amazingly noledgeble.”
  19. “The service is truely outstanding without hovering.”
  20. “This is the way a perfect meal and service should be.”
  21. “excellent and charming bar staff!”
  22. “But the service was amazing, the food was delicious (try the garlic bread with gargonzola sauce) and served with perfect timing.”
  23. “The bartender was not only the most sincere person I've ever met in a Manhattan bar/restaurant but she made the best mojito I have had in the City!”
  24. “The service was lightning fast and were very courteous.”
  25. “have NEVER in my life had such horrible service (and I eat out a LOT).”
value
72.7299976348877% positive
  1. “Restaurant week is supposed to allow New Yorkers to enjoy the great restaurants that the city offers at an afforable price, but in this case, MJ's went out of their way to make us feel unwelcome.”
  2. “The food was great, although not worth the price.”
  3. “Huge portions, so your best to share you side dishes.”
  4. “The waiter suggested an excellent bottle of Bordeaux (almost worth the $65 price).”
  5. “Bland, overpriced, lousy atmosphere.”
  6. “The fasttrack lunch menu was affordable and the streak was delicious.”
  7. “We are all in our mid-twenties and while we were going out for restaurant week, we would have been more than willing to spend a large sum of money on a great meal and an enjoyable experience.”
  8. “The waiter kept INSISTING on recommending his wine and OF COURSE went straight for the $275 bottles, attempting to EMBARASS my dinner partner for having picked out an affordable choice of wine for us.”
  9. “Michael Jordan's restaurant is a bit pricey but you expect that.”
  10. “Yes, it's expensive but you know you're getting a good drink and can still make your train.”
  11. “It was a little pricey however ($70) and the MJ Steak Sauce isn't as good as ol' reliable A1.”
1 Star Rating: Poor

03/24/11

Worst steak, worst service in NYC.

by SBVOnyc

A work associate picked the place for a dinner on a Wednesday night. I've been to many of the best steakhouses in NYC but never been here. I ordered the filet and it was by far the WORST steak I've had in 12 years in NYC. It was so over cooked that it tasted like cardboard.

To make it worse, the waiter was horrible. In addition to bumping my chair every time he walked by, he seemed not to care that our drinks were always empty. We had to ask at least three times to get a glass of water and a new beer. When they finally came to clear the table, I pointed out that I only ate 1/2 my steak because it was so overcooked it was horrible, he actually laughed and just walked away! Do NOT Go Here!

4 Star Rating: Recommended

05/11/10

Great lunch!

by CSMobileUser3

The fasttrack lunch menu was affordable and the streak was delicious. Service was very fast and the place is beautiful

1 Star Rating: Poor

02/15/10

OVER RATED

by Idontlie

EVEN IF YOU WANT TO ENJOY THE ATMOSPHERE AND CANNOT EAT CERTAIN THINGS ON THE MENU, THE CHEF SAID HES NOT PREPARED TO VEER OFF HIS MENU. IN THE MEANTIME, THE CHEF FIVE MINUTES LATER IS GREETING A TABLE AND SPENDS ABOUT 15 MINUTES TALKING WITH THEM. YOU FEEL YOU ARE TOO IMPORTANT TO MAKE A PIECE OF GRILLED CHICKEN...GIMME A BREAK...DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT JUST REOPEN YOUR DOORS BECAUSE OF BAD MANAGEMENT. DON'T DISCRIMINATE PEOPLE MR. CULINARY CHEF. THE GUYS ON THE STREET, ESPECIALLY THE GYROS HAVE A FRIGGIN LINE DOWN THE BLOCK AND WE SPENT 200.00 DOLLARS NOT WORTH IT!!!!!!

  • Pros: GRAND CENTRAL STATION
  • Cons: BAD SERVICE/DISCRIMINATORY TOWARDS PEOPLE WITH ALLERGIES
1 Star Rating: Poor

12/20/09

Worst Steakhouse In NYC hands down

by NYCQ1979

What a joke this place is not a Steakhouse. 8 steaks at the table not one cooked the right way. Service was terrible from hello to goodbye. Please do not waste your time ANY other steakhouse would be much better.

  • Pros: Nice location thats it
  • Cons: Horrible service horrible food
1 Star Rating: Poor

07/23/09

My worst experience in NYC ever

by Anonymous025

A group of my friends recently went to MJ's for dinner as part of restaurant week. After sitting down, we were informed that the restaurant does not participate in restaurant week for dinner but that they are aware that the website says they do. We were told there is nothing they could do but when we almost left, they offered to give us a special menu- but not without a couple of snide comments from the waiter. At that point, we should have left because we were treated horribly throughout the meal. My friend who has Celiac disease was treated like a complete inconvenience to the restaurant and not offered any substitutes that she could eat. She had never been treated so badly at a restaurant. It was impossible to enjoy any of the meal when we were being treated so horribly.

We are all in our mid-twenties and while we were going out for restaurant week, we would have been more than willing to spend a large sum of money on a great meal and an enjoyable experience. It is a shame that a well-established (though mostly empty) restaurant like MJ's felt the need to belittle us and act so unprofessional in an understandbly awkward situation. Restaurant week is supposed to allow New Yorkers to enjoy the great restaurants that the city offers at an afforable price, but in this case, MJ's went out of their way to make us feel unwelcome.

I am certain that no one at our table will ever go back there, and I advise everyone to avoid it.

  • Pros: food
  • Cons: service, cost

The Details on Michael Jordan's Steak House

Place Categories:

  • great service
  • great delicious food
  • best midtown steak
  • worst dining experience
  • good steak fries
  • pricey restaurant
  • recommend place
  • nice ceasar salad
  • friendly wait staff
  • great location
  • always enjoyed mj
  • charming bar staff
  • recommend wine
  • enjoyable nyc experience
  • beautiful grand central station
  • nice lunch
  • very rich bonus
  • very rich crawfish chowder
  • great meal
  • pricey mj steak sauce
  • enjoy atmosphere
  • very friendly member
  • usually excellent drink
  • bad management
  • bad filet
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