Uncle Jack's: Bayside Steakhouse NYC

Specializing in 21-day dry aged USDA Prime meats, Kobe beef, Australian lobster tails and offering a wide array of seafood and wines.

(718) 229-1100

39-40 Bell Blvd (40th Avenue)
Bayside, NY 11361 40.7648 -73.7716

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Neighborhood: Bayside

www.UncleJacks.com

Last updated 8.22.11

Category:

Restaurants

Catering Services:

Wedding Banquets

Restaurant Special Features:

Private Parties, Private Rooms

Cuisine:

Steakhouse, Seafood

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What People Are Saying About Uncle Jack's: Bayside Steakhouse NYC

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Uncle Jack's: Bayside Steakhouse NYC

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Uncle Jack's Steakhouse is world-renowned for serving only the finest USDA Prime 21 day dry-aged steaks as well as the freshest seafood and locally-grown organic produce available. The menu features Kobe beef, Australian lobster tails, Maryland style crab cakes as well as a full raw bar. The award-winning wine list contains over 300 selections. Here, William Jack Degel honors his godfather, the proprietor of Jack's, a 1930's prohibition-style Victorian speak-easy. At Uncle Jack's, where the motto is Customer is King, his legend lives on.

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ambiance
71.4300012588501% positive
  1. “The only possible downer to some is that the cozy atmosphere maybe a liiiiiiittle tight for some, but no worse than eating at some of the hottest spots in the City.”
  2. “Went to uncle jack's last night for a romantic dinner.”
  3. “Uncle Jack's is a small, cozy spot, but the fare is fabulous (just ask Mayor Bloomberg, who dines here at least twice a month---you can always tell when by the big, black SUVs parked on the sidewalk).”
  4. “Whether it's a romantic dinner with your spouse or a business dinner with associates, you won't go wrong here.”
  5. “Like I said Luggers had a slightly better steak but I really did not like the atmosphere of the fact I had to sit on a wooden bench while eating at a steak house.”
  6. “The restaurant has a great atmosphere, and everything we ordered was excellent with the exception of the kobe steak.”
  7. “however i think ambience was really not good because it was so noisy loud really bad to have conversation with my friends.”
dessert
100.0% positive
  1. “The shrimp cocktail is huge and the tiramisu cake is wonderful.”
  2. “The appetizers were awesome especially the Crab cakes.”
  3. “Excellent desert.”
  4. “Also the best crab cakes and huge shrimp cocktail!”
  5. “My first time in this restaurant was on mathers day,crabcakes ,porterhouse for 2 garlic mash and cream spinach ,wow i never have better steak before ,my mather was very happy,my captain Peter did great job!”
food quality
92.8600025177002% positive
  1. “The steaks here are great.”
  2. “The crabcakes were great, the shrimp cocktail was NOT NOT worth.”
  3. “But it takes more than just a good steak to be the best in class.”
  4. “keep going back to uncle jacks because the steak is simply the best in new york.”
  5. “Always consistently good food and service.”
  6. “Like I said Luggers had a slightly better steak but I really did not like the atmosphere of the fact I had to sit on a wooden bench while eating at a steak house.”
  7. “My first time in this restaurant was on mathers day,crabcakes ,porterhouse for 2 garlic mash and cream spinach ,wow i never have better steak before ,my mather was very happy,my captain Peter did great job!”
  8. “The food is excellent & the service is great.”
  9. “best steak on the north shore”
  10. “While the food was good, service tried way too hard.”
  11. “The wait staff is always attentive and the food is cooked to perfection.”
  12. “And it was the most amazing meat I have eaten.”
  13. “Excellent food and service in NYC does not come cheap.”
  14. “The shrimp cocktail is huge and the tiramisu cake is wonderful.”
  15. “The original is still my favorite (more of a personalized feel with the service and food seems to taste a bit better), but both are amazing!”
  16. “Also the best crab cakes and huge shrimp cocktail!”
  17. “The best steak house in NYC”
  18. “Captain Riad gave us the best service and the most education about Kobe beef and the history of uncle Jack.”
  19. “I'd definitely recommend this place to anyone who wants GREAT food and service.”
  20. “Also, they do a great tuna steak.”
  21. “Now, please do not go here and order fish.”
  22. “We had a good experience overall but the bill was expensive considering the restaurant was in Queens and the steak was charred.”
  23. “The restaurant has a great atmosphere, and everything we ordered was excellent with the exception of the kobe steak.”
  24. “They seamlessly filled our waters and cleaned our table while we carried on our conversation and had an excellent meal.”
  25. “have never had a bad meal there.”
  26. “EVERYTHING is first rate, from the marvelous martinis, the well prepared salads and appetizers (great goat cheese, stupedous shrimp), to the perfect steaks.”
  27. “The quality of meat is as good or better than Peter Luger's.”
  28. “am only recommend this place b/c of their food but don't expect anything else.”
  29. “The regular filet & strip were great too, but nothing compared to the kobe beef.”
  30. “The seafood is so fresh that you will swear that you were near Fulton Fish Market.”
  31. “have been to all the big and popular steak houses in New York and I find Uncle Jacks to be the best.”
  32. “Highly recommended excellent service and food.”
  33. “The jumbo shrimp cocktail was also delicious despite the hefty cost of $5 per enormous piece.”
  34. “The food was excellent.”
  35. “have had the best steak and seafood HERE.”
  36. “Not bad food, I just don't get all the hype.”
  37. “Wow,Uncle Jacks serves the best meal in,NYC !”
  38. “GREAT steaks but a little small and noisy”
  39. “but they really had excellent sevice food was little bit expensive.”
  40. “It is the best steaks we have ever eaten and all the other food is of the same quality.”
  41. “don't even get anything fancy, but any chef who can make my steak actually well-done, but still melt-in-my-mouth delicious wins at life.”
  42. “The steaks were delicious along with the creamed spinach and garlic mashed potatoes.”
overall
100.0% positive
  1. “nice place to have a celebration”
  2. “It usually doesn't bothers me too much waiting for tables in a good place but I was a little upset that time b/c it is for my wife's birthday and don't want to spent the night waiting for table when we have plans afterward.”
  3. “love this place its so calm , i cant belive how great it is , i realy love this place ,, i realy do everybody should everyone should come here , yea i think so i love it yes i realy do ,,, i lover it kiity night knows whats best for lovers”
  4. “hands down my favorite restaurant ever.”
service
94.44000244140625% positive
  1. “The service at Uncle Jacks is amazing, I have not had an emptly glass for more then 30 seconds while dinning there.”
  2. “The food is excellent & the service is great.”
  3. “The service was excellent.”
  4. “The waiter was very friendly and helpful, he was one of my favorite parts of the evening.”
  5. “Always consistently good food and service.”
  6. “While the food was good, service tried way too hard.”
  7. “Excellent food and service in NYC does not come cheap.”
  8. “Highly recommended excellent service and food.”
  9. “They didnt know the difference between being observant (good service) vs. overbearing.”
  10. “Our waiter Brian was superb.”
  11. “Captain Riad gave us the best service and the most education about Kobe beef and the history of uncle Jack.”
  12. “Thanks to the service that made up for the lousy experience at the front desk.”
  13. “The original is still my favorite (more of a personalized feel with the service and food seems to taste a bit better), but both are amazing!”
  14. “The service was the most attentive and unobtrusive I have ever encountered.”
  15. “The staff was so nice.”
  16. “Staff is friendly and helpful.”
  17. “I'd definitely recommend this place to anyone who wants GREAT food and service.”
  18. “The wait staff is always attentive and the food is cooked to perfection.”
value
72.22000122070312% positive
  1. “but they really had excellent sevice food was little bit expensive.”
  2. “Somewhat pricey for Queens.”
  3. “Excellent food and service in NYC does not come cheap.”
  4. “Yes, it is pricey, however, so are all the other top Steakhouses and Uncle Jacks is the best.”
  5. “We had a good experience overall but the bill was expensive considering the restaurant was in Queens and the steak was charred.”
  6. “Also the best crab cakes and huge shrimp cocktail!”
  7. “The portions are huge.”
  8. “The crabcakes were great, the shrimp cocktail was NOT NOT worth.”
  9. “The shrimp cocktail is huge and the tiramisu cake is wonderful.”
4 Star Rating: Recommended

01/11/12

Service was Great, Steaks were ok!!

by MikeyG70 at Citysearch

I recently tried Uncle Jack's for the first time. As a long time resident of bayside I decided it was time. I love steaks and have been to what people would consider the best steak house in the city. ie. Sparks, Peter Luger, Morton's, Gallagher's, STK, and several others.

I will say that there service rivals and surpassed many of the others. When we arrived they gave us the last table available, which was the worst in the house. The hostess already knew we weren't happy with the table and gave us the option of moving after a better one opened up. We didn't even ask her, which I found to be a nice change, considering many of the high end steak Houses treat you like your lucky to be eating in the resturant.

As for the food it was good. Definitely pricey, apps were 24 and 26 dollars. Steaks were good, not super good but good, and at the top of the price range. They were cooked perfect. The atmosphere was not as snooty as I was expecting.

I would go there again, if someone else was footing the bill. Over all pretty damn good!

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

11/14/11

Probably the best in town

by Salompower at Citysearch

After so many good words i have not less to say, that this place rocks!

Everything is great, the price, the taste, the employees, everything.

I loved how fast they servicing, and how affordable is everything in there.

1 Star Rating: Poor

09/14/11

Only 2 Cappuchino left? ran out of Bread at 8 pm?

by Carol1331 at Citysearch

We reserved a table for 6 in advance for my sons Birthday dinner on a Saturday evening. We were seated under the serving window in a cramped corner. horrible, had to watch for elbows in the head, etc. The drinks were weak, for the price they charge, could have put a whole shot in, right? They gave us 2 pieces of fennel bread for the whole table, we asked for more and they said they had no more. The butter was frozen (right out of a freezer)., the service was awful..we had to flag down a waiter for 6 Cappuchino's at the end of our dinner. Didn't get them either.. what I'd like to know is, how can an over priced steakhouse run out of bread in the middle of dinner service and how can they have only 2 cappuchino's in the joint?? Why would that be? aren't they made fresh for each patron at the time of their order? I have never given a review unless it was a good one.. but i had to speak up for Uncle Jack's.. Tracy our waiter suggested the bone in filet minion as the best in the house.. it tasted pretty good after I cut away all the grizzle and such (never had that on a filet minion before) and the price was higher for the bone?? Overall, it was a terrible experience.. I won't even get into the rest rooms downstairs..

If you want a great steak in a wonderful atmosphere, go to Morton's.. This place sucked big time !!!

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

07/06/11

Best steak ever!

by Markh12 at Citysearch

love the atmosphere, location and food! Great food

3 Star Rating: Average

03/08/11

Hit or Miss

by Nycgotham at Citysearch

I have to say that the place is somewhat cozy, The traditional interior of a steakhouse is very becoming and appropiate. Fot the Money It's been hit or miss in my experience. There are plenty of Steakhouses in Queens that are more consistent in product.

The appetizers are fine, the steaks are not representative of the prices but not bad at all.

The Details on Uncle Jack's: Bayside Steakhouse NYC

Place Categories:

  • best tuna steak
  • great service
  • excellent sevice food
  • best steakhouse
  • nice place
  • romantic business dinner
  • helpful wait staff
  • never bad real american meal
  • best manhattan uncle jacks
  • different surf and turf combo
  • huge jumbo shrimp cocktail
  • very good creamed spinach
  • recommend porterhouse
  • great hospitality experience
  • great crabcakes
  • better quality
  • helpful waiter
  • excellent everything
  • recommend chilean sea bass
  • lousy experience
  • great regular filet
  • huge lobster tail
  • poor representation
  • not like atmosphere
  • bad excellent sevice food

Message from Uncle Jack's: Bayside Steakhouse NYC

  • New York's Best Steakhouse
  • World Famous Kobe Steaks
  • Award Winning Wine List

Uncle Jack's Steakhouse is world-renowned for serving only the finest USDA Prime 21 day dry-aged steaks as well as the freshest seafood and locally-grown organic produce available. The menu features Kobe beef, Australian lobster tails, Maryland style crab cakes as well as a full raw bar. The award-winning wine list contains over 300 selections. Here, William Jack Degel honors his godfather, the proprietor of Jack's, a 1930's prohibition-style Victorian speak-easy. At Uncle Jack's, where the motto is Customer is King, his legend lives on.

Uncle Jack's: Bayside Steakhouse NYC
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