The Prime Rib

We went to the Prime Rib Saturday with another couple who had driven down from Connecticut and we had flown in from Dallas. The Prime Rib is good and a throw back to a different era. It was solid and a leisurely paced meal. My wife and I split the signature prime rib which was good but didn’t seem the greatest cut of meat. The wine list is a bit dumbed down but very reasonably priced. The service was very good and food was good. Fun night had by old friends from a bygone era. Wasn’t the best but it was comfortable with a nice piano playing and good service.

For the price, this place deserves ZERO STARS. It’s a scam and a ripoff. Nice ambience and a good piano player but overpriced bland food with terrible service.
I brought my girlfriend here for our one year anniversary– I wanted to go somewhere classy and I heard this was the place to be.
We had a 7 pm reservation and were seated on time. The tables were way too close together. My elbow and knee literally hit the person next to me several times and I had to keep apologizing. I couldn’t enjoy a conversation because my ear was right next to another persons mouth. I was in a suit and tie, she was in a gown– but we saw people in jeans and untucked shirts. It took away from the experience.
Waiter didn’t come for about 15 minutes, not even for a glass of water or a «Be right with you.».
We didn’t get our food for over an hour, and not once did our waiter come by to see if we needed anything. I ordered a Medium prime rib signature cut– it was rare as could be. Completely red, zero brown. I had to put an exaggerated amount of salt on it because it was tasteless. My girlfriend ordered a well done Filet mignon and it was bloody in the middle– medium rare at best. She is pregnant so that was alarming. I ordered potato skins– nothing special– no taste, just crispy skin. Creamy spinach– tasty, but it was 6 spoonfuls for 12 dollars. Her mashed potatoes and corn were bland and tasted like they were pre packaged.
We wanted to get desert but we had tickets to a 9 pm show. I figured if we sat down at 7, there should be no reason we can’t get dinner and desert in an hour and 45 minutes. Wrong.
We got done eating at about 8:25ish and it took our waiter 20 minutes to get back with my check. My worst ever tip of 9% reflected this horrible service. I will not be coming back here unless it’s a free meal. I will tell people to stay away from this place.

I saw 3 mice scurry accross the floor. Told my server and never got an apology and the manager never came over. Server was not friendly.

For the price, this place simply isn’t worth it.
Located in the trendy-​feeling Radisson Blu Warwick Hotel, located right around the corner from Rittenhouse Square, the lobby entrance is beautiful and WHEELCHAIR-​ACCESSIBLE. Upon entering the actual restaurant, you’re overwhelmed by the stylish old-​school elegance, with black banquettes and brass fixtures. It feels cozy and classic, while also modern.
The staff is helpful, the drinks are well-​mixed, and the noise level is reasonable.
But this is where the charm ends. The food is just mediocre. The prime rib was overcooked to our requested temperature, and the meat had a weird texture that I can’t properly put into words. For $ 45, you’d think that there would be a side dish or two included with your meal, but this isn’t the case, those cost extra… but they aren’t worth it. The potatoes au gratin were dried out, flavorless, and in desperate need of salt. The creamed spinach was bland and seemed like it had been sitting under a heat lamp for a long time. For these prices, you expect better quality than you would get at a cafeteria, and yet that’s what these side dishes reminded me of!
I just don’t think the value is there for this restaurant. I’m sure there are other, better steak and prime rib restaurants in Philly, and next time I’m there, I intend to find one!

Simply the best Prime Rib in Philadelphia. They offer 2 sizes, an aprox. 16oz cut and a huge 36oz+ bone-​in cut. Go for the bone-​in, it is excellent! Tasty and tender.
We also had oysters and cherrystone clams on the half shell to start. They were fresh and perfectly shucked.
Wine list is «OK». Typical steakhouse mark up but nice to see they also offer an «under $ 50» list of wines (of course very mediocre wines under $ 50)
Service is a «B» only because it took a long time for the waiter to give us the menu and later on took a while to bring us fresh horseradish. But very nice and friendly.
Again, if you are in Philly and would like a proper Prime Rib, go here!

Let’s start with the seating. I came here today for Vday and nothing romantic about it. The tables are so close together it was like having dinner with a stranger!!! The couple next to us were talking non stop and loud!!! The whole ambience was non existent! Loud and obnoxious! Service! What service?! Oh to come and pick of the check. Yeah that was excellent! I’d rather had gone to Cheese cake factory if I’d known I’d be sitting practically on someone’s lap! The food, blah. One and done. Save your money.

Came here for restaurant week and obviously had to get the prime rib. The prime rib was cooked perfectly and the mashed potatoes were delicious. The only bone I have to pick with this place is the quality of the appetizer. The salads were so messy and drenched with dressing and where’s the fresh grated parmesan cheese? Yes you’re a fancy classy restaurant with perfectly cooked prime rib but that doesn’t mean the presentation and quality of something simple as a salad can be ehhh. I would recommend for having such simple and few choices of appetizers, they should still be presented at their prime.

I tried The Prime Rib during Restaurant Week. My original reservation was during the blizzard, the day Mayor Kenney urged everyone to stay inside. The Prime Rib was very prompt in letting me know that all reservations had to be canceled and rescheduled my party for the day after. Service was great even before I got to the restaurant — a great sign.
When I walked into The Prime Rib I immediately got the impression that this was a «put it on the company card» kind of place. There were lots of older men in suits dining together, a few couples, and my incongruous table of three — we looked to be the only ones going straight for the Restaurant Week menu without any second thoughts.
We all ordered the namesake and shared the mashed potatoes and creamed spinach. While the prime rib was a perfect medium rare, the seasoning was on the bland side. The mashed potatoes were similarly bland. No complaints on the creamed spinach. Also no complaints on my choice of dessert — the crème brûlée.
Based on the Restaurant Week price and quantity, The Prime Rib is a solid 4 stars. I think I would have been disappointed with my meal had I been paying full price though. The Prime Rib is going on my «Restaurant Week Only» list.

The Prime Rib: 2 ½ stars, rounded up to three for Unilocal.
Arrived at 6:30. Walked through the nicely decorated, dark, classy bar area and main room. But then we were seated alone in a weird side room, away from the central room with the ambiance and music. Wobbly table was annoying.
And, there were multiple guys in casual clothes– guys in jeans, untucked shirts, no jackets. Spoiled the classy atmosphere. Also annoying. Hotel-​restaurant, all-​comers vibe instead of classy steakhouse.
Just as we sat I ordered a drink, a dirty gin martini, and he brought it but then never brought a drink menu or one list for my girlfriend to look at. No olives in a dirty gin martini? It was a good drink but I thought that omission was strange. I had to call him back to ask for a wine list. Wine selection not impressive, and overpriced.
Good food, but just… good. Prime rib was quality cut and cooked nicely but didn’t blow me away. Filet mignon was good. Sides were… Just Ok, yet way overpriced. Creamed spinach fresh but not very tasty. Same with the corn and the Brussel sprouts. Very good dessert. Overall value was not there for high prices.
Good waiter service. Free potato skin app for first timers. It was literally just the skin. Good but too crispy.
Piano player was very good. A room away, unfortunately.
Overall poor price to value ratio, and some other sour notes, knocks off one star from 3-​ish star food. It was easily twice as expensive as it was worth. Will not return here unless someone else is buying.

The last time we ate at the Prime Rib, we had a bad experience. The food was good as usual but we found a cockroach crawling on our booth. When we brought it to the waiter’s attention, we just got a shrug and had to request a change of tables. That was that. Nothing else was done and a shrug was all we got from the manager. Not expecting a comp but some jesture would have been better than none at all.

Came here for restaurant week. Had online reservations and it took about 5 minutes before we were seated.
When you go to a place called prime rib, you have to order the prime rib! Also got the Caesar salad and key lime pie for dessert. My wife ordered the salmon, tomato feta salad, and chocolate mousse cake.
Apps — salads were fine. Nothing memorable. They serve fresh bread that is warm upon arrival and nice whipped butter — major plus.
Entrée: prime rib was juicy and tender. Must order it medium rare. I came here awhile back and orders the prime rib cut which is almost 2.5 times the size of the restaurant week portion. I was filled after this meal so thought it was a good size. Salmon was perfectly seared. Came with two sides — mashed potatoes which were really smooth and spinach, which was okay
Dessert — key lime was good, but I think I would’ve liked to have my wife’s dessert — the chocolate mousse was banging!
Great service and probably would only come back for restaurant week specials.

The service was pretty bad.
The lamb rack here isn’t very good. The loaded mash potato is delicious and I shared it but you might want to order your own.
THE PRIME RIB HERE IS INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS!
get it. Also… Its… Huge. The half will fill you the full will probably be enough to share or for you to be able to take some home.
I plan to go back because I feel like if I get better service this place will get more stars. It is pretty small and dark but designed nicely. The piano playing is very nice.

Potentially I am reacting to having really high expectations when we walked in the door, but honestly this will not be a place to which I return or recommend.
The food was good. I stress good, not great. As people who have gone to a lot of steak places in this city — there is much better steak out there at the same or even lower prices.
The service was not good. Not rude or anything, but he seemed like he wanted to be anywhere but there. It took awhile for him to come over and take our orders and I’m not sure he said more than ten words the entire night. Once our drinks were empty, they took away the glasses but never asked if we wanted anything else and when we were ordering dinner he didn’t ask us if we wanted sides or offer any suggestions on the cut or temperature of the meat.
At one time, this might have been a great steakhouse, but in our experience it needs some revitalization.

Almost the best steaks in DC. Not quite as good as BLT but exceeds BLT in every other aspect. This place is my favorite special dinning place in DC. Elegant. I’ve been eating here since 1979. The décor is amazing. The service impeccable.
Spend time at the bar with the best Bartenders in DC. Try a pineapple martini.
For dinner, you can’t go wrong with the New York Strip or Prime Rib. The potato skins are to die for. All the sides are great.
On Friday and Saturday nights there is live music from a piano and bass player. Great jazz and they take requests.
Go to the Prime Rib for the most unique and special dining experience from a bygone age.

I ate here years ago, before Unilocal was a thing and this place was a jacket required kind of place. While time has moved forward, this place has not. I came here recently for another try some 10 years later and nothing has changed except they no longer require jackets. I had a little confusion with my reservation but the front end host and hostess did a really good job of being accommodating which was nice.
The food wasn’t as spectacular as I remember it to be, but that could be that Prime Rib was also one of my first fine dining experiences of my life so at the time I was relatively easily impressed. We ordered the special of the night, the soft shell crab, and it came out an oily mess. The actual prime rib was well made though so I’ll give them that. Dining experience wise, my friend had bought me cake for my birthday from outside the restaurant and they charged me a whopping thirty some dollars to put it on a plate and cut it into small pieces so that definitely left a sour taste to end the meal. On top of that my waiter seemed totally disinterested with life, let alone the table and showed up once to recite specials and take orders, the seemingly one required visit to ensure we liked the food, and then finally to present the check.
With an aging clientele (everyone but my table was over 55) and a wait staff that seemed to care less and still want to charge you top dollar, I don’t think I’ll be coming back unless there is a major overhaul. You and I could be spending our hard earned money elsewhere in the city with a much more enjoyable experience for the same if not a fraction of the price.

Came here on a busy night, but we had reservations and were seated quickly. Our waiter was very professional and pleasant, which was nice. I ordered the crab cake for my appetizer and I was surprised at how good it was! For my meal I ordered the Prime Filet Mignon medium-​well and I enjoyed it… My husband ordered the Bone-​In Rib medium-​well and he also enjoyed it. We enjoyed our meals, drinks, and ambiance for an overall nice, upscale, dining experience.

I don’t eat much steak but like to go to ones. One of main reason is my hub is big meat eater and I usually find seafood dishes at steak house are very yummy.
We got one soup and salad for appetizer. They weren’t very memorable. Wasn’t bad but nothing special to say.
He got prime rib and I got crab cake. The portion of my dish was pretty small. I could eat double portion. For dessert we got chocolate and cheese cake. They were ok.
I would say very average food. Nothing really remarkable.
The ambiance is like classy, old apartment with piano. It’s classy but maybe little to old for us. The service was very nice. Not likely go back though.

The general consensus about this place: Juicy, well seasoned prime rib, but with an overly pretentious atmosphere and mediocre service.
We had a reservation for 7:00, but wasn’t seated until 7:30. We weren’t the one only ones waiting, either; there were 2 groups in front of us who had reservations for 6:30, but didn’t get seated until 7:20. What’s the point of making reservations if you’re going to have to wait almost an HOUR?
Finally, we were led to an open dining area with live piano playing. I was enjoying the classy atmosphere, but was abruptly startled by the brashness of our server. The only two reasons for his demeanor can either be because he was new, or because just did not give a care in the world. By this point, the service was earning 2 stars. Either way, he quickly ruined my temporarily uplifted mood.
I ordered roasted tomato soup for appetizer, which tasted like plain marinara sauce. As I was beginning to seriously doubt my choice to dine here, the redeemer of this whole place finally arrived: THE PRIME RIB. Juicy, seasoned, with the perfect amount of fat.
This hefty chunk of meat alone would give this place 4.5 stars (slightly overcooked), but the service brings this place to a 3. I generously round up to a 4 because despite the rudeness of this place they call service, this is a prime rib you won’t want to miss.

From the second I stepped into this glamourous steakhouse, I felt like I went back in time into the old Hollywood world. The retro dining room with live jazz playing in the background glass-​topped piano and live jazz music, was very entertaining.
Friendly yet very professional waiter in tuxedo, took our order. I started my steak dinner with the house salad for my appetizer which was dressed with a bit too much ranch.
I couldn’t resist getting the ‘famous’ Roast Beef Prime Rib. A big and bloody steak center came out so tender and well roasted. It was served with duo of super creamy spinach and smooth mashed potatoes.
My favorite part– of course-​was dessert, the Crème brûlée. Oh dear Lord, the pleasure of creamy custard can be highly addictive.
Loved this place, retro and full of character and the service was very pampering and outstanding. Well done Prime Rib, WELL DONE!
Five Unilocal

I was slightly disappointed in our waiter. He made no effort whatsoever to let us about their regular menu items, and their special for the night. I had to hear the waiter for another table describing some items that caught my attention, which i may have wanted to try. No introduction, so therefore, i had no idea what his name was either. Only «what can i get for you»… Not too much service there. Yes, I came for restaurant week. But I could’ve been persuaded in other items on the menu if you made an effort to do a full introduction.
Coming to The Prime Rib, of course we had to get. prime rib. It was a bit salty, but manageable. Comes with a side of mashed potato and string beans. Followed by crème brûlée and key lime pie… Everything was ok. I would go back to try their regular menu items.