BLT Steak Review

After JD Drew's awesome Grand Slam, Tom so graciously paid for a juicy steak dinner at another one of NYC's fine establishments. We decided on BLT Steak (http://www.bltsteak.com/).

As you walk into BLT Steak, you are greeted by a small bar area where you can quench your thirst on a nice cold beer. It's tastes especially cold when it's paid for by a Yankee fan. This place did have it's fair share of "Wall Street" looking douche bags and Upper East Side snobs so that brought the atmosphere down a notch for me. The dining area is larger than I expected and not too close to other tables..definitely not the worst in NYC. Right off the bat however, our waiter seemed to forget about us for 15-20 minutes. We had to flag him down to give him our order.

We ordered our usual: Starting out with some nice thick cut bacon, Porterhouse for 2, hash browns, and creamed spinach. It's a solid bench mark to compare the same orders for each restaurant we go to. The food was top notch. A very well cooked cut of meat is our first priority, and they delivered. My only gripe was that there was a bit more fatty, gristly pieces than at Luger's or Strip House. They have a pretty good assortment of sauces as well, not that this steak needed it. We tried the Blue Cheese, BBQ, and the house steak sauce. All very different and all good. The spinach and hash browns were what you'd expect them to be, but nothing extraordinary.

For dessert I ordered the house carrot cake and Tom ordered some sort of Chocolate Tart I believe. I love me some cake, and this has to be the best carrot cake that I've ever had. It was very decadent but not too rich, caramel drizzled all over it, and just the right size.

Overall, a top steak joint. Just a tad below Strip House, Luger's, and Wolfgang's.


Cut of meat - 9/10
Sides and desserts - 8/10
Atmosphere - 6/10
Service - 5/10
Level of debauchery allowed - 6/10