02/28/09

Excellent all around

by rashad83

We visited David Burke's for the restaurant week that ended Feb 27th and it was an excpetional experience, we were given champagne on the house twice as we waited and when we were seated, our server was super nice and the food was awesome, after the dinner they offered to take us on a tour to see thier famouse salt room where they kept thier dry aged steaks and also the kitchen where we met the executive chef, i highly recommend this place.

• Pros: Everything
• Cons: nothing

01/11/09

1 star is too high a rating

by gakni

We went to Primehouse for my birthday last night. I had high expectations from the reviews and the menu. Unfortunately, not only were my expectations not met but Primehouse was not even one of the best steakhouses I've been to in the last 3 months. We ordered the sticks and stones appetizer - skewered beef and shrimp brought to the table raw to be cooked on a hot stone. Interesting and fun but lacked much flavor in spite of the infused soy sauce brought along to pour over the shrimp and beef as they cooked. Next we had the Caesar salad with white anchovies. Nice table side preparation and overall typical quality salad. Nothing extraordinary but it tasted fine. For our meals, we ordered the Porterhouse and the 55 day aged bone in ribeye, supposedly the best dry aged steak in Chicago in 2008. If that is the case, I would hate to taste even the second best let alone those that didn't make the list. The steak was not even tender, a reasonable expectation for a restaurant that happily claims to be the only one in the country that owns it own sire. My companion ate the Porterhouse but only after having to insist on steak sauce to make it flavorful. The Chorizo whipped potatoes were nice, but again, nothing extraordinary. Same for the creamed spinach, except the nutmeg was a little overpowering.

Service: We never had our water refilled. Our table was never cleaned off after the appetizers and salad before the entrees arrived. We ended up piling plates and glasses at the edge of the table which were finally removed but the table itself was not cleaned. I was hugely disappointed in most aspects of the night. We ended up leaving before the complimentary birthday dessert and with a third-eaten 55 day dry aged ribeye still on the table. Additionally, we were seated at a booth where the narrow aisle between us, a column and other tables left little room for servers and others to pass by without literally being in our booth. Not recommended.

• Pros: None.
• Cons: Steaks, service, atmosphere.

07/27/08

Best 85 day aged steak, Excellent service

by mashni

My husband & I went here for dinner on my bday. They have a great wine list. The scene is trendy & busy. The service was excellent, the GM even came by to make sure everything was perfect for us. Everything was great especially the 85 day aged ribeye, it was out of this world! They my made my bday perfect! The chocolate cake & ice cream added a very nice touch. We'll be back.

07/25/08

Awesome Aged Steaks

by EdwardASmith

I had the pleasure to dine at Prime last night, and would recommend it to anyone. I had the Reserve Cut, 40-day Dry Aged, Bone-In Ribeye, MR, and it was fantastic. Additionally, we had the Shellfish Castle, the Kobe Beef Sashimi on a huge block of Himalayan salt, and some other things that were just as good. The wine was a Claret by Foley, '05, which went great with the pre-steak food. Service was great with minimal interruptions allowing for business conversation.

07/23/08

Good, with some wrinkles

by nycgal1978

Celebrated my birthday dinner here this past weekend in Chicago. Made an early pre-theater dinner reservation for 6pm. When we walked in, the place was completely empty yet they seated us by the waiters' station. Very odd. The food was good, and David Burke serves these popovers (instead of dinner rolls) that he also serves in the NYC location - delicious. We ordered a Pellegrino and the busboy brought it over, opened it, and just left it on the table. He didn't pour it! We were confused. Several staffers walked by and didn't pour it. Finally someone did. The food was good. They brought out their signature chocolate cake for no charge in honor of my bday for dessert. I thought that was a very nice touch. The restaurant gets loud as the night goes on, so be aware of that. All in all, a good experience.

01/28/08

Do not waste your money

by jlgbofa

Terrible....Do not waste your money. I reserved a private room for my Mother's 70th Birthday Party and we had an awful experience. The room was 38 degrees when we arrived and we froze for 2 hours before WE found ourselves other accommodations within the hotel. Their food was terrible, all the talk about dry aged and the steak was fair at best The portion of the side dishes are so small. We waited at least 15 minutes before someone asked for a drink order.......I could go on and on. In summary, given my dissatisfaction, I was offered a free dinner. The offer was turned down, I am just not that hard up for a free meal.

• Pros: none
• Cons: entire experience

12/05/07

Mediocre at Best

by amylou35

I don't recommend this experience. Service was adequate, food was cold and mediocre. Over priced for quality of service and cuisine. The best part were the popovers!

• Pros: Can't think of any
• Cons: Over priced for quality of food and service, valet service only provides 3 hours

12/01/07

Possibly the worst fine dining in Chicago

by cas8686

Thank God for good company because this may have been the worst meal I've had in Chicago. There is not a good thing I can say about this restaurant!

09/12/07

Best Breakfast at a steakhouse?!

by lilshire

I am here to let you know that the breakfast at Primehouse is wonderful! The many healthy selections are great and the food was prepared quickly and looked and tasted phenomenal! Everything that we tried was amazing. The smoothies, the donut holes, the omletes, berry pancakes, awesome selection of hot teas...it was great. Highly recommended!

05/20/07

Wonderful steaks and really cool atmosphere

by sugarywitch

Again, slightly not traditional steak house atmosphere, but great great food. Burke's is one to the few places in Chicago that dry ages and the taste totally comes through. I went when they had just opened and the experience was still great. We ordered WAY too much food and managed to eat it all because it was so wonderful. The standouts were the steaks for sure, the tempura green beans, the leather infused Manhattan and the lollipop tree! Burke's is a must try for steak lovers. The service was also wonderful, Burke himself was there that night and personally asked almost every table how the food was, it didn't look like there was a single complaint!

• Pros: Dry ages steaks and great service
• Cons: None!