The Chop House

Fantastic food as always. Considering today was Valentine’s day we were seated within 5 minutes of arriving. Unfortunately the server Derrick was horrible. Misordered our food, never checked on us, had trouble getting refills, mind you, he was at the bar talking with other servers instead. The server next to our table, Mark was fantastic, he was prompt and very courteous. When I come back I will be asking for him.

Could not be more disappointed. The filet was tough and over cooked and the Halibut was inedible. Absolutely horrible. Will never give this place a second chance, not at those prices. Not worth the risk.

I always love to go to The Chop House!!! Though I will say that I haven’t ventured throughout the menu too much since I love the Petite Pork Chops!!! Their lunch menu is phenomenal and you can get loads of options for under 10 bucks, this deal you can’t beat. My mother and I tend to make this a birthday ritual, so I am looking forward to my birthday coming soon. But the last time I stopped in we made reservations for 15 and the waiter was amazing and handled our group extremely well. Great service overall and I was really happy with it!

Our neighbors, who always seem to take my parents and I out, every time my parents come to Lexington, KY; had taken us here. At first, it looks like a Steak House or that was what was assumed when looked up.
After we had sat down, we realized that it had many different entrée options. I settled on the Turkey Burger and the portion sizes for the price were great! From reviewing, many people, who read my reviews, would know that I always go for price for portion size. For that, this was great! The only thing I did not exactly enjoy was I think the brioche bun on the turkey burger. Maybe that is how the texture was; however, the bread was hard in some places and soft on some. The general «works» of the turkey burger was great though. Good portion size of the fries and very great on customer service from the waitress.
All in all, a good experience.

I love this place! Great atmosphere and yummy food. I could eat 6 loads of their fresh bread! We really like the deviled eggs with candied bacon.

The steak is just ok, nothing special really. To accurately describe it would be over priced Golden Corral quality steak with a little nicer atmosphere. I would not go back.

The food, the service and the price were all great. I would highly suggest for lunch and will go there again if I’m on Richmond Road.

The $ 10 menu is amazing! Everything on there is so good and so affordable! Love this place. I only wish they had a happy hour and drink specials.

What an awesome restaurant! My husband and I ordered baked scrod, baked potato and salad — and it was absolutely delicious! A table near us was celebrating a birthday, so a waiter came to them, opened his mouth — and out came this amazing baritone voice… and everyone around just went quiet, to listen! Great atmosphere at this place — it was a special evening!
It wasn’t until two days and 200 miles later that I realized I had left a favorite jacket at the restaurant. I called — and they found it! After speaking with the Manager and Asst. Manager (Van and Brandon), they mailed my jacket back to me in Texas! Now THAT is amazing customer service, which I will NOT forget. If we make it back to Lexington, we will truly look forward to eating there again. THANKS, you guys!!!
–Rhonda Rogers, Union Valley, TX

Wonderful service. The food was wonderful too. Go during lunch if you want cheaper prices and decent portions. Our food was brought out quickly and hot. We will defiantly come back.

We were pleasantly surprised finding this restaurant close to our hotel in on the way to NC. They have a delicious $ 10, $ 11, $ 12 menu on weeknights. I had 2 beef medallions covered in a garlic butter sauce & topped with a jumbo shrimp on ea with a side of asparagus. It was so tender & delicious! I also enjoyed a 9 oz house cabernet sauvion for $ 8. We dined on the patio & all the wait staff we’re friendly. Unfortunately we were only staying 1 night or I would have been back the next night!

We stopped here (again) on our way home & it is, without a doubt, one of our most favorite places to eat in Lexington, KY!
The chops are simply PHENOMENAL! However, their mac & cheese is just as good…& their salads, baked potatoes, iced tea, etc. Just a great place to eat!
Recommended highly!

Food was just ok, kind of bland. Do not order the crab cake, as there is really no meat, just bread. They have a 10 – 12 menu that is a good deal and is where I got my filet medallions, although they were def not equal size!
Chocolate mousse cake was delicious though and the bartender was very friendly and knows her sports!

Came for lunch on Sunday. Their lunch menu is of a significant size and the portions are good. Service was attentive and the food was served quick. I would definately come back for lunch again.

Went to The Chop House for dinner and learned from a friend that they have a «special $ 10-​$ 12.» menu. This menu had never been offered on all of our previous visits to the restaurant. One of my dining companions requested it, so I have to wonder if they hope to maintain this as an insider secret. I had not had their famous pork chop, so on this night I ordered it. It came with a very large baked sweet potato with maple butter and a small dish of sautéed apples. No veggies. I’m sure this pork chop is a smaller version or the original, but it was deliciously tender and quite enough for me. I would have liked a little something green, but for $ 12. a decent deal.

Had lunch herr with mu strp daughter thoight it would be a good treat for her.
Food was not bad I felt the drum sticks were a little under cooked. (Blood/​cold in the middle)
Service was not very good.
Could have been caught them just after rush hour.
Ill take the family back for dinner at some point.
See how that works out

Absolutely amazing from appetizer to desert.
Impeccable service and food. My favorite resturant in Lexington!

I have been to the Chop House many times and have always been happy with the food and the service. However, my last visit was incredibly disappointing.
The waiter was nice enough, but communication broke down somewhere. When the salads came out, the waitresses were very confused about who got what. And, one of them got a little impatient with us when we tried to help them. The delivery of the main course was even worse. Half the people in our party (of 7) got their food while the other half had to wait another 10 minutes. The first delivery had four steaks — one was overcooked, one was the wrong cut of meat. and one was the wrong size. All were sent back, and the kitchen returned one of the steaks insisting it was the right cut. The trained chef in our party confirmed it was wrong. Because he had not received his food yet, the waitress said, «Well, do you want this one since you don’t have any food?» When the chef said no, he would wait for what he ordered, the waitress was visibly angry.
When the second half of the food arrived, the rest of us were finished eating. The steaks in the second round were also cooked incorrectly but were eaten anyway so we could get closer to leaving.
An adjustment was made to the bill, and the manager tried very hard to make it up to us, but he did not have much to work with. I felt sorry for him. I do not know if I will go back — I suppose if dinner companions really want to go there, then I will.

So, I had a family lunch here recently and was completely underwhelmed from start to finish. TL;DR=never again.
Everyone was given two menus… except that both menus had the same items, some with the same price, some identical items with different prices and when we ordered it was not clarified which portion was being ordered, if that was the difference. Eh? Then there’s a children’s menu (getting that one requires begging, apparently — the host doesn’t just assume that a little one should get one). Gah!
Server was awkward, inefficient, & slow-​moving, even though it appeared he only had a couple of tables. My party might actually have succumbed to dehydration, given how long it took to get our meals relative to beverage service (if they fill a 12 ounce glass over ¾ full of ice that is apparently unmeltable & add 3 oz of a beverage, they’re going to need to serve more than one refill per hour… which is frankly how long our meals took to arrive). Server apologized for delay by saying that since we didn’t order salads, service took longer. Hmmmm… yeah, that’s not how proper order expediting is supposed to work, but whatever.
Buns for burgers /​sandwiches were either over-​toasted or stale. Either way, inedible.
Children’s meal «pizza». Ugh. Just no. Kiddo ate two bites, under pressure from Grampy Clean Plate before giving up entirely. When GCP took a bite, he shut it. If it wasn’t Lean Cuisine, it might as well have been.
House pork chop was served with some truly nightmarish marmalade onion mushroom glop in a condiment dish, which might have helped with the overcooked & dry chop if it didn’t taste like the rotten death of all hope.
Petite pork chops had hidden bits of bone (rather than the typical identifiable chop bone that a diner can simply cut free of the meat portion of the chop) that were hard to avoid. After needing to Emily Post three bites after nearly breaking teeth on bone shards, I gave up. It didn’t help that the chop was so salty that it literally hurt my mouth to eat it, even when I wasn’t risking cracking a tooth or a puncture injury while chewing.
Mac ‘n’ cheese. Tastes like… chicken broth? Not cheesy at all. WTBF? That’s like ruining Christmas. Not cool.
Baked sweet potato and sweet potato fries were good. That’s all that rated as edible, considering eight different meals, 13 different sides, and an unmentionable appetizer.
About seven minutes after our meals were served (awkwardly — SMH, don’t servers and runners get training???) we were ready to leave, our food mostly uneaten.
Not good, but (including wait for food) certainly not the fault of a server… unfortunately, the finger wiped thru the (not requested and pointless, as I didn’t order anything one would normally want ketchup with) ketchup ramekin placed on my plate *was* the server’s fault. Gross. Seriously effing gross. Who serves a plate with a four inch smear of ketchup across the food? (Yep, he really, really did.)
In fairness (second star is being generous), our reservation was during the Sunday early afternoon time frame when many casualish dining restaurants get slammed with customers who «tip» with unwanted coupons or prayers. But that doesn’t make shitty food and shittier service ok…(And, for the record: Mr Ketchup Wiper got his 20%.)
Just one more thing if you’re planning on eating here: they have adequate parking… there are three interconnected lots to the side and rear of the restaurant that had literally dozens of spots available (and the third lot was entirely empty), even during a busy Sunday afternoon. Patrons don’t need to be effing assholes parking in driving lanes, on the grass, blocking others in, or double parking on the frontage road. I never want to eat here again, but hey, if I did, I wouldn’t act like a complete asshat to other customers.

This place seems hit and miss based on what you order. Chicken tortilla soup was a hit. My NY Strip must have been marinated with something to give it this extra «wang» to it. I almost decided that the steak was old, but I could not be sure. My son’s filet was perfect though. My wife’s filet medallions was exactly what she wanted, so maybe it was just the NY Strip.
Service was exceptional.