Palm Restaurant

Do not miss the summer lobster special. I don’t know how its even profitable for them but it’s amazing… a 4 pound Nova Scotia lobster for $ 99 and that comes with two sides and a starter. It’s only an additional $ 10 per pound if you want more. We go several times each year.

The name and reputation speaks for itself! It is not overrated or overpriced. You get what you pay for and what you get is top quality meat and service. A must if you are a New Yorker or simply visiting h Big Apple.

Bad steak, bad service, no help in resolving Upon entering this restaurant, it had a very commercial chain/​franchise feel to it. It you want a bad steak no wait staff when no one is in this place I wonder why

The power lunch was a great deal… The downside was that the main course came out while we were mid-​appetizer! They did offer to take it back and keep it warm, but we declined because I’m not sure how you would keep the filets warm without over cooking. I guess we were supposed to ‘power’ through the meal. Everything was delicious and well presented. The steaks seemed to be switched (medium vs. medium well) but otherwise tasted great! Good option for a business lunch downtown.

As good as it gets!
My two friends took me here to wish me a happy birthday and thank me for helping them out a few weeks earlier. So we had a chance to dine here. One with the HUGE maybe 3 or 4 lb lobster and with the porterhouse steak as well as all the accouterments.
After we ordered, the food came out pretty fast. The steak was cooked perfectly medium rare and had a delicious crust. It’s pretty hard to mess up an amazing cut of steak like that. The Lobster, also perfectly cooked — with a little butter and lemon on the side was the perfect surf and turf for the 3 of us.
The sides were only Ok though. According to my buddy — he had a better set of sides there. (Unfortunately at this moment i can’t remember which potato product we had, but he’s had it better)
So — meat and seafood = good! sides = ok.

This is definitely not the Palm I am used to. sometimes places get too big and turn into a mediocre franchise and its hard to stay consistent and I think this is one of those cases. Shrimp Cocktail was excellent and I love the spiciness of the sauce but it all stopped there. The Veal Martini which is a «signature» dish was mediocre at best. I was never offered bread and my after dinner tea was luke warm. The Palm is supposed to be a top place and this definitely isn’t. Big fail in my opinion. Go to Wolfgangs instead as The Palm is relying on a reputation that is no longer there.

I usually don’t leave a bad review because of the price. But decided to share my opinion on this. It’s very expensive for regular food. I tried salmon ($ 45) which was good but not great. The wine for $ 11 was barely covering the bottom of the glass. The staff was great and polite.

My friend was marriage on last Friday and she reservation for dinner party at 5.00 But since nearly 6 we just got the table seriously, they did booked the room for a month. Decoration is good and staff are nice. Food isn’t good like i was prefer so we were paid $ 80 per person but FEEL LIKE NOTHING!!! Salad look like u can find at supermarket and lobster bisque had very small pieces of lobster. I chose filet steak it was juicy but very very plain. no decorated. (Side order was come separated) my friends chose grilled salmon but they said it were no taste at all. Should i come back? Might be but just because we have a full bar and nice staff.

Went here with my colleagues and we ordered drinks, appetizers, steaks, sides, desserts, and coffee/​tea (company expense). Restaurant is nice, food is good, but the service is subpar for an expensive restaurant.
3 stars because of the service. We ordered coffees and one ordered tea. It took awhile, but the waiter came with our coffees and a tea bag for my colleague… literally the waiter threw the tea bag on the table. We thought he would come back with a cup and hot water… never did.
First time seeing someone got a «tea-​bagged» in a restaurant

I just had the worst steak of my entire life. My steak knife could not cut through the meat. I was with a large group for a business meeting and I did not want to complain. When the waiter cleared the plate, he did ask if the food was alright. I did confess about it being uneatable.
To my surprise a refund was not offered. That was the final straw and my last visit that I will ever make to The Palm. They used to be my favorite steak house

Had the filet mignon, was excellent and cooked properly (I got it medium). Potatoes were good too. This one is in the financial district, so more geared to wall street types.

I had high expectations of The Palm and was majorly disappointed. I ordered a filet medium rare and an hour later it arrived very well done. After sending it back another one arrived minutes later that I feared would moo at me any moment. My sides of potatoes au gratin and green beans were tasty but extremely small. And the waiter looked offended when I asked if I could have more than the four green beans I was served. I’m sure there are good steakhouses in NYC but if you think The Palm is good y’all need to visit Texas and have a real steak.

I’ve never had a bad meal here. I love the steak, sides, desserts, drinks, everything!
It’s a bit pricey, so I visit when the company is paying (I have no shame). If you are paying and just want to try the place, they offer a pretty decent pre fixe lunch that includes dessert for less than $ 30.

Came here randomly with my boss. I never knew the history of this place but its pretty cool. I got the ahi tuna steak and creamed spinach. It was delicous but nothing special. The atomosphere was on the dimmer side and the service was attentive. Everything was good but nothing stood out to me.

Considering the competition in a city that has many great choices for steakhouses, this can only get 3 stars. We did enjoy the meal, the beverage, the atmosphere and the service. However, I expected a bigger range of cuts — ribeye, NY strip and filet are the only choices available.
Very good creamed spinach and ordinary Caesar salad. The Vesper was tasty and it seemed to have more Lillet than the classic Vesper.

I came here for a company function and we ate family style in a private room, so my experience is probably different from other peoples.
Our server Samantha was absolutely top notch from start to finish. She remembered everything, including every single persons drink order throughout the night– we were a party of 12. Bravo Sam!
Drinks were good: champagne, the Texas Kicker (tequila and Serrano– I got mine sans raspberries), the Rum Fizz.
As for the food, if I’m being completely honest, I have to say it was just OK. I prefer Lugers, Delmonico’s, or Wolfgang’s (in that order). My favorite things were the cocktail sauce, the garlic and onion bread, and the hash brown. I know that sounds ridiculous. The cocktail sauce that came with the shrimp cocktail was off the freakin charts– loaded with horseradish to the point of being a little spicy. I could have drank the stuff. So, so freakin good, they need to bottle it. The hash brown is massive, browned on the outside and soft and perfectly seasoned inside.
The fried calamari was good, lobster is always delicious, the baked oysters were great even though the cheese was a little overpowering, french fries were crispy and perfect. All the vegetable sides were solid and straightforwardly presented (brussel sprouts, green beans, mushrooms).
The slab bacon was overwhelmingly salty, the lobster mac n cheese was really disappointing. I’m not sure what cheese blend they used, or what seasonings, but it had no flavor whatsoever. There also wasn’t much lobster, I think it had fine strips of lobster instead of chunks.
Because we had ordered family style, all the appetizers came out together, followed by the entrees. And this is good, but when it came to the entrees we experienced some temperature issues. The chicken parmesan was room temperature… and so was the steak. I know it’s hard to cook for so many people ordering so many dishes and have them all come out at once, but the steak at a steakhouse needs to be hot. It was also the filet, to begin with not my favorite piece of meat because while tender, it doesn’t have as much flavor as other cuts. I had a couple of pieces; there just wasn’t much to it.

Came here for dinner with my colleague, who suggested we enjoy «steak nightttt» (yes, you have to read it aloud and elongate the word ‘night’).
As we ran from street to street (it was raining), we arrived at the restaurant, had our coats checked in, and plopped down in our seats. This is where the 3 star review for an otherwise 4 star restaurant comes in — our server. Our server looked like he had the TOUGHEST time coming to our table after we told him we didn’t want wine (I guess he figured we wouldn’t tip?), but adamantly attended to other patrons who wanted drinks. Luckily, my buddy and I were able to pass the time by staring at the hand drawn pictures on the wall (famous/​rich/​powerful people who ate at the restaurant) and discuss the economy. all the while being ignored and slowly served by our waiter. Thank goodness for the other people tending to us with refills (drinks, bread, etc.). Oh well.
The beautiful steak (attached to this comment) was perfectly cooked, sizzling hot, and felt like I was carving apart a historical piece of meat history. Damn, it was good. Definitely stop by and enjoy the wall murals and excellent steak.= if you have the chance but be warned… you’ll probably need to order drinks to make your waiter happy.

Had not been to this location but like the Palm concept, style and food. This location did not disappoint. It was a large party so the waitress had to be super efficient… and she was! Friendly service accommodating to our requests and despite our wine selection not being available upgraded us to a more pricey wine at the lower price.
Steaks were all cooked perfectly with the butter they use giving each steak that «crust» while the inside is juicy and tender. My NY strip was perfectly cooked tender and succulent. Sides were varied with some greens and potatoes. No broccoli was a surprise.
Great spot.

I attended a business lunch at The Palm and I would give this establishment a strong 3.5. The vicinity of this location would not warrant heavy tourist traffic but still holds its firm share of patrons.
We were greeted upon entering by wait staff that have their names embroidered on their jackets. The staff was very attentive and courteous. They maintained a clean table by using a crumb duster on the white linen table cloths. We received a prix fix meal that allowed you to choose from an appetizer of salad or shrimp, an entrée and dessert. I ordered the crab cake meal which was very tasty but not the best I’ve ever had. The crab cake was plump and lightly breaded served with a mango salad and hollandaise sauce. There was also family style cheese spinach and au gratin potatoes. My colleagues ordered steaks and they mentioned it was not cooked to their liking however they ate mostly everything!
The cheesecake was creamy and had a moist graham cracker base. Ask for the soda from the bottle as the fountain drinks may be a little weak. I rate this place high on customer service and average but nonetheless still «good eats» on the food.

Filet

Honestly, we chose to come here for arbitrary personal reasons, rather than having any preconceptions about what the food was. I didn’t even know the Palm was a steakhouse until cracking open the menu!
To that end, the steak (14 oz NY strip) was pretty great, an impressively perfect medium rare. The brandy peppercorn sauce was an interesting surprise, maybe the one thing on our table that was actually worth the additional cost.
Nothing else fared (ha, ha) that well. The Chilean sea bass* was decently broiled, but aside from a small, half-​hearted bed of fresh corn beneath, the massive hunk of snowy white flesh was too much of the same thing. Four bacon-​wrapped scallops were a bit silly for $ 17, neither particularly sweet nor fresh. The biggest disappointment was the TERRIBLE parmesan/​garlic fries — over half the bowl was dried out. At a steakhouse, you’d expect their potato game to be on-​point (or at least better than Burger King’s).
The waitress had recommended a wine when we asked about a rosé, but the taste she brought was really mediocre. So we went with cocktails instead: Rye & Pear, Cucumber Julep, something else with Icelandic vodka and thyme. Our drinks were fine, unnoteworthy.
The Palm is pricey, but still a «casual» establishment — you see people in t-​shirts alongside the rare guy in a jacket. Service was polite, but our waitress seemed to be winging it when we asked anything about the menu. In total, dinner for two was $ 200 — a minor shock considering how average it was.
In sum: I wasn’t too sad about accidentally leaving the leftovers somewhere later.
* Don’t judge; supposedly eating Chilean sea bass is no longer such a terrible crime against the environment?