2008 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75206
Dallas County
Phone: (214) 824-5646
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by Paul L. on When I think of the Prime Rib steakhouse, I think of a white oval-shaped plate with one piece of giant juicy prime rib covering the whole plate, I also think of the price tag associated with this piece of meat. So when Restaurant Week rolled around, I was eager to make a reservation, so my boyfriend and I can go experience this place where the older Rittenhouse well-to-do crowd had been patronizing for years. Located inside the Warwick Hotel, Prime Rib is surprisingly lofty. I imagine it to be a trendy upperclass place in the 90s but now it seems a bit awkward with the leopard print carpeting, the black and gold lacquered paneling. It feels a tad retro and gaudy. Given that their clientele are mostly well-to-do, the wait staff are clearly well trained and polite. The service here is just superb. There's live piano music playing jazz standards in the background, but I can tell that the pianist is a bit bored. Following the standard $35 Restaurant Week dinner menu. I ordered the caesar salad, the prime rib and the chocolate mousse pie while the boyfriend had the tomato, onion and feta salad, roast chicken and the key lime pie. We both find our salad a tiny bit sharp on the tongue. His with too much raw onion and mine with a sharp acidic garlic taste, it doesn't make for a romantic evening for sure. The entrees came a bit later. The piece of prime rib I got was probably half the width of the one in the picture album above but it's still decent in size. It seems to be roasted in the oven in low temperature, it was perfectly cook in its own way but there was no crispiness whatsoever. The roast half chicken that my boyfriend had, was roasted to a beautiful molasses color and he obviously enjoyed it wholeheartedly but the skin was not crisp either. Honestly I was a tad disappointed about that. The meats came with two terrines of vegetable, a mash potato and a creamed spinach. the mash potato was a tiny bit lumpy and bland but I adored the creamed spinach. It's rich and creamy, the most flavorful item thus far. The chicken also came with a rosemary gravy. We both enjoy our desserts. My chocolate mousse pie was standard in every way, it reminded me of the mousse sold in plastic containers found in the refrigerated section in the supermarket. The key lime pie was also smooth and pleasing. With a coffee, a beer, tips and tax it comes to around $50 a person, which is not bad at all in a place like this. Again, the service is good, but just by the food I've experienced this time, I doubt that I'll come back here. Another factor of my decision is also a pompous asshole sitting right next to us that was really rude to the servers and also to his girlfriend. We have to sit through his agonizing manipulation and jackassery the whole time we were dining which might be an indication of attitude of the general clientele in this area. Oh well.
by Richie Aronstein on Id hate to have to give them 3 stars but that's all they deserve well from the Service that we got on Sunday anyway.... I have been to the Spice Market in NYC many of times so I had high hopes and was very surprised to see 1 in Atlanta... The decor is great very modern and sexy the service was lacking.... For the $$$ the service should have been amazing and it was not.. I think they had only 2 servers for the whole restaurant.. It took forever to get drinks our food and our check.. The food was only ok as well.. I don't know if they are going thru some revamping with their employees or what but they need to get on the ball... This place has great potential if they get their act together it can easily be 4 or 5 star....
by Felton Bellerdine on Way overpriced. El Azteca is just as good and 300% cheaper. Went for a Monday dinner for 2, get seated immediately (no brainer). Our server was a corporate robot. Monotone and emotionless, but by God, she knew EVERYTHING on the menu. I'd order something and she'd ramble on the ingredients and I was so bored I shook my head and just smiled. As a server myself, visiting a restaurant for the first time, I always ask the server what they had to eat today or what the top 3 ordered items are. This way, a) you break the ice with the server and b) you get an idea of what the staff eats and the general public. The server proceeded to tell me she conveniently ate the special $16 lobster appetizer without a hint of inflection or genuine enjoyment in her tone. Riiight. My friend and I split the flautas (standard portion of three), we each had one classic marg. and I had the goat tacos for dinner. Goat itself was something new, I was excited, it was good (almost like a roast, shredded, slightly sweet, tender, juicy), but not $16.50 good. The Mexicans at my work make better stuff, imo (you know, the pot of stew or chicken/potatoes/etc they all share with each other for lunch). $38 a piece (after tip) later, I left full but extremely unimpressed for the price point. The decor felt a little strip mall-ish and the corporate tone annoying, but you decide for yourself.
