Staghorn Steakhouse

Fantastic! If you want your meal to arrive and look aesthetically appealing, it will. If you expect your dish will remain that way, it won’t. The chef plates his meals to be combined and enjoyed. My skirt steak was perfectly prepared and the dressed watercress and tomato salad swiftly met with the steak and yucca fries to make a perfect combination. Service was impeccable. They kindly seated me a good 30 minutes before they were even open for lunch. I highly recommend.

Came here with my firm for lunch a couple of weeks ago and was quite pleased with how everything turned out. I ordered a shrimp cocktail for appetizer, filet mignon (lunch portion) for entrée and the mango sorbet for dessert. The shrimp cocktail was really fresh, with gigantic prawns that left a crisp at the end of each bite. The filet mignon was cooked to my liking, medium rare, and possessed a nice char that I need on my steak! We also ordered several sides to share, including creamed spinach and mushroom caps, which were decent but didn’t wow me. What I did love was what I ended my meal with — a mango sorbet that filled an entire half mango skin and tasted like a softened frozen mango. All in all, it was a satisfying meal and I would definitely return again.

Went there Friday night and it was a disappointment. Manager or Owner I don’t know what he was but I do no he should go back to his old job because he does not belong in hospitality. Rude, ignorant, arrogant, unprofessional and just didn’t belong in a restaurant, I even felt uncomfortable him touching my plate. The place to me, thanks to him and him alone, was just a total turnoff.

Hidden gem steakhouse — Not overdone (pun intended). Client took us out for dinner one night. Bar and wait staff was attentive, friendly and on the ball with every one of our needs. Started the dinner off with a raw clam, lobster claw and oyster seafood platter — impeccable.
Melt in your mouth cream spinach, mashed potatoes, and asparagus.
22 oz rib eye for the main course. I had it medium. Slab was perfectly seasoned and cooked.
Sampled the Crème brûlée, whipped cream and berries, chocolate mouse, and plain cheesecake — all a nice finishing touch to the meal.

Staghorn steakhouse is a great place to meet your pals or family while unwinding from the busy NY day. Located just a few blocks away from the Javitz Center, Staghorn is what I consider a boutique steakhouse located on 63^rd Street between 8^th and 9^th Avenue.
Staghorn isn’t very big but their ceilings are high which gives the room a very spacious and inviting aura. Upon walking in, I enjoyed seeing their fully stocked bar immediately greeting me and my weary pals mulling over a long and rainy day at the convention center. Cold, wet and hungry, we just wanted a place to forget our stress and troubles. Just a few steps to my right, were rows of clean tables dressed in starched white linens with sparkly clean wine glasses just waiting to be used! Since our whole party hadn’t arrived yet, we decided to sit by the bar and take in the ambience. As more and more guests arrived from the busy and wet rush hour, I soon saw all the tables… all but mine, full of cold and wet patrons inspecting the menus and ordering something to drink so they can forget the wet and cold troubles of the day! Slowly but surely, I started smelling the aroma of crabcakes and deliciously prepared bacon arriving at tables and see the frowns turn into grins! When everyone arrived and it was our turn, we all unanimously agreed on sharing their Porterhouse for Four… a set of them… just enough for all seven of us! We also enjoyed their Seafood Tower… full of lobster claws and crab meat! Needless to say, by the time we were finished with our juicy and tasty Porterhouse, we had forgotten how stressful the day was and simply enjoyed being carnivores… until we realized we had to leave…
Always remember that stress and worries can always be handled… when it is shared. See you here!

This steakhouse is a great place to eat lunch and dinner. I had the steak and it was perfectly seasoned and cooked. I highly recommend coming again and eating the selection again. I don’t drink but they have a huge selection of wines and liquor.

Amazing! A must go to. Service great drinks great price great. Made my trip. Thank you

Food was awesome. Even the bar chips where phenomenal. Definitely worth a try.

Awful customer service.
My father was in the city visiting so we decided to go to a nice dinner at Staghorn after some sight-​seeing.
Now, I’m going to be 100% honest and tell you that we did show up around 9pm and we did not have a reservation. I am a vegetarian and was completely unaware of the hours, but I did call ahead and whoever answered the phone told me that the kitchen closed at 11. I wanted to dine at Staghorn so that my father, a guest of the city, could enjoy a steak.
When we walked in the host wasn’t even at the door and we waited several minutes before anyone acknowledged our existence. When I told him that we had not made a reservation he rolled his eyes and mumbled something under his breath. Then he runs across the dining room and flags us over. We go to the table and he literally throws the two menus on the table and says, «Hurry up you have ten minutes». I was flat out appalled at the way we were treated at this establishment so I looked at my father and said, «Let’s go. I don’t want to be rushed»…which was followed by the second eye roll of the night.
It’s unfortunate that I am writing this review based on ten minutes of being here, but your staff left me with no choice. Awful customer service. Hire new staff. Your food may be good, but New Yorkers won’t put up with this kind of service, ESPECIALLY for what you’re charging. I wasn’t going to pay for a pricey meal at a place where I did not feel like we were being treated like valuable customers.

This place is amazing! Best place I’ve been too in a long time! I had the Chilean Seanad and the tuna special and both were wonderful! The owner is very personalable and very attentive to every table! Took our order and everyone thing. Wonderful service and great food! Highly recommend and would return next time I’m in town.

I cannot day enough about the food and service of this restaurant. I’ve eaten and some. of the best places in the USA and this one ranks up there. If you want exceptional service, this is the best in NYC. Get the Sea Bass, creamed spinach and the crème Brule was the BEST I’ve had.

If you feel like hosting an event here — 5 stars, easily. What an awesome spot to have a holiday office party that I don’t work for! They had an unlimited open bar of everything, top shelf. DJ mixing up some great crap. I danced even. For a long time. There are two different levels. They had a huge buffet spread with waiters serving you up food cafeteria style. I wasn’t going to try too much food because I was already full from my own office holiday party. Guilty as charged. But I sampled a few of their menu nibbles.
Whatever style of steak was served that evening was disgusting. The guy insisted that I take a slab after I looked at how overdone and pathetic it looked sitting in a tray of water and other juices. «No, no, you will love this». No, no, trust me, I didn’t. Felt bad for wasting it. I sampled the salmon: Cooked well. A little bit bland but way better than that sad steak. Their pasta? It was pretty good. It was just penne with marinara sauce but it was cooked al dente and probably the best part of the spread.
The last thing I tried food wise by the end of the night was their tiramisu. HOLY HELL. This may be up there for best tiramisu ever. I freaking love this more than most deserts. But it was incredibly rich, oozing mascarpone custard and made with real lady fingers. None of that bullshit fake wafer cookies. YUMMO. Sign me up. I ate my slice and proceeded to eat half of Finlay’s. But this was after several excellently poured grey goose concoctions and several shots of Café Patron.
Overall, the best Christmas office party that I ever have been to that was not my own. But I would probably not want to eat dinner here. If you’re a steakhouse and you make poor quality steak for huge amounts of money that makes people very sad.

For a steakhouse, they didn’t really cook the steak very well — medium rare was medium well. Sides were boring.

Great location, they have a 16 ounce filet that was good, not great but good. The service was poor and they would not serve anything but American wine with the steak. Seriously, it was like the soup nazi, all we wanted was a Malbec and the manager went ballistic. «I serve American wine with American food». I would not go back…

Was in town stayin at TRYP hotel. This place was within walking distance. AWESOME aged ribeyes… Fantastic LobsterBisque. you gotta try it. Very fresh Calamari. I highly recommend this joint!!! Classy UPDATED contemporary interior.

Five of us went out to celebrate holiday party nearby our work, and since boss is treating, I really cannot complain. I like to eat steak occasionally and so by no means am an expert. Here’s the breakdown.
Good:
+ Started off with bread, pretzels, and crackers on the house
+ Appetizers including fried calamari and seafood platter (clams, lobsters, crab meat). It’s real delicious.
+ Delicious Brasilia fish
+ Despite total cost at $ 170, our family style order of medium cooked Porterhouse T-​bone steak for 4 at 66 oz was was juicy, well seasoned, and tender, and served with cooked vegetables and potatoes on the side.
+ Wine glass and water cups were never empty.
Bad:
— Waitstaff were pestering: When I say glasses were never empty, I meant it literally. Maybe that night was slow, but there must have been 4 extra waitstaff on hand just for our table. They insist on pouring us wine glass after glass even if we’ve indicated enough!
— Waiter recommended us a type of wine and asked if we’d like some. He was ordered hold off on opening a new one until we were finished with our first. Waiter went ahead and opened it anyways! They either cannot understand English or are incompetent.
— $ 39 Fish was pricey for a small portion. Each of us must have had only a bite before all gone.
— Overall expensive for what it’s worth. Maybe a high roller can afford this every week. Me: once a blue moon.
— Loud music
In my belief, an excellent restaurant must not only have good food, but also have generous portions for a reasonable price and outstanding service. Staghorn only had the former. So in my opinion, if you are looking for an ordinary steakhouse to dine at, you found a typical one among thousand of others.

Steaks: Positively amazing. They practically brought half the cow to me on a plate. It was succulent, smoky, cooked absolutely perfectly. You can indeed expect great things from Staghorn from a steak standpoint. Big points for the restaurant itself too: elegant and well decorated; you’ll feel like you’re in the right place for a $ 30+ steak.
Why three stars? Waitstaff. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a gaggle of unadulterated impudent snobs like this since last year’s Nobel Prize ceremony… The conversation in question went something like this…
Me: A steak please.
Waiter: A salad comes with that…
Me: Oh, uhm, like, what kind of dressing you got?
Waiter: It’s… dressing! You know, a balsamic! (said in THE most accusatory tone I’ve ever heard come from the lips of a waitstaffer)
Me: Oh, sorry…
As if I should be made to feel like a mentally challenged ape (pardon the expression) because I thought a place like this might have more than one option for salad dressing… I think this particular moment tops the list of most inappropriate conduct from a waiter I’ve ever been subjected to.
So, congratulations Staghorn. Your waiter’s little moment of insanity cost your restaurant two stars. Next time, try not to make a concerted effort to piss people off when they’re ordering your steaks at 40 dollars a pound.

Pros:
The interior is so beautiful. We had a group of 10 here for lunch one day, and they quickly readied a private room for us.
My filet minon was pretty darn good, though it was more medium than medium rare.
The Cons:
The service. There was a member of our group who was very particular about his meat; he wanted absolutely no pink. It’s not my cup of tea, but hey, that’s his preference. The manager instantly told him that was no good and «Welcome to America, we don’t eat well done here.» (This guy is Australian) We got our food, and lo and behold, there was a pretty significant amount of pink in the guy’s steak. He turns it away and asks it to be recooked. The manager gets upset, saying that it was cooked well done. We get another steak — possibly even more pink that the one before was. Could they not just go with the guy’s request? Goodness. The manager’s attitude didn’t help with easing the awkwardness around the table either.

First of all, the compliments:
1. The restaurant interior is gorgeous.
2. The waitstaff seemed pleasant, courteous and fast.
3. The bread and butter was good.
The cons:
1. I could not understand my waiter through his heavy accent. So when I asked him what was on the Staghorn salad, I didn’t hear «roasted red peppers». I’m not a fan of peppers.
2. The Staghorn salad ($ 12.95) came with lettuce, 4 peeled shrimp, roasted red peppers, tons of onions and oil. I expected a hearty salad from a steak house. And I don’t think I’m alone in that my stomach cannot take that many onions.
3. My waiter never stopped by to ask me how my food was.
Summary:
To the manager’s benefit, he apologized and took it off my bill, but he was more upset that I was complaining about being disappointed with the salad versus considering changing the salad to be more appetizing and digestible.

I will say upfront that this is a completely biased review. It is culled from a dinner experience totally skewed by the fact that my dates were two wealthy businessmen who have been coming to Staghorn for years and years (like 25 of them), spend lots of money there, and know every single server, cook, and owner.
And no, despite how it sounds, I’m not a prostitute.
I don’t have to explain myself to you!
At the Staghorn…
Service? Could not have been better. (Guess why.)
Food? Delightful. The waiter knew the menu by heart (I never got to see it), knew exactly what foods Robert and Robert loved and would want, asked me detailed questions about my meat, seafood, and appetizer preferences and offered up some great choices.
We split two orders of grilled calamari and some of most amazing mozzarella with tomatoes I’ve EVER EATEN. And listen, my momma grows some damn good tomatoes – I know me some good mozzarella and tomatoes. This was wild. I couldn’t stop eating it. I almost licked the plate.
Then for our mains (aside from the three bottles of white wine and one bottle of ridiculously fancy red for Bob) we had a porterhouse for two, medium rare. Mmmmm. Mmmmmmmmmmmm. MEAT. I LOVE IT. It didn’t need anything else, it was just rich and buttery and delightful. The steak sauce was amazing too (though not necessary). Bob got a burger and fries and those fries were freaking delicious too.
No one had room for dessert so we all had several glasses of blueberry port, which I’ve never tried before but highly recommend. It was so tasty.
I have no idea how much our check came to but I know it was a lot. And thank god for wealthy friends, because it was well worth it. Definitely recommend Staghorn.