Dempsey’s Steakhouse

Went here for hubby’s birthday. Have been here many times. They no longer have the salad bar, which was disappointing Sparce crowds, threadbare carpet. Menu «is being updated «, so many items on menu were unavailable. Service was friendly, but slow because it appeared they were not fully staffed. Bar was packed. Bar l is adjacent to Dempsay’s. The food is not up to par for the prices… there are better places to eat here now. It is showing signs of financial distress to me

Great food, great service. Visiting here from So. Cal and had shrimp scampi which was delicious.

Arrival day at the resort and headed over for lunch. Food was very good, definitely pricey, generous portions however, the kitchen was painfully slow. We got there at 1:15 and for a group of 8 it took almost an hour to bring out 4 wraps, 1 salad, 1 margarita pizza and 2 hot pastrami sandwiches. Definitely will go back but definitely won’t go back starving!

This was my second visit to Dempsey’s which was New Year’s Eve. That was my first mistake. They called me 3 times to confirm my reservation and to tell me they had a 75.00 minimum and NO coupons (which I thought was simply rude). But I persevered because my first visit there was so good.
We arrived and decided to valet park at the hotel, with 3 attendants standing around it took both of us to get their attention. We arrived at Dempsey’s and the girls at the desk AGAIN told us there was a 75.00 minimum. (4^th time). We sat down and guess what our waitress told us … Yep, there is a 75.00 minimum. (5^th time).
We both ordered the 10oz. Filet medium a Caesar salad and baked potato. The Caesar was very good and made fresh at the table. That’s where the good ended. Our steaks arrived extremely rare, we were not happy and sent them back to be cooked to medium. The manager Ben brought the steaks back, said nothing and simply walked away. The steaks still were still rare,
we flagged down our waitress and she sent Ben back to our table, who agreed the steaks were still rare and agreed a steakhouse should be able to cook a steak. He then walk away after we declined sending them back again to wait another 15 min. After a few minutes he comes back, ignoring me and speaking only to my companion that he would be «buying her steak tonight». and simply walked away.
We had a baked potato, salad and 2 drinks, dessert for $ 127.00. Oh yeah, Ben only took one steak off. We waited for Beni to adjust the check and after 20 minutes our waitress finally decided to adjust the check herself.
Chelsea our waitress was very good and attentive, but Ben was the worst manager I have ever seen, never once did he apologize and he actually seemed annoyed at us for insisting our food be prepared the way we ordered it. Our bill emended up being about $ 65.00. Oh my gosh now we were under the minimum!!! We paid our bill tipped Chelsea appropriately and left disappointed and likely will be going to Bern’s in Tampa from now on who know how to cook a steak and the mangers are professional and appropriate. Dempsey’s lost a customer because of the food and mangers response. We arrived @ 6pm and left at 8:30pm, most of that time was spent waiting for steaks to be cooked properly or waiting for the manager Ben.

We had dinner there on Christmas Eve. It was wonderful ! And, a special thank you to our waiter, Nick! We especially enjoyed our Caesar salad made table side. Great evening and great food.

One of the best meals I’ve had in a long, long time. And the service was outstanding thanks to Ryan… definitely a special occasion evening, and they go out of their way to make it special.