La Maison du Steak Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Amazing, high quality steak that came with sides and sauce at no additional cost."
• "The steak here is wonderful. I have never come here and left feeling disappointed."
• "The texture was marshmallow and the taste pure beef."
• "The steak was cooked to perfection. I had the mature rib eye on the bone, my partner the fillet steak. The freshness and flavour of both cuts was outstanding."
• "The beef literally fell to pieces and tasted amazing!"
• "The food was fabulous, some things I've never seen before, good variety and all delicious."
• "The food was simply outstanding."

Cons:

• "They were out of a lot of items on the menu such as drinks."
• "The steak was chewy and tasteless."
• "The french onion soup was flavorless."
• "It did not taste like a gratin."
• "The remainder of us ordered from the specials menu (sashi black striploin) and were left disappointed with our meals."
• "The steak I received was so burnt on one side all I could taste was charcoal."
• "Ordered Le Classic steak which was inedible, my friend ordered the same and he also struggled to chew his."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff always attentive."
• "The service was friendly and very efficient."
• "The service was prompt polite and knowledgeable."
• "Service was excellent, the waitress was very attentive and efficient."
• "Service was attentive with good knowledge of their menu."
• "The service was excellent - knowledgeable staff who accommodated a late change in numbers without any fuss."
• "Staff very cheerful and attentive."

Cons:

• "No idea about the food but the atmosphere and service was immediately apparent (poor) based on our very negative interaction with the staff."
• "The waiters attitude was bad. We didn’t feel welcomed."
• "Went in and asked for a table and were greeted with very rude and impatient staff."
• "Lemme get this straight. They had amazingly delicious food, honestly!!! The best steak and duck foie gras or créme brûlée. But service, OMG, the worst I’ve seen."
• "Really nice food but sadly the service wasn't the best."
• "The service was poor."
• "Service was dreadful though."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Low stress, big volume food, great ambience and an epic menu."
• "The atmosphere was warm and welcoming particularly since it was foul weather outside."
• "The restaurant has got a very friendly atmosphere."
• "A good atmosphere. It feels like little France in Cambridge."
• "Lovely atmosphere and friendly staff, not to mention the beautiful food!"
• "The atmosphere was great, warm lively with a good family atmosphere."
• "Nice setting, lovely atmosphere - classic-contemporary atrium feel to the ground floor and a slightly more intimate feel upstairs."

Cons:

• "Would never go back... Extremely uncared for decor, awful."
• "Poor hygiene - flies could be seen everywhere and they even landed on my dish."
• "Hardly anyone came up to see how things went. Felt a bit lonely up there with no interaction."
• "Small seating area, they sat us next to the small bar, which had a glass washing sitting on a wooden frames, didn't look too safe, staff keep bumping into us."
• "The most annoying thing about my experience was that they had music playing in the restaurant and completely different music playing in the kitchen really loud."
• "No lights on toilets and generally toilets could do with TLC."
• "WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS RESTAURANT to anyone unless you wanna pay service charge for a horrible service."

Value

Pros:

• "Not the cheapest but definitely worth the price."
• "Amazing service, great food at reasonable prices considering the quality and quantity of food!"
• "We got a huge tomahawk (950g with bone) for 2, plus drinks and it came to less than £60."
• "We spend around £25-30 per head including wine and service, and felt we got value for money."
• "Food was delicious and well-priced, with a great selection for all tastes."
• "The food is reasonably priced for the quality."
• "Never been to any steak house where food was this cheap AND delicious."

Cons:

• "The drinks are a little expensive."
• "The cost of the food just did not match the quality provided, this is why I feel the food was overpriced."
• "The food was average but quite expensive. £5 for a bottle of beer is ridiculous even for Cambridge."
• "The food was average but quite expensive."
• "It is definitely overpriced but at least you can be sure you will have a nice beautiful steak."
• "Awful! Overpriced French food. Don't go."
• "Very poor selection of beers. Serving 0.33l in pint glasses is also bad and not everyone in England drinks wine with their steak."