Prime Steak and Grill Reviews Summary

Category: Steak house St Albans

Address: 83-85 London Rd, St Albans, AL1 1LN, United Kingdom

Phone: +441727840309

Rating: 4.6
based on 213 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "Service is excellent."
  • "Service is always attentive."
  • "Staff were absolutely quality dealing with our entire smashed office staff."
  • "Staff was very friendly."
  • "Staff here are wonderful, my waiter was so helpful and descriptive."
  • "Staff were super polite and helpful."
  • "Service always starts of great whenever we go to Prime."

Cons:

  • "Service glacial."
  • "At this price I expect better quality waiting."
  • "Music so loud waitress couldn't hear us properly and got order wrong."
  • "I have never experienced such terrible service and a lot of arrogance."
  • "They were replaced, but with NO apology from the female manager who brought them to us."
  • "Service always goes massively downhill, like they run out of steam."
  • "The staff just stare at you and are not very welcoming."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "Great atmosphere, long gin selection, solid wine list."
  • "Good atmosphere and full of people upstairs even on a Tuesday night."
  • "Cosy and a great atmosphere."
  • "The ambiance is often described as cozy and inviting."
  • "Friendly staff and good vibe - we will definitely be returning."
  • "The low lighting, the seating, music type and sound level and atmosphere were perfect."
  • "The restaurants has a really classy vibe with terrace which backs on to the high street."

Cons:

  • "It was expensive and not worth the money."
  • "3 hours for a 2 course meal is not hitting the level of expectation from a restaurant at this price point."
  • "Loud music which made it difficult to hear each other."
  • "Without booze the bill for the family came it at over £200. The food is simply no longer worth it."
  • "The tomahawk for £75 was not worth it."
  • "Tonight the service was absolutely pathetic... Absolutely unacceptable."
  • "It’s not a relaxing experience when you have to flag down a waiter for every single request."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The quality of the meat goes beyond and beyond."
  • "Fabulous steakhouse. Real meat lovers paradise."
  • "Best steak we have ever had, mouthwatering."
  • "Everything we tried was cooked to perfection, from the starter to the steak."
  • "Truly the best steak I've had in the UK."
  • "Definitely the best steaks in St Albans."
  • "We had the best steak in town."

Cons:

  • "The steak was probably the biggest disappointment, the fillet was overcooked and tough."
  • "Wings were awful and shouldn't even be on the menu."
  • "The fillet didn’t have much flavor either."
  • "Their ‘triple cooked’ chips are not triple cooked."
  • "The herb butter was tasteless."
  • "The staff was friendly but the food was below average."
  • "The steak was well done, tough and had boiled beef flavours."

Parking & Accessibility

Pros:

  • "Great idea to have corkage on your own wine on a Monday evening - which makes the prices acceptable."
  • "On-site parking is non existent but there might be parking on the main road available (free of charge for 1 hour)."
  • "Parking isn't great but there is always the Maltings or several other multi-story car parks available which are not too expensive."

Cons:

  • "Lack of parking facilities."
  • "Parking was a nightmare."

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