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Peter Luger

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Critics' Rating: Price Range: $$$$
Reader Rating:
9.3 out of 10

18 Reviews | Write a Review
Cuisine: Steakhouse

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Prices

$75-$95

Payment Methods

Cash Only

Special Features

Classic NY
Good for Groups
Kid-Friendly
Private Dining/Party Space

Alcohol

Full Bar

Reservations

Required

Profile

The room isn't handsome, street-slick, or even particularly welcoming. It recalls the kind of establishment that sports a banner running from beam to beam every year proclaiming !oktoberfest! The patrons may have come here straight from their booths at the Javits Center. The staff goes about its nonstop business with cordial if mechanical efficiency, serving onion-and-tomato salads, creamed spinach, and pasty fried potatoes. So why is it always more crowded than Toys 'R' Us on the weekend before Christmas? Because there are few gastronomic sensations that confirm the good life better than a hunk of a spectacular steak. And Peter Luger can broil and deliver one magnificently aged and marbleized two-finger-thick porterhouse after another with the unfailing certainty of Dustin Hoffman adenoidally reciting baseball scores. So don't even ask for a menu. Get big. Eat beef. — Hal Rubenstein

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Apply for your own Peter Luger credit card, or bring cash.

Recommended Dishes

Steak for two, $81; steak for three, $124.50; steak for four, $166; creamed spinach, $8.95; sizzling canadian bacon, $2.95/slice

Reader Ratings

9.3

can't go wrong

big_pickle from jersey | Posted on 11/13/05

Overall Reader Rating: 10 (Highly Recommended)


Food:	10
Service:	6

Décor:	6

Value:	9

The steak is pure and delicious. I recommend medium rare which is much more favorful than medium well. The side vegetables are unexpectedly good. Compared to steak houses in the same category as Peter Luger's, the pricing is excellent. There...Read More

steak for the non-carnivorous

pcelica from williamsburg | Posted on 7/12/05

Overall Reader Rating: 9 (Highly Recommended)


Food:	9
Service:	9

Décor:	8

Value:	9

i am slowly on my way to becoming a vegetarian, but our medium rare was truly to die for. i do not know what they did to that cow, but it's absolute magic by the time it gets to you...Read More