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The Skinny: went in for lunch and it was totally good eats... Their pastrami sandwich is totally delish! (4) service: slightly disorganized in the beginning, it got better by the end (3) value: come in for lunch... You won't regret it (4).
I have been craving a nice piece of medium rare prime rib for weeks. After incessant nagging, I finally convinced the hubs to take me to Lawry's for lunch.
I chose lunch because the prices seemed more reasonable and they had more variety of proteins to choose from (turkey/pastrami/Roast beef). Plus when you get the prime rib plate during lunch, you get to try the creamed spinach and corn.
So we were seated promptly despite a large event occurring in the dining room. We showed our hostess our Lawry's VIP card. She told us to make our server knew about it so earned our points towards rewards dollars. (This was a triple point week... Score!)
We perused our menus and were waiting for a server. We waited. And waited. All the while, other tables were going to the prime rib bar and getting food. I finally flagged down a waiter to ask him what the deal was and to put in a drink order.
He was surprised we didn't have a server yet but he explained that he would take our drink orders. He then told us during lunch, you line up at the prime rib bar and the carver will prepare sandwiches and prime rib plates. If you want any other side items, the server will take your orders. Your server will check in on you to see what you ordered from the bar and will start a check for you.
So we immediately head to the prime rib bar with the line of people putting in their orders.
The carver was quite efficient and we didn't wait long.
I got the luncheon prime rib plate which comes with mashed potatoes, creamed spinach/corn (or a bit of both) and Yorkshire pudding for $24. The hubs got a pastrami sandwich for $14 which comes with choice of bread (he got rye), chips, and condiment bar.
The hubs really loved his hand carved and trimmed pastrami sandwich. The pastrami was melt in your mouth good and the rye bread had a really perfect density to it. He thinks it may be the best pastrami he's had since Katz's deli in NYC which is saying a lot. He helped himself to the unlimited condiment bar where they had coleslaw(okay), potato salad (okay), macaroni salad (okay), marinated mushrooms (good), and marinated cucumber/tomatoes (good). They also had condiments as well such as slices of tomato, pickles, mustard, etc.
My prime rib was pretty freaking delicious. Medium rare, I wolfed down the tender meaty goodness. I opted for half creamed corn and spinach. The creamed corn was unbelievably sweet with a nice bite to eat kernel. Creamed spinach was also very tasty. In comparison the mashed potatoes were rather lackluster (texture was too homogeneous and didn't have enough butter/milk to make it luxurious). Texturally , the Yorkshire pudding was also disappointing - tough/dense and not crispy enough.
After we got back, our server came by and refilled our glasses of water promptly and kept them filled throughout our stay.
Polishing off our meals, the hubs said "I can't believe we missed out on so much for so long." Why indeed, why indeed (4 starred review)
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