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| - For me, this was a trippy dining experience. Obviously, I don't do fine dining much at all. We showed up before 5:00 p.m. for our reservation. Since dinner service starts at 5:00 p.m., you have to wait to be seated. Conveniently, there's a cozy bar adjacent to the lobby to grab a coctail while you wait.
When dinner service began, the waitresses (all dressed in old school English maid outfits with small white hat pieces) lined up to escort diners to their tables. Our waitress identified herself as Mrs. Morrison (formerly of Orange County, CA). Mrs. Morrison was polished and certainly knew how to make you feel at ease with your dining experience.
We had prime rib, which comes out in a cool silver rolling carver's capsule. You pick your cut of meat and the carver (wearing an impressive gold hubcap sized hip hop medallion around his neck) slices your meat to order.
We got the standard Lawry's cut of meat, which is a decent size. It comes with mashed potatoes, Yorkshire pudding (from the mother county) and the spinning salad. We added cream corn and spinach for about $7 each (clearly, these side orders are money makers).
The meal was good. The meat was perfect. For me, the mashed potatoes were a little too broken down and soggy. I expect they were heavily infused with butter.
Overall, it was a great dining experience. I'd easily go back. It seems the lure of Lawry's Prime Rib is as much about the dining experience as the food.
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