Went there with 9 others for a farewell dinner. Service was generally fine but nothing special. Shrimp cocktail - 5 nice big size prawns. Salad - Included in meal and they mix it at your table. Would have liked a special salad instead of plain garden variety. Steak - sliced at your table. I had the English cut - three thin slices (probably about 8 oz). Pretty tasty and cooked according to what I wanted.

Generally, nothing to complain about but the ambiance was a little on the bright side. I think the Intercontinental Steakhouse is much better but also more expensive.

Just another one of those steak dinners. The steak was not bad, wine is a bit over priced. The ambience is not as cozy as most steak houses would be. The restaurant could definitely replace the white tone fluorescent ceiling lights.
The main problem of this restaurant is the foreign waitresses that it hires don't really understand nor speak English. I had a hard time communicating with our waitress. I had to repeat a few times when I placed my order. She even had to check with the others regarding what an "end cut" was.

好多人都話好味，但食完覺得好失望，見面不如聞名，名不副實，完全無料到，係食得飽囉....咁多包。忌廉蘑菇湯，好稀，冇蘑菇味，得幾片好薄嘅蘑菇喺湯度飄浮。所謂出名嘅Prime Rib，只係一般，可能出名薄啩。成個餐竟然係個甜品最好....法式焦糖燉蛋，但亦有其他地方好過佢囉。連咖啡都唔好飲，算吧! 冇謂俾錢食。試一次就夠，起碼知道唔掂。

男朋友是牛癡，話說多年前他路經見到Lawry's和廣告，很想試，然而又被她的格調嚇親，以為貴極而打消念頭。

老實說，以主打肉扒而言的她不算貴，幸好她不自名扒房，否則洲際Steak House、Sheraton的Morton's可要貴她n倍，質素亦好過她n倍~

見男朋友考完試，便跟他訂了Lawry's慶祝。論格調，ok啦，看落頗grand，可惜太嘈，小朋友大癲大叫，韓國客高談闊論，在裝成高檔級服務的氣氛下，用餐環境確實一般。

不喜歡的，還有服務。服務不差，不過過份突兀和做作，令我吃得不舒服，來到又有點催趕的要我開DIstilled water或sparkling water。HEY~ I come for enjoyment but not being rushed & rushed. I won't run away after reading the menu!!!

接著又聽侍應一輪咀的介紹這介紹那... well~ 我需要點空間~

「兩份signiture lawry's cut和一客shrimp cocktail」終於可以order。

送來的麵包，吃得出是新鮮焗製，皮脆內軟，自家製的牛油醬亦好吃，不羶不膩。Shrimp cocktail也合乎預期的好，蝦肉肥厚，新鮮勁爽，蘸上cocktail sauce，一客5件$130，算抵，但實在不夠吃~ 但我還是吃了2件，想他可以多嚐一點。

主菜中最好是薯茸，細滑不過，又夠牛油和薯香，很喜歡。

來到prime rib，失望。

失望在切得不好，rib連帶rib後的部位，入口似牛腩質地，肉過份鬆散，吃得不爽，沒有燒牛肉應有的嚼勁。

Rib的中間部份尚算正常，夠嫩多汁，惟肉味不夠，但由於第一啖送口的感覺已很差，所以沒有再期望什麼。

跟主菜上檯的yorkshire pudding，我沒在英國食過，但曾跟住在英國的朋友到中環那家yorkshire pudding餐廳吃過，知道何為正宗，這裡的一上檯己塌掉，入口偏油，亦基於gravy不夠味，不能提它的味道幫上什麼......

我看人家吃得津津有味，發現每人口味皆不同，也許是我不會吃，亦也許我吃過太多才會有以上comment，愛lawry's的朋友請見諒。

Food was fantastic.
The server was OK.

The Nepalese waitress knocked down a mocktail glass on her tray while serving, emptying the whole full glass onto our table... might be her first day?

Asked for the bill. When you thought those in suits are more senior and experienced, she brought the bill to the table across, where customers were in the middle of the meal. They stared at her... She was still day dreaming having her head down,... until the servers almost shouted telling her it's the other table asking for the bill. She laughed, and so did the others. Fun, huh?

i signed my card, got it back. As she took the receipts and turned her back, I needed to remind her she should give me the customer copy of the sigend card receipt. She laughed again... might also be her first day?

(sigh).... they are all very young, which has nothing wrong. But I cannot imagine they can be so unprofessional.

I went to Lawry's for the 14th anniversay with my wife. I took my favorite red wine Carruades de Lafite to the restaurant & expecting a delicious dinner. We ordered:

1: Spinning Salad x 2- ok
2: Stuffed crab x 2 - no taste
3: Lobster Soup - Lobster cold & smelly
4: Roasted beef - california Cut x 1 - ok
5: Roasted beef - Medium Diamond cut x 1 *** Too rare - too bad
6: Desert - Apple Pie - Bad

I feel so disappointed and I waste the fine wine by the poor food. I'll never visit again.

2009-10-24 Sunny & Warm

Heard about Lawry for some time but did not play a visit so far since I am not keen on roast beef. In order to have surprise, I did not check for Lawry's history before the visit. It is always interesting to know a success secret by experience rather than reading.

Stepping in the restaurant, we started to have those old days feel. It says it is 30s.
They prove themselves to be a long history restaurant by posting up lots of pictures on corridor walls. We were leaded to sit in a "study room"! Our table was just next to a huge book shelf, in fact, the whole small room was surrounded by book shelfs. Those book were real (got words inside) but same type though so they were able to be placed in the shelf very neat and tidy. Shortly after we were seated, a waitress dressed in 30's maid uniform come to serve us with delighted smile on her face most of the time. We later found that she comes from Nepal.

Let me take a break here, I understood now what Lawry offers to guests is the dinning experience. I got a feeling that "a show is coming soon".

Yes, I considered the way the waitress serve you the spinning salad. And the way the chef pull the big silver carvery cart to your table and carved you the delicous roast beef were "shows". This service stimulates not just your appertize but your happy signal.

Certainly, Lawry would not be successful without high quality of food.

These were what we ordered:
Lobster soup - rich & delicious. Lobster soup is actually not difficult to cook well as long as the restaurant use sufficient lobster shell and meat. So, there is no surprise but up to standard.

Stuffed crab meat with shell - good with lots of crab meat, delicious!

Spinning bowl salad - the sauce is home made, not oily, healthy & taste good

Roast Beef - served with plenty of sauce Yummy!!
The portion was quite a lot for us even with English cut. There were 4 big thin slices came with mesh potato and yorkshire pudding. I did not know what yorkshire pudding was as it sound like some kind of dessert to me. But it was actually soft bread cooked and served by a iron pan.

Seasonal salt & pepper - famous and home made. However, we did not tell a big difference, sorry!!

In short, a wonderful dinning experience. Worth to try at least once.

*need to mention that we have 50% discount by using AE Platinum Card, so, it is definitely a good deal. We also given excess tips to the waitress as the service is really good.

今次朋友替我慶祝生日, 點了citibank 2 人餐,
另額外叫了龍蝦湯及spring water.

蝦&蟹蓋好新鮮, 很有驚喜
龍蝦湯味濃, 值得一試
牛排都ok, 但不會很有驚喜~
其他菜色如沙律, 甜品, 飲品真的感覺很普通, 但當然不會很差.

幸好餐廳樓底很高, 枱也不算太密, 都坐得好舒適, 可補救食物部份不足.
服務也頗佳.

睇完openrice食評, 一直好期待受到好好o既service, 點知...
1) book 枱o既時間已經講明朋友生日, 打算俾佢吹下蠟燭, waitress仲講明唔駛再提, 到時佢地會知道點做...唔知係邊度出錯...竟然無黎到....我都幾唔開心, 講真食個set唔係平, 想有d驚喜o者, 點知都ignore左, 咁佢sell 咩service呢?

2) 雖然話有個專人負責我張枱, 不過我唔覺得佢特別serve得好...反而覺得佢地d waiter/ waitress成日傾計, 細聲講大聲笑. 我唔知依間餐廳o既定位係邊, 不過我就覺得一d都唔high!

3) 食物ok, 無太大驚喜...係預期之內!

兩個人食左成八百幾, 如果食物質素無特別好, 服務亦未如理想, 我唔會介紹任何朋友去, 好失望!!!!!

生日正日, 老公和我去了他公司附近的一商場六樓, 我也不知是吃什麼的. 由於這商場十分高級, 在餐廳外面見, 也好像很高級, 很貴似的.
它的樣子好像是吃歐洲食物的 (e.g. 意大利 / 法國), 因為食物都很精緻. 但老公說原來是間美國餐廳, 心中覺得和Dan Ryan, Rudy Tuesday那些很不相似.
是晚有個信用咭套餐, 有齊頭盆湯, 出名的牛扒, 甜品等, 都只是幾百元, 很抵.我們叫了一個. 另外老公散叫了一些菜式, 雖然沒有套餐般優惠, 但信用咭有85折, 也不錯.
環境方面, 我們只是早一天/ 半天訂位, 已經可以坐在一比較有私隱的sofa.
服務方面非常好, 一入座便有服務員自我介紹, 全晚將會由她來serve我們. (之後的表演撈沙律也是由她操刀)
後來, 有一枱有人生日, 幾位服務員走過去和他/她唱生日歌及送上甜品 (好像其他餐廳般e.g. Little Italy) 我立即問老公, 有沒有和我安排先?
之後陸陸續續再有人生日, 我們聽到不下6-7次生日歌. 終於, 有服務員拿著甜品走過來我們這邊. 心想, 仲唔輪到我? 老公果然有做野.
點知服務員一個屈尾十去左隔離枱!又係唱生日歌! 我同老公講, 夠啦! 太多啦!唔使同我安排了. (後來去toilet時遇到隔離枱那位小姐, 真係想同佢講: 乜你又係今日生日呀?我又係噃!)
今餐的食物水準不錯, 又夠精緻, 又有表演撈沙律看, 又有架牛扒車過來在你面前切. 吃到超飽.
到上甜品時間, 兩位服務員來了, 今次真係輛到唱生日歌比我! (點解得2位服務員?可能太多人生日了, 分薄左) 甜品上面仲寫了 “To my dear wife”, 即是一早order了.
之後再有幾枱人同樣唱生日歌, 總計我在場的時間共有over10次!
這裡無疑是慶祝生日的好地方. 不過下次如果要來, 就要約早些, 早些到甜品位. 因為可以做第一次唱生日歌那個. 不要做最尾那個!
是晚2人共$980.

we tried the the signature Spinning Bowl Salad, the lobster soup, The Prime Rib and 2 cocktails n 2 desserts - tiramisu, rum cheese cake (free)

all the food were pretty good and I've never has a better lobster soup before! the prime rib were not as good as the side dishes, i.e. the mashed potatoes!!! the sauce of the prime rib is quite unique mixed with the juice of the meat~

the serivce is super GREAT! they has a system to guide each of the waitress to serve few tables and the waitress served with great smile~

1 thing not too good was the drinks...it was too artificial and not worth to try!

Book左weekend黎食. 卑左我地坐細房, 較大廳靜, 兩個人卑四人檯我地亦坐得較舒服. 裝修好似響美國d舊式圖書館. Waitress一身french maid裝束令我覺得有d 恐怖.

Spinning Bowl Salad: 雖然係跟main dish的, 但都係一個好認真的沙律. Waitress推架車出黎, 放個salad兜響冰上面轉, 然後落醬撈. 叉亦係雪凍的. 但可能本身唔太好thousand island. 個人認為個沙律只係ok. 唔係特別好味.

California cut prime rib with mashed potato and Yorkshire pudding: 師傅推架成架子彈火車的車出黎. 響面前切. 其實冇乜好睇, 因為個師傅基本上自己遮住晒自己切野. 叫左medium rare. 個prime rib 唔係特別好味. 牛味ok. d 邊好淋但中間有d ‘奀’. 反而鍾意佢兩種horseradish 芥末. Mashed potato好滑. 個gravy稍咸. 亦唔鍾意個咸咸地的Yorkshire pudding. Waitress話同個gravy好夾…唔覺.

Lychee Sorbet: 比想像中好味. 荔枝味都夠. 但唔應該有pat cream響面, 連cream食搶晒d荔枝味.

隔離檯有人生日, 餐廳送左個小cheesecake過佢. 兩位waitress仲唱生日歌. 不過佢地需要去練下歌囉… Service好美國. 好唔好就見仁見智, 因為我覺得有d 煩. 其實唔洗講甘多野, 同埋唔洗連鹽樽都開埋比我掛?!?!

總結: 普通. 唔覺prime rib好食到會值甘多名人介紹.

今日來到Lawry's，因為有citibank卡的優惠。我們就點了citibank的優惠餐：

每位一杯 Lawry's Private Label 餐酒或指定特飲
鮮大蝦咯嗲 和 法式焗釀蟹蓋
冰旋翡翠沙律
特級燒牛肉 – 加州薄切，香滑薯茸及英式烘薄酥餅
暖朱古力蛋糕

我們叫了兩杯cocktail，味道好新奇好特別，好味。頭盤的蝦同蟹蓋味道亦一流。冰旋翡翠沙律的製作就頗有趣，但是味道就沒有什麼特別，同普通沙律一樣。這幾味菜的大小都適中，不大不小。

來到主菜了，雖然是薄切，但是都有3-5mm厚，絕對不薄，而且有手掌般大，肉汁豐富，我去到呢一道菜就已經吃不完了。

最後的朱古力蛋糕亦只能吃了幾口，因為實在係大飽了。

真係估唔到高級餐廳的份量會咁多，所以覺得呢一餐超值。

但係大廰真係唔靜，雖然亦不至於好嘈。

最近見減肥成功，於是約班朋友去食餐好嘢，佢地揀咗好多名人都幫襯嘅Lawry’s The Prime Rib試一試，入得我個口梗係好味啦! Lawry’s係全球其中一間享負盛名嘅特級燒牛肉(Prime Rib)餐廳，Ｄ位好舒服，Ｄservice又好好，會特別assign一位waitress服侍你，佢最特別設計就係有架不鏽鋼銀色餐車（Silver Cart），唔好睇少呢架餐車，佢可以保持特級嘅燒牛肉(Prime Rib)喺最佳狀態，D大廚會將架餐車推嚟推去，跟住會喺顧客面前分切。

首先上一客龍蝦湯，好有水準，D龍蝦好爽好有味，湯味唔係太鹹!

跟住嚟個法式焗蟹蓋，入面全部都係蟹肉，大大條,好新鮮!

我仲叫咗個大蝦咯嗲，D蝦好鮮好爽，賣相好吸引!

佢地推介必食嘅係Spinning Bowl Salad，係用上一個雪到好凍嘅大鋼盤，放喺Ｄ冰碎上面，將佢高速旋轉，再放沙律菜﹑醬汁﹑個waitress會撥動個BOWL 等佢再自轉幾十下，跟住會奉上一把冰凍嘅沙律叉配合嚟食，好味架！

終於到主菜燒牛肉喇! .......我叫嘅係California Cut, Medium Rare，真係好多肉汁而且口感好嫩滑，D mashed potato又好滑,仲要配合Yorshire Pudding一齊食, 好味道!

最後上個甜品，暖暖嘅朱古力蛋榚，我覺得有少少似心太軟，暖笠笠嘅蛋榚夾住凍冰冰嘅雪榚，感覺好特別。

食完咁豪華嘅晚餐，感覺好滿足呀!

久仰Lawry’s大名, 知它是出名的過江龍, 價錢也是成正比。因為本人不太好肉類, 因此它一直不在我的trying list上。湊巧”哈比”的AE card有半價優惠, 有此誘因下, 一於go go go見識一下。

當晚是happy Friday, 心情自然輕鬆愉快, 好的開始是成功的一半。之前狂刨OR做功課, 未看餐牌已有點眉目。因為我倆都不是大食之人, 如要兩個set會很膩, 所以就點了一個set來share, 另點一致好評的龍蝦湯, 焗蟹蓋, 鐵板炒蘑菇。set包一個冰旋翡翠沙律, 會即場由侍應拌成。坦白說整個過程相當造作, 我不信醬汁從高處倒下去和澆在沙律上面在味道上有什麼分別, 就當是看show吧。沙律菜甚為新鮮爽口, 夾雜着碎蛋粒和麵包粒吃, 好吃但不特別。吃第一道菜已暗自慶幸只點一個set, 因為單計沙律已相當大份, 半份等於坊間的全份。跟着上的是龍蝦湯, 是我覺得全晚最出色的, 香濃鮮美得沒話說, 沒有煎燶蝦殼的焦味, 比法式牛排屋的高不止幾班。以80元價錢可享受美味的湯和龍蝦肉, 是超值之選。唯一要彈的是湯的熱度不夠, 未夠100分, 不過這也可能是share的問題, 分湯需時, 令湯也涼了少許。

焗蟹蓋上枱的時候不禁嘩一聲, 因為實在的骰得可以, 賣140元好像太貴。用叉叉開裡面的餡料, 又不禁嘩一聲, 原來全部都是一絲絲的蟹肉, 釀在蟹蓋內, 份量不少, 不過多多益善呀。 吃進口裡非常鮮甜, 沒有茨汁一pat pat的毛病。 不論是否在貴價餐廳, 每次點這道菜都是失望居多, 不是蟹肉是雪收藏貨無味之餘, 就是醬多過肉, 似是空口吃醬。 這個也在推介之列。

來Lawry’s當然是吃牛肉, 一早和”哈比”說過, 這裡是燒牛肉,不是炭燒牛排。我們要medium well, 不過中心仍是嫩紅色的。我們見掛金牌上身的廚師把餐車推到面前切肉, 雖然也是show的一種, 不過表現自然, 沒有攪沙律的那種浮誇。牛肉不靱, 不過肉味較淡, 作為招牌菜有點過譽。Yorkshire pudding沒有其他食評所言那麼難食, 是可以的, 相信是配搭的關係吧, 和牛排一起吃是相當膩的。

總括而言, 這裡的菜色具水準, 尤其是湯及頭盤, 令人有回頭意欲 (以半價計), 至於full price, 就要考慮一下了。