Lindey's Prime Steak House

It seems to me Lindey's is one of those places that has been open forever, since 1958 to be exact, though you really don't hear very much about it very often anymore. Maybe it is because it is off the beaten path up in Arden Hills or because the menu is rather limited.

Lindey's only offers four entrees on the menu: sirloin steak, prime sirloin, broiled shrimp and prime chopped sirloin. All entrees come with house salad, garlic bread, hash browned potatoes and watermelon rind. For the price, the full meal is a good value.

The garlic bread was very buttery and tasty. I believe we also received starter salads with our meals, but I forgot to take a photo of them. They were rather basic iceberg lettuce salads.

They bring the steak out on a cart and slice it into four pieces table side. For some reason, I love it when food is finished or prepared table side. The steak was cooked perfectly and very tender. We could only eat about half of the steak and took the rest home for a lunchtime treat the next day.

The au gratin potatoes, or as they call them hash browned potatoes, were quite good, not overly cheesy or greasy either.

This is a slightly better photo of the steak. I was trying to avoid using my camera's flash.

They also give you pickled watermelon rind, which is in the little cup in front of the steak in the photo above. The waitress said it is supposed to be a palate cleanser and it will allow your tenth bite of steak to taste like the first bite again. I'm not sure it worked like that for me, but I tried it and found it to be a sweet break from savory foods.

Overall we were pleasantly surprised with our dinner at Lindey's. The food was good and the service was pretty good too. The waitress seemed very rushed throughout our visit, but she took the time to answer any questions we had. Our drink order too awhile to arrive, but the food arrived pretty quickly. The atmosphere is very old school. It is not fancy, just a wood paneled room with wooden tables and chairs. Due to the location being quite far from where we live, I am not sure we will return anytime soon however. There are so many choices for steak in the metro area.

Deals & Discounts: I had signed up for their birthday club and coupon was good for a couple months after my birthday, so we did not exactly rush to get there. The deal was for $25 off your dinner, which  is a very good value since the special sirloin is $28.95.

Lindey's Prime Steak House
3600 Snelling Ave N
Arden Hills, MN 55112
(651) 633-9813
www.theplaceforsteak.com/