Manny's Steak House - burgers

Even though our last experience at Manny’s wasn’t all that great, we decided to go back for lunch and give it another try. I’d been wanting to try their burgers for awhile anyway. We were seated right away, no reservations necessary for lunch apparently.

John had the steak sandwich with fries. It was topped with sautéed mushrooms and bacon as well. It was cooked medium rare as ordered.

I had the prime burger with cheese and bacon. It had a pile of onions strings on top too. The burger was cooked medium as ordered and was very thick and juicy. The bacon on this burger was amazing. I think it was Nueske’s bacon too. Very thick with lots of smoky flavor. The fries were very good as well. They looked and tasted like fresh, hand cut fries. I really liked that they came with a side of béarnaise sauce.

The service was much better on this visit than the previous visit. It did not seem very busy, but we were in the front section and the booths are tall, as it is hard to tell if other booths were occupied or not. The server checked back often and kept our beverages filled.

Here is a link to the recent Manny's post I mentioned at the top of the post: http://whereshouldwegomsp.blogspot.com/2015/02/mannys-steak-house.html.


Manny’s Steak House
825 South Marquette Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(612) 339-9900
http://www.mannyssteakhouse.com/

Manny's Steak House

We visited Manny’s Steakhouse for our anniversary celebration this year. We had a reservation, we were seated right away and it was surprisingly busy for a Monday night. It took awhile for our server to come by with drink menus. He seemed to be very rushed right off the bat.

We ordered drinks, he dropped them off and then a bit later brought menus over for us to review. It seemed like we were waiting a long time for him to come back to take our order. We did get the tour of the meat cart with the live lobster handing out on the side. The meat cart is a bit of a spectacle and an important part of the Manny’s experience though.

my Irish cock and bull drink; very strong! 

bread basket; tried not to eat much, but we were starving 

We started with the lobster crab cakes and they were excellent. There was a lot of lobster in them and not much filler. They had a lot of Old Bay flavor and were maybe a touch salty, but not bad.

Then we waited some more. I don’t know how long it took our food to arrive, but it was a long time. I knew things were off when the server came back and asked if we wanted onions in the hash browns. I’d originally asked to have bacon added as well, but I forgot that when he came back in a rush to confirm. Oh well.

So we had the hash browns with onions and they really were excellent. The portion is gigantic and the potatoes were crisp on the edges and less done in the center.

We shared the ribeye steak. The steak was delicious and seasoned well. It was cooked unevenly however. The left side was far more done that the other side.

Since it was our anniversary we did get a complimentary dessert, the Bailey’s chocolate cake. They pour additional chocolate fudge over the cake at the table, to make it even more decadent. It was topped with real whipped cream and the bottom was very dense and sweet and the top had the Bailey’s flavor in it. You could taste the alcohol a bit!

Overall, our Manny’s experience felt very mixed. The service was not that great and the steak was not cooked evenly, so I felt a bit disappointed. I feel at this price point everything should be perfect or darn near perfect and it certainly was not.  Our night was not ruined by any means, it just could have been a lot better. I’m not sure that we will be rushing back to Manny’s anytime soon. I think our money is better spent elsewhere.


Manny’s Steak House
825 South Marquette Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(612) 339-9900
http://www.mannyssteakhouse.com/