Miller and Carter Steakhouse

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sly fox

2,220 posts

218 months

Tuesday 20th September 2016
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JDiz said:
yes, when abroad we try and hit the best steakhouses about, has to be done when visiting the USA.
Interesting- posted before that Keens was terrible when we went. Sent steaks back several times as it was overcooked - then they left sidedishes on table to get cold - before we asked for some hot ones. Steak was OK and nothing remarkable at all.

Staff did not seem to care either, that's my lasting memory of the place. Like many NYC restaurants you have to book a long time in advance - so wonder if they get complacent as mostly full many lunches and evenings. I wouldn't recommend Keens to anyone. I'll have to check with colleagues in Manhattan as to which restaurant they favour at the moment for a great steak.

In fact, i cannot remember having a truly great steak in the US. Their beef is overrated in my view. Had some phenomenal Argentinian steaks, great Brazilians barbecues, best steak i've ever eaten was in Dubai (at an Argentinian restaurant). Plenty of UK restaurants with Scottish or Herefordshire beef were far better than i remember US steaks tasting. When i go to NYC now i deliberately don't do steak houses. So much choice there- it's a bit boring anyway! Or Fade St social in Dublin - now the Irish beef there is incredible.

My company likes to go to S&W for meetings quite often - and you cannot fault the aged texture of their meat- it's very tender, but it just doesn't taste that amazing.
I tend to go for Rib-eye to get the flavour but do enjoy a good fillet. Have had Chateaubriand at Raymond Blancs brasseries a few times- that has been consistently delicious, well cooked and great service. I've been to Hawksmoor once - great food but you don't feel like you get great value.


Cotty

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39,389 posts

283 months

Tuesday 20th September 2016
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sc0tt said:
Different note, I keep seeing you in the windsor hehe
I have a stalker yikes

Mr Roper

12,985 posts

193 months

Tuesday 20th September 2016
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CoinSl0t said:
My wife and I went to Gaucho Canary Wharf this weekend, I had an 800gram rib eye and she had fillet medallions along with starters and sides etc.

Not cheap at £240 for the two of us, but fantastic food and service, wouldn't hesitate to go back in future.


Jesus titty fking christ.



Burwood

18,709 posts

245 months

Tuesday 20th September 2016
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JDiz said:
rsbmw said:
24oz Rib eye on the bone at "Upstairs at the Grill" in Chester yesterday

upstairs at the grill is by far the best steak place we have been to outside of the US, way better than hawksmoor or gaucho or cau locally. Up there with Lugers, Berns or Keens.
Please guys can we stop mentioning Cau in the same thread about quality steaks. It is diner type experience. No atmosphere, plastic chairs, st meat, cooked incorrectly. You are in and out in 40 mins. Terrible place.

Burwood

18,709 posts

245 months

Tuesday 20th September 2016
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Mr Roper said:
CoinSl0t said:
My wife and I went to Gaucho Canary Wharf this weekend, I had an 800gram rib eye and she had fillet medallions along with starters and sides etc.

Not cheap at £240 for the two of us, but fantastic food and service, wouldn't hesitate to go back in future.


Jesus titty fking christ.
I've always had a great experience at GG CanaryW. A very slick restaurant which is always very busy.

craigjm

17,909 posts

199 months

Tuesday 20th September 2016
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Burwood said:
Please guys can we stop mentioning Cau in the same thread about quality steaks.
I thought this was a thread about Miller and Carter not quality steaks hehe

easytiger123

2,591 posts

208 months

Wednesday 21st September 2016
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sly fox said:
Interesting- posted before that Keens was terrible when we went. Sent steaks back several times as it was overcooked - then they left sidedishes on table to get cold - before we asked for some hot ones. Steak was OK and nothing remarkable at all.

Staff did not seem to care either, that's my lasting memory of the place. Like many NYC restaurants you have to book a long time in advance - so wonder if they get complacent as mostly full many lunches and evenings. I wouldn't recommend Keens to anyone. I'll have to check with colleagues in Manhattan as to which restaurant they favour at the moment for a great steak.

In fact, i cannot remember having a truly great steak in the US. Their beef is overrated in my view. Had some phenomenal Argentinian steaks, great Brazilians barbecues, best steak i've ever eaten was in Dubai (at an Argentinian restaurant). Plenty of UK restaurants with Scottish or Herefordshire beef were far better than i remember US steaks tasting. When i go to NYC now i deliberately don't do steak houses. So much choice there- it's a bit boring anyway! Or Fade St social in Dublin - now the Irish beef there is incredible.

My company likes to go to S&W for meetings quite often - and you cannot fault the aged texture of their meat- it's very tender, but it just doesn't taste that amazing.
I tend to go for Rib-eye to get the flavour but do enjoy a good fillet. Have had Chateaubriand at Raymond Blancs brasseries a few times- that has been consistently delicious, well cooked and great service. I've been to Hawksmoor once - great food but you don't feel like you get great value.
Had a pretty similar experience at Keens. Massively overrated.

Sir Bagalot

6,463 posts

180 months

Wednesday 21st September 2016
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Burwood said:
Mr Roper said:
CoinSl0t said:
My wife and I went to Gaucho Canary Wharf this weekend, I had an 800gram rib eye and she had fillet medallions along with starters and sides etc.

Not cheap at £240 for the two of us, but fantastic food and service, wouldn't hesitate to go back in future.


Jesus titty fking christ.
I've always had a great experience at GG CanaryW. A very slick restaurant which is always very busy.
They served you steaks on a slab of wood? No thanks

TheExcession

11,669 posts

249 months

Wednesday 21st September 2016
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sly fox said:
Had some phenomenal Argentinian steaks
Interesting you mention this, I'd swear they were lacing it with crack when I was there.

Just the best. "I want, nay need more steak" I've ever eaten - absolutely out of this world.

I was only there working for a week (WRC), and of the crew that were eating steak for breakfast, lunch and dinner and perhaps a 3am snack, all of us reported miserable depression for a few weeks on return to the UK. We'd all done long haul to other places, but the return/come-down from Argentina was really bad.

With out doubt the best most yummy steak I've ever eaten.





anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 21st September 2016
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Sir Bagalot said:
They served you steaks on a slab of wood? No thanks
Possibly because it wouldn't fit a normal dinner plate? My wife's meal was on a standard looking plate.

I remember they had to butterfly it to reduce cooking time, but I can't remember how much of this I'd already eaten at this point.




STK in Vegas was ok I seem to remember, although my memory is a little hazy due to the copious amounts of booze consumed.



Edited by anonymous-user on Wednesday 21st September 17:27

anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 21st September 2016
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If anyone is ever in Bournemouth, you need to try the Bournemouth Steak House, horrible looking little place in a not so upmarket part of town which has been going for years.

Walking in is like stepping back in time to the 1980's, however the steaks are utterly fantastic, and I've eaten a lot of steak.

http://bournemouthsteakhouse.co.uk/

Craikeybaby

10,369 posts

224 months

Wednesday 21st September 2016
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craigjm said:
Went to the one in Coventry (old harvester) this weekend. Wasn't great and not as good as it had been before. The meat was very average.
I wasn't impressed with that one either.

wiggy001

6,542 posts

270 months

Tuesday 27th September 2016
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Went to M&C in Bromley at the weekend, and have been to the one in Reading a couple of times. Always decent food and service and, in terms of value for money, I can't fault them. Which is in contrast to Gaucho (London Bridge) which, although all very decent, was not worth the 3x per person we paid over M&C.

omgus

7,305 posts

174 months

Tuesday 27th September 2016
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Went to their new one in Bagshot last night. It was a refurbed Harvester so after this thread i was prepared for it to be no more than average.

It was bloody good. thumbup
I know it's easy for a restaurant to be good once so another try will obviously happen before i can make any proper claims, but a decent steak, well cooked, my friend said hers was perfect (and she does like to fuss), friendly staff and all in all more than happy with the price to quality ratio.

olimain

949 posts

134 months

Tuesday 27th September 2016
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digimeistter said:
If anyone is ever in Bournemouth, you need to try the Bournemouth Steak House, horrible looking little place in a not so upmarket part of town which has been going for years.

Walking in is like stepping back in time to the 1980's, however the steaks are utterly fantastic, and I've eaten a lot of steak.

http://bournemouthsteakhouse.co.uk/
Seconded. The chap running it is a bit of a worry but my god he knows what to do with his meat.

kiethton

13,883 posts

179 months

Saturday 25th February 2017
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Off to the Bromley/Hayes one this evening...let's hope it's improved!

craigjm

17,909 posts

199 months

Saturday 25th February 2017
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kiethton said:
Off to the Bromley/Hayes one this evening...let's hope it's improved!
Well it can't be any worse than when it was The Pickhurst! Good luck

stuttgartmetal

8,108 posts

215 months

Saturday 25th February 2017
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Aaaah

The Yukhurst

Check in between the tines on the fork before you eat there
Make sure it's not like the gaps between dot cottons teeth.

kiethton

13,883 posts

179 months

Sunday 26th February 2017
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Well the food wasn't too bad and the bill only came to £35pp inc drinks smile

Only....the service was shocking! Not the girls serving but despite booking the table we turned up on time and it was a good 30 mins before it was ready for us...then they seemed to forget various bits of our order, requiring regular prompting, culminating in them forgetting my baileys coffee altogether.

As a cheapish steak dinner it wasn't too bad but they really need to improve the service levels (and the coffee looked like instant!)

craigjm

17,909 posts

199 months

Sunday 26th February 2017
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kiethton said:
As a cheapish steak dinner it wasn't too bad but they really need to improve the service levels (and the coffee looked like instant!)
The problem they have outside the M25 is that it isn't a cheapish steak dinner and then inside the M25 it doesn't compete well with the more expensive options other than on price alone