Apparently, our society in America, anything industry has become an establishment, all their critics reviews, like social Facebook fake news, nothing can be trusted nowadays... even Yelp, or NY Times, BBC...
I have written this personal experience review on Yelp, but somehow a few years later they told me PL wanted to take it off because I was bias... you can be the judge if I was bias...
I am not a professional critic and I have a generous heart for service restaurant industry. I respect the hard work, long hours, tremendous patience, real sweat and difficult work! I am not a super foodie cus I always see the good and trying to give as much benefit of doubt because run a restaurant ain't easy. I have dined at French Laundry, 11 Madison, El Bullie yet withal enjoy my share of MCD fries or Asia street vendor pork skewers.
I have more expectations for Peter Luger than other steakhouses because
1) 15y live in NYC, never been
2) always ranked top 20 in NY
3) hence a good choice to invite my 12 frds+family from all over the world for my 40th bday
Ladies and gents, drum please... wait for it, let me tell you, it was UTMOST the WORST dining experience. If Mad TV's King's Burger BonQuiQui is real, I would enjoy more than Peter Ruder, at least she is funny. The way the staff treated us was no joke, it is an understatement to say we were not genuinely welcome. They seemed they had to bite the tongue and tried so hard to serve our table the minimum, it's like we have Ebola. They were SEXIST RACIST HOMOPHOBIC! If you are a Trump-type, bet you would love it and call it your favorite Ritz Carlton steakhouse (only if it looks less House of Haunted Mansion, and it wasn't Halloween, my bday is in March)
If you decide to go to experience a top-rated service place white gloves or at least pour wine and water from the correct side, better look elsewhere unless…
1) Unless you want to be scanned up and down and spoken down to throughout, I witnessed a couple of them made faces at each other and shake their heads, and, the bartender was the rudest. Rename the place to Peter Ruder. I am not an ageist, but if being a little older cannot keep you up with the Kardashians, well learn some new tricks, instead of grumpily say no to Vodka Processco and lemonade. Like they say, It's hard to train an...
2) Unless your overflown disposable cash wallet doesn't mind dropping at least $150 per person in a rundown Brotherhood, maybe It's good to spend it before you get robbed
3) Unless U never had overrated overcooked SO OVERPRICED steak! To be fair, it would BE REALLY GOOD IF IT WASN'T CHARCOAL LIKE, you can tell if they care, it wouldn't be overcooked. On the other hand the other table with D-list celebrities, theirs came out perfect and presented with Hollywood smiles, just like all the other middle-age white men table's dishes.
5) Unless you like the 1979 renovation with shimmer of dust on lamps and ceilings (remember it's not Halloween)
6) Unless you never had plain dry raw onion rings and raw tomatoes slices for $15+, which was the waiter's immense recommendation to rape your wallet. (their "special sauce is just sugar vinegar, salt, Worcestershire and pepper.) Maybe it was special from 1940s during WWII.
7) Unless U want to ruin your memorable evening with your best of friends and family
List can go on, I hate myself for making this bad decision and for believing those fake ranking lobbyist-reports, manufactured hype by critics who probably rubbing shoulders with the owner since before 1950s.
I have successfully ruined my 40th bday! Unless u want to ruin yours too, it's so not worth it to prove me wrong!
Desired outcome: Own it by the restaurant and send me an apology.
Looks like from the Yelp and Tripadvisor reviews, they are doing well without you. Also, do you realize it is 2021 and Trump is no longer President and YET he is still rents space in your head! LOL Does he sends you rental checks?
I stopped reading as soon as Trump's name was mentioned. What is up with these weirdos that are OBSESSED with this man? I hope Trump has excellent security to protect him from these creeps! Imagine OBSESSESSING over someone who is no longer the President. TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) still lives on.