Palm Restaurant
“This has joined the elite group of restaurants where I will take my wife on her rare trips to Tribeca.”
“Peter Luger's doesn't even have prices like these, and in my opinion, you can't beat Peter Luger for steak.”
“Pros first: I loved the caricatures and they made for great conversation pieces.”
Palm Restaurant
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$$$ Price range Above $61
8 reviews
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I have been coming to the Palm for over 7 years. Quality and quantity never depreciates. This is one of the cheaper steak houses in the city. But the amount of food is always the same and they are on point. I often visit this place for the business lunch. Now called something else which is a prefix, 3 course for $25 or so. There is always a fish, vegetarian and steak dish as an entree. Something for everyone. I signed up for their newsletter and also part of their member club. So I am notified of specials when ever available. My office often hosts dinners in a private room for a prefix rate. It's pretty classy and spectacular time if your looking to cater to a very large group. Try the lobster Mac And Cheese, not on the menu but they do offer it. It's one of their hidden menu specialties. This is what we call the 3 hr lunch place. Because the ambiance and food is just so good you can never walk out in less than 3 hrs. Try the 3 medallion fillet mignons. Very difficult to find parking here but if you take the train its just a rock stone away. Make reservations for times when it's peak dinner. Otherwise since it's a pretty big place need not worry about one. Each order gets you a nice warm basket of assorted bread, muffins, crackers and bread sticks. Always happy to return! Keep up the good service. See you soon.
I had high expectations of The Palm and was majorly disappointed. I ordered a filet medium rare and an hour later it arrived very well done. After sending it back another one arrived minutes later that I feared would moo at me any moment. My sides of potatoes au gratin and green beans were tasty but extremely small. And the waiter looked offended when I asked if I could have more than the four green beans I was served. I'm sure there are good steakhouses in NYC but if you think The Palm is good y'all need to visit Texas and have a real steak.
I came here for a company function and we ate family style in a private room, so my experience is probably different from other peoples.
Our server Samantha was absolutely top notch from start to finish. She remembered everything, including every single persons drink order throughout the night- we were a party of 12. Bravo Sam!
Drinks were good: champagne, the Texas Kicker (tequila and Serrano- I got mine sans raspberries), the Rum Fizz.
As for the food, if I'm being completely honest, I have to say it was just OK. I prefer Lugers, Delmonico's, or Wolfgang's (in that order). My favorite things were the cocktail sauce, the garlic and onion bread, and the hash brown. I know that sounds ridiculous. The cocktail sauce that came with the shrimp cocktail was off the freakin charts- loaded with horseradish to the point of being a little spicy. I could have drank the stuff. So, so freakin good, they need to bottle it. The hash brown is massive, browned on the outside and soft and perfectly seasoned inside.
The fried calamari was good, lobster is always delicious, the baked oysters were great even though the cheese was a little overpowering, french fries were crispy and perfect. All the vegetable sides were solid and straightforwardly presented (brussel sprouts, green beans, mushrooms).
The slab bacon was overwhelmingly salty, the lobster mac n cheese was really disappointing. I'm not sure what cheese blend they used, or what seasonings, but it had no flavor whatsoever. There also wasn't much lobster, I think it had fine strips of lobster instead of chunks.
Because we had ordered family style, all the appetizers came out together, followed by the entrees. And this is good, but when it came to the entrees we experienced some temperature issues. The chicken parmesan was room temperature…and so was the steak. I know it's hard to cook for so many people ordering so many dishes and have them all come out at once, but the steak at a steakhouse needs to be hot. It was also the filet, to begin with not my favorite piece of meat because while tender, it doesn't have as much flavor as other cuts. I had a couple of pieces; there just wasn't much to it.
Considering the competition in a city that has many great choices for steakhouses, this can only get 3 stars. We did enjoy the meal, the beverage, the atmosphere and the service. However, I expected a bigger range of cuts – ribeye, NY strip and filet are the only choices available.
Very good creamed spinach and ordinary Caesar salad. The Vesper was tasty and it seemed to have more Lillet than the classic Vesper.
Came here randomly with my boss. I never knew the history of this place but its pretty cool. I got the ahi tuna steak and creamed spinach. It was delicous but nothing special. The atomosphere was on the dimmer side and the service was attentive. Everything was good but nothing stood out to me.
Had the filet mignon, was excellent and cooked properly (I got it medium). Potatoes were good too. This one is in the financial district, so more geared to wall street types.
Eh, the Palm is a bit of your stereotypical, chain steakhouse (believe it or not, they have a few dozen locations across the country). The decor at the Battery Park location is warm and well- lit, with caricatures of mostly celebs covering the walls. That said, the Palm tries to be good at everything, with a lineup of steaks, lobster, seafood, and classic Italian dishes. While the food is well made, nothing about it is memorable (I've been here twice and can't remember what I ordered on either occasion). Service is very hospitable , but probably not as knowledgeable about the menu as they should be. That said, the food does come out fairly quickly.
All in all, New York is loaded with star studded steakhouses. With most of the entrees here in the $40-50 range, I'd expect a more memorable experience like many other New York steakhouses (a handful of which are right up the street) offer.
As good as it gets!
My two friends took me here to wish me a happy birthday and thank me for helping them out a few weeks earlier. So we had a chance to dine here. One with the HUGE maybe 3 or 4 lb lobster and with the porterhouse steak as well as all the accouterments.
After we ordered, the food came out pretty fast. The steak was cooked perfectly medium rare and had a delicious crust. It's pretty hard to mess up an amazing cut of steak like that. The Lobster, also perfectly cooked – with a little butter and lemon on the side was the perfect surf and turf for the 3 of us.
The sides were only Ok though. According to my buddy – he had a better set of sides there. (Unfortunately at this moment i can't remember which potato product we had, but he's had it better)
So – meat and seafood = good! sides = ok.