Taste of Prime Tavern
“A great place to hang out while waiting for your flight.”
“I actually prefer the iPad ordering system, I usually arrive to the airport with little time to spare and being able to submit my order within 60 seconds is a big plus for me.”
“I got the steak and eggs breakfast and upgraded to the fruit bowl which was actually full of berries and hardly any melons which was a pleasant surprise and my steak and eggs were cooked perfectly!”
Taste of Prime Tavern
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Accepts Apple Pay: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Pro's: not crowded, easy ordering through an iPad where you pay right after you order so if you're in a hurry this place is great.
Con's: food is mediocre – not much flavor in the potatoes
Cheaper food is across the way.
Well it doesn't taste like airport food, so it gets an extra star on that alone. Prices are average for good food in an airport, slightly pricier if it was located anywhere else. They take pride on getting you your food fast so that you can make your flights. iPad ordering is always fun too!
AVERAGE
This places masquerades as upscale but doesn't deliver. My Eggs Florentine was decidedly average. The service was non-existent and annoying in that they ring up the tip for you when you order on the table's iPad. That is, you tip before you receive anything!
As far as I can tell employees rotate in bringing dishes and clearing. They do nothing else I can determine and there certainly no personal relationship with any one server.
What can you really say about an airport bar? Hubby and I spent an hour or so just relaxing and having a couple drinks before our flight home, so there honestly wasn't much expectation. However, I ordered the cocktail of the day – which was shown clearly written out on their little iPad menu ordering things – but received some other cocktail entirely. Apparently, the iPad hadn't been updated. Really? Ugh. So I ordered a cosmo and called it good. And it was fine.
Hubby had a yummy bourbon drink called Sutters Mill. He was quite happy with his choice.
There wasn't a whole lot of opportunity for bars/drinks in the area we were at so that's how we ended up here. It honestly wasn't terrible but if they're going to have a daily cocktail special, the least they could do is keep their iPad ordering system updated.
Prime has A LOT to be desired. In the Delta wing at LGA, you sit across not from your traveling partner, but a iPad. Don't get me wrong, I like the technology, if maybe I could still get service! I'm not even sure we had a "waiter", someone came over to give coffee and then someone else to deliver food. Nothing else, no refill, all where you have to leave gratuity when you order on that iPad. Like most restaurants in the wing, almost no service, just you and iPads and a food runner, not for me. The food itself wasn't horrible but it certainly wasn't worth the $30 price tag for potatoes, Canadian bacon and a English muffin with coffee.
Staff led me to believe that could watch the Dallas vs Redskins game on one of their many TV's! I ordered the prime burger with coffee on a tablet and paid my bill plus tip! The. Burger was good for $16 but overpriced. The coffee was $3 plus and I had to ask for another serving. They never came to clear the dirty dishes. Staff finally came around to tell me they could not find the game on any one of their TV's?! How could that be when the Redskins kickoff had just finished showing! I understand I am in New York Giants land but seriously, they had three of their TV's on a bowling channel! Giants ain't making it!
You can't win 'em all, but in the case of Prime Tavern, convenience and speed are the key ingredients to the dining experience here. In a rush between flights in the Delta terminal, this is where you want to head for a quick glass of wine or a bite of food. There are tablets at each station – you order on them and barely have to make any human contact besides the thank you as your food is delivered a short while later.
I had a glass of wine ($14 rosé) and a beet salad ($10), which was ok. A few of the beets were poorly prepared with a few pieces of skin still on them and some of the greens had hard stems that got in the way so I avoided them. Besides that the meal was good – I enjoyed the citrus vinaigrette – it was filling enough before hopping back on the plane. The space was comfortable and well-lit, clean and pretty fancy for airport dining. I prefer to sit at the bar for casual conversation with strangers and a little eavesdropping & people watching.
In my opinion, people are overly critical of Prime Tavern…you are obviously not going to expect excellent service, affordable price, and top quality food from a restaurant at an airport! Having said that, I would say the service at Prime Tavern was awful, the price was unreasonably high, but the food was surprisingly delicious.
Prime Tavern is located in Terminal D at La Guardia. Created with the help of chef Michael Lomonaco of Porter House New York, Prime Tavern serves dry-aged steaks and lobster rolls, as well as lighter bites like sliders, salad, and sandwiches. The restaurant also features an iPad for each person at a table, with which you can browse the Internet and order food.
As far as service goes, it was essentially non-existent. The waitress came once to our table to fill our glasses of water, and never came back. The order in which the food came out wasn't ideal. For example, a friend ordered a sandwich and a side of Brussels sprouts, which didn't get served until she finished her sandwich.
I got a bowl of today's soup – butternut squash – and crab cakes. The butternut squash was savory with plenty of parsley on top. It wasn't too thick or watery – just the right consistency! It was very pricey at $10 though. I really liked the crab cakes, even though the portions were TINY (two ping-pong ball sized crab cakes) for $19. It was served atop some thinly sliced zucchini and creamy sauce. The crab cakes were crispy (panko crust, I believe) on the outside without being overly greasy because they are pan-fried as opposed to deep-fried. The cakes had plenty of lump crab meats, which I enjoyed very much.