Columbia Steak Express

I never thought that I would give a Columbia’s such a high rating, but I must. Even though I’m not a fan of the Columbia’s downtown, I honestly probably would’ve given this location a five star rating, except the last time that I got a salad, the hard boiled eggs weren’t thoroughly cooked. Today however, my salad was perfect. This review is based on two experiences on grilled chicken salads to go.
I’m serious when I say that this is a two day salad. You can literally eat on it for two days or make two meals of it. I like for my salads to be big, but this one tops it and wins my vote for Lexington’s largest salad. The bed of lettuce is literally packed into the Styrofoam container, it’s topped with a boiled egg, slices of swiss cheese, shredded cheddar cheese, tomato, cucumber, red onion, and warm grilled chicken. They have several dressing to choose from, but if you know me, you know that I stuck with ranch… their ranch is delicious.

Hands down, the best chicken tenders I’ve ever had from anywhere! They are my indulgence when I want a special treat. I drive about 40 minutes to acquire them, but am never sorry. Breading is not hard and crunchy like some, but soft and blends into the juicy, succulent chicken in an amazing way. Add their honey-​mustard dipping sauce and you have a party for your mouth!

We get food from this place all the time and its amazing! big portions and price is reasonable AND they deliver it right to our office. We can eat lunch and be productive. Usually have the double steak burger with bacon and a baked potato. Killing me fast, but darn is it delicious!

My wife and I were celebrating our first night without our kids in a very very long time lol so we decided to order a steak and just stay home. Well I ordered the ribye and she got the ribs. I’ll start with hers. The ribs were as tough as nails and seemed like they were cooked then when we ordered them they drowned them in some cheap BBQ sause. My steak came still mooing at me but that’s OK I like rare but when I cut into it the thing was solid gristle. I spit the one and only bite I took out and threw it in the garbage as my dog wouldn’t even eat it. My baked potato looked like it was about 80 years old and was all wrinkled and just gross looking so it was traded as well. We called the manager and she said she would call us back because I spent 40 bucks with tip for food we couldn’t even eat. So a couple days later she left my wife a voice mail and the owner had credited us $ 34 and change. So a day or two later we ordered again giving it one more try. I got the same thing and my wife got shrimp of some sort. Well we got the same exact results as the first time. My steak was at least cooked right this time but was tough and chewy and my wives shrimp were still half raw. We didn’t even bother calling them this time because we will never eat there again. We will stick with either the one on richmond road or for the same money go to Texas road house where we’ve always gotten great food…

We absolutely love this place! The portions are very large, including colossal baked potatoes. I always get their Nighthawk Special which is an incredibly tender steak served in a garlic butter sauce. It is sinfully good!
I also appreciate that they are there to accept phone orders before they open. I called on a Tuesday at 10:30am, and they had our food ready and waiting for us to pick up at 11:15am (the time I had requested to pick it up).
All orders are cooked to go (carry out or delivery). It’s a great option for a lunch break or an easy and delicious dinner.

They screwed up our order tonight — I did not get a burger with sauteed mushrooms and sauteed onions as was ordered — I got a plain hamburger and they even put «cheeseburger» on the receipt, which nobody ordered! This was not discovered until we arrived home. Listen, manager, do we have to check our food each time we order carry out? Where is the quality contol? We will not be returning. If you want to eat at Columbia’s, go to the one in downtown LEX.