Bobby Van’s Steakhouse

Came to this restaurant with a Groupon and had a great meal! The wine list is extensive but the markup on bottles is pretty hefty. We ordered the porterhouse for two, sautéed mushrooms, mash potatoes, and oysters Rockefeller. Everything was prepared perfectly. We thoroughly enjoyed our meal although due to the total bill ($ 210 plus tip) I’d only go back for a special occasion.

Everything was delicious. Great ambience and perfect place to impress business partners, clients or to show appreciation to your staff. Not your everyday place. Staff was friendly and attentive. See photos attached. I could not eat it all.

I was very disappointed with Bobby Van’s Steakhouse. I ordered a petite sirloin (med-​rare), my boyfriend ordered filet mignon (med-​rare), and our friends shared a porterhouse for two (med). We were all very disappointed with the quality of our steaks. It was tasteless. I’m not even a big fan of marinated steaks, but this steak was just tasteless to a point that it was hopeless. That sprinkling salt and pepper could not even save the cut or help enhance the flavor of the meat. Even with the discount from the Groupon, it was overpriced.

Steak was on point. Very professional staff and good atmosphere. A safe bet in Manhattan.

Me and friend went here for lunch during Restaurant week. Appetizer I went with soup of day, black bean soup, it was basically flavorless and had salt but good quality. I was excited to try steak for entre. But unfortunately the real steak dish had supplement of $ 15. So it was either steak salad or steak sandwich. I went with steak sandwich, it was huge portion. I thought the steak inside was juicy and good. it came with steak fries which were fresh. For dessert had chocolate mousse omg this was the highlight of the lunch, it was huge slice and delicious and so light feeling. I have to say for restaurant week bobby van did not skim on the meal portions everything was big sizes and I appreciate that. I would def try this place again.

I recently came to this place for a dinner. The filet mignon is okay. The clam chowder soup of the day is quite good.

This is a first class steakhouse. The aged steaks are amazing. My filet mignon was delicious. I started with a Caesar salad which was very good. My steak came with cream spinach and french fries. Delicious. We ordered a bottle of wine I was a little disappointed they did not have what was on the menu. I ordered it 2013 bottle, and the waiter brought a 2014 bottle. I mentioned it to him he said basically oh well
Service was a bit slow and we had to look and asked for a waiter several times. My chocolate mousse dessert was delicious. I would highly recommend the steakhouse especially if you are not in a hurry. You need to savor every morsel

I came here for dinner during restaurant week. I had the filet mignon for my main course and it was fantastic! I’m not a huge meat person but I like to indulge once in a while. I’ve had just about every steak from Delmonico’s. The steak here is AWESOME. Probably the best in the financial district. The sides– spinach, was way too creamy — fries, too few and mediocre. The NY cheesecake for desert was excellent! Overall, go here for the steak but don’t expect much else.

My friend and I came here on a Friday night for NYC Restaurant Week. Our first clue that things weren’t going to go so well was the fact that the restaurant was fairly empty for 7:15pm on a Friday.
For appetizers, there was a choice between two types of salads and the soup of the day. The waitress told us that the soup of the day was cream of broccoli, so I decided to go with that. When the waitress brought out our appetizers, she placed a bowl of soup in front of me and said, «We switched it out with vegetable soup, is that ok?» Well, seeing as how she had already put it in front of me, it felt weird to have said no. She should have asked me if I still wanted to have the soup before bringing it out, because I would have said no then.
Service was surprisingly slow, especially since the restaurant was not even remotely close to being crowded. There were still a lot of empty tables, so I find it unacceptable to have to wait 45 minutes for our entrees to come out. I had ordered the scallops, which was slightly overcooked and extremely greasy. After eating that, it felt like I just had a film of grease down my throat, and it wasn’t pleasant. The servers also got our orders wrong for dessert too, but at that point, we weren’t surprised.
I don’t know if it was because we were ordering off the Restaurant Week menu or if the waitress was just having a bad day, but overall, it was a disappointing experience and I will not be coming back. The décor is nice though.

A-​OK.
Not my first choice when it comes to steakhouses, but they do a decent job. I recently came to this location for a team dinner. There were 10 of us, and the host told us we were going to be seated downstairs in the vault area, which required us to go back outside. Odd. Also, for some reason, the door was locked when we tried to go downstairs and it took a bit of knocking for someone to come in and open the door. A strange start, but then we were quickly seated. The vault inside is actually kinda cool, although it seemed like the vault doors were incredibly dated, and hadn’t been polished in a while.
We all went with the restaurant week menu, which we actually had not previously researched, so it was a pretty nice find. $ 38 for a 3-​course menu, which actually included filet mignon without a supplement! I personally went with the Caesar salad, the filet mignon, and the chocolate mousse tart. Caesar salad was well-​dressed, and the steak was cooked to a nice medium rare, with a bit of char on the outside. The accompanying french fries were sort of soggy, but the creamed spinach was pretty good. The chocolate mousse tart was excellent, probably the highlight of the meal. Most everyone in the party really liked their steak, although the lone person who ordered the sea scallops was a bit disappointed. She mentioned that the scallops were seared pretty well and had good texture, but was just way too greasy for her tastes.
Service was on the slower side, but still relatively attentive. Prices for restaurant week were obviously quite nice, but I took a glimpse at the regular menu prices, and I’m just not sure I would go to Bobby Van’s over the other steakhouses in the area at $ 50+ per steak.
Overall, a fairly solid experience, with some blips here and there. Bobby Van’s is definitely worth a look during restaurant week (month), but if you’re going to pay (or expense) a lot for steak, go to Wolfgang’s or Delmonico’s if you’re in Tribeca/​FiDi.

Working on his new place in Nyack it’s coming together nicely can’t wait to try it, good luck Bobby.

My husband and myself came here last Friday and I have been meaning to write a review since! First of all the food was amazing as always and staff made you feel like you were part of the family which is great! Always a bonus when you get personal treatment which is what Kenny (manager) and our waiter Pierce provided. Great wine recommendations as well! They both truly made our night even more special. Def will be back! Thanks — Kaajal & Ricky

Beata’s vodka martinis are the best here. No other steakhouse in NYC makes it better. Eat at the bar, you would not regret. Food and music is great and local people are friendly.

The Steak with crumbled blue cheese is OUT of this world.
Although i’ve been seated on both floors, the lower seating area is very cool and definitely my preference. Similarly to many other restaurants in the Financial District, the restaurant used to be a bank; and so, there is this massive vault that adorns the downstairs dining experience.
The service was no less than expected; attentive and accommodating, even to the person at the table requesting «a drizzle of extra truffle oil on the fries».

T-​bone steak was a complete disappointment. It was served to us cold. It’s pointless to send it back to the kitchen b/​c I don’t want the extra special. How the fudge do you serve a T-​bone steak that’s not sizzling hot outta the kichen. The manager actually came over to ask if we wanted our steak cook more makes me wonder who’s leftover I took. GO TO PETER LUGAR.
Fyi: Steak wasn’t even seasoned. A COMPLETE FAILURE.

On Tuesday night I took my bff to Bobby Van’s Steakhouse. I’d signed up for the groupon deal which was $ 100 for $ 200 worth of food. NYC steakhouse prices are always outrageous, but sometimes you have to do what you have to do. I love a good steak, as does he.
We started with La Crema Pinot Noir, bluepoint oysters and Oysters Rockefeller. Probably the best Oysters Rockefeller I’ve ever had. For the entrée I ordered a petite sirloin (rare), he ordered a rib eye (rare), and we ordered the green beans & the mashed potatoes as our sides. The green beans were excellent, definitely not overdone and nicely seasoned. The steaks were out of this world. We both brought home half, and his dog Abby was very happy to receive the bone. We were way too full to have dessert and opted for coffee, the only disappointment of the evening. My buddy even remarked that he’s always found that steakhouses have meh coffee.
Service was excellent. We were treated like royalty, which isn’t always the case when using a groupon. The place was extremely busy and had a couple of Christmas parties going on. It got loud in there and the goombahs and their tomatoes at the next table were a riot. I wish I’d recorded their conversation, it made for some hilarious entertainment.
Last year we went to a different steak house for his birthday. While I liked it, this was better. It was a gorgeous night, who would have thought that Dec. 15^th would have been so warm? If you want to go, pick up the groupon and try to get the groupon when they’re running one of their 20% off specials. We really appreciated the service, the ambiance and the food.

I went for lunch. Be sure to sit underground… there’s a cool bank vault… and security deposits that décor the place…
I order the crab BLT. it was tasty but not as good as the bread pudding. Be sure to substitute the salad that comes with the the crab BLT with French fries.

I have been to 20 – 30 steakhouses in this city as like steak and also I was a financial advisor so got treated to steak dinners. I have even been to other Bobby Vans so when my girlfriend got good news on her bar exam figure the bobby vans near my new job would be perfect place.
Place is nice as in an old building. On a Friday night crowd was more touristy and family then business types.
Food started out well with shrimp cocktail and spinach salad. Then things went down hill. We ordered two sides and one was mixed up. Then next mix up was I ordered medium rare. I am used to steakhouses and they usually undercook the meat especially in bone in ribeye but my steak came out ultra rare as only cooked part was the outside. I did not bother asking for its return to kitchen as rather take it home and heat up again. Next thing was waiter spilled water all over table and some got on girlfriend dress and barely I am sorry from anyone.
Next time I want to celebrate I will try out the capital grille downtown which hopefully will be of same quality as midtown version.

Best steak that I have ever had in my entire life. I’ve been to this place for restaurant week with my sister and had a blast. For the price, you received a huge portion of food. It’s a classy place, so you will have to dress up.
I got the steak medallions with mashed potatoes and some type of greens. The service was alright, I guess because we were here for restaurant week we weren’t treated that warmly. But the service wasn’t totally rude or slow.
The steak literally melted in my mouth. The medallions were think and juicy, and I couldn’t cut it fast enough for another bite. Man, wherever I go I look for that Bobby Vans taste. Haven’t had a steak yet that melted in my mouth quite like Bobby Vans. I ordered it medium well. I believe well done just dries up a steak too much, but too pink is a different beast.
I want to go back here soon, the décor is classy and very clean. Smells good too. Make reservations just in case because it can get busy after work.

October 3^rd happened to be both the day of a very big standardized test I was taking and the 6 month half-​anniversary with my girlfriend, so what better way to celebrate than to have a huge steak dinner? I bought a groupon couple of weeks ago for a $ 120 for $ 200 off you check deal (with the 30% off of local deals promotion, I got it at a steal!). I had always heard of the name Bobby Van’s alongside of Luger’s, Wolfgang’s, and the like, so this was a perfect chance to try them out. The Groupon was for the Financial District location, which was honestly super exciting for me since I knew that that one was the one that had the huge vault inside.
We had set a reservation for 8PM, but wanted to eat earlier so we called and they were happy to oblige. When we arrived, the hostess took our coats and we were seated in the dining area. Unfortunately, for dinners, they close the basement level of the restaurant (where the vault is located). We started off with the crab cake and the tuna tartare. The Tuna was pretty average, and I don’t mean it in a bad way — just not super memorable. I enjoyed the avocados and the acidity of the sauce, but I wouldn’t rave about it. The crab cake on the other hand, was a home run. My gf absolutely loved it, as did I. The meat, while there were some shell pieces in it, was delicious and balanced perfectly with the «cake.» She said it would rank in the top 3 of her favorite crabcakes. We ordered a half bottle of red wine ($ 55) to go with the two Bone-​In Ribeyes that we ordered (medium rare of course).
These steaks were HUGE. If you are NOT hungry, you will NOT finish (okay, I wasn’t famished, but I still finished mine… then again I am a 6’2″ 180lb dude so…). I would guess that each one weighed close to 2 pounds (definitely over 1.5 lbs). But better than the quantity was the perfect quality of the meat. I have tried a couple of steakhouses (Luger, Wolfgang, The Strip, Hillstone), but this was BY FAR the juiciest and savory cut I have had in New York (is pretty much on par with my favorite steakhouse, Fleming’s, in California). The meat was marbled with a lot of fat, which is a detriment to some but a boon for me. I wish I had the stomach to eat several of these, but alas the human body can only do so much. I would highly recommend this steak on your visit here.
To top of the evening, our waiter Shakeel took us down into the basement level to see the vault (yay!). He gave a us a short tour of the kitchen and explained a bit of the history of the franchise and location. It was really cool to see all of the vault doors and even get the chance to open a «personal safe» located in the back. The massive J.P.Morgan vault door is a whopping 8 TONS. I hope it never falls off its hinges because that would crush you like a bug. He took a couple great photos of us in the doorway that came out perfectly.
Saturday nights are half-​off for wines, so if you want to impress your date and have a great time, bring him/​her here!

Veal Chop was amazing, though most of the portion was bone and fat and gristle, very little meat was to be found, maybe five medallions total, but the flavor was remarkable, cooked a beautiful medium rare, we couldn’t stop oohing and ahh-​ing, and although it was really delicious, it definitely wasn’t enough bang for far too many bucks! As for the bone-​in Ribeye (my favorite cut of steak), it was underwhelming, and similarly overwhelmed with fat and gristle and bones, but there really wasn’t much flavor, yet it was still pretty expensive, unfairly so. And so was the Filet Mignon, desperately lacking in flavor, and anything but affordable, although thankfully this was entirely edible and easily rendered the most meat per dollar, albeit bland and unmemorable, so I wouldn’t even bother ordering it again. The reason our evening was still favorable – including the aforementioned Veal Chops – were the Lamb Chops, which were beautifully tender and juicy and delicious, the only meat dish that I thought was actually worth the price, since you get five wonderful pieces. Also, the onion rings were really good, yet I wish they used a little more batter to fully cover the sweet crunchy onions, so they would be easier to pick up, and they wouldn’t fall apart as much, and they wouldn’t get as cold so quickly, but the portion was large, and we loved them. But the Macaroni and Cheese was kind of a disaster, no flavor of cheese, the sauce was broken and watery and lumpy, the only detectable flavor was garlic, and it was severely lacking in any seasoning whatsoever, plus the waitress who kept insisting on serving it to us, rather than letting us serve ourselves, kept dropping noodles and sauce everywhere! The breads were all delicious, the wines and cocktails were generous, the service was friendly and attentive, but, overall, I can’t see myself returning or recommending Bobby Van’s on Broad Street. Especially not when they were somehow out of Lobster at 6pm on a Friday evening, on a beautiful Friday in the summer, in New England, in New York City — they really dropped the ball quite a few times.

Visited on a Friday evening; was not very busy. Attentive staff; manager lowered A/​C when asked. Our waiter was very friendly.
I had the bone in ribeye. Cooked perfectly; just the way I like it. My daughter had the petite sirloin. She enjoyed it. We also had the mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables and mushrooms. All excellent. The crab cake appetizer was just OK. All in all a pleasant dinner. Used a Groupon and was treated no differently than if I paid full price. Will definitely return.

I went here today for a company luncheon and we dined in the «vault room».
Atmosphere:
The atmosphere was lovely; very elegant but also inviting and intimate. I love the vault themed room and décor — so fun and chic. It was a bit cold in the vault room, though I love the cold so I didn’t mind it. Others in my party thought it was a bit too chilly for them though, but our server promptly turned down the AC the moment she heard them complain.
Staff:
A huge shout-​out to the staff serving our group — they were fabulous and exemplified what great service means. Very impressed with them. Every single employee I encountered was totally on point. Great work guys — thank you so much!
Food:
Since we had a large group, we had a prix fixe lunch with several options. I had the salad for an appetizer, salmon with horseradish crust entrée and I skipped desert (trying to cut back on my sugar) so instead I just had a cup of green tea. Presentation and flavor of the food was wonderful. The salmon was some of the best salmon I have ever had — fresh and flavorful. I asked around to my fellow co-​workers to ask about what they had and how they enjoyed their meals and everyone I spoke to had nothing but nice things to say. It seemed everyone enjoyed their meal whether they had salmon, filet mignon, chicken marsala or vegetables with couscous.
Price:
The company paid for our meal, so I have no comment on that. I will update this aspect after I have gone again on my own dollar.
Consistency:
The only reason I am not giving this a full 5 stars is because I usually prefer to go to a place several times to judge it’s consistency. So now I have an excuse to come back and try a few more things on the menu.
Overall Experience:
Very impressed. I am really looking forward to coming here again.

Our first server was a bit unprofessional and the whole time we were thinking, we are never coming back.
Then there was this Irish gentleman that serves us at the end. He was magnificent! Above and beyond. Asked questions before we even asked. Smiled and was very professional. He also gave us a tour around the vault room which was the main reason we decided to come here.
We now will recommend this location to everyone and to see the history behind it. It truly is stunning. (Ask to be served by the Irish gent. Won’t be disappointed.)

I came here for lunch during Restaurant Week, the place wasn’t crowded but it was a late lunch. Our waiter was a bit on the serious side but still was nice and explain to us our options. I decided to go with the soup of the day (bean) which was good and also got to try my friends buffalo chicken bites and they good but nothing you cant get at a regular bar.
For my main meal I got the steak, spinach, bacon, goat cheese and mushroom salad and it was so damn good. The steak was cooked perfectly (medium rare) and it was super tasty. This was one of the best salads I had in a long time.
For dessert I got to try the cheesecake and chocolate mouse both were decent.
Before we left I asked the waiter if we could see the vault (the main reason I choose this restaurant) and he was nice enough to walk us downstairs thought the back and even gave us a little bit of a tour.
I really love how the downstairs (the grill) still preserves the vault from 1902, its so beautiful and next time I think I will have dinner here instead of upstairs.

Solid experience. Good service and great food.
I came here for a business dinner with a couple of my associates. It’s a good thing we skipped the appetizers! The entrees were enough to keep anyone adequately sustained. Unless you also need to feed your pet elephant while you’re here, the entrée should do. I had the filet oscar, the special, and it was delicious and cooked perfectly to medium rare.
The staff was very responsive to my gluten free needs, communicating it effectively from the hostess, waiter, and kitchen without a word from me (aside from the perpetual «gluten free options requested» listed on my OpenTable profile).
Prices are seemingly high when you look at the menu, but the portion sizes make the price point a reasonable value.
Receptive staff, cool atmosphere, and great food.