Bobby Van’s Steakhouse

Steak for breakfast or opt for the pancakes but take a chance and choose this place! I looked at the ratings as I had arrived at JFK early from being snowed in for two days. I was quickly greeted with smiling and kind faces who quickly seated me. The environment was like an upscale steakhouse with wooden walls and floors but still in an airport setting. Televisions surround you and even a departure screen in the dining area. Ordered green tea which was served in porcelain cups and a stainless steel hot pot and chose the blueberry pancakes with a side of bacon. I was checked in frequently by my friendly waiter who quickly served up an amazing breakfast. Large plate pancakes with blueberries the size of grapes and did I say a side of bacon? I felt like I got a small pig with 5 pieces of crispy pork. The pancakes were so fluffy and just a little crispy on the outside which I love. I am so glad even with a 2 rating that I chose this place. It is a must do for breakfast and not your typical airport dining experience. I think if the busier traveler in airports took the time to write them t least the breakfast each may be different.

Urgh. Should have read reviews before choosing this place. Thinking that this place is a «Grill» they would have fresh grilled chicken on their Cobb, but it was previously cooked and then frozen and thawed. Terrible strips of cold, rubbery chicken. And no one came to check on how was I doing as it was obvious most of the salad was not being touched.

If you are at JFK America Airline terminal and are deciding between Mc Donald’s or Bobby Van’s … Allow me to spare you the pain. This place — 4 of us ordered. One thing had to be re-​cooked and another order was never put in! Had to flag them down to get drinks. Then had to argue to have the bill adjusted for bad food and food that never had to come. This was after they tried to convince us to eat the bad food and take the late food to go. Unbelievable. Save your money and your time … Go for the quarter pounder!

Worst steak I’ve had in my life. Was obviously reheated, along with the mashed potatoes. Wait staff was lackadaisical and no one seemed to care. Embarrassed to have spent $ 50 on a steak here; this location has also tarnished the brand for me moving forward.

Limited options at the terminal led us to this sit down restaurant. Veggie burger was actually not bad. Husband had the Turkey burger which he said was decent. Nothing special. Service was prompt. Of note after we checked out I noticed a letter B from the department of health displayed on the side window! Lesson learned don’t go to the first sit down place you see in an airport terminal.

As someone has stated in another review, the food is clearly reheated. They served me some nasty dry and hard white rice that tasted like it had been in the fridge for days. When I complained, the manager said ‘I’m sorry to hear that’ and walked away. Totally over priced and bad. You are better off at McDonalds. I have had great airport food at JFK, so they have no excuse for poor food at Manhattan prices. Stay away!!!

My team and our partners wanted to walk clear across Terminal 8 to eat at this steakhouse. If you’re wearing a button-​down shirt, a tie, business slacks, comfortable leather loafers and a clean shave with a business card in your wallet, you will be as anonymous as a penguin in its colony. The masculine golden wood lining the walls, open entrance, cushy booths and brushed bronze nameplate beckon business lunch diners like a siren song.
It’s a little noisy in there during prime lunch hours to hear others at your table if they are either soft spoken or sitting too far way. Our waiter wasted no time pouring drinks and taking orders. I ate a reasonably good turkey breast burger cooked perfectly considering how thick they pack the high quality patty, with butter lettuce, tomato and onion on a brioche roll sans the bread or the side of mayo. They serve you a mix of too heavily salted steak fries and onion rings with surprising good batter which I only tasted (and considering I don’t care for onion rings). One person ordered the ahi burger which he raved about as did two others over their 12 oz burgers. It’s as pricey as you’d expect (average of $ 17 per diner) so it was very kind of our host to pick up the check as there were about a dozen of us. I wouldn’t go back on my own especially since I lack good businessman fashion sense, but since our project lasts another 3 months there’s a chance I may end up back in a booth over there. I think that’s A-​OK.

A very good in terminal choice for breakfast. Pancakes and sausage were both very good. I don’t expect much from airport food but this was a pleasant surprise.

Some of the worst food I’ve ever had. Meatloaf was previously frozen, over cooked and dried out.
Truly terrible!
Waiter offered to replace but no time before flight.

Went here for breakfast here today. Very disappointing flavor & to boot a piece of paper (prob from the cheese) was a nasty surprise when cutting into it. I also wasn’t given the option for what I wanted for bread and was brought out wheat, which I loath. No one checked in to see if things were ok or if I needed a coffee refill. Thus they learned of it when they were going to clear the table. At least it was comped… Won’t be returning.

No complaints about the service. The staff were friendly. The food disappointing. Very expensive but airport food as a rule is. Ordered the spicy chicken wrap which came with fries and onion rings. Large portions.
The wrap was not spicy at all it was basically grilled chicken, tomato and lettuce. It was supposed to have a spicy sauce but I couldn’t taste it. I spoke to the staff in case the spicy had been forgotten and was informed if I wanted spicy should have ordered the buffalo chicken wrap. Good to know. Won’t be coming back. On a positive note enjoyed my blue moon beer.

Best airport burger ever!!! Prices a tad steep, but it’s a steak house after all and just like their street locations they have big juicy prime steak. Decent wine list, young friendly bartender and Guisppe who made me visit! Old Italian guy with wit. Very attentive and helpful,. A comfortable enjoyable place to hang when flights are delayed.

I am rating this as I would any other steakhouse. The fact that it is in an airport did not influence this review.
I ordered a wedge salad. I wound up getting to slightly brown wedges of lettuce with bacon bits and soggy onion rings. The blue cheese dressing was up way to heavy. Overall the salad was not very good.
I also ordered a small fillet mignon, the steak was cooked perfectly medium rare. Unfortunately the seasoning was applied so heavily that I barely tasted any beef and my mouth was effectively full of the seasoning added to the steak.
I opted for the mashed potatoes as well. After one fork I realize that these were old potatoes that had been sitting around for too long. They just tasted bad. There was no way to recover them.
The food would have rated one star. However, the service was actually very good. The waitstaff was attentive and they carefully monitored my flight to ensure that I did not have any issues.
The overall décor was tired and in need of an upgrade. The televisions were very fuzzy so you could not even enjoy watching ongoing sports while you’re waiting for your flight.
Overall this was a very disappointing experience. I wish I had taken up my wife on her offer to make me a sandwich before I left today. Sorry honey!

Came here for food before a flight. I was seated and waited 10 minutes for a server. It’s not like they were busy or lacking servers, there were 3 homeboys that kept looking over and then went back to hitting on the hostess and messing around the restaurant. The hostess even told them to come over and they refused to and I had to wait until another server from the back half of the restaurant to come over. Didn’t stay long, and gave them my 2-​cents in the form of a well deserved tip.

Hey, this has to be the best steak in the airport. I know that is not saying much but it is what it is. Expensive but I would go back.

I have a similar experience as Tina’s (see above). This place is so obviously racist. I don’t normally think about racism (much less than my Asian fellows do) but it’s so blatant here. The people here are so nice to white guests but consistently ignore me. I am the kind of person who do not ask for anything during the meal, so it’s easy to let me feel okay. But the way they treated me, i.e. pretend that I do not exist, really upset me. It gets 2 stars because the ravioli I got was great, but it was overpriced (24) even by airport standard. There are only 6 pieces; 1 for 4 USD.

I found this place to be dull. No local beers, but the menu was really expensive. LIttle portions that I can make at home. They have it lucky due to an airport location. Needs to be more crowded though if they plan on staying.

Worst $ 50 waste of money steak I’ve ever had the displeasure of forcing down my throat. Don’t be fooled by the gold letters and wood trim.

I’ve been going there regularly my way back to LA. This time, I completely noticed complete unfair treatment to me, I’m an Asian. Wow! I kinds felt it but when I left, I regret leaving any tips. It was a subtle gesture. Such as she did not mention any specials only to me. And when i asked what type of soup, she lied and said there’s only one when clearly there were 2 written on the board. The manager or someone there should really train their employees right and make sure discrimination in not acceptable!

Good burger, cold beer, stellar mac n cheese, and decent prices for being an airport steakhouse… worth it for sure.