Benjamin Prime - New York
At Benjamin Steak House Prime, located on 40th street and affording beautiful views of Manhattan, you’ll see just how far a steakhouse can go, how far over the top this over-the-top experience can be. The starters, the seafood, and some of the best steak in the city of New York, make Benjamin Steak House Prime a prime example of the best of the best.
Benjamin Steak House Prime is a recent addition to a growing family of restaurants, and this relatively new restaurant maintains the tradition with pristine seafood and prime steak.
Of course, as at almost every steak house, you can start with oysters, clams and lobster, but Benjamin Steak House Prime on 40th street goes it all one better with a selection of Russian sturgeon caviar served in the classic manner, with crème fraiche, blini, red onion, chopped egg white and chopped egg yolk. Classic.
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There are many varieties gorgeous signature tartare, including salmon/tuna, filet mignon with truffles, wagyu beef with caviar and egg cream, and a strip loin with foie gras. This is a textbook lesson in exactly how you go over the top in style.
Then there are the meats: porterhouse for two or three, New York Sirloin, bone-in rib eye, filet mignon, American Ultra Wagyu New York strip, and surf and turf or the filet topped with lobster and shrimp and crab: all three. You didn’t expect to get just one type of seafood on your steak at a place like Benjamin Steak House Prime, did you?
“Inside Hook” was very impressed by the space and the food, saying “You wouldn't think that remaining Zagat's number one steakhouse in Manhattan would be easy, but Benjamin Prime certainly makes it look that way. The newest addition, their…second Benjamin Steakhouse, is double the size of the previous locale, with a whopping 356 seats. But it still feels just as intimate, with loads of modular private dining rooms and a still-tough-to-get reservation policy. You'd be a damn fool to go and not get the Filet Mignon Tartare with Black Truffle Crème Fraiche and Fresh Truffle and Grilled Oysters to accompany your cut whilst perched in their 2,000-bottle transparent wine loft (which is also a private dining room, mind you).”
