House of Prime Rib

05/15/08

What a hoot!

by sesquialtera at Citysearch

This place was okay, but the salad ritual was hilarious! Spinning around a bowl of iceberg lettuce and tinned beets on ice cubes while sprinkling it with bottled garlic salt...and the results looked like they were being eaten for the second time! The waiter really seemed to enjoy it, although questions posed in the middle of his patter and choreography really seemed to throw him off track. The food was, again, okay. Much better to be had at half the price elsewhere, though. Still, the salad dance was worth the cost of admission. Take a camera, it's priceless! I still laugh my head off thinking about it!

• Pros: Somewhat festive.
• Cons: Could use a few velvet paintings.

04/20/08

Prime Rib Galore!!!

by baggyboy at Citysearch

My friend told me that they remodeled and have a new wine room and new bathrooms. So I went with a group of 6 and wow were we impressed! The wine room is the most beautiful thing in the city. Right in the center of the restaurant with glass walls, so you can see all their great wines they have there. The new bathrooms are great too, much more spacious and clean! The Prime Rib is awsome as always and the salad is getting better every time we go. Their dressing is the best! I always get two bottles to take home since they won't tell me the recipe. Friendly staff too! Can't wait to go back!!!

04/20/08

Gotta love the Prime Rib

by bagger74 at Citysearch

Went there on a weekday and the place was packed. WOW! Went with my girl for her birthday and they brought out a scoop of ice cream with a candle, sang, and took a picture of us. How sweet! Memories forever. Oh, by the way, the food and service was amazing, love the mashers.

04/20/08

Best Prime Rib on Earth

by llmnyc at Citysearch

What can I say? If you want the best Prime Rib ever, go to this place. Very friendly staff and great food. Too bad they book up so fast, but if you remember to make a reservation in advance, it is the best. A lot of excellent food for a good price. 8 Dollar Valet is also the cheapest in town. Can't wait to go back!

• Pros: Food, staff, and valet
• Cons: loud

04/18/08

Prime Rib, Yorkshire Pudding, etc... Yummy

by grub at Citysearch

Very tasty. You get what you pay for. Price is worth the portion and taste. Service was at par. When In San Francisco, I like to make time for this place.

• Pros: Prime Rib, yorkshire pudding
• Cons: Parking, take the cable car.

04/16/08

Five Stars!

by daabt at Citysearch

5 stars,5stars.that's all i can gave.if there was 6 stars, i would give them 6 too.what a nice place for hanging out.

• Pros: Prime rib,always prime rib!
• Cons: can i have third slice

04/16/08

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by dreamingflyer at Citysearch

Nothing to say,just WOW!!!!!!! If you were meat lover,go. you must go!!! everthing is so great.Oh,i got run extra mile tomorrow.

• Pros: Food,Drinks,Service
• Cons: Parking

03/18/08

Not Worth the Hype

by sammikins at Citysearch

My family and I have been eating at The House of Prime Rib (HOPR) for my brother's birthday every year, for the last 15 years. Service has been slipping the last few years. However, this year (2008) the dining experience was so abhorrent we all agreed to NEVER return.

We made reservations 3 weeks in advance for Saturday at 6:30 p.m. The whole party arrived 15 minutes early. We waited a total of 45 minutes past our reservations and complained numerous times before we were seated. Whoever heard of waiting when you already have reservations?! We made our complaints known to the manager and he knew that we were angry. He actually said "I will come back to speak with you when you have calmed down." I've never met a manager who cared so little about his customers and was unapologetic. I don't know what he said to the waiter because when the waiter came to take our orders he was condescending and rude, blatantly trying to rush us out.

The famous house salad was limp, soggy, and old - with telltale brown spots throughout the greens. While I understand beef is their specialty, the other entrees (chicken and fish), in the past, have at least been satisfactory enough to eat. On this visit, I ordered the sea bass. Like the salad, it was not fresh. In fact, when the waiter brought out the fish (with it's dome cover on), I could smell the "fishiness" before he even approached the table. After a few bites, I discovered the fish was still raw. To pacify us, the manager brought out complimentary desserts. Even that was terrible. The strawberries were hard and sour. The creme brulee was still cold (even beneath the caramelized top). The only dessert worth mentioning was the bread pudding.

I used to recommend HOPR to friends and family, but no longer. I heard that the 49er organization used to eat at HOPR regularly, and then they stopped going. Now I know why.

• Pros: bread pudding
• Cons: wait, management, service, seafood

03/07/08

It was okay, nothing special

by CYCYCYCYCYCYCY at Citysearch

It was my first time going to the House of Prime Rib this past Monday (3/3/08.) It was a spur of the moment so we did not make reservation. That was a mistake on my part cause we waited for over an hour and a half.

My expectations were higher since a friend recommended it. The place is nicely decorated, friendly atomsphere, and the salad was the highlight of the meal. The prime ribs was good, but not good enough for that price and the portions were not "Massive". Two person, two dinner and wine costed just a little under $100.

• Pros: Atomsphere
• Cons: Value

02/19/08

Worst We've Had, What Happened?

by Wizard32 at Citysearch

I used to come to this place for special occasions when my wife and I lived in the SF Bay Area. However, since I moved to Tracy (about 60miles away), I haven't been back here for about 8 years. A lot has changed in those years, and unfortunately for the worse. I brought 8 of my friends and my wife last Saturday (02/18/08) for our valentine's celebration, even rented a limo as we wanted it to be special for our wives, and drove all the way from Tracy to have dinner here. We were all very disappointed, and I am throroughly embarrassed for taking them there. What happened to the old place? That night's service was cordial with but a bit of rudeness, and you can tell they were not genuinely polite. Our server (Jason) *tossed* yes, tossed a piece of yorkshire pudding into the plate of my friend's daughter, her plate being a foot out of reach. After being confronted with it, he said how else was 'he going to get the pudding in her plate?' given the size of the table. Very tacky for such a place that's supposed to be one of the better places to eat in SF. Also, I don't know what reviewers here refer to as 'large portions'? Each person in our party ordered a different item from the menu so I had a glimpse of these 'large portions'. Let's just say, I was not full when I finished. The English Cut is just paper-thin slices of meat (the premise being that some folks say that thinly-sliced prime rib is supposed to taste better). Yes I may agree to that, but one would think it would at least have the same amount of meat as the House of Prime Rib cut (same price of $34.85) but no -- and the House of Prime Rib cut was not even that large to begin with. My friend's daughter (18yrs old and petite) had this to say about her fish dinner, and this sums it all up: "This is it?". Disappointing. Very Disappointing. I'm not taking anyone there again, ever. We should have gone to our other place we were considering, Hs Lordship's accross the bay in Emeryville.

• Pros: Ambience
• Cons: Service, Food Portions