Broadway American Steakhouse — Restaurant in Utrecht

This place: in short, American-approved--and then some! They speak fluent English, so even if you're not a native convert like me and are just visiting, you will be absolutely fine.

You know how a good American-style steak has a tiny bit of good crunch from that nice char, and tons of flavor even beyond that of perfectly-cooked rich beef that you can't quite place (unless maybe you're a high-class chef)? Well, this has it. This is authentic. A little slice of home but with a perfect European flair to enhance the mastery even further, and it almost brought a tear to my eye, truly. I have badly missed the fireworks of flavor that characterize the best American cooking. Here I was spoiled; Broadway gave me the best of both the worlds I love.

What was the European flair? Delicious peppery arugula rather than tasteless lettuce, plus flash-seared tiny on-the-vine honey tomatoes, both of which tasted amazing with the steak and its lime mayonnaise which is SO much better than it even sounds. Lime is an underrated flavor already; in many contexts {amaretto sours aside} it kicks lemon's a$$ just like arugula kicks lettuce's a$$. Yes, I know that sounds silly, but it's the purest truth. Just try it: just dip that piece of luscious steak into the lime-mayo and wonder what all the secret ingredients could possibly be. This is what you want when you spend your hard-earned judiciously-saved money: something you absolutely COULD NOT have made at home. You want culinary genius that makes you feel like the trip away from your cozy little abode was worth it. Here, you will find it. Here, the steak is worth the expense. You will close your eyes, you will savor each special bite, and you will find the Nirvana of flavor. You will thank the universe as you deserve to.

That goes for at least one of the two cocktails I tried on this special occasion. The Bacon Old Fashioned, I had high hopes for but was disappointed; it was nice, but the bourbon was maybe a bit too low on flavor, and the bacon bitters could not overcome the sugar taste. I would have wanted more maple flavor (though that is expensive) and more bacon taste (/crunch) rather than a chewy pale pink bacon garnish. The American Negroni, however, was the first Negroni I have ever liked. I have made Negronis for myself and never felt impressed; this one, however, opened a whole new world for me. Bluecoat Gin and Doragrossa Vermouth are new names to me, but Tanqueray (which I usually LOVE in a gin & tonic) plus Martini & Rossi just didn't work for my palate when I used them at home. This gin & vermouth combo was much more subtle and let the Campari shine as it should. Bravo; I am a convert.

My American friends: I know what you've heard, I am a former "well done" junkie too, but--don't don't DON'T ask them to burn your steak. Do not listen to the silly paranoia; proper quality beef that isn't ground up is safe to eat as long as the surface bacteria are sufficiently murdered with heat. If the inside is a rich juicy red but still warm and chewable, someone has cooked it perfectly. Trust the chef. Enjoy the masterpiece of a slightly black exterior and a marvelous red inside. I promise, as long as you aren't like 85 and/or ignoring any special doctor's orders, you're fine to just enjoy the heaven that is a glorious diversity of beef colors.

I sneaked in w/my Dutchie for a celebration of 2 yrs together this side of the pond, and we splurged a bit of our savings on the 2-person Sirloin & Lobster menu. He was not impressed with the lobster, and I admit, I have had better at Red Lobster where they give you butter and cut it in the other direction and separate the parts you should eat from the parts you shouldn't--but it was still delicious to us, and we both loved the steak. Next time it's steak all the way.

Aside from small service errors (forgetting smoked butter/regular solid butter as a replacement; forgetting our water, not asking about drink refills) this was a fabulous experience. Extremely friendly service, charming visuals, amazing flavors, cozy atmosphere with...

We came by to a full restaurant without a reservation, but the super friendly staff looked into the details of reservations and in only 5 minutes we had a table. Only thing was, we had to be done in an hour.

We got seated and our waitress came by with the menus. We quickly decided what we wanted for food and drinks and shortly after the waitress came by again to take our order.

Soon after we got our drinks and then had a small chat with eachother.

The waitress came by and recognised our language as Scandinavian which was correct (we are Danes).

Soon the food was brought in and it looked magnificent.

I had a mixed plate with Lamb, Chicken, entrecote, sweet ribs and a piece of beef. On the side I had a bit of salat, a tomato and a some bbq sauce. In a medium size metalholder I had some really great freshmade frenchfries.

Afterwards we got the waitresses attention, talked a bit, then paid and left.

We were there just around 1 hour in total, but it did not feel forced or anything.

All in all, great atmosphere, lovely staff and the best meat I ever had in this country, price was not the cheapest, but still a very fair price for this quality of food and service.

I will definitely be visiting again, but next time, with a reservation so I can sit and enjoy the place even more. I would also recommend this place to friends/family and everyone that reads this review

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Went there with my girlfriend for our anniversary, we were sat down relatively quick, then were just left there. I had to call the waiter and tell him we wanted to order. He then had to call the waitress to go over to our table, I asked for a cocktail, water, tea, and appetizer and both of our meals. We told her we wanted the appetizer first with the drinks and our food right after. She brought the water, iced tea and the appetizer... we thought the cocktail would come soon but didn't. We finished our appetizer and waited... and waited. She then came and asked if they could start PREPARING our main course. By this time my girlfriend was freaking out. After another long while our food came, looking not exactly how we expected. We asked about the cocktail... the girl never took it down, she just didn't hear me order it. It was okay, I asked for another iced tea. I ordered a burger which on the menu, I really thought I was getting a BEEF patty but nooo it was a sweet potato patty. Burger was vegan, it was tasty, just not what the menu described. Now my girlfriend ordered a "Philly cheesesteak" the bread was hard, the cheese sauce was thickened with SO MUCH flour you couldn't even call it a sauce it was so grainy! the onion was raw, it was messy. The steak itself was pretty decent but overall it was just so bad.

We told the waitress and she just looked at us like oh okay? Like she didn't even care.

We didn't have a good...