Dee Lincoln Prime — Restaurant in Frisco

When you walk into Dee Lincoln in Frisco, it is like walking into a different world. The ambiance is up scale, the decor is fresh and interesting, and the seating is beautiful.

My partner and I went to Dee Lincoln for dinner during DFW Restaurant Week. During this time, restaurants offer a prix fixe menu. I was very excited to try out this new restaurant.

Our server was attentive and very friendly. He was helpful with the menu and we were basking in this experience -- drinks were good, and we were eager to dig into our 3 course meal. I decided on the wedge salad, crispy duck and carrot cake for dessert. My partner had the crab and corn soup, the filet and cheese cake. The wedge salad was sublime. Well done. The soup delicious. Now we ran into a little bit of trouble with our entrees. My partners dish was great. Perfectly cooked filet, excellent presentation. My duck was good -- cooked well -- but not 'crispy' as described. It was served with snap peas and mushrooms, which were, unfortunately completely inedible. So for me, this has been a struggle. As an advanced cook, I know that what they did with the mushrooms was a rookie mistake. So maybe it was a sou chef that made the mistake, but the mushrooms were so over salted that they burned all the way down. Completely inedible. It really destroyed what could have been an incredible experience. I was so disappointed because this place had great marks up until this time. While I ate the duck, which was appropriately seasoned, the meal was ruined because of this massive mistake.

As I pushed the meal to the side, the manager came by to check on us, which was bad timing on his part since I was still trying to recover from the massive sodium hit I had just taken. When he asked how my meal was, I told him that the mushrooms were grossly over salted and that the dish never should have left the kitchen. His response was sub par, he stumbled over an apology and offered new snap peas -- what? You are going to replace one component of the dish? I refused, and I wish he had told me he would talk to the chef. To me, knowing that this dish was not going to be served like this again would have been enough. Sadly, I don't think that happened.

Our desserts were served next, and were very good. The carrot cake was excellent, as was the white chocolate cheese cake. I couldn't finish the carrot cake because of the sodium burn still going on, but it was good.

I've been really torn on this review. Does one bad entree ruin the whole meal? Did the chef not check the outgoing plates? Was this a one time thing? I'm not sure. So I'm undecided on whether or not I'd ever go back based on this visit. But I did love the...

My wife and I had a date night here and had a terrible experience. We love high end steak houses and usually go to Nick and Sam’s but decided to try a new place that’s closer to our home. When the waiter presented their Wagyu prices he said $90/oz for the Kobe with a 4oz minimum, $35/oz for Kagoshima with a 3oz minimum, and $35/oz for the Sanuki with a 3oz minimum. My wife ordered the filet (which was delicious) and I ordered 4oz of the Kagoshima and 4oz of the Sanuki. When the food was delivered to our table I immediately noticed how small the steaks were. We asked our waiter about the size of my Wagyu steaks because it definitely wasn’t 8oz of steak. We were told that those Wagyu steak only comes in “portions” of 3oz and he assumed I wouldn’t want 6oz of each but didn’t say anything about this when I ordered 4oz of each. That is absolutely not what was explained when pricing and details were presented to us. I’ve never been to a steak house that sells steaks by the oz with a minimum order size but ONLY sells steaks in portions of the minimum amount. Why even sell steaks by the oz if they only come in 3oz and 4oz portions? If this is indeed how they sell steaks why not sell them for $105 per 3oz portion or $360 per 4oz portion. It sounded like the waiter was making this up because he screwed up and was trying to cover up his mistake. He said he was going to go talk to the manager and for us to enjoy our food in the mean time. We did and I was finished with my steaks in 8 bites. The manager arrived around the time I was finishing my steaks but didn’t address that there was an issue he just asked how we were and if everything was tasting great. When I said there was an issue he replied that he heard. He then went on to explain the steaks only come in 3oz portions, the waiter misspoke, and they look small because of the marbeling. He then asked me if I wanted to ORDER another 3oz portion. The waiter basically disappeared for the remainder of the meal. He did offer free dessert to make up for the mistake. Then to top things off, when we received the check we were charged $105 for one of the Wagyu steaks and $135 for the other Wagyu steak. If they only come in portions of 3oz how is it possible for me to be overcharged by $30 for the steak? The waiter fixed the check but said he was “hooking us up” by correcting it. I’ve never experienced a high end steak house not owning up to their mistake and not trying to make it right other than offering a free dessert. We really wanted to like this place because it would have saved us the long drive to Nick and Sam’s for date nights, birthdays, and anniversary’s but we will never go back. BE CAUTIOUS OF THIS PLACE AND...

WOW. What a luxurious steakhouse experience! Ms. Dee has outdone herself with the selections available to guests.

Highlights from the meal: Everything was PERFECTLY seasoned. Not once did I ever think about needing salt or pepper. My mouth was SO happy 😌 The meat. PERFECTLY cooked all around the table. We enjoyed the lamb chops, bone in filet, and 12 oz. filet. The scallops with risotto The sushi platter—it doesn’t get much fresher or higher quality unless you’re in Japan! The Potstickers. Tender filling, expertly contrasted with the unique spicy mustard soy and crunchy kimchi The side dishes of creamed corn and smashed potatoes were the perfect accompaniment to our meat. The bearnaise sauce. It’s our favorite pairing with filet of beef, and this was the best we’ve EVER had anywhere. We had to order another portion to finish the meal. Even the Caesar salad side was seasoned to perfection and dressed appropriately with the right amount of ingredients all around.

We only had a couple lowlights worth sharing, but not enough to taint the whole experience: Eduardo our server was very friendly and welcoming. However, he was right on the edge of sharing just enough information to make us feel accommodated, and too much information that made him feel like a salesman just trying to sell us more food. I appreciated his eye contact and enthusiastic tone of voice when sharing about what he liked to enjoy there. The timing of the meal was excellent until we got to the end of our entrees. Then it came to a screeching halt. The desserts were a sad ending to the meal. They were, in our opinion, overportioned, making them overwhelming. When the 4 of us wanted to split 2 desserts, Eduardo kept pushing the carrot cake. It was unrelenting. Then, when the dessert finally arrived, Eduardo still included the carrot cake. We were equal parts delighted by the surprise to try his favorite dessert, but also overwhelmed because we were already stuffed and just wanted a little sweet treat to end our meal. Not a huge dessert buffet. THEN, the service team tried to charge us for the carrot cake even though we didn’t order it. They took the donuts off the bill, but those are $7 cheaper. They did get it fixed for us and ending up taking the carrot cake and donuts off, but the time it took to fix the bill and charge the card was a little concerning. At any other restaurant we would be sweating about potential credit card fraud, but thankfully haven’t had any issues yet. Something for management to be aware of.

Overall, we were so so enthused with our evening out and will certainly come again if we get the opportunity! Just might pass on the giant, overly...