David Burke Prime — Restaurant in Ledyard

This is a continuation of my Review of Foxwoods Casino. I strongly urge you to read that Review first. It humorously explains why I was at Foxwoods.

I will recap some essential points for the sake of clarity and I like to repeat myself over and over again. I know I just repeated myself again. Please stop whining about that.

So, my wife and I drove to Foxwoods Casino in my brand new $66,000 Toyota Highlander Hybrid PLATINUM that I had just purchased from Crabtree Toyota in Watertown, Connecticut. My salesman Bobby was fantastic. You can read my review about Crabtree separately if you want. I suggest you read it even if you don’t want to. It is mildly entertaining.

Anyway, I owed my wife a good time because she was miserable after I spent all day shopping for a car at Crabtree. I loved every second of that experience. My wife does not like shopping for cars. After several hours, she was bored out of her mind and she was angry.

I asked her how I could make it up to her. She said “Let’s go to Foxwoods.” This was a great idea because I knew it would cheer her up. I know that my wife LOVES playing the slot machines.

I also thought to myself this is a terrible idea because I just spent $66,000 in cash for a new car.

I am not a rich man. But, I was FORCED to buy a new car because some ass* speeding on Interstate 84 in Danbury, driving a black SUV, smashed into my 2014 Toyota Camry demolishing it. This mother* nearly killed me and my wife! Then, he sped away from the scene of the accident. I hope that son of a b** reads this review. Maybe he will contact me to apologize. Yeah, like that is going to happen.

So, finally we arrived at Foxwoods. It was dinner time and we were both ravenously hungry.

We searched for an appropriate restaurant. I knew this was an exceptionally good idea for several reasons. First, as I just mentioned, we were both hungry. And second, and most importantly, I know that the longer we spend time in a restaurant means that we will spend less time in the Casino actually saving THOUSANDS of dollars in the process. Since I had just spent the equivalent of one year’s salary, I was looking for any way to save money.

And so, we searched for the best restaurant at Foxwoods. My wife and I LOVE to eat steak. In fact, I have never ever seen my wife eat a vegetable. That is one of the many reasons why I love her so much.

We were going to have a Romantic Dinner.

Fortunately for us, we discovered the most fabulous restaurant anywhere DAVID BURKE PRIME.

Here is my review of this restaurant.

We entered this elegantly appointed dimly lit restaurant. We were immediately greeted and seated without a reservation on a Saturday night!

What happened next was extraordinary.

Our sever, James, arrived at the table. I had not read the menu. I asked James, what do we want for dinner?

And then, he said “You, Sir, would like an aged ribeye, and your wife would like the filet mignon.” THIS WAS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED! This was the most remarkable mind reading act I had ever witnessed in my life!

Then, he asked me, “Would you like the ribeye aged 30, 60 or 90 days?” I thought waiting 90 days would be a good idea saving me even more money. But, I couldn’t help but notice how much my wife was in a rush to hit the slot machines. So I said, “I’ll have the 30 day aged ribeye. We can’t wait that long.”

And then I added, we would like a shrimp appetizer served over ice. James said “That is not on the menu. But we will prepare it for you, Sir.” I am not a pompous ass, but I really liked it when James called me “Sir”. Maybe I am a pompous ass and just didn’t know it?

My wife and I subsequently ate the most delicious and exquisite dinner we have ever had.

At the end of the meal, I paid the bill, except for one part. I handed James a HUGE tip in cash because he earned it.

I conclude this review by including a few photos, and concisely saying a few pithy remarks.

David Burke Prime Restaurant is expensive. The dining experience is worth...

I’ve always had a great experience here, so I was excited to go with my boyfriend to celebrate his birthday. However, there were quite a few problems with my most recent experience including not taking a nut allergy seriously. We were seated at an extremely wobbly table in the corner. After the appetizer, the waitress came over to clean the table. She caused so much shaking that she spilled 1/3-1/2 of my yuzu sunrise, which I had only had a couple of sips of at that point. I was like, “oh, my drink.” The waitress just blamed the table and wiped up the drink she spilled. I was shocked she didn’t take the drink away and replace it considering she spilled such a significant amount. For the rest of the evening the stem of my glass was sticky from the waitress spilling my drink. After the drink incident, I felt awkward about how the waitress saw now two problems (shaky table and spilled drink) and didn’t fix either. My boyfriend and I agreed that we couldn’t imagine cutting steak on such a wobbly table (they really shouldn’t seat anyone there until it’s fixed). We flagged down the waitress and asked if it’s possible to switch tables. She attempted to tighten the table and put a napkin under the base, but it was still shaky. We asked again if we could be seated somewhere else, and they brought us to a much nicer table. I’m not sure why we were seated at a table like that to begin with! The peppercorn sauce came broken (pictured). At a restaurant of this caliber, broken sauces should not be served. My boyfriend and I just wanted to enjoy our meal, so we decided not to complain again. My boyfriend has a tree nut allergy (cashews and peanuts are ok) that causes anaphylaxis and informed our waitress at the start of the meal. For dessert, he ordered the table side bananas foster. The man preparing the dessert asked if anyone has a nut allergy before he adds the nuts. My boyfriend responded that he’s allergic to tree nuts. The man said, “these are cashews.” I said, “cashews are fine.” My boyfriend quickly piped up that he “didn’t want to risk it.” I looked over and realized that the man had chopped pecans, which he was calling cashews. If my boyfriend had taken the word of the server, he would’ve gone into anaphylactic shock. It’s especially concerning that they would have gone into a sauce, so it would have been difficult to tell which type of nut it was. The cotton candy had a pocket of sugar inside it that spilled onto the table when I took off a piece (pictured). When the check came the waitress made a joke about giving the check to “whoever would tip her more.” I found that distasteful. On a positive note, the food we had was delicious. I feel as though the mistakes detailed above should not have happened. When you go to a place like David Burke Prime, you expect a certain standard. We didn’t want to ruin the evening by complaining multiple times, so we made the best of it...

I was at David Burke's tonight, over the years I've been there a couple of times I've always been underwhelmed when it comes to their steaks. I sat at the bar this evening I had sparkling water to drink.. for the appetizer I ordered the beef carpaccio, it was it was excellent and I should have stopped there. The server bartender was fantastic he's professional cordial attentive five stars he's superb. I inquired if they had a porterhouse for a single serving as the only one they have on the menu is their porterhouse for two which I believe it's like 38 Oz 40 day aged $149. I also ordered the mashed potatoes on the side. The steak comes out it looks very good it's a big hunk of meat on the plate. They provide you with a serrated edge steak knife, and they should have provided me with a surgeon scalpel or a chainsaw. The New York strip side was so tough that my hands were getting tired cutting it just to get a piece. Even in the center of the meat there was so much fat and it looked like veins or tendons that would pull 6-7 inches after you cut a piece of meat trying to keep both sides of the meat together. Out of the strip side about 50% was completely unedible.. the tenderloin side again around the perimeter extremely fatty it was not trimmed. And the only portion that was reasonably tender was in the eye of the tenderloin everything else was tough. I've been to Michael Jordan's at Mohegan more times in the past 15 years and I can count. I will tell you 100% unequivocally that if you line up 100 people and have them eat a bite of each steak everyone will select MJ. I've been to David Burke multiple times since they opened.. most of the time it's when friends or family come over and we're walking around the casino and they go oh David Burke let's go there.. all right fine.. in my opinion David Burke is overrated the food is underwhelming at best.. and to be quite Frank I can go to Big y and have the butcher cut me a USDA prime porterhouse 2 in thick and it's Superior than what David Burke serves. I think you understand where I rate David Burke... Go there for drinks, maybe an appetizer. Avoid the steaks, they are garbage. My dog did enjoy the tough meat for her dinner when I got home. Maybe they should create a slogan. THE WORLDS MOST EXPENSIVE DOG FOOD

Dinner tonight one person. Pellegrino water Beef carpaccio appetizer Porterhouse for two Mashed potatoes $216 plus 60 tip.. $276... I would have rather donated the money to the make a...