Prime N Wine — Restaurant in Mason City

Having a home nearly next door to another Greek inspired steakhouse in the area for about a year and a half now, my wife and I have driven by this place countless times saying "someday". I visited their website and their Thursday night date special was where my mind was at, but because we're rarely around on Thursdays, it would never happen.

We bit the bullet this past Saturday and now I can hardly wait to go back.

Let me start with the decor. The outside of the building was completely unassuming. As we entered the building, it was almost as though the angels were singing. The carpet was plush, the walls darker in color, the rooms dimly lit, but no so much that you couldn't read your menu. The overall "feel" of the place was ritzy.

Service at first was a little clunky as we were told about the specials while standing up with our hostess blocking access to one side to our seating. The service improved beyond this first experience. We ordered a drink and water to start. The wine pours were reasonable.

Our waitress came around with our drinks and told us about Saganaki. Not knowing much about it really, we were pleased when it came out and it was really entertaining, and delicious too, albeit filling.

My wife had the French onion soup, and bacon wrapped scallops and I had the wild rice soup and the early bird prime rib done medium with garlic mashed potatoes.

The French onion soup was delicious, and so was the wild rice soup. We both felt that if we had eaten it all, we might not be hungry by the time our entrees arrived. Did I mention there was bread too? We didn't partake.

The prime rib and garlic mashed potatoes weren't plated together, which was ok. My prime rib was done beautifully. I'm used to seeing a small dish with au jus at other places that serve prime rib, but this wasn't included here. There was ample juice on the plate itself, which is likely why the mashed potatoes weren't plated together. First bite was amazing. Delicious, warm, tender and flavorful too. I really don't think I could have ordered a better option. The garlic mashed potatoes were tasty, but the texture was a bit more runny and less fluffy.

The bacon wrapped scallops were plated well - visually appetizing. And I'm pretty sure anything wrapped with bacon makes it better, right? The size of the scallops did not disappoint either. They were cooked perfectly, bacon was crisp enough and the scallops weren't overcooked. They tasted really good too. There was a bit of spiciness to them. It wasn't overly pronounced, but just enough to let you know it's there.

The bill was reasonable too. I've paid much more for lots less.

Suffice it to say we couldn't finish our meals. We took our leftovers home. We left content and pleased with our dining choice. We will definitely be returning again. This time I don't think we'll wait for a...

We went out for a post valentines date night. We ordered a flaming Greek cheese appetizer that we did not like. We both had one bite of it then let our server take it away. My fiance ordered an 11oz steak medium and I ordered the surf and turf. Both of which were fairly pricey plates. But we were celebrating. His steak came out rare and we waited about 10 minutes for her to come back so we could send it back. They brought it back about ten minutes later. Mind you at this point my food is ice cold. And they brought him out the same steak he had cut in half that just had been reheated and was now dry. We were not impressed for a more "upscale" resteraunt when we immediately asked for our check when she finally did come back to check on us. At this point we were done didn't even want dessert and wated to go,having not even each taken more that ONE bite of our food our server asked if we liked anything?. We expressed our displease with the food quality and and were told that we were "entitled to our opinion" and then charged our 120 dollar check that we didn't even bother taking left overs home thats how upset we were. So for 120 dollars for a couple of bites of Greek cheese a few bites of steak and a half of a crab leg and a very rude server.. we definetly will not be back here ever again.. the only thing stopping me from practically demanding my money back is I spent along time in food service and know that's not how it goes.. but I also know you should take WAY better care of your customers than that.. do not waste your time or money.. it is not worth it. We literally left there and went through the KFC drive through because we were both...

I attended a company event at this restaurant. The wait staff were exceptional. A member of our group has a significant disability and the staff accomodated him beautifully. These were really nice folks. They kept up with drink orders from a larger group with varied taste. They didn't mix any orders up. Really a nice job!

The appetizers were fabulous. Many people commented they could have been a full meal alone, and they would have been very happy. The main meal was kind of.. meh. Served lukewarm, it was okay but not memorable. After the appetizers it was a bit of a letdown. It didn't seem to matter what section of the menu you ordered from - Greek, pasta, steaks, fish... it seemed underseasoned/undercooked. Avoid the garlic mashed potatoes. Those were an exception to the underseasoning: They were so heavily salted that we found them inedible. In their defense we were a large group who ordered from the entire menu and they were trying to serve all the meals at...