manny's steakhouse

the very best steaks are served in this classic restaurant in the twin cities! the staff are courteous, friendly and professional. relaxed setting - you can go dressed up or dressed down. we had oysters as appetizers. raw oysters were fresh. various steak options include the bludgeon of beef - a 54-ozmeatperfection. i had the bone-in ribeye and it was the best i have ever had. huge portions! highly recommended for steak lovers!

tender mouth melting steak. i had the ny strip steak, cooked rare.... it was very tender and so moist. it truly could have melted in my mouth. it was seasoned perfectly. for the price of themeati would have guessed that sides would accompany but they don't. i had the side of mac and cheese, again.. true deliciousness! even though sides are a la carte and additional cost, it was well worth it. the best steak i have had in a very long time.
i'm just getting caught up on my reviews (i ate here in november, 2012) but i'm sure it's just as good today. wish i lived out there to go back.

it's all about the meat. that's what our lady server said as she wheeled out a table of insanely large viands in front of me and my son. thirty oz filet mignon; 40 oz ribeye; 5 lbs bludgeon of beef; a live 5 lb. lobster who stared at me with a forlorn look. while i was up for a steak, i wasn't up for a $200 meal either.

after some consideration, i asked about having prime rib, which wasn't one of the selections on themeatcart. they did have a 48 ounce honker which they agreed to cut in half for me and junior. at $47, it is a great value (the lobster went for $100). cooked medium rare, the prime rib was great in spots (well seasoned where themeathad a crust), but kind of lacking any distinctive flavor in the center of the cut. overall, it was good, but it wasn't the best prime rib i ever had. i am typically a clean the plate guy, but the sheer mass was too much for me to eat in one sitting.

sides are ordered a la carte. the sauted mushrooms were outstanding - it might have out-did the prime rib. the mac and cheese was not that good.

we escaped with a $92 pre-tip bill. we took about 16 ounces home and junior had it for breakfast the next day.

i don't know what to say about manny's. it's an experience. but i also think it's a once a year kind of place. it's a place i would expect to see don draper wining and dining some clients before closing the big deal -- if don draper lived in minneapolis.

over rated. this place sucks! themeatcomes out nearly raw, i always have to send my steak back. most good restraunts would cook you a new steak, but not manny's, they take it back, burn the hell out of it and bring it back with no flavor. it's very loud and over crouded. the only reason i even go there is because my friend has a boat load of money and likes to act like a big shot, and he always buy"s. i can't understand why any one would want to spend that kind of money on a crap meal, it's very expensive. i think most people that go there just want other people to think they have money or are more important than they really are, it's very plastic.

peter lugar's it's not!. i ordered the bone in rib-eye last night and a dinner salad (wedge). no other sides and 2 bourbons. that's it. bill was $90.00! wow. steak was cooked rare as opposed to medium-rare. there seemed to be zero seasoning including salt/pepper and the steak looked good but was surprisingly tough for a cut ofmeatof this caliber. i think manny's is a trade show, business event place as opposed to a foodies place. everything was geared towards up-selling as much as possible. very disappointing.

something to always look forward to. i love that you have to walk through a lounge/bar that's hip and urban to get to the restaurant. i wasn't a total fan ofmeatuntil i tried their female version of a ribeye steak. wow....great sides that you can share with a party, great drinks, etc. the only thing that i didn't like was how noisy it was. it was really hard to hear whatever your party was saying.

a religious experience w/beef. while i have yet to check out the newly migrated to the w version of manny's the classic location in the hyatt has been the site of several religious experiences withmeatfor this atheist.

they don't bring out any sissy hunks of meat. they bring out plate size steaks on a cart and there's no impression that you're there for anything other than hardcore carnivorous activity. the hash browns are swimming in butter and instantly melt in your mouth yielding a tastgasm of side dish pleasure.

sure, they have seafood, and salads, but you're there for the hunks of cow and the sheer masculinity of it all. don't delude yourself with any notions otherwise.

blab all you want about the chain steak houses, ruths chris, capital grill, etc. this is where you go to obnoxiously consume redmeatwith your friends and brothers.