The Prime Rib, Washington, District of Columbia Restaurant Details

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My experience at this location was MAGNIFICENT. The server was marvelous, the music was wonderful, the food was sublime and the overall customer serve was delightful. It is a must place to go when its your woman birthday. A gentleman came by the table and song Happy birthday to her in Opera. I will go again

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My husband and I are here while visiting DC for our anniversary. I have never had such a wonderful dining experience! The food was amazing! He thoroughly enjoyed his prime rib and I my filet! Enjoyed a wonderful gimlet and Pinot noir. The au gratin potatoes were out of this world. The service was extraordinary! Our waiter was formal but also easy to connect with and made us feel at home. The owner happened to be dining there at the same time as us; he came over and chatted with further ensuring we had the best of nights. The pianist was amazing and asked for our special requests. Wonderful experience! Best we have had!

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My boyfriend is responsible for a lot of this unique review but he mentioned he did consider more common steakhouses such as Ruth Chris' and they failed to meet his demands.

He showed up several hours before my birthday dinner with a giant bouquet of flowers and requested the best table in the house he could find. As far as I was told, the house manager was very accommodating and walked him around the restaurant pointing out where the piano player would be, potential views, or flaws of each seat. He was not treated negatively because he was dressed very casually.

The restaurant stored the bouquet until our reservation (8:30). When we pulled up we were greeted by valet, and did not have to open the doors ourselves, there's a coat check, we were seated immediately! I do recommend, for an intimate date the two tables against the wall that gives one of the two partners direct view of the piano and both people large leather chairs. (In the rear of the picture I uploaded) For our needs though the booth seating was perfect! The piano was directly behind us, we were able to be as close as we wanted to each other, and the table is much larger than the other 2 person tables, allowing room for my bouquet and all our food. The restaurant was bustling even on a Monday! We met some truly great patrons that night, because they stopped by our table to compliment us or say hello. I think our table drew extra attention and people even held their breath for a proposal, but he's just that romantic all the time (haha!). I do echo some other reviews, we were the youngest BY FAR in this restaurant, but that's nothing new most 20 somethings aren't in an expensive, jacket required place.

Jackets required, even while seated, it's on the menu in case you forget. Classic 5 star restaurant service, chairs pulled for women, women served first, clean utensils, rimmed wineglasses, proper wine glasses, great ambiance, pristine bathrooms, tablecloths folded in your absence, purses allowed their own stools when needed, etc. In this regard, the restaurant is not just resting on a 50 year old reputation like some reviews allude to.

The servers work like a well tuned orchestra! Any conversations or corrections happen off stage left, it seems like the staff even walk in step! Hats off to the staff here, they really have mastered their field.

The creamed spinach was awesome, the swordfish was rather bland. I'm afraid I have to echo most reviews in the fact that my food wasn't great, hell I don't know if it was even good. But like some other reviews the overall experience for a special night was great. But for the quality of food Double Eagle Steak House, STK, and Charlie Palmer may win out.

As an added bonus the host is also your happy birthday opera singer! He sang to us in Italian and it was really neat. The birthday girl got a 24 K gold plate for my birthday dessert, complimentary of the chef.

Overall I can't wait to go back to try to sit at the bar, listen to the live music, and be back in the dark room, secret meeting type environment.

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In our experience, Prime Rib offers less than vastly overpriced supermarket quality steak and overdone fish.

My wife booked us for dinner on my birthday and we looked forward to quality dinner. To start our disappointing experience, I ordered a Martini up with three olives and was served a Gimlet up with three olives. Close but no cigar! Then things really went downhill!

The aperitifs were acceptable. However my wife's Dover Sole was overcooked and my NY Strip ($64!) was tasteless.

We could have done a better dinner at home . . . let alone at any Morton's or Ruth's Cris.

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You can't get more DC than Prime Rib. This is THE steak place in town - the reputation and the service is almost as good as the food! I've had some great memories here - this is the place you want to go to celebrate in town.

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At this very old-school K Street steakhouse, a polished staff ferries well-prepared standards including the can't-be-beaten namesake dish in classy surrounds reminiscent of the Victorian era; it may be DC's last bastion of dressing for dinner (jackets are required) and such a prime experience is certainly expensive, but those who half expect Sinatra to walk in say it's a natural for celebratory dining.