40 Steak and Seafood

First visit to Bismark ND. Supper with no reservation on a February Wednesday night. So glad we were able to get a table. Amazing first impression outdoors... Completely amazed at the decor and ambience when we entered and escorted to our table. We ordered Tenderloin steaks 🥩 Baked potato 🥔 this is a big spud! House salad 🥗 this is a big helping! Bottle of Red 🍷🍷 Great menu and uncomplicated dining options. 👍 The steaks were cooked to perfection, moist and flavorful 😋 Medium rare & Medium Staff were so welcoming and friendly. Excellent service. Thanks to everyone for a great evening out. A special thanks to the chef's 🧑‍🍳👩‍🍳👨‍🍳and kitchen crew who are seldom seen. We appreciate what you do! Well done.... Pun intended 🙂 We will be back 👍

I fell in love with this establishment. From the staff being welcoming in everyway and cooking everything to perfection to the atmosphere filled with history. Now granted it is rare for us to go to this type of establishment, I'm so thankful to have found you place. Thank you so much for the amazing experience.

I was so disappointed, I have heard all about their Hanger Steak. I ordered Medium Rare but it was tough as nails and lacking taste. I assumed that was how it was supposed to be until I tasted my husband's what a difference.

Delicious food always amazing, the oysters were fantastic. I love the vibe from this place Bismarck fav

Loved the ambiance of the place. They have great selection of steaks and wines. I had a bourbon bowl because I was craving to have some vegetables and it was exactly what i had in mind. The Naan that came with the chicken curry was delicious. They gave me chicken in the bourbon bowl and to make up for it they gave me a complementary steak.

Loved the ambiance, old school steakhouse. Food was fantastic, Caesar salad, salmon, dry aged ribeye. However, the old fashioned pictured immediately upon receiving was less than desirable as it was 1/4 full and I was told the ice will melt it and make it bigger. Cutting costs in restaurants are understandable, but this was slightly overkill :/ Would definitely go back and eat though!

Great service, Manager very informative and helpful. Delicious food and lots of options. 107 Dry Age Steak. Wow Drinks were good, nice Vino selection and Tequila. Tried multiple steaks for the entire table, all delicious.

My husband and I had a wonderful meal at 40 Steak and Seafood in Bismarck. He had the Cajun pasta and also the roasted beets and I enjoyed the panko fried Walleye and Caprese salad. Excellent food! Our server was wonderful too but I’m sorry I can’t remember her name! The atmosphere was great and such a unique restaurant and experience! I would definitely recommend this restaurant!

What a fantastic experience from bar service through dinner. Jamie was our bartender and service...she was fantastic. Chef came out several times to answer questions, make recommendations, etc. He's been there for 20 years and can tell you about the interior which is all repurposed wood from many different eras. Tried the vegan steak as I'd never seen a plant-based steak option. It was quite good! If you are vegan, chef will create dishes for you outside of the steak, if interested. Sure beats a chain steakhouse any day of the week!

Just wow. All those one star reviews are not accurate. Food here is amazing and service is as great!

NEVER AGAIN WILL GO!!!!!! Service was the first person to see us everything lacked any kind of seasoning at all None!!! not even salt or pepper. Used to be my number one place in Bismarck. Now i won't go again $100 and nothing to show. Not Even full. No mashed potatoes to begin with we were the lamb was no flavor whatever sauce was on them was horrible. The potatoes were horrible fatty from the lamb chops Please! tell someone not to order things. Won't be back don't remember the girls name that was our server. She was horrible. i shouldn't have tiipped.

Best meal I had while in Bismarck. Traditional steakhouse feel. Entrees ordered separate from sides. Priced as expected for a nice steakhouse. Actually inexpensive compared to other cities. Decor was wood panels classic style. Our group of 7 were taken care of nicely by a single server. Wine selection was good for the area and reasonably priced.

Great service, great food and lovely ambiance. This is a great place for a date or a special occasion. I love their vegan steak. Even my mother who is not vegan said the steak was very good. I will definitely return.

Went for dinner. Ribeyes are good, asparagus was very good with hollandaise sauce however the seafood mac and cheese was not that good at all. Overall I would go back. Loved our server Stacy!

I got up at 4:15 this AM, drove to Seattle and flew to Bismarck via Denver. I worked on computer a bit and was hungry. I entered 40 at 9:58 PM and was warmly greeted. I was welcomed with warm bread, a menu and smiles. The 1401 burger was great! The staff was excellent! Go there, you won't be disappointed. Jerry Lael Kittitas,Wa

Stopped by on a rec from our hotel clerk..husband had a filet with bacon and mushrooms..he was very happy and ate every last bite. I had the meatball pasta bowl (was linguine with red pepper marinara and steak meatballs) and I am sad I didn't eat it all...it was good, but too much. And then we shared a very good crème brûlée for dessert. We enjoyed local brews from Black Leg brewery and overall are happy with the rec.

Passing through this week and wanted a decent dinner. The place is fabulous along with great service. We started with Bison meat balls, delicious. For dinner we got the lobster Mac&cheese, amazing. I got the NY steak, fabulous. My wife got the Ribeye and it was ok. For sure the Ribeye was not to the standard of the place, perhaps an off night. Overall very good. Go and enjoy.

Best steaks ever!!! I highly recommend this restaurant!!! Great culture, too!!! It would be a missed-steak not to try it!!!

We started off my dinners in Bismarck on a high note and I think the other steak houses in town will be hard pressed to top the meal we had here at 40. It's 40 because they serve forty-ounce steaks. Yeah, that's over two pounds of beef and over a kilo for you non-Americans. A big piece of cow. To start, we had the pork belly appetizer and I then had an excellent wedge salad before my 18 ounce bone-in rib eye appeared. Cooked to order and served with a small amount of mushrooms (this is $4 worth?) plus a side of horseradish that was super hot. The steak was cooked to order (medium rare) and was quite flavorful. We sat at a table in the bar area and the service there was excellent. After dinner, we shifted over to a table next to the fireplace which was quite comfortable. Good wine list and a reasonable selection of beers. Dinner for three with the starters and a *lot* of wine was $77 each plus tip. Looking forward to seeing what else they have in Bismarck but not expecting them to be nearly as good as 40. I am very sure that I'll be back here. [Review 10542 overall, 309 of 2019.]

I arrived in Bismarck around 6:00 and was hungry for steak. 40 Steak & Seafood was near my hotel. The decor and ambiance are interesting. I liked them. The service was good. I wasn't prepared for the price. Everything is à la cart so the meal was expensive. The steak was very good and perfectly grilled. The $4 baked potato was large and perfectly baked. One thing that disappointed me was the bread. I'm not sure what type bread it was, but it had a strange flavor, was stale and a barely warm. I expected it to be delicious, but it wasn't. I actually cut off the crust and only ate the center.

Excellent food,kind of a wait so we sat at the bar. Bartender was excellent , chatty and very fun to talk too. My husband normally is a straight 20% tipper left him a 45% tip! Would definitely go back if we are ever in Bismarck ND

Ribeye is perfect. love that each room is a different time of the bars life. Staff was awesome and on point. They make great drinks and will be back

I stop in probably once per week. I love the outdoor space, the staff AND MOST of the food. Recommendations: - The hanger steak prepared medium rare if you have a taste for steak but don't want a huge 20 or 40 oz piece or meat or want to pay $40 for the filet - the 40oz porterhouse that's offered on Wednesday's is a good buy. Yes it's a lot of meat. No i don't eat all of it. I normally take the filet out and save that for the next day. And for $40, not bad if I'm getting two meals - the ahi tuna is awesome if you're not into red meat. It's flavored and prepared so awesomely! - my coworker loves the lobster Mac and cheese, I'm not a fan. So order and consume at your own risk. - happy hour is from 4-6 and 8-close Mon - Sat. NOW, if you're sitting in the restaurant part and not the bar area, no one will tell you it's happy hour and that the happy hour is applicable to the entire restaurant, So be sure to ask for the happy hour menu if you're there between those times. Overall, the food is damn delicious, everyone is really attentive and in the spring and summer when I can sit outside, it's perfection! OH - If you're full on Vegetarian or vegan, not that many options. Just an FYI.

WARNING: The servings here are HUGE. The 40 Steak and Seafood is a "surf and turf" restaurant in Bismarck. Offerings include "fresh" seafood and a variety of cuts of beef. Our meals were just average, at best. And you'd better be hungry. Really hungry. Maybe you shouldn't eat for a day or two beforehand. Because the portions are JUST HUGE. One serving at 40 Steak & Seafood is enough to feed four people! HUGE PORTIONS OF UNAPPETIZING FOOD. Hmmmm.... Doesn't sound good.

Wow, I never would have expected to find a place like this in Bismarck ND. The old farmhouse style, dark wood building gives way to what earned the international dry aged steak competition a few years back. Sit at the bar or in the dining room, but definitely take them up on the kitchen tour to see their dry aging process. Over 100 days, 32 degrees, 50% humidity, blocks of pink Himalayan salt, all gives the meat a taste and texture that you simply cannot reproduce at home. Every night they have a special for $40, I got the 40oz. T-bone. That's right, 40 oz of 100+day dry aged steak for $40. That same meal would easily cost three times as much in a place like Chicago or New York. The best part, the meat meets expectations. Dinner was steak and a glass of wine that night, and it was the best meal I have had in a while. Foodgasm is really the best word to describe it. If you are in Bismarck, you have to try this place at least once.

Bartenders need basic training. Ordered a gin martini - Aviation gin, stirred, bone dry, straight up. Pretty simple. I was served something cloudy, room temperature, and yellowish colored. Tasted awful. I asked what it was and was assured that it was a bone dry martini. It was undrinkable, so I ordered a gin & tonic instead. Twice the waitress came back to ask if I wanted it dry also. Huh?? Fortunately they got it right - but still charged me for the crappy drink that I sent back, as well as charging me extra for the olives. Food was OK. Unfortunately the management has no venue for private comment directly to them, so public it must be.

Was in town for work and had a vendor takes out! My first impression of the place is that it's an old school steakhouse and I love the rustic feel! Service from when we walked in to till we left was excellent overall! The menu is a nice array of options from. Seafood to steaks to pastas! All of it is ala cart! I loved the selection of whiskey and bourbon they offer and a nice wine list! We got a few starters in the bison meatballs (pretty good and good flavor 4 to an order), deviled eggs (6 in th order but not packed with much flavor unfortunately) and the 40 seafood dip (good portion and great flavors)! I got the prime rib with shrimp as the meal and the prime rib has a lot of flavor and tender! Only downside for the price is the piece isn't huge and seemed to be maybe a bit more fatty then I've had elsewhere! But flavor was good and the tenderness was excellent! The shrimp were cooked to perfection! Ashton who was our server was excellent and made good recommendations and overall a good first experience! To see more pictures of this place and others go to Kam Finds Food page on Facebook and Instagram and join the foodie community! We love new foodies who love to share their passion for food pictures with us!

We had reservations for 7:45. Our food finally showed up at 10:15. When you are charging $65 for a steak it better be served as ordered. Steaks were small and over cooked. My son's ribeye that was ordered med rare was served a solid well done. Our server was very pleasant, but that can't cover for the total failure this place served up tonight. Horribly overpriced relative to what you get. Save your time and money and try another steakhouse while out on the town in Bismarck.

The food was good but the service was terrible. Should have walked when nobody was at the host counter when we walked in and had to wait to be seated & after that we pretty much waited for everything. I truly thought they forgot about us after we ordered and didn't get our drinks for a long time.

I took my family out for a birthday dinner, The east 40 for years had a reputation for some of the best food in town.  That has changed!  The last couple of times we have eaten there the food has been less then good.  The other night we gave it one it one last shot.  6 of us went, 4 of us has a variety of different steaks (Strip, T-Bone, Cowboy, Teres Major) with loaded baked potatoes,  one had Walleye and one had a Toyko steak bowl.   Other then the fish which my sister said was good,  the rest of us couldn't even finish our steaks.  They looked beautiful on the outside but portions of the steaks were so raw you could hear them moo when you cut into them.  The potatoes were like rubber.  I swear they made them days before then heated them in a microwave.  The Deviled eggs may have been the most disgusting thing I've eaten in YEARS! This was our last visit to the 40.  We have given them more then enough chances to get their groove back like they had years ago and it is just NOT going to happen.  By the end of the night it was a $500 bill for a meal I wouldn't serve to death row inmates. If  you are looking for a good steak, I would suggest ANY place other then the 40.  You could probably get a better steak at the Rocking 50s Cafe in the mall at this point.

We walked in and had to wait a half hour for a seat. Then we waited another 20 minutes just to have a waitress acknowledge us. We finally got our order in. Then we waited another hall-hour for our food. When the waitress brought out most of the food I asked about the bake potato for my girl friend. Her response was her octopuses arms fell off. All she would had to say is the that she couldn't get on the first trip. The steak was seasoned beyond belief. I guess I wanted a little steak with my seasoning. Neve would go back

Horrible! Used to be a good place but definitely gone downhill. I ordered a Bloody Mary and it tasted terrible so I asked the waiter to remove it from the ticket. He said he can't remove it but he'll pay for it out of his own pocket. I didn't sign up for a guilt trip. Apps came and they were a joke. Waiter made several crude comments throughout our time there. Never again!

Caesar salad amazing, wine very reasonable and nice Hash browns, carrots , tomahawk steak absolutely amazing You need to come here

Great food and great service. Not going to sugar coat it took a long time to get our food. My steak was cooked to perfection. Enjoyable ambiance it's a really cool place. I would definitely go back again.

In town on business and heard this steakhouse advertised on the radio. When I searched on yelp, I wasn't impressed but figured I'd still give it a shot. I sat at the bar since it was just me. There was 2 other people also sitting at the bar. The first thing I noticed was how expensive everything was. Really didn't match the ambience. So I order a salad to start, the filet and loaded mashed potatoes. It took about 7-8 mins for my very basic salad to come out. I finished it and continued to wait for my steak. Was easily 15 mins, maybe more. I finally told the bar tender if my meal didn't come out in 5 mins I would cancel. He checked on it and came back to say it is just waiting on the loaded mashed potatoes (which doesn't make sense). My food came out a few mins later. Both the steak and loaded potatoes were barely warm. The bartender claimed they were busy because there was a big table that showed up. The restaurant was maybe, MAYBE, 25% full. Feel like the bartender forgot about my food and it just sat there. Regardless of the reason, this restaurant is not worth the price of the meals. The only reason I gave 2 stars and not 1 is because the old fashions I had were above average. Recommend you find another restaurant.

Winner of "International Steakhouse of the Year"...and it happens to be in the middle of nowhere...go figure ¯\_(ツ)_/¯! Perhaps it's because in North Dakota there is nothing to do but work on your craft, and it's very clear that they have worked on their's...and it's quality steak! What I love most about 40 Steak + Seafood is the value proposition! They have these specials that are pretty hard to beat.... Mon: Prime Rib and Lobster Tail (Pictured Below) $40 Tuesday: Two T-Bones for the price of ONE! (Pictured Below in take away form) $40 Wednesday: 40Oz Porterhouse for...guess? (Pictured Below) $40! YES...I've gone on almost every day of the week but let that be a testament to their 100+ day aged meat! What I'd recommend with respect to the sides are the vegetables and the Brussels sprouts with potato au gratin! The seafood was okay....and the mushrooms were okay, but if you avoid those you'll be fine lol. Anyway, let's get to the pics! OH HOW COULD I FORGET!!!! GET THE BREAD WITH THE MERLOT BUTTER! It's complementary and PHENOMENAL!!!!! Foodgram: @letschifan

This is a hidden treasure! We came in just before closing so the place wasn't very busy, there was one family in the dining room and 2 parties in the lounge. The furniture was very old fashioned and the decorations looked from another time, matching the cabin aesthetic. The bartender waited our table, and she was awesome. She had great recommendations and made the best Old Fashion I've had! There were so many good options for food, we ended up going with a sirloin and linguini, with lobster mac & cheese. Everything was made perfect, the steak was out of this world!! I don't know why so many guest and "steak experts" give this place a bad rep on Yelp, it's worth all its 5 stars. We have traveled through 15 states and this place is our favorite steak spot!

For North Dakota I thought this would be a great place to get a steak... nope! Overpriced and the food was just okay! There must be something better here... my recommendation is to keep looking.

As always the team at 40 Steak and Seafood exceeded expections every evening. If you want a once in a life experience or weekly visits this is a prefect place. Amazing food and service!

I give this restaurant five stars not judged by the insanely competitive standards of those in New York, San Francisco, or Portland (in all of which cities I have lived), but in comparison of what one should sensibly expect in traveling cross country, as did my wife and I when we ate at 40 Steak. Oh, but I must add the our waiter would merit 5 stars wherever he was employed ... very prompt, highly efficient, contagiously cheerful. Back to the food and decor ... both are good. We cleaned our plates, a good sign, and we liked having a booth. So, expect a pleasant dinner here, but don't count on the opulence and flourishes of expensive coastal steakhouses.

Been here twice since I'm in a hotel across the street. Food has been good each time but my issue begins and ends with lounge area tonight. Walked in tonight and the majority of the bar and lounge area was dirty and full of plates and food from previous diners. The bartender was a grumpy older man who told me it would be awhile before I could sit at the bar in a clean area. I asked what TV had the game on and was told by grumpy it doesn't matter because he won't change them. If I'm going to drop $70 on a meal in Bismarck ND I should expect basic courtesy and professionalism. This place can kiss my ass as there are many other steak house choices. What a shame that such a good restaurant has such a jackass handling the bar area, it's an immediate turn off and I won't be back

Horrible service.. save your money and go somewhere else. The building itself is great!! Beautiful decorations and the hostess was very friendly. The server Lisa was horrible. She had attitude because we had questions.. considering this was our first time ever setting foot in the place her attitude went down hill once she couldn't sell us the $40 steaks right off the back.With the type of service not provided the prices should match and be around the $5-$10 mark not what they are. Having been to real steak houses that have $100+ steaks on the menu I have high expectations when you have a certain price point. This place misses the mark all around. The only food that was edible somewhat was the boring basic Caesar salad. The bacon (pork belly on the menu) was just two thick slices of bacon you can get at a grocery store cut into small pieces with a sauce that tasted like straight honey... To top this awesomely bad visit the server without regard to correcting anything just asked if we wanted our tab.. as if I was going to pay for the two bites that were taken?? I think not. We spoke to the kitchen manager when we asked for one. He was nice and took care of the salad and acted surprised that the service was bad. Service is important and if you value it don't come here

Always stop here for a great steak when in town. Had 2 bosses with me this trip. One was excited to eat here one not so much. Sat down at 620pm. Drinks and appys (tuna/pig belly) good to go. Ordered the Special Of the night Lobster tail and Prine rib. No prime rib - at 620. I believe they opened at 5pm. Place was not packed but maybe 30-35 people total. Anyway - ordered same as 1 boss - 18oz bone in ribeye- very good. Broccoli was raw and didn't eat, thought it would be steamed. Salad on par. Other boss said his meal was ok but wasn't enthusiastic about it. Overall, kinda of a lackluster $250 dinner. Of course I'll come back for the steak.

Heard a lot of great things about this place, but I was unfortunately very disappointed. I made a reservation for a table of 2 to celebrate a special event, but I was let down by the staff. We showed up 15 minutes early to the reservation time, but still ended up waiting 30 minutes before being seated. Waited another 2 hours for the food after ordering. I will choose going to a chain over steakhouse over here for the service alone.

If I could have given this place half a star I would have. We went here for my nephew's graduation and I made the reservations three weeks in advance, party of 18 at 7p. We did not get seated until 7:48, when we inquired about this at about 7:30 the staff informed me that my reservation was at 7:11 (WTF?). After finally being seated we find we had one waiter...for a party of 18! Poor guy, but you could tell he was irritated and upset about it as well. As he is taking our order he starts letting us know which items he's out of. Corn, ravioli pasta, prime rib, asparagus a couple more; instead of starting with the 86-d items when we were seated. Because at this point, it felt more like, "hey this sounds great, NOPE. How about this, NOPE. Do you have this, NOPE". Its about about 830p when he gets our order and this place is open until 11!! They are already out of half their stuff. They brought our food out separately so some of our party was trying to wait for everyone and their food got cold. w We talked to the "manager", she stated she was covering for the usual manager and because they make everything fresh they have no way of gauging how much of something they will need. This makes no sense! If you have people making reservations on graduation weekend you should have a better idea of what to stock! The steak itself was fine we actually were not served until about 9:45p. We didn't even bother to look at the dessert menu because we figured we would be there until closing by the time we got it. I would absolutely not recommend this place. I'm sure there are better steak locations in Bismarck.

Don't get sucked into to dry aged gimmick. I spent the extra money for the tomahawk steak and basically got a steak with a huge bone. Nothing special about the dry aging to justify the extra price. Nothing special about the big bone sticking out of it. Should have been a thicker steak and I was expecting a more tender piece of meat. Stick with regular ribeye or strip.

Dried aged steak joint that is in an old, cute, barn style house. Tables are not that different than your parents furniture and each room is cozy. The food is really good, happy hour specials were ok but it was the service that puts this place above average for a steak shop. From the suggestions of beverages that cleanse the palate, to the options of customization. Really cute place! Photo is the beef brisket nacho, $6 during happy hour.

The restaurant is clearly one of the better restaurants in Bismarck, however the pickings are slim and if this restaurant was located in Honolulu it wouldn't rank as high. I may be willing to give it another shot, just because I loved the resteraunt itself, but hopefully the food can get better. This review were dittoed by our group of 4. I would not recommend this place as fine dining. Our waitress was pleasant and efficient. Appeared they were minimally staffed. Won't be back for a long time.

Salad was watery, loaded mashed potatoes were cold, and filet seemed like it was a frozen Omaha steak. All the food was flavorless

On September 2, 2016 me and my wife dined here. My wife had the salmon which was excellent. I ordered the prime cowboy aged dry aged 260. The steak was tough from the start. Once I cut into the piece of meat it was the color of dark red to purple. I ate 1 chunk of steak and it was cold and slimy. The manager came out and all he offered was to warm the steak up. You don't rewarm a thick cut steak. So at the end of dinner I got a bill for the $80 steak I had one bite out of and got offered free ice cream. Never again will my family eat here.

Expensive but fantastic food well worth three price. This is a $$$$ Restaurant, but I would willingly spend the money again!

I come to Bismarck twice a year and always have dinner here. The food is ALWAYS delicious. They serve the best dry aged steak I've ever eaten. They also have the best side dishes. The roasted beets were incredible tonight! Thank you Kip! Great experience as always!

This was a great find for a wonderful dinner. My husband had the hanger steak and I had the beef stroganoff with a glass of red wine. We followed that up with cream brule. The best of all was our wait staff, Eddie and Marco very friendly and attentive. We will definitely return to this restaurant. It was nice to eat on their outside patio.

Great spot to dine at. The lettuce wrap appetizer is fantastic. The steaks are among the best in town. It's pricey, but worth it. Servers have always been very friendly and helpful. Good spot to have an office Christmas party.

Quite possibly the worst service I have recieved in quite a long time. It took 1 hour and 20 minutes to get our food. Our order was incorroect. One of the steaks was supposed to be medium and it came out beyond well done. No offer to replace it. We had a Lobster Tail add on that did not come out. When it did there were shrimp litteraly in half of the lobster shell. My friend is allergic to shrimp. Glad he caught it and didn't just eat it. No offer to bring another one. My corn side dish did not come out and it took 15 minutes for them to get it out after not bringing it. When we asked what the delay was they said that they had two large parties ahead of us. If that is the case don't take reservations you can't service. I did see the two groups. One was about 10 and one was about 12. The rest of the restaurant was about half full. Seriously??!! The bill was brought and you would think maybe they would offer some sort of credit, but no and no appology as well. The entire dinner took 2 hours and 5 minutes. This is only part of the bad service as just getting a drink and placing our order took forever. I probably will never be back to Bismarck but maybe I can save someone else from this place.

Ate in the bar area- although not overly friendly, Kip provided prompt service. Served wine and took my order quickly. Wedge salad was wonderful - served with the perfect amount of dressing with bacon and blue cheese crumbles except white onions and not red. No bread. Petite filet arrived early(still finishing my salad) with the side of Brussels sprouts leaves and potatoes. More potatoes than vegetables. Steak was a thin, trim cut but cooked as requested. Would try another Bismarck steakhouse before I return.

Met friends for dinner, we sat at the bar. Ordered beers and wines. Nice selection of beers. I ordered a wedge salad. It was huge, smothered in blue cheese and bacon. I had a filet mignon, medium rare. It was cooked perfectly. I don't have a good reason, but I had a side of tater tots. Best answer: because it was there. Never had tater tots with a steak before. Overall, wonderful place to meet friends for a steak dinner.