Tom S.
Yelp
I had no idea Peter Luger's made its way to Vegas until I randomly saw them right outside of the Bacchanal back in October of last year. I was ecstatic to hear that they're closer now because I didn't think I'd get to try this place unless I made it over to NY where it's originally located.
The thing with this place is that it was established in 1887 and is apparently the third oldest steakhouse operating in NY.
The somewhat more recent drama with it is that it received a 0-rating from the New York Times. I haven't read the review yet because it's paywalled, but I'm curious what went wrong for them to rate it as such.
For steaks, they serve either USDA Prime Ribeye or USDA Prime Porterhouse. Their ribeye unfortunately does not come with the cap steak as they mentioned it basically falls off during their cooking process (boooo).
In the middle of their menu, you will see where it says "Steak for 1/2/3/4". This is a little confusing, because my intuition would lead me to believe that you would get one steak per 1/2/3/4 person or people depending which one you ordered.
Turns out this is not the case.
If you get the steak for one, you just get the strip side of a Porterhouse. Judging by the comments, if TWO people order a steak for one, they both only get the strip side of a porterhouse, and they'll be left wondering where's the filet mignon side.
If you want a FULL porterhouse for yourself, you'll have to order a steak for two just for yourself, if you are a party of two, and both of you want your own porterhouses, you need to order a steak for four.
Despite the ribeye not coming with the cap, it was still delicious. The porterhouse was great, but the strip side was slightly more tough, even for a USDA Prime.
The steaks ended up being served family style.
The wedge salad was great, we ordered it chopped.
The sides were pretty meh, though the German potatoes were probably the only one worth mentioning. The bread service was good and the tomato BBQ sauce for the steak was fantastic.
Also, no one knew what I was talking about when I mentioned this was the steakhouse that had steaks so tender, you could cut it with a spoon. I saw it somewhere on YouTube, but no one at this establishment seemed to know what I was talking about.
The Holy Cow Sundae was phenomenal, I haven't had a proper sundae (let alone any sundaes) in a while, and this was a great welcome back to one.
Come lunch time they have a special on a burger there, which was what 90% of other patrons were ordering at the time of visit.