Adam R.
Yelp
As a former regular at the Park Ave NY location of Wolfgang's, as well as Bobby Van's, Benjamin Prime, and Peter Luger's itself, I was eager to see Peter Luger style steakhouse in Boston.
The ambiance is modern and expansive - with floor-to-ceiling glass windows and a see-through wine cellar. I prefer an older style arrangement but open-plan, tall ceilings, and lots of glass, is what they believed people would like in Boston and elsewhere (though they copied the tile for the ceiling, smartly made out of cork so that it doesn't get too loud).
The only thing to get here is the steak for two (porterhouse), or if you're by yourself, the sirloin strip. Sides of creamed spinach and "German potatoes" make for a classic trio. If you come here and order lamb chops, or order sea bass, I feel sorry for you - as you didn't do your research. Wolfgang Zwiener worked at Peter Luger before splitting off. There is (or, was) no menu at Peter Luger and only one thing was really on offer: porterhouse for two (or for three, but the insert less tasty sections of meet for that).
I see other reviewers who did not do their research, ordered random things off the menu, and complained. The porterhouse is what they do, and the rest of the menu is filler for people who walk in with no idea of the history, expecting a restaurant to cater to whatever they want. The mentions of "bad service" in some reviews might reflect the patrons more than the servers themselves - I've never had a bad experience. In fact the service was better timed in the Boston restaurant than the Park Ave one where the waiters tend to rush you through, pour you too much wine too fast even when you ask them not to.
The meat itself will vary from time to time. Most of my steaks at Wolfgang's Boston have not had exactly the same flavor as the ones I've had in New York, and I'm not sure if that was the randomness of it, or because of differences in the aging or where the meat is from, but I hope to have a great steak at the Boston location again.