not finished. Other restaurants, and not just steakhouses, age that beef to make flavor grow and intensify and double back on itself; dry-aging at Luger still results in a tender steak, but it rarely achieves a hypnotic or compelling or even very interesting one. There is the insistent smell of broiled dry-aged steak that hits me the minute I open the door and sometimes sooner, while I’m still outside on the South Williamsburg sidewalk, producing a raised pulse, a quickening of the senses and a restlessness familiar to anyone who has seen a tiger that has just heard the approach of the lunch bucket. I give 200,000 stars to everyone that works there and job well done with the food. There is currently glass partitions betwixt the tables, and they take your info for contact tracing, just in case there's an incident. It’s an old time style steak house but that’s what’s great about it. Pete Wells' review of the iconic 132-year-old Brooklyn restaurant quickly went viral on Twitter. It accepts debit cards, too, which is nice. The restaurant will always have its loyalists. Wells’s scathing review of the longstanding Williamsburg restaurant set loose a flurry of responses — some from New Yorkers all-too eager to agree that quality has declined, others from die-hard fans rising to the defense of the restaurant. Get quick answers from Peter Luger Steak House staff and past visitors. Simply the best, Williamsburg Peter Luger! It’s mostly cash only so be prepared. "At … The other one got a patty that was almost completely brown inside. Can’t believe NYT gave you zero stars. Everything to Know About the Peter Luger Controversy, Loyal Peter Luger Fans Are Showing Up in Droves to Support the Beleaguered Steakhouse, Self-Satisfied New Yorkers Swear They Hated Peter Luger All Along, A Last Supper at Mission Chinese in Manhattan, ‘Indoor Dining is Going Forward,’ NYC Mayor Says in Light of COVID-19 Uptick, Woodside Bakery Kora Is Selling Its Impossible-to-Get Filipino Doughnuts at a Pop-Up This Weekend, How Community Gardens Became Outlets of Innovation for Former Restaurant Workers, The Best Dishes Eater Editors Ate This Week. They will say that nobody goes to Luger for the sole, nobody goes to Luger for the wine, nobody goes to Luger for the salad, nobody goes to Luger for the service. It’s very cocktail-sauce like but really works with the meat. Casual but friendly service. Our server and his team were awesome. I loved the Lugers Steak Sauce. One of them got what we’d all asked for, a midnight-dark crust giving way to an evenly rosy interior so full of juices it looked like it was ready to cry.

The shrimp cocktail has always tasted like cold latex dipped in ketchup and horseradish. But, try their burgers, it's probably one of the best in NYC" It’s mostly cash only so be prepared. I've been waiting for four years to come here. I've heard good things, the burgers are pricier than one would normally pay for a burger, but still reasonable and they're a half pound. The restaurateur says that Luger has remained focused on quality and is proud of its product, “the best steak you can eat.”. Peter Luger Steak House received a scathing zero-star review in The New York Times on October 29.