What a guy!

Before Eric left for California for the summer, we had a great opportunity to celebrate our anniversary at Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse! Thanks to the bad service Eric got a previous time he went (haha) he got a 20% off voucher for his next visit. We later found out that if you go during a holiday (father's day) you will automatically get a 20% off voucher for the next visit!

I really wrote this post like a month ago, but Eric has failed to give me the pictures (surprise surprise) and I got sick of waiting for him.

Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse, like I said, is located at the North Shore right by Heinz Field. It is a GREAT place to celebrate an anniversary or to have a nice dinner with a few of your loved ones. Eric called in ahead of time to make reservations and to let them know that it was our anniversary. Upon arriving, they had a private booth for us and the table was covered with rose petals and candles, beautiful!


The food was good and the atmosphere was wonderful. And thankfully, this time, the service was also spectacular!

To start, we got half a dozen of east coast oysters (they let you choose east coat or west coast). Oysters, again is something Eric has never tried until dating me and now he's hooked! There is one thing about Pittsburgh that I hate- they don't know how to do oysters. Really, any place that I have gone to that has served oysters do NOT know how to chuck the oysters- and always end up leaving bits of the shell inside of the oyster. Not only is it annoying, it shows their lack of expertise and in the end my appeal for oysters in Pittsburgh is slowly dying. Nonetheless, Eric loved them, while I only had two.

6 east coast (blue point, I believe) oysters.

As for the rest of our meal, Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse has a great selection of appetizers and steaks. They also have a 'Sea & Shore' special where you can pick a seafood entree and it comes with a 7 oz filet mignon. This is the option I went with- I'm a fat ass, go figure.

The one thing I really liked about this particular steakhouse is that the steaks are cooked in a variety of different styles. Along with that, they allow you to be flexible and choose the type of cut and then the style- which is great.

So like I said, I got the Sea & Shore special where I got my filet mignon done 'cabernet' style where it was grilled with garlic, black crushed pepper and cabernet butter. As for the 'sea' side, I got the colossal sea scallops but instead of the citrus sauce, I asked for the lemon butter sauce- which wasn't a problem (I love being accommodated to). This special also comes with a choice of a salad and a dessert and so for the salad I got the classic caesar salad which was HUGE (and delicious) and again, being the fat ass that I am, I got an extra thing of lobster bisque which was to die for.

Huge Caesar Salad (anchovies available upon request)

Delicious Lobster Bisque

Oh. my. gosh. The food was so good. The salad was refreshing and crisp and was big enough for two. The lobster bisque was hearty yet not too heavy and was so delicious that I practically licked the bowl clean. The scallops were tender and moist and was cooked in a delicious butter sauce. The steak was done perfectly and the cabernet butter was wonderfully tart yet creamy that complemented the steak perfectly. My meal was great.

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As for Eric, he got the Steak Dijon which was a HUGE piece of meat wrapped in bacon topped with a hollandaise sauce. According to him, it was also delicious. The piece of steak was so big and tall that it required 3 slices of bacon to wrap around the entire thing!

What I did find strange was that they didn't ask me what I wanted for dessert (it comes with the 3 course meal special), but to my surprise, Eric knew that creme brulee was my favorite and called in ahead of time to order it for me! They brought it out on a nice place wishing us a happy anniversary! What a guy!


Maybe, it was the special occasion, or the great man I was with, but I very much enjoyed my experience at Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse. The service, food and atmosphere were all wonderful and I will most definitely be returning. Perhaps I will stop by for Father's Day to get that 20% discount for another visit! Maybe next time I will get that 36 oz. 'bone-in' Wagyu beef from Japan steak!!