The space and furnishings are too spartan and the service amateur and scattershot (no smiles offered here - busboy serves mains with ""who gets the...?""). Further staff training is a must, as what might be a nicely relaxed atmosphere rapidly deteriorates into the sense that one has been abandoned at table.
That said, for steak on the Upper West Side and considering there is no corkage fee, one can enjoy a passable meal for a very low price. The bread is very good; shame it takes four pleas to enjoy more than one small slice per person. The strip steak is decent, but lacks entirely the mineral undertones of the properly dry-aged offerings at Sparks, Peter Luger, or NY Strip House (on its good days). The ubiquitous molten chocolate cake (billed incorrectly as a Galette) is fine.
Pros: Steak on UWS, No Corkage Fee, Price
Cons: Service, Atmosphere
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