I wanted to take my visiting father and brothers out to a nice dinner. I have heard several people say that the Broker was supposed to be a really good place to have fine dining. The atmosphere is really interesting, considering it was a early 20th century bank vault. The food however was far less interesting...
1st off, the service was unbelievably slow; it took over 10 min for the busser to show up with the water... and another 10-15 min before we were able to place a drink order.
Secondly, the shrimp that they serve as an appetizer was not peeled (tails and legs still attached) and most were not even de-veined, or done so poorly that the tract was half there...
The waitress said that The Broker is known as a steak place and is ""famous"" for their prime rib. My wife and brother ordered the torrenados. My wife's steak looked like it could be served at an ihop, and she said that the sea food topping tasted ""tinny.""
I ordered their famous Prime Rib (medium) and so did my other brother. His was raw in the middle, bright red and cold. mine was just the opposite. it was well done throughout and the outside inch of the ""steak"" was more like beef jerky...
and their desert ""options"" consisted of a robbery topped NY Cheesecake, raspberry sherbet, and vanilla ice cream. if you wanted something ""better"" it was another $5.00 on top of the all included meal price.
This is definitely not a place to have a $100.00 / person meal. We would have been better off going to a Chili's or an Applebee's and gotten a better meal than at the Broker.
Pros: Atmosphere
Cons: Not very good food
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