Comments on: Mickey Mantle’s Steakhouse has big flavors, big prices

By: Anon Reader Dude

Anon Reader Dude — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:53:56 +0000

That crab cake sounds wonderful. I share Greg’s annoyance with heavily fillered crab cakes in this town.

Since Greg has reviewed both the Boulevard Steakhouse and now Mickey Mantle’s, I’d be interested to hear his thoughts on how the two places compare.

It sounds like MM’s prices aren’t much less than Boulevard’s — and since I thought my meal at Boulevard was AMAZING, I’d be hard pressed to come up with reasons to go anywhere else when I’m in the mood to drop a lot of cash on a special steak dinner in OKC.

I see from perusing the online menu that MM’s does serve USDA Prime beef; that’s worth mentioning in a review, since steak mavens look for that.

What’s the wine selection like? An important variable in a top-notch steakhouse experience. Strikingly, MM’s doesn’t even post a rudimentary wine list on its website. No info at all. That doesn’t bode well for their seriousness about pairing wine with their food.

Boulevard, in contrast, is a regular recipient of the annual Wine Spectator Award of Excellence, and you can peruse their excellent wine list on their site, complete with prices. They also use fantastic stemware (Riedel — great stuff; the glass shape really improves the bouquet and drinking experience).

Just some thoughts. Thanks as always for all the useful info!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:27:20 +0000

I’ve heard other comments before about their meat coming out a bit dry. Not acceptable at a higher end house. Probably why if I’m in BT, I prefer The Mantle to the player’s namesake. Not saying MM’s is bad, just not my preferred choice in BT

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:58:25 +0000

Both times I have been to Mickey Mantle’s I have been impressed overall. Good service couple with a great steak makes for a wonderful evening. I have had their Bone-In Ribeye that my wife and I actually shared it was so big, but it was excellent. The second time I had a New York Strip, which is not usually the cut of meat I prefer and I remembered why. The Strip was slightly over cooked for my liking and thus it was a little on the dry side….not as tender and juicy as the Ribeye that I had previously.

Overall though I have enjoyed food and the wonderful atmosphere at Mickey Mantle’s

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:48:05 +0000

I went there for my birthday and it was the best steak I’ve had in a long time. A little pricey, sure, but its worth it!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:00:28 +0000

Above average steakhouse… with that said, I love their Caesar salad its great

By: AJ

AJ — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:40:05 +0000

Great review and a great place. I will also note that the bar has a great happy hour with a wonderful lamb that is a steal at $8.

By: Aimee

Aimee — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:31:41 +0000

I love the food and I used to visit the bar a lot more before the smoking rules changed. It is too smokey in there to eat appetizers and sometimes we just want a couple of appetizers and a bottle of wine. (which is still $100.00 for 2) But the food is wonderful and yes it is a treat, they also have a pretty great wine list.