John Howie is to be congratulated for hosting a dinner on Thanksgiving with their regular, terrific menu. A great change of pace and, as always, terrific food and service.
Scott
Birthday dinner. Great service, good with kids, tasty cocktails and food, A tad over priced, but good for occasional splurge.
Brian
Came here with my family to celebrate 3 different birthdays. It was a spectacular experience. Eric Hallowell was our server and he created such a special dinner for all of us. Professional, knowledgeable, attentive and so welcoming. The food, as you would expect was excellent all the way through. Especially memorable were the bone marrow, the Caesar salad prepared table side, the hamburger (yes, the hamburger), the bone-in NY strip and the A-5 Wagyu strip loin. Eric recommended 2 fine bottles of French wine: one Pauillac Chateau Lynch-Bages in a magnum and a Calon Segur St. Estelle. Perfect wine pairing with our rich food. VERY pricey, but worth it for that special occasion.
Douglas
Overcooked steak, no seasoning, poorly cooked and tough stem asparagus. Deviled eggs wonderful, Beecher's Mac n cheese quite good, flavorless Shirley Temple likely had syrup/sprite issue. Limited wine by the glass, bread basket really good and terrific whipped butter. Way too expensive for a mediocre at best experience. El Gaucho, Cuerno Bravo, Daniel's all superior in my view.
Richard
When booking i was asked what was the occasion n what want I said it's a birthday and I want a small cake for birthday girl and when I reached it wasn't there the one who helped us was over talking and not helping us the chicken was too salty, I prefer women to do the serving too all saw was men
Cory
Service was attentive and pleasant, the food was all very well prepared. Wonderful evening out
Alicia
This is my favorite steak restaurant in Bellevue (In Seattle it has to be the Metropolitan Grill and in Renton it is the Melrose Grill. Those are my top 3 in the area). Their steak is always cooked to perfection as I ordered and I thoroughly appreciate and enjoy the variety of sides offered. Their table-side Caesar is excellent for those who enjoy pungent flavors of anchovies and garlic. Service staff are great. Although I tried to order white negroni but they did not stock Suze...I guess they can't have everything.
Kris
Service was horrible The waiter acted like he was doing us a favor, leaving us alone. The reality was, he had too much work on his hands.
We came to John Howie for the first time to celebrate my 41st birthday and our 20th anniversary. It is now our new favorite place, beating out The Met which is still great, but this place blew it out of the water! Our server Emil was friendly, helpful, and made our experience perfect.
Miel
Celebrated our 13th anniversary. First time for me and everything was absolutely perfect! Totally recommend!
Michael
I've dined at John Howie many times, and this visit felt different. No amuse bouche and no chocolate truffles at the end. Those little touches used to set them apart. Our entrees took a long time. The server said the chef wasn't happy and remade them, which seemed odd since all four dishes were redone. It made me wonder if the order sat before being sent and the kitchen took the blame. They now add a 20% service charge automatically. I'm fine with that since I would have tipped that amount, but I do worry the guaranteed gratuity may be eroding attention to detail. Overall, the service and small touches weren't at the level I've experienced here before. I hope it was an off night, because when John Howie is on, it's excellent.
Amy
We had already experienced John Howie Whiskey which is amazing but that location doesn't offer the table side Bananas Foster so we booked our anniversary dinner for John Howie Steak. We had the table side for two chateaubriand steak which just melts in our mouth. We had to take a moment of silence to enjoy that first bite, it was so good! And of course the table side Bananas Foster was delicious. The whole meal definitely did not disappoint. The wait staff was just as amazing. The only “negative” remark I would have is that we didn't feel the appetizer bread basket was worth ordering. It offered a variety but was dry bread like bread sticks, cracker-like wafers and the like. Nothing you can really butter. Should have gone for the salad instead.
Richie
Updating based on restaurant response. Tim, no we didn't speak to the manager. It spoils the evening even more to do that but would love to provide you with more info if you share your contact details with me. —- We had mentioned we were celebrating a birthday while reserving but no one greeted us about that or asked even once whose birthday it was etc. Service was slow also and we had to wait a very long time to even get our drink orders in. There was no talk follow up asking us about how the food was or if wanted anything else - after waiting we had to wave someone over to request extra bread. Overall pretty disappointing for spending almost $300pp
Really amazing dinner and staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Core memory! Amazing everything.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
John Howie is to be congratulated for hosting a dinner on Thanksgiving with their regular, terrific menu. A great change of pace and, as always, terrific food and service.
Birthday dinner. Great service, good with kids, tasty cocktails and food, A tad over priced, but good for occasional splurge.
Came here with my family to celebrate 3 different birthdays. It was a spectacular experience. Eric Hallowell was our server and he created such a special dinner for all of us. Professional, knowledgeable, attentive and so welcoming. The food, as you would expect was excellent all the way through. Especially memorable were the bone marrow, the Caesar salad prepared table side, the hamburger (yes, the hamburger), the bone-in NY strip and the A-5 Wagyu strip loin. Eric recommended 2 fine bottles of French wine: one Pauillac Chateau Lynch-Bages in a magnum and a Calon Segur St. Estelle. Perfect wine pairing with our rich food. VERY pricey, but worth it for that special occasion.
Overcooked steak, no seasoning, poorly cooked and tough stem asparagus. Deviled eggs wonderful, Beecher's Mac n cheese quite good, flavorless Shirley Temple likely had syrup/sprite issue. Limited wine by the glass, bread basket really good and terrific whipped butter. Way too expensive for a mediocre at best experience. El Gaucho, Cuerno Bravo, Daniel's all superior in my view.
When booking i was asked what was the occasion n what want I said it's a birthday and I want a small cake for birthday girl and when I reached it wasn't there the one who helped us was over talking and not helping us the chicken was too salty, I prefer women to do the serving too all saw was men
Service was attentive and pleasant, the food was all very well prepared. Wonderful evening out
This is my favorite steak restaurant in Bellevue (In Seattle it has to be the Metropolitan Grill and in Renton it is the Melrose Grill. Those are my top 3 in the area). Their steak is always cooked to perfection as I ordered and I thoroughly appreciate and enjoy the variety of sides offered. Their table-side Caesar is excellent for those who enjoy pungent flavors of anchovies and garlic. Service staff are great. Although I tried to order white negroni but they did not stock Suze...I guess they can't have everything.
Service was horrible The waiter acted like he was doing us a favor, leaving us alone. The reality was, he had too much work on his hands.
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We came to John Howie for the first time to celebrate my 41st birthday and our 20th anniversary. It is now our new favorite place, beating out The Met which is still great, but this place blew it out of the water! Our server Emil was friendly, helpful, and made our experience perfect.
Celebrated our 13th anniversary. First time for me and everything was absolutely perfect! Totally recommend!
I've dined at John Howie many times, and this visit felt different. No amuse bouche and no chocolate truffles at the end. Those little touches used to set them apart. Our entrees took a long time. The server said the chef wasn't happy and remade them, which seemed odd since all four dishes were redone. It made me wonder if the order sat before being sent and the kitchen took the blame. They now add a 20% service charge automatically. I'm fine with that since I would have tipped that amount, but I do worry the guaranteed gratuity may be eroding attention to detail. Overall, the service and small touches weren't at the level I've experienced here before. I hope it was an off night, because when John Howie is on, it's excellent.
We had already experienced John Howie Whiskey which is amazing but that location doesn't offer the table side Bananas Foster so we booked our anniversary dinner for John Howie Steak. We had the table side for two chateaubriand steak which just melts in our mouth. We had to take a moment of silence to enjoy that first bite, it was so good! And of course the table side Bananas Foster was delicious. The whole meal definitely did not disappoint. The wait staff was just as amazing. The only “negative” remark I would have is that we didn't feel the appetizer bread basket was worth ordering. It offered a variety but was dry bread like bread sticks, cracker-like wafers and the like. Nothing you can really butter. Should have gone for the salad instead.
Updating based on restaurant response. Tim, no we didn't speak to the manager. It spoils the evening even more to do that but would love to provide you with more info if you share your contact details with me. —- We had mentioned we were celebrating a birthday while reserving but no one greeted us about that or asked even once whose birthday it was etc. Service was slow also and we had to wait a very long time to even get our drink orders in. There was no talk follow up asking us about how the food was or if wanted anything else - after waiting we had to wave someone over to request extra bread. Overall pretty disappointing for spending almost $300pp
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