Reviews

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  Dinner

  Charlie Brown | Aug 26 2010

  After a satisfying buffet lunch at BLT Steak last week, I took my wife there for dinner earlier this week. Good thing I booked a table as the restaurant was almost full. Good indication, especially on a week day.
  
  We started with a caesar salad as we wanted to save space for the steak. Decent salad. The popovers (something like Yorkshire pudding) were warm and tasty, more interesting than bread basket.
  
  For the main, we ordered the Wagyu flat iron steak and the Australian rib-eye. We requested medium rare for both, but the Wagyu was a little over-cooked. It was still tender so we didn't complain. The sauces were ok but in my opinion, no sauce is needed if the meat is high quality. The rib eye was alright but I was not that impressed.
  
  For side dish, we only ordered the onion rings. They were huge! Very crunchy.
  
  Overall we had an enjoyable dinner. Service was patchy but in general polite.

  • How much did you spend?
    450
  • Overall Rating
    Good
  • Food 7
  • Service 6
  • Ambiance 7
  • Price 4

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  Love the popovers

  Princess | Jul 29 2010

  Had two popovers (their version of yorkshire pudding) so was quite stuffed when steak arrived. Tried the wagyu steak which was cooked to perfection. Although I prefer US steak usually, I enjoyed it very much. My folks' shared the Australian ribeye but half of it was too well-done and the other half was undercooked. A bit disappointed.

  • How much did you spend?
    650
  • Overall Rating
    OK
  • Food 6
  • Service 6
  • Ambiance 7
  • Price 4

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  Steak and View

  Yvonne | Sep 12 2009

  Great steaks, and I love the puffy yorkshire-pudding-like bread! And sitting al fresco with a HK habourview, what more can I ask!

  • How much did you spend?
    600
  • Food 8
  • Service 8
  • Ambiance 8
  • Price 4

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  Better than NY plus a view

  NYer | Aug 30 2009

  Wow! What a meal!! We were very pleased with a wonderful brunch @ BLT. Coming from NY we are familiar with the company and had high expectations when dining in HK. Our expectations were surpassed as soon as we saw our wonderful view and menus. Service was up to par and the brunch menu was very different than the boring hotel options in the area. Thanks for a wonderful meal.
  • Food 10
  • Service 9
  • Ambiance 10
  • Price 4

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  BLT Steak

  jason.bonvivant | Jul 12 2009

  When it comes to juicy steak, I like it the way it should be, medium rare and nothing less ! There are only a handful of places in Hong Kong which I would go and order a nice juicy steak confidently, namely, Morton's, Ruth Chris, The Steak House @ Intercontinental Hotel and possibly Wolomoloo Steakhouse @ LKF. This is my "steak" list in order of preferences as of this moment and hoping to add some more into it. How's BLT Steak? Can it make it to my top 5 list? Where should I start ... humm
  
  BLT Steak opened recently @ Ocean Terminal and it is famous for its use of a state-of-the art charcoal broiler to grill those steaks. We arrived at about 7:30pm and was escorted to the table near the end, a table for two. This place is considered a fine dinning location but I have to disagree already because the tables are small, I can reach the lady sitting at next table without really stretching my arm at full length. Casual dinning yes, fine dinning? No way. The environment does not give you a fine dinning experiences. Anyhow, we waited for almost 10 mins for the menu to be delivered. A decent selection of steak sand loved the diagram of the cow on the back of the menu. A nice touch indeed. (the lady sitting on the next table was close enough to me that she was reading off the cow diagram I was holding up) Anyhow, my friend and I ordered the following items.
  
  (1) Tuna Tartare (2) Selections of Oysters (Coffin Bay) (3) Australian Rib Eye 12 oz (that was my steak only, cannot comment on my friend's steak) (4) Creamed Spinach (5) Carrot Cake with Ginger Ice Cream
  
  Before going into individual dishes, we were served with some breads, a special bread indeed. They called it the Popovers which looks like a exploded muffin with some cheese on top. Texture is more like Yorkshire pudding if you ask me. As instructed, it should be eaten with butter and some sea salt (the silver container in the picture) over it. No surprises there but the little tag / label that came with it did. It is a cooking recipe for the Popovers. Nice touch indeed. Within minutes of the Popovers being served, the Tuna Tartare and Selections of Oysters have arrived, abit too fast, too quick. I just finished taking some pictures and had my first bite of the Popovers !
  
  
  
  (1) Tuna Tartare
  The tuna tartare tasted like everyone else's tuna tartare which means it was fairly well prepared. What made this different from others have to be the following 2 items or additions to the dish. One was the fried garlic dices on top of the tartare which made it rather refreshing in terms of texture due to its crispiness. Two was the ice tray it placed under the dish to keep the tuna tartare cool. These two factors made the dish rather different than everyone else's tuna tartare.
  
  (2) Selection of Oysters
  Not the best oysters out there. Why would they call it selection of oysters when there was only one choice of oyster, which is Coffin Bay? o well, as long as it is fresh I am okay and it was alright. I had better ones elsewhere particularly at Su Casa / Casa Fina which I will review the next time I go again (which should be very soon hopefully). What my friend and I hate about this dish was its presentation. Just look at the picture, the very deep tray was placed on top of a high stand on top of the table top; I can't even see the sauce and my friend can't even see the oysters from his eye level. What is that? I am fairly tall already and I was having difficulty reaching for the oysters and sauce. I was not happy about that !!
  
  (3) Australian Rib Eye 12 oz & (4) Creamed Spinach
  Once again, the steak came very soon after the starters. What was the rush? This is supposedly a fine dinning place and you are rushing me off? Anyhow, the steak was served on a sizzling plate first and we can transfer it to the plate if we like. There was a "Med Rare" label stick on the steak indicating how it was done but I never trust those things based on experiences. The best way is to cut it open and so I did. (see pic below) It was pink in the middle, just the way I like it, it beautiful. Texture and taste wise, not bad at all, you can taste the distinct taste of using a charcoal broiler to grill. One thing I have to mention is hat they have a long selection of different sauces to go with the steak, instead of going for the normal sauces like peppercorn or BBQ, I opted for one that I have never tried or heard before. The sauce is called Chimichurri which is a combination of garlic herbs, olive oil and white vinegar. Good that it came on the side because it was really sour to my liking. Some might like it but I should have ordered the normal sauce or even the blue cheese one. As for the Creamed Spinach, it was alright but wished it can be more creamy.
  
  
  
  (5) Carrot Cake with Ginger Ice Cream
  A very very sweet dish. I should have ordered something else for dessert because I had similar thing for dessert and it was overly sweet as well. The ginger ice cream did not help much because it was overly sweet as well without much ginger flavor. I think I has enough sweet food for the day, enough is enough!
  
  Can BLT Steak make it into my top list? I am sorry but I am afraid the answer is No because of the overall dinning experiences. The steak itself was very good but as I mentioned before, it is the whole dinning experiences that matters. The staff was friendly and helpful but the atmosphere was too crowded and the fast was served too quickly to really enjoy the whole meal. This is more of a casual steak house at most and would be an excellent choice for steak over other self-claimed steak houses like Dan Ryan's.
  
  Likes:
  
  * Steak made the way I ordered it !
  * Popovers' little recipe
  
  Dislikes
  
  * Noisy Environment
  * Packed Seating
  * Food Served too quickly, being rushed to finish
  * Ridiculously high tray for oysters
  
  Visit Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009
  Blog with Pictures: http://jason-bonvivant.blogspot.com/2009/06/blt-steak.html
  • Food 8
  • Service 6
  • Ambiance 6
  • Price 4

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  Nice Steak

  BIG DADDY | Jun 9 2009

  We had the Australian porter house steak (for two) which was pretty good. I am not a big fan of Aussie beef fan but the steak was really tender and tasty. Double smoked beacons were great as a start.
  The atmosphere was welcoming and causal. This is certainly a good place to have a bite other than those stuffy steak places.
  • Food 8
  • Service 7
  • Ambiance 8
  • Price 1

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  yummy!

  lien luk | Jun 9 2009

  the food is great! steaks were done just right and the salads were interesting. i had a beetroot salad that was delish! the sides were good too - spicy corn and crunchy onion rings that were not too oily. the waiters were nice but they kept dropping their heavy trays! i think its worth the trek to kowloon!
  • Food 8
  • Service 4
  • Ambiance 7
  • Price 1

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  Dinner

  Merisa Lee | Jun 9 2009

  Love sitting outside right by the harbour. Great atmosphere even if a bit hot already (they'd do well to have a fan). Service cheerful and friendly. Steaks are tasty and delish, yummy Yorkshire puddings, spicy corn, and pea purees. Wine selection on the pricy side.
  • Food 7
  • Service 7
  • Ambiance 9
  • Price 3

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  Great outdoor seating

  jon333 | Jun 9 2009

  Great steak place with lovely harbourside dining!
  • Food 8
  • Service 8
  • Ambiance 8
  • Price 5

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  Dinner

  Johnny-Be-Good | Jun 1 2009

  I quite like the atmosphere of BLT. The bread at the beginning is awesome. Steak on the other hand was........ Why is the steak served separate from the dish you eat from. The steak was not satisfying at all. I had to have another steak the following night. The texture of the beef was very good though. I love their creamed spinach side dish.
  • Food 4
  • Service 7
  • Ambiance 9
  • Price 1

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  Birthday Party with friends

  Mika | Apr 20 2009

  I like the yorkshire pudding from the start. We also ordered some Oysters but it's wasn't very good. Since this is a steak house, I am not going to judge on that point.
  
  Each of us order different steak. The rib eye is huge! (well, I should have order 8-10 oz. steak instead of the 14oz rib eye). 2 of us couldn't finish the steak and had it wrap.
  
  The best is the Fillet. Just don't order too many side dishes. 2-3 would be enough for 5 person.
  • Food 8
  • Service 8
  • Ambiance 7
  • Price 2

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  Pretty good

  Natjc | Apr 8 2009

  Firstly, the bread is awesome. Like Yorkshire pudding with cheese on top, with a bit of melted butter and its simply delicious!
  Spinach salad for was very fresh and much larger than expected, but as was sharing as starter with a friend was fine. Then we shared a beautifully cooked steak and macaroni cheese. Doesn't sound like much but really was plenty. Only comment about the steak was it tasted a bit TOO flame-grilled, which over powered the flavour of the meat slightly which was a shame.
  Service was excellent and ambience also very good, shame it was a bit quiet but it was a Monday so I guess that is to be expected.
  • Food 8
  • Service 9
  • Ambiance 7
  • Price 3

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  steak quality was inconsistent

  daniel | Feb 25 2009

  I went there for dinner with 8 friends on feb 23, 2009. everything was good except 1 steak was full of tendon and was not eatable. my friend was too shy and didn't tell me until the dish was collected.
  • Food 7
  • Service 8
  • Ambiance 8
  • Price 4

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  Excellent Brunch deal

  Tommy Jr. Zau | Feb 16 2009

  Their lunch menu is very good value for money w excellent salads and meat plates such as lemon chicken, slice steaks. Their bananna tarte is excellent as is the brownie.
  The open area is especially nice in this weather.
  • Food 8
  • Service 5
  • Ambiance 7
  • Price 4