Lawry's The Prime Rib Singapore

Unfortunately when i went, the place was undergoing renovations and we were seated opposite the toilet which was extremely unsightly.

Having been to Morton's a few weeks before coming to Lawry's i must say i was sorely disappoint with the steak. It was - horrible, in comparison, and not worth the price.

If you want steak, skip Lawry's and go straight to Mortons. Dont waste your time and money here.

It was my friend birthday. We went there to celebrate. We order the prime rib which is their speciallty. They served it in the steak's wagon & the salad serve just like teh tarik. I specially like the yorkshire puding & sweet corn. It was a very nice dinner. Good food & good service.

12 JUL 2009

Whilst waiting for Wifey, I strolled around Paragon to find myself looking at an eye catching brochure... "Afternoon Indulgence... Only at Lawry's"!!

Basically, served daily between 2.30 pm to 5.00 pm, a choice of 1 Savory and 1 Sweet cost $12.00 per person!! That also includes a choice of Italian Coffee, Assorted Tea, Soft drinks or Juices!! For the full Afternoon Indulgence menu, click here... "Whoa" was my initial thought and with that, I found our afternoon tea destination for the day! Lawry's, here we come!!

Lawry's is quite the classy restaurant... Dimly lit, with smoothing music in the background, it simply exuberate great ambience... Staffs were professional, patient and polite... After a brief discussion, we decided on what we wanted to order 2 Savories and 2 sweets... As the menu looked enticing enough, I enquired about the third item and was informed that each extra item will cost an extra $6.00... Very nicely priced, considering where we were and I ordered an extra Savory!

First up, the Sautéed Cream of Mushroom with Garlic Bread... AHHH!! The fresh fragrant crispy Garlic Bread was perfect with the thick, tasty creamy sauce of the sautéed mushroom... Thinly sliced mushrooms coated with the creamy sauce were deeply infused with the buttery taste... Its simply heavenly!!

The Prime Rib Yorkshire Roll up... Hmmm... diced pork rib, thinly sliced bell pepper presented wrapped in a crêpe like egg-roll was serve with a dark dipping sauce... though quite decent, was nowhere compared to the Cream of Mushroom or the Bruschetta.

The Bruschetta topped with Roasted Chicken with Tomato Salsa Sauce was the winner of the three savories... Crunchy bruschetta with rather nicely roasted chicken covered by a layer of melted cheese reminded me of the chicken and salmon fingers we so sorely missed from Miss Marples in Melbourne... Together with the Tomato Salsa Sauce, it screamed "EAT ME NOW"!! I can definitely munch on this all day long!

The tables were quickly cleared and re-set after the completion of our savories and soon the sweets arrived... Now... the Homemade Scones with Devonshire Cream was presented as three mini scones... Freshly made, the scones were rather unique... strawberry flavored scones... Eaten with the sweet strawberry sauce and a dollop of Devonshire Cream, it was back to sweet creamy heaven again... Really wished the scones were much bigger though!

For the second order of Sweets, we had the Sweet of the day which was a simple Blackberries topped Cheesecake with Raspberry sauce plus a scoop of Chocolate Ice Cream... The ice cream was all right, but show-stealer here was the cheesecake creation... and together with the berries and sauce, it was really a great combination! Simply Awesome!!

For $12.00++ per person, I think this wonderful Afternoon Indulgence is absolutely of great value... Together with the extra order of Savory ($6.00), 10% Service Charge and 7% GST, the bill added up to $35.35... Alas we don't frequently come down to Paragon, else we'd definitely be hanging around for the very affordable Afternoon Indulgence at Lawry's!

If interested, all pictures and write-ups of other reviews can be seen

it is a nice place to do a business lunch for some worthy accounts; ambience is nice and service is good.

We ordered a cali cut and a rib set. Together with 02 bottles of sparkling water, we summed up a bill of approx. $120.00. (30% discount during the GSS) Oh, our set includes the visual pleasing spinning bowl salad and the good old mashed potato and the yummy Yorkshire Pudding.

Must say this is one of the best places to have your beef if you are a roast beef person. Too bad my partner is more of a fan of the grilled version…The meat is soft and tender and juicy and sweet...ai ya, very good lah. Some like the meat to be carved right in front of your table but as a heartlander, I find this delivery too wayang and Victorian. You might have guessed it by now; my lunch partner was not Elisabeth.

The different cuts are basically referring diff thickness…and perhaps the potential damage to your budget.

Must say the meat deserves an A and no less. Actually, to me it deserves to be a straight A outlet for all the items that we had. Beef, pudding, salad and mashed potato.

However, the ostentatious ambience did not make me 100% comfortable. It kind of makes a humble soul feel almost guilty in ‘stealing’ a seat in this elitist restaurant.

For me, I’d visit this place only when I am resolute enough to have my pte definition of ‘Prime’ beef.

We went to Lawry's last Sat to celerate my baby girl’s birthday. She love the cream corn there, it is a must to have 2 portions for her. I don’t eat beef but my husband was totally in love with their roast beef. My baby was very happy & was smiling all the way when they sing happy birthday song to her while bringing out her birthday cake. We spend about $200 for the 3 of us, not cheap at all, but we enjoy it very much.

Having just tried Yonezawa beef in Japan, I thought of trying something equivalent in Singapore. Since there is a 25% discount off main course at Lawry's The Prime Ribs using SQ boarding pass privileges, my friend and I decided to have dinner there.

Food-wise, it's quite alright, but the worst surprise came when we were enjoying the main course. It felt really lousy when a little cockroach crawled across the table in the midst of dinner in such a restaurant as Lawry's the Prime Ribs. I felt even more lousy when I was presented a 1-1 main course voucher as I settled the bill (Mind you, I still had to pay for the main course. Tea and coffee were on the house only when I said that I wanted to cancel my coffee/tea).

I do not think that the manager did a good job in handling this incident, though I should had insisted on a change of table and even, to stop the meal when the incident happened. Both my friend and I were caught off-guard that such an incident can happen in such a restaurant as Lawry's. Just our luck...?

I do not think I will want to use the voucher and I do not think I will want to offer the voucher or recommend this restaurant to friends in the near future.

Well, from my title, it should've explained bit of what I thought about our dining experience in Lawry's..

Service was good, friendly and courteous but they made mistake of serving 1 wrong order, of course, it was immediately changed.
What I really appreciated was they advised you which ongoing card promotion that gave for discount upon presenting the bill.

I ordered Californian Cut which was definitely for ladies, it was alright and really not my cup of steak, the salad was average but I think it's quite interesting to see they way their serving it, never saw it anywhere else...

My regret was, ordering the side veggie, such as green peas, which cost around $8 additional and I didn't like it at all...

Didn't try the red wines, ended up with still water...

The letdown was their bathroom which was not properly working and maintained, also the 2-seater table wasn't really comfortable in term of space to your neighbour

My gf and I had dinner at Lawry's two days ago. We were apprehensive after reading all the reviews on this website, so we had REALLY low expectations and were preparing for the worst. This is how our experience went:

When we called for table reservations one day ahead, we were told rather brusquely that tables are only held for 15 mins and we have to call them if we can't make it. Well, I feel that customers do so out of courtesy, and restaurants shouldn't be demanding on this point. Other top restaurants CALL their customers the day of the meal to confirm their reservation, and that's real service for you. Rem who is paying the bill and the customer here! So management got a thumbs down here... poor training for the person on the phone.

We arrived on time and were escorted quickly to our table. The decor was nice and cozy, as it was Xmas time. The waitresses weren't wearing tacky uniforms too (maybe cos it was Xmas). So the worries on tackiness were unfounded. If you're there during a normal time in the year, maybe you might have an experience that resonates with some of the other reviewers. Anyway, we were brought to an inner dining room, and thankfully they thought to dim the lights nicely after we sat there for 10 mins in bright white light...

When we ordered, I felt that the service was still lacking. Rather than go through the menu with us, the waitress assumed we knew it and simply asked us "Two prime rib dinners?" rather than "How can I help you folks this evening?" A well trained waitress should take pains to introduce the menu to customers, not assume we are repeat customers, and does not make assumptions about customers' preferences, though he/she can make recommendations if asked. I felt it was strange that a place like Lawry's did not seem to have their service training down. Anyway, we ordered a steak dinner and a Lawry's Cut prime rib dinner, along with two glasses of wine.

The spinning salad routine was alright - less tacky than I expected. The salad needed pepper to taste good and was pretty normal/forgettable. The chicken soup was average, and below expectations. Funnily enough, while we were still having our soup, one of the waiters came dashing in to bring us the steak dinner. This was surprising because a good restaurant never rushes its customers - I felt like I had to finish my soup quickly. Anyway, my gf insisted they hold the steak in the kitchen till we were ready for our mains.

Our mains arrived, and the food was very good. They do prime rib very well - it was a great cut; and the steak met my elevated expectations of the food at Lawry's. The size of the portion was very good, about 12-13 oz. We were very full from the dinner. All said, I have absolutely no complaints about the quality of the food, which I would rate as excellent. Yorkshire pudding - that was also great, since it's hard to find that in Spore nowadays! The wine (private label Cab Sav from Lawry's - $14++ a glass) went very well with the steak.

In summary, the quality of the mains was excellent, although the other stuff (soup, salad, mashed potatoes) was simply average and not worth remembering. What I am concerned with is the service, which affected our experience slightly. If you're going there just for the food, then the mediocre service probably won't affect you. But a dinner, as my gf points out, is a dining experience, so when everything is taken into context, we also expected an outstanding level of service at such a reputable restaurant like Lawry's. On this front they disappointed. Also, I don't think the price we paid was worth the quality of the meal. For a bit more of what we paid, we could have gone to a 3 star Michelin restaurant like Les Amis and had a fabulous dinner experience. I speculate that the steep prices are a result of price controls by their US offices on worldwide franchises, to prevent brand dilution by different markets.

In all, I would try it once only if it's a 1-1 main course deal, which is why we were willing to try it out anyway despite the poor reviews on this site. They will give you $50 vouchers if you spend above $150 for a future visit. I'm not keen on coming back, because I've had steaks in the US where I lived and this whole experience was just kind of over-rated. The service is superb in the US, because you pay a tip, which at 15-20% is slightly more than the 10% service charge you are forced to fork out in Spore (and prob goes to the restaurant and not the staff anyway).

In all, if you're willing to fork out $80-$120 per person for a 7/10 dining experience where the only thing worth remembering is the steak or prime rib dinner, you can give this place a shot. Personally, for the quality of the meal and experience I would have valued it at $50 per person (inclusive of all taxes and ++).

Rem that for the same $80-$120 you are willing to pay, per person, you've got plenty of options where your dining experience is higher than 7/10. For e.g. try Morton's for their variety and their meat cuts is just as fabulous. Or even Les Amis and the restaurants in those categories.

My first patron was few days back on my birthday.. The place was elegant.. The Lawry's cut was good and the lobster tail is tasty.. Only bad thing about it is the outfit of the waitress..Too exaggerate.. :)

It came as a surprise that the English cut stands out against the lawry cut. Both cuts are good, just that it renders different texture. The english cut is thinly sliced hence the fat and meat ratio is almost 1:1. It is so tender and melts in your mouth texture is unforgettable.

Spinning salad looks gimmicky, but a little crispy veggie helps balance the otherwise too carnivorous meal.

The only letdown of the night was the accompanying side - Yorkshire pudding. Unfortunately it leaves a slightly burnt aftertaste :(

Good english ambience for bringing your dates or for some quiet dining.