Morton's The Steakhouse

This is my favourite place for steaks. Their beefs are juicy and donners are perfect. I love Jumbo Lump Crabmeat Cake, Morton Salad and my favourite Porterhouse Steak.

They have a extensive wine list.

 

The beef here is really really good ... and quite good service ....; Their hot chocolate cake is amazing ... It is an expensive place though, liked it none the less ... Average cost per person is about 80-100 SGD

Many people will agree that Morton’s Steakhouse is one of the best steakhouse in Singapore, and I know what you are thinking, Morton’s Steakhouse — the burger? Are you sure about that? The Morton’s Bar has always been known for their weekday happy hour during 5pm – 7pm where there’s free-flow steak sandwich with every order of martini. Just in case you are confused, the Morton’s Burger is available at the Bar (not inside the Steakhouse), from 8pm – 11pm for $25 (usual price $30).

I am a superficial guy. When it comes to burger, size does matters!

The Morton’s USDA Prime Burger in every aspect, was like the perfect burger. Within the softly toasted bun with freckles of sesame, was a huge beef patty that’s firm and juicy and extremely satisfying. While it didn’t exactly had the melt-in-mouth-effect, the beef patty was pretty close in replicating the religious experience.

The additional cheese and topping completed the making of the perfect burger. I love a good cheesy cheeseburger. You know, a burger just isn’t complete without cheese, and at Morton’s bar, there’s swiss, crumbled blue or cheddar cheese to choose from. Other than the cheese, each burger gets a separate topping in the form of of either crisp bacon, sauteed mushrooms or onions, served with French fries.

I wasn’t sure if I should write about the fries since it’s a very ordinary side found on the plates of almost every western food. But good things are meant to be shared, and you must believe me — the fries were really good!

The Four Petite Filet Mignon Sandwiches ($20) pales in comparison to the Morton’s USDA Prime Burger, but that’s not to say that it wasn’t good. With a generous chunk of beef fillet sandwiched in between the bread, it was a good appetizer to kick-start our palate for the best burger in Singapore.

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Twenty five bucks (before taxes) isn’t cheap for a burger, but considering that there are plenty of mediocre burgers that are going for twenty bucks, I’d gladly pay a little more for this wholesome combination.

My dear friend, this is one of the best burger I had. To quote mike, it felt like we just swallowed a cinder-block after eating the Morton’s cheeseburger, but we would do it again in a heartbeat.

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Boy am I glad we went to check out the Steak and Seafood Combo set ($95++) before the promotion ended (30th June). We upsized the steak to a double cut for $15 more and it was more than enough for the 2 of us to share (that's effectively $55++ per pax).

Service was great. It was convenient making the reservations online, although I did it at short notice and only the 6.30pm and 8.30pm seatings were left. They called the afternoon before to confirm the reservations and even asked if we were celebrating a special occasion (nice touch). When we got there, the server assigned to us was both friendly and attentive, nice!

The food was lovely.

Onion loaf: Bigger than my face. The bread was oh so fragrant and I loved the crispy toasty crust. We nearly finished the loaf off between the two of us.

Ceasar salad: I opted for this rather than the Morton's salad because I'm not a big fan of blue cheese. The salad was crisp and nicely tossed. Goes well with the onion bread.

Crab cake: This was fantastic. K loved it. Ooh real crab pieces inside. I only wish it was bigger.

Steak filet: We got this medium rare and it was soooo good. Even on its own without the sauce. Ask for mustard, the mustard really enhances the beef flavor.

Asparagus: Giant stalks of asparagus, I liked.

It was great how they separated the salad and steak into two sharing portions. The wine list is intimidating, with the cheapest bottle being about $130. The wines by glasses are the best kept secret! I got a glass of sauvignon blanc for the starters and a malbec for the mains. K got a merlot. At about 20++ a glass, the servings were generous and the reds went beautifully with the beef.

Such a great meal at only $200 after taxes. K and I were grinning away. For dessert, we decided to go to the bar for my fave Chocolatini. Sooooo good.

Was there with my mates for a birthday celebration on Sunday and wasn't surprised that even with reservation, we had to wait till 9plus to be seated.

Had the filet mignon and it was near perfection. Service was attentive but could have been a lil less uptight at times. Certainly lived up to it's standards.

I'm on a review binge since signing up for HGW! Maybe its because I've also been out and around a lot chowing down recently.

Morton was one of the few '1st-timers' for me even though I have heard about it for a while. Back in my skinnier, high metabolism days, this place would have been a priority. I loved steaks till my waistline went BOOM!...damn you enroaching middle age.

We had the New York strip and the filet mignon. As you would expect, the steaks were huge, flavourful and cooked exactly to order. The marbling was excellent, the charring was spot on, and the desserts were an irresistible health hazard.  The quality of the food was only surpassed by the attitude of the wait staff. We had a nervous, very young waiter but he was knowledgable, well trained, and provided just the right level of service. He did forget one salad though, but I won't hold that against him. We all make mistakes and it is how he reacted to his omission that smoothed everything. But a more fussy diner could make an issue out of this.

My main gripe is that Morton's in Singapore is significantly more expensive than Morton's in the US...even more so than Morton's New York. We need a little more competition to bring prices in this segment down in line with Singapore's median incomes. Here in Southeast Asia, this is as close as you will get to the flavours and atmosphere of a first-rate western style steakhouse like Gibson's in Chicago and Peter Luger's in NYC. Now all we need is for a couple more competitors to open up shop...hopefully even get a bona-fide Argentine steak franchise in this part of the world.

If this place was 30% cheaper, I'd have given it a perfect 10.

I've been here 3 times in the past 6 months.

Their New York Strip steak is A+. It's thick and juicy. I ordered them each time I went to Morton's, along with the creamed spinach. The best steak I have ever eaten so far.

However, from my personal experience, their service and food is not always consistent. There was once, I reserved a place for two with them and they got the date wrong! And another time I ate there, the creamed spinach a wee bit too salty.

Overall, I will still return because the steak is A+.

Now why would I even dare to say that Morton's fell below my expectation when it's supposed to be THE #1 place for steak in Singapore? But for the price I paid I expected a little more (maybe it's the expectation) ...

There was some things on the night we were there that I was very pleased with. And somethings that fell just a little short.

First off, I do Not appreciate the gimmicky menu presentation. It's great if they presented their menu for the purpose of information and choice. However, if I can't catch what the staff was saying from his first sentence to last, that means the whole 5 minutes was a waste of my time and becomes purely gimmicky. We are no longer teenagers (and with that kind of pricing how many people paying are in their teens?) and gimmickry just don't go down well with us. I believe this was done initially for a good reason. However, through time and maybe mishandling it became robotic, mechanical and almost a farce. It was obvious the chap was rolling off whatever he memorised in as quick a fashion as he can - maybe he felt equally awkward and pretentious about the whole show. So in the end we were like, huh? what did he say? Slow down please! It's obviously tiresome for them to be doing that several times a day but please remember for diners like us, we'll appreciate if they slow down and get their message through instead of trying to show off their memory and speed skill.

Service overall was great but you  have a little naggy feeling inside that it was all rehearsed. And there was some slip-ups: eg no napkins was provided for me. No mention that they are having a promotion on the single cut fillet set till we asked about it. And no introduction to the desserts (which was fine but desserts were not listed on the menu!).

All very insignificant actually and did not mar my experience yet.

What was appreciated was they gave a really leisurely time for you to peruse the menu and not hurrying one to order. This excellent handling of time was evident on other instances as well such as time it took between clearing one course and presenting the next. Timing between every step of service was just beautiful. I rarely came across as good a timing for every service during the meal while in Singapore.

However, I became concerned that my steak was not done right. I ordered the single cut set (which was very good value compared to ordering seperately), medium rare. It came medium. When a more senior-looking staff happened to walk by and asked me about the food, I told him about the overdone steak and he asked me to cut further in to check. Well, not very becoming of a restaurant of such standard but ok, not wanting to be difficult, I cut it and guess what... the other half of the steak was almost rare. Now that is a first for me. Medium on one side, rare on other. Well, medium and rare equals medium rare I guess. The staff gladly proclaimed that the other side is not medium and was looking so satisfied I felt it's quite pointless to argue further.

My partner's medium-rare ribeye came almost too rare also.

The steaks were not bad but I'm not sure about the accolade of being the best.

If you are not going for the set the ribeye is a better order (but that's me as I prefer ribeye - I need the flavour!). The set came with appetizer, salad and a side. The crab cake was good and full of crab meat but not that good that I'll pay $43 (after tax) for it.The salad was fresh but I was not bowled over with the recommended potato lyonnaise. Ditto the chocolate cake - I definitely have better.

Overall, I may return but not that soon. Personally, Morton's was good but overated if you take into account the price.

Legendary is what this is.

You have got to go to this place at least once in your lifetime.
I don't think you can get better service or better lava cake(it is not called legendary for nothing).
As the name suggest, steak is what you should order(medium rare). Large portions. One of the best steak i have ever tasted. there are also a variety of flavors to choose from. Best on its own, but if you must, you can also get some mustard or salt and pepper to season, even though i have never seen anyone do so. (i always like my meat raw and authentic)
I don't even want to go on about the chocolate lava cake. if the name alone appeals to you, i am telling you, its worth every single cent.

I guess one of the appeal of this place is also the menu reading (complete with their props), as you might have already heard, but i am not a big fan. It gets awkward sometimes.

I really shouldn't babble too much on the place, you have to taste it to believe it.
However, be prepared that there will be many, and i mean many birthday celebrations there(although subtle).

Wanted to have a nice dinner with my wife after a long week of hardwork last night.  Thought it's been a very long time since we had been to Morten's, so decided to go back again.

The food remains above average (portions are too big though), the service remains excellent.  However, the ambience yesterday was horrible.  It was a full house crowd with many guests high on alcohol talking at the top of their voices.  There were also some inconsiderate tourists who keep using their flash in taking pictures constantly in the two plus hours we were there - it is really bad as the restaurant is a bit too dark and the flashes are very irritating to the eyes.  It was too noisy and disruptive for us to enjoy good food and desserts.

The saving grace is the fact that we had a very attentive and helpful server - Harvey.  Halfway through the meal - he hurt his leg, but he continued to serve us while limping around.  Thanks - Harvey.  Your great service is appreciated!