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 My sister Erin and I in Bern's
Desert Room by tampa_shawn
Don’t let all the fancy foods and features this is a place EVERYONE will enjoy. It’s a totally unique and seeing the interior alone is worth the visit.
Some things to know about Berns:
• If it’s your first time do the tour – Bern’s is know for its high standard and food and offers its patrons a tour, take it, you’ll enjoy seeing the restaurant, its cooking areas and wine cellars and learning about how they maintain their high standards.
• Reservations are recommended, especially during the holidays.
• If you arrive without reservations and no tables are available, eat at the bar. The bar is actually one of my favorite rooms in the restaurant and the full menu is available.
• Take time to read the ten page menu and don’t be afraid to ask the waiters questions. Main dishes include chicken, fish, foie gras, lamb, pork, lobster and veal but its of course known for its amazing aged steaks.
• Order one steak and split it and get sides for two. This will allow Bern’s to slice a larger steak and cook it to absolute perfection. Don’t worry this is what the locals do and what Bern’s recommends. Only works if both of you like your steak cooked the same way.
• The entrees here are reasonably priced given the exceptional quality and all the extras (soup and sides).
Budget tips –
o It’s easy to spend a ton of money here. However, it’s also really easy to have a fantasy worthy dinner for two for less than $60 (including tax and tip). A trip to the desert room is extra.
o Alcohol and wines can easily double your bill here.
o Soft drinks here do NOT have free refills and are a bit pricey.
o Since the entrees come with sides, if you order appetizer etc you won’t be able to finish the meal. Stick with the main meal and save your $ for the desert room.
• The steaks come with either soup or salad and a choice of veggies – you won’t make a bad choice but I recommend the vichyssoise (cold potato soup). It’s absolutely amazing!
When you arrive be sure to make a reservation for the desert room! It will be hard, but do save room for desert (or at least room to split one) and if you’re a coffee drinker DO order their coffee! Yum!
Their coffee is out of this world. You can buy a bag of beans to take home too! Leave a Comment
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Picked as the best Steakhouse in America by the Wine Spectator.
Largest wine list in the world.
Absolutely cool place! This place looks like a bordello, there are many separate rooms, each unique. One is red, another one is green. You have to move upstairs to a special room to eat your desert. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherDirections: 1208 S. Howard Ave., Tampa, FL, 33606 Other Contact: (813) 251-2421 Check my
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The waiters train for 1-2 years before they serve you!
Voted America's best steak house by Wine Spectator magazine. Phenomenal wine list.
You have to get a steak (but the Rack of Lamb is good too). Leave a Comment Theme: OtherAddress: 1208 South Howard Ave, Tampa
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Bern's Steak House
Old Meeting House
Both these places are unique, off the beaten path and are frequented by locals.
Steak at dinner at Bern's. This is a unique experience and is pricy. However, make sure you have time to enjoy the dessert bar after dinner.
The Old Meeting House is a lunch spot nearby which has home made ice cream. Sandwiches and milk shakes recommended. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherDirections: Can't remember the street name but both are on the same street about two blocks apart. They are west of downtown Tampa in the old residential section of town south of W. Kennedy Boulevard on a north-s
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Bern's specializes in steaks. A non-descript exterior hides an interior worthy of Disney (including a foyer/lobby that one pictures a bordello to look like). The showiness extends beyond the decor with an extensive eclectic wine list and menu. The smooth waiters steer one to the abbreviated menu and winelist and suggest one share a bigger steak than order two smaller, individual steaks. However, sharing does not extend to the vegetables accompanying the steak - one of my companions was handed her half of the steak minus any veg. and had to ask for the veg. to be equally shared.
Unlike top class steak restaurants you do not get to look at a selection of steak, but you do get to see a tray of them (looking much the same as each other!) when you tour the kitchens - a feature of the restaurant. The menu talks about ageing but I did not read that section, so assumed - perhaps wrongly - that all the steak were aged. My 1/2 of "Delmonico" steak did not have the mouth feel of a rib eye style piece of meat and it was tough to boot. Aged? Hmmm.
The waiter offered to replace my steak which I refused. So he gave me a free dessert instead.
The companion who shared my steak did not comment then but has said that his was tough too and that he is happy not to experience Bern's again.
The after dinner tour was of their wine cellar and kitchens (nothing out of the ordinary if you have been to Napa and Europe), culminating with a walk up the stairs to mock casks in which we were seated for dessert. Again an extensive menu and accompanying wines and liquors. A neat marketing move as we would not otheerwise have ordered desserts.
I asked our server why the Ridge Geyserville was marked as $54.95 (or $56.95) up there and about $60.95 in the dining room. She did not know. All she could say was that they did not offer many of the ame wines upstairs and downstairs.
For the price we could have done better at a Ruth's Chris. But do go to Bern's for the spectacle.
Nothing. Theme: SteakhousePrice: US$41 and up » Currency ConverterComparison: more expensive than averageAddress: 1208 S. Howard Ave., Tampa, FL, 33606Directions: If you have a GPS navigation system, it will navigate you there.
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