My husband and I frequent Peoria often however had never had the time to eat at Lariat. Â We decided to go on New Years Eve. What a letdown!
There were four of us and none of our steaks came as ordered. I ordered medium well and it come out very well done! Well my cousin likes hers that way so we exchanged steaks thinking maybe I got hers. Â No deal...they were all over cooked. Â Also they serve steaks on these sizzling platters....two reasons why this is not the best idea...1. Your steak continues to cook, and 2. both me and my cousin burned our fingers! The room was very dark and we just didn't see the metal parts of the platter nor were we warned by our server. Â My cousin's thumb burn was pretty painful and they offered a burn salve which took about 10mins to bring. Â Hmmmmm? Never had to have burn ointment in a restaurant...seems like a problem. Kudos to the salve...it worked quickly!
Also, my baked potato seemed like it had been baked early in the day and warmed for dinner.  Hubby and another cousin chose the rice. They weren't told that it would be wild rice..neither of them ate it. Although I did like the rice.  We also ordered sautéed mushrooms which were horribly mushy and over salted. Â
Two items were delicious...the starter Goulash soup, and steak fries!
Warning...cocktails were missing liquor (or so it seemed). I ordered a Cosmo and received a glass of cranberry juice with lime!
We have enjoyed steak dinners at several restaurants (Alexander's, Â Jim's Bistro, Longhorn) in Peoria and have never had such a bad experience. Recommendation for Lariat...SEASON your steaks. Â All we tasted was chewy, dry, tough meat disguised as ribeyes that tasted like the grill. Â Expensive flavorless steaks! How does a steakhouse that has been in business for so many years destroy Ribeyes???
Our server was good other than the time it took to bring the burn ointment. Â We did leave her a nice tip...the food wasn't her fault!
One funny note...we got ToGo boxes just because too much money had been wasted. Â I just couldn't take mine and left it on the table. Â Well, our bus girl ran out the door to bring my steak...we all yelled Oh No! We laughed all night about the stalker steak that wouldn't go away!
Food: Â Prices online do not reflect those on the current menu. The bread was fantastic with the honey butter as well as our appetizer of cocktail shrimp. However, steak ordered "medium" came back very rare and had to be sent back. Â Food was placed on our table by a server, then removed after the waitress said it was the wrong table, then returned after she determined it was the order for our table. Â
Atmosphere: Â We were seated in what looked like an overflow banquet room, even though the main dining area was empty. Â Should have been told at reservation time that main area was unavailable. Â One of our chairs felt like it was being kicked every time someone walked behind it (floor board problem?). Â
Service: Â Wait staff was friendly, but see food comments. Â
Overall: Ultimately our experience at Lariat's was a little unsatisfying considering the feel of the place didn't really match the prices that we saw on the (paper) menu that doubled as my placemat.
Looked up Steak places in the area while on a buisness trip and I picked the Lariat because I did not want the regular chain steak place. I had a sirloin cooked medium rare and it came just as ordered sizzeling on a black pan...nice. Came wirh baked potato, salad and bread on a board. Everything was good and I was happy...if I had anything to change, (this is just my opinion) it would be two things. 1) I should have ordered the salad dressing on the side as their was too much on it and 2) The lighting was very dark. Other than that I woould return in a heartbeat. Super Steak!!
Review Source:I had dinner here last night with three other people. Â We had a wonderful evening with great service by Marcia. Â I had the bacon wrapped filet with a potato and a house salad. Â They also serve bread. Â I had then throw on three fried shrimp.
Everything was great. The steak was cooked perfectly and melted in my mouth.
The outside doesn't look all that great but the inside is just fine. It is not fine dining but it is a class above all the chain places and the food is obviously of higher quality. The othe people in my party were equally pleased. Â
I hadn't been for a couple years and would go back more often.
Had one of the best Prime Rib dinners I have had in a long time. Wait staff were very nice and polite. And believe it or not, a family with a toddler acting up took the child to the car and had their dinner wrapped to go! My hat is off to that family for showing consideration for others. The only think I didn't like was the blue cheese dressing...it was blue cheese on top of 1000 Island Dressing.
Review Source:The nostalgic décor of this local supper club is a comfortable reminder of the restaurants we went to as children when it seemed like everyone knew everyone.
The staff at the Lariat has been there forever which is to it's advantage. Consistently good food - try the au gratin potatoes extra done - they're delicious!
I would recommend the Lariat to anyone looking for a nice casual steak / supper club experience (and no, you do not need a membership).
This place was recxomended to me by a lady i sat next to on thr flight in. She seemed educated and refined enough. Â It doesn't come as a suprise that there were no yelps about this paticular establisment , even though it boasts having been here since 1940. I don't believe there has been any updates in decore since the grand opening. Â The decor didn't bother me as much as the grown man smacking his food constantly. I have only finished my salad and I am
About to vomit. I have run through knee deep swamps in full combat gear and made less noise. His wife should smack him.... And his momma too.
OMG she ordered the ribs... Dammit and I am wearing a nice shirt too ... Oh good she's
Blowing her nose now that her meal has arrived. No wonder she tolerates
Him.... She's a hog too. Ahhh dining alone is so awesome.
Ohhh wait a family of bikers...tbc
Good grief. Â The service was very good. Â The bread was very good, the salad was OK, the potato was a baked potato, the ribeye was overcooked and served on a hot skillet continuing to cook the tough piece meat.
Recommended by locals who eat their nostalgic memories of long ago when the place was respectable. Sigh... utterly disappointed
I was seriously underwhelmed by the Lariat. All of the food was bland, and the cheap metal plates they serve your steak on give the meat an acrid metallic taste. A place like this that wants to serve your steak "sizzling" needs to invest in some cast iron serving plates to keep the taste of the plate away from the food.
The atmosphere was also a bit too dark for my tastes, but the service was friendly. Overall, I'd recommend skipping this place. I don't plan on coming back any time soon.
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