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Roosevelt Prime Steakhouse is located in the heart of Shanghai’s old French Concession, tucked away off the street at 160 Taiyuan Lu, beside the soon-to-open Marshall Mansion Boutique Hotel. The steakhouse, with its velvet curtains, dark wood paneling and leather banquette seating provides a luxurious alternative to Shanghai’s contemporary dining scene.But here it’s all about the beef – All the steaks are imported from the best packing houses in Chicago and the cattle is raised in America’s heartland, the Midwest grazing fields. The finest grain fed and corn finished cattle and only USDA certified Natural Black Angus and top Prime selections will be served here at Roosevelt Prime Steakhouse. Roosevelt serves steakhouse steaks – big, thick cuts that are all 16ozs (448g) or more. Diners can choose various cuts from tender filet mignon, flavorful New York Strip, marbled bone-in ribeye or a real Prime aged Porterhouse. For lighter fare, the kitchen also serves many other steakhouse favorites such as grilled salmon steaks, a juicy roast chicken, or whole roasted sea bass. Pair that with many creative starters or our classic Caesar salad prepared tableside and finish with one of Roosevelt’s delicious, homemade desserts. This is honest, delicious dining with superior ingredients you won’t find anywhere else in China.

 

11 months, 3 weeks ago Updated See zjh's latest review »

zjh

To some, spending ¥1,250 on a steak, however good, is revolting, beyond extravagant. Fine. Don’t do it. Go spend it on your savings account instead. For this reviewer, it’s an outlay for a pleasure worth every mao, because at Roosevelt, the steak in question is a 28-day-aged Porterhouse 672g steak. While that price will make many choke, there are cheaper cuts, starting from the 227g filet mignon, at ¥300. But the best, as with the Porterhouse, are unashamedly expensive because they are USDA Prime, America’s highest standard of beef. Others in this category include an ¥875 bone-in rib eye, or the slightly more approachable ¥650 448g rib eye (really, does one person need more than 448g of steak?). They’re wonderfully marbled with fat, cut thick, and here, cooked expertly. If your obsession is with good meat, you should save up.

In truth, in this dining room, your focus won’t want to be anywhere else but the food. Ok, the retro classics such as Caesar salad prepared table side, complete with a rub of garlic around the wooden mixing bowl, or the duck confit with Puy lentils, are treated well by the kitchen. Non-steak mains, such as braised oxtail and beef cheeks, or roasted rack of lamb, though expensive, are good renditions. But the room itself is a half-baked attempt at gentlemen’s club grandeur. The leather chairs and cigar lounge seem like masculine atmosphere building, but the nauseous, circa 1980 lounge jazz and cowboy pictures on the wall undermine the effect. Forget that, and remember the thing you came for: the best steak in Shanghai.

 

11 months, 3 weeks ago