My wife and I came here for a quick meal before catching a flight to Spain. She had a credit for something like $56 so that covered the steak.

Flavor: 4

We had the strip steak. It was pretty crappy. No crust, WAY overcooked, and it tasted extremely cheap.

Choice of Cuts & Quality Available: 5

There’s a good selection of cuts here all day long, but the quality of their supposedly high end steaks – for which they are charging upwards of $50 – was pure shit. I’ve had better steaks at Tad’s. What a waste of time and money, and my wife’s’ restaurant credit. Had I known the steak would be this bad, I would have just gotten apps or she could have kept it for drinks at the bar.

Portion Size & Plating: 5

This seemed very small for a $50+ steak. Thin, flimsy. I expected a little thickness for a strip steak. The size of the spinach side was too small for the price as well. Plating was basic and as I expected though.

Price: 5

Given such poor quality of the steak, even with the discount my wife had this place was a waste of money. We saved $50+ but still dropped about $70 on other items.

Bar: 8

The bar here is actually nice. Big. I would definitely have a drink there again, and the cocktails were pretty good.

Specials and Other Meats: 7

There were no real specials read to us, but I didn’t expect much from a steakhouse in the airport. As far as other meats go, the standard chicken and lamb were there I think.

Apps, Sides & Desserts: 5

We started with a wedge salad. It was massive – an entire head of iceberg lettuce. Great blue cheese crumble and dressing. Nice fried onions. I would have liked more bacon though.

The sautéed spinach was shitty. Watery, flavorless and a very small portion for the price.

Seafood Selection: 7

There’s standard steakhouse seafood fare here. I didn’t try any so can’t really rate it.

Service: 8

Service was good albeit a little slow toward the end. Nice waiter, and he seemed to know his meats as well.

Ambiance: 8

For an airport eatery, this place was pretty nice inside. Open space, nice furnishings, and, as noted above, nice bar.

BOBBY VAN’S TERMINAL 8
JFK Airport, Terminal 8
New York, NY 11430