Steakhouse 85
A New Brunswick, NJ Restaurant Rating and Review

Steakhouse 85 85 Church St. New Brunswick, NJ (732) 247-8585
Price Expensive Fare Steakhouse - American Restaurant Ratings Food 3.0 Stars Service 3.0 Stars Decor 3.5 Stars Overall Rating 3.0 Stars	New Jersey Leisure guide is the largest single source of complete and impartial NJ restaurant reviews. Unlike other sources that review restaurants on the basis of a single visit by a restaurant critic, or on the basis of restaurant diners, our restaurant ratings and reviews take into account a wider audience and are the result of a compilation of many sources, including restaurant critics and diners who have eaten there. Learn more about the process we use to rate New Jersey restaurants.
Restaurant Review
Steakhouse 85 is a destination restaurant that is sure to please for special occasions, business dinners, and romantic dates. Steakhouse 85, which opened in November, 2008 by co-owners chef Brian Karluk ( a Culinary Institute of America graduate) and maitre d' Matthew Terranova have teamed up to create one of the finest steakhouses in New Jersey. The beautiful "classic steakhouse atmosphere" and decor is done up with hardwood cherry floors, surrounding dark woods, fire places, complimented by rich tones of golds, browns and reds, and candle-lit tables with white table linens on the stand-alone tables located around the more rustic booth seating makes for an attractive, romantic setting. The soft background music and excellent acoustics make this place especially attractive for romantics who are looking for some quiet conversation. The restaurant has several dining rooms and in the main dining room a large cozy fireplace is the centerpiece of the room. During the warmer summer months when the outdoor dining area is open, total seating can expand to 300. For the budget conscious who enjoy fine quality dry-aged or wet-aged steaks, if you carefully navigate the menu you should be able to find an outstanding meal to fit your budget. While the feature attraction are the steaks, there are many excellent seafood dishes with fresh sea food selected daily from the fulton fish market by co-owner Matty For vegetarians, the chef will prepare some special salads and vegetable risotto on request. Friday night is date night at Steakhouse 85 and at $99 a couple you get a bottle of wine, choice of appetizer, entree, side dish, and dessert. On Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, light jazz, live music is played in a soft subdued level for good conversation. When available, the popular appetizer choices are: the Jumbo Lump Crab Martini with baby greens, lemon Vodka , and horseradish cocktail; and the Filet Mignon Carpaccio with shaved parmesan, and extra virgin olive oil. When available, the popular dinner entree choices are; The 8 oz Petite Sirloin, sliced with roasted garlic dipping sauce, and fries; the 18 oz Cowboy Rib eye, a bone in, center cut, well marbled rib eye; and for sea farers, the Day Boat Sea Scallops with roasted corn, smoked bacon, and shitake mushroom stew. Save room for desserts; Try the Warm Chocolate Truffles. The little round nuggets are dusted with powdered sugar and placed on a small pool of crème anglais; and the Warm Raspberry Bread Pudding with white chocolate and vanilla bean ice cream