But what do you think from a grub standpoint ??
Still curious why you said enigmatically ???
possibly speaks to the quality of the food at mastroās. i dunnoā¦was
the seafood tower that much better than what you can get from the tanks at
neptuneās net? was the bone in ribeye anything more thanā¦fine? the creamed spinach wasā¦fine.
the drinks large, but not made all that well.
the filet comped because it was horrendously overcooked.
i must be missing something.
call me wacky, call me irresponsible, but the best steak iāve had in l.a. might have
been one i had at beacon way back.
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Kev, Iām no prude, and not offended in any way, and had many years as a bad boy, but Iāve learned and changeed over the years. Iām a father to a daughter and a husband to my wife and a son to my mom and all around a big fan of women who bring so much to our lives and world and Iām gonna say that in this instance Iām not interested in hooker talk either. I think itās one thing to appreciate a pretty lady but quite another to commodotize one, or to commodotize women in some general way either. I think that this sort of talk would certainly make the women i love squeamish and it makes me a bit queasy too. Iām not surprised by porthos reaction here and im glad he had the courage to say something ā this is a lot different than F bombing. I donāt want us to alienate WSG and all the other nice contributing members and think we should all be more sensitive to it because I donāt want to live in a world where women are bought and sold, and even though it happens sadly, it makes me sad. This is a subject Iām always will to stand up for. Lots of love to all, thatās all I got.
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You are 110% correct JJ.
Just a bad joke on my part.
As always I wish everyone the very best.
And Porthos is right.
Maybe I shouldnāt be part of the problem.
But our illustrius hound is correct, I think, when he mentioned that most of the posts on Mastros in addition to the steaks and seafood towner and ultrq-rich butter cakes descends at some point into the utter fucking depths of the hooker scene.
JJ and others I more than respect your opinions.
Now back to the fucking grub if thatās cool.
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shit, I just realized thereās another post that was in bad taste. 
thanks, and I get it youāre āin characterā in your āwriting voiceā too ā I appreciate it and your wit, knowledge and contributions to all of us.
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You misunderstood me. Iām pointing out that you and a couple of others will always render useless a Mastroās thread with inappropriate references.
This is not how we want to attract new members nor how we want to establish a new site.
Hope you guys have the decency to retrain yourselves in the future.
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Portos, your are absolutely correct.
Thanks buddy.
I have not been since the ownership change, but always liked the rib eye, drinks and thought the sea food tower, while expensive, was quite good.
last time i was there they didnāt give you the huge chrome martini shaker with essentially 2 extra drinks in it with my $18 chilled chopin ā no vermouth for me. That would be a bad change. I still enjoyed the meat, food and atmosphere
Porterhouse is excellent but agree with others that ribeye and bone-in filet or New York are better.
I think the sides have really gone downhill over the years.
Seafood Tower is amazing especially the giant shrimp.
wow, this joint is really fucking baller.
25 to 40 cocktails (ok, there may be only a couple bourbon high ball cocktails at the $40 mark).
$65 steaks.
and $20 desserts.
adds up really fucking fast.
btw, even given the high prices is it possible to split a steak and maybe a couple sides and one dessert ???
seems like the kind of joint that has a minimum.
those lobster mashed are around 35 bones same with the truffle gnocchi. snap peas around $15
Iām crying at the prices. Then people saying itās not good too.
Personally, I have never been a fan of Mastroās.
That said, Mastroās isnāt appreciably more or less expensive than other steakhouses of its ilk.
If you go, just go with the expectation of having a solid meal centered around red beef, and consider whatever damage you have to pay for at the end of the meal as just the expected price of participation for eating at a higher-end steakhouse in LA.
And youāre definitely fucking paying for the four-floor real estate behemoth. And the necessary rent that would entail, unless I guess they happen to own the site outright ???
no clue on that though.
and that aināt no fucking joke.
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I didnāt say it wasnāt good, I actually like it there (my mother loves it there, as do a few friends). Itās just stupidly expensive - mostly in the drinks - I mean, all the restaurants and bars that used to charge $20/drink backed off of that price point, all except Mastros. And itās true, now that I think of it, the last time I didnāt get a shaker with my drink. I think my bar tab is always higher than the food tab.
when i went not too long ago, i did get a shaker with a little extra with each of my cocktails.