Mr. Lyons

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   Tim

   Los Angeles

   5 reviews

   vip
   3.0

   5 reviews

   Dined today

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   It was very ok. The service was fine. The food was hit or miss. Skip the Parker Rolls, Wedge Salad and Crab Rangoon. The Beef Wellington was the stand out. Very good. Martinis were good. Might just sit at the bar next time.
   

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   BRYNN

   Surrey

   1 review

   vip
   1.0

   1 review

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 2

   Shocking thanksgiving experience. No notification when booking that only a limited set menu would be offered, for a set $115 per person. Upon being seated discover that some items from the already limited menu were already sold out, with no substitutions, namely the soup and steak. (A steakhouse without steak?). The staff had clearly had a stressful day as the service was non-existent, only interested in removing plates before we’d finished eating rather than serving. Tons of staff, but no one available to serve. Asked to speak with the manager early on, but he didn’t arrive. We managed to flag him down at the end of the night only by refusing to pay the bill until we spoke with him. First experience at this place, which we were told was a “one-off” bad experience as they’d had a disaster with the turkey earlier in the day, but now after reading the recent reviews, appears this place is on the severe decline. Very poor food and service for a $500 meal. Wish I’d read the reviews before going.
   

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   Robert

   Los Angeles

   12 reviews

   vip
   2.0

   12 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   I have eaten at Mr Lyons at least half a dozen times over the last decade and have had no complaints. But last nights thanksgiving special was an exercise in mediocrity. The first disappointment was the soup was off the menu - surely a major fail for a special thanksgiving menu. The alternatives were wedge and caesar salads; both were limp. Our main courses were "turkey" but it had no resemblance to any turkey I have eaten (it was also overcooked and dry) and what seemed like reheated (and barely luke warm) vegetables. We were told we were the last sitting of the night and it felt like the food we were being served had been sat around a long time. None of it seemed fresh and none of it was hot. There's simply no excuse for this unsatisfactory and underwhelming meal especially when the bill for two came out at over $500.
   

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   cathleen

   Palm Springs

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Had the Thanksgiving menu. Ordered prime rib and were told they ran out. Disappointed but nothing one can do. Got our very limp wedge salad before appetizer and had to request rolls. Manager came back to inform us they did have prime rib, so we were again anticipating a delicious meal. Entree came with sides. Prime rib was awful and sides were ok. Upon departure we talked with other patrons and were told they were equally disappointed. Not a great first experience. Especially for the price.
   

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   Kurt

   Los Angeles

   37 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   37 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   One of our go-to special occasion places, always great. We booked the Thanksgiving special. Arrived early and had cocktails in Seymour’s (recommended.) The pre-fixe menu was excellent as was the service. Highly recommended as always!
   

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   Allan

   Palm Springs

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   After waiting weeks to have our Thanksgiving Dinner at Mr. Lyons, our overall experience was very disappointing. After waiting for our table, even though we had an early reservation, we were eventually seated in the Lounge area which was extremely noisy thanks to three gentlemen at the bar being over exciting and talking above all the rest in the room. When we asked the waitstaff if they could say something, we were told that they could not ask guests to lower the volume. The table they gave us was a cocktail table, not really big enough to have drinks, let alone a whole meal. The food was very average. They had a fixed menu, which consisted of a watery salad, dry turkey roulettes, that were supposed to be stuffed with sausage stuff, but only had sausage, four sides (which were not too bad) and dinner rolls - the only highlight of the meal. My desert was an apple pastry, which the dough was so tough you could not eat it, and the apples were under baked. And the side of ice-cream has a sour, carbonated taste. The service was okay, though we had to ask for refills on our drinks twice, and they almost forgot our leftovers to take home, which sadly we ended tossing out. After dinner we decided to have a drink in their small lounge. We ordered a drink and waited 15 minutes, ending up having to go back to the bar to request the drink again. After another 10 minutes we ended up walking out without a drink. Overall, this experience was not a good one, especially for the price they charged for the food. I doubt very much we will ever be returning to this restaurant.
   

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   Sacha

   Palm Springs

   1 review

   vip
   3.0

   1 review

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   It was Thanksgiving pre-fix menu and sadly it didn’t deliver. Watery salad, overcooked under seasoned food. The waiter comped one dinner, they were apologetic, but expected more from a highly rated restaurant.
   

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   Laura

   Orange County

   9 reviews

   2.0

   9 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We’ve come to Mr. Lyons several times for Thanksgiving and it’s been hit or miss…tonight was a BIG miss mostly because the food was just not up to par for what we paid. Our server and the staff were lovely and the ambience here is always good. We ordered whiskey sour cocktails and they are usually great here—tonight was no different. Parker house rolls were delicious as always. This is where things now start to go downhill…the amuse bouche offering seemed a little weird, I think it was a mini ravioli filled with pumpkin? Our wedge salads were oddly watery. I chose the turkey for my main course and it was sooooo dry and the roulade filling completely overpowered it. My dining partner chose the prime rib which was very good and I immediately regretted ordering the turkey as soon as I tasted that. The mashed potatoes were good, but the gravy had hardly any flavor and there was very little of it. Brussels sprouts are usually a knockout here but almost half of what arrived to our table were barely cooked. Sweet potatoes were good. The mac & cheese was dry dry dry and lacked flavor. We had pumpkin pie and pecan tart for dessert and they were both good. We did not say anything to the server or management about our disappointment with tonight‘s dining experience but clearly I’m letting it rip here. A little more than $350 spent for 2 people (only one drink each mind you) after tax and tip and I’m feeling quite unsatisfied and will have to reconsider coming here again for Thanksgiving in the future (which makes me a little sad to be honest because they’ve done it well before).
   

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   Antoinette

   Palm Springs

   23 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   23 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Dinner and cocktails were delicious. Bartenders did and excellent job of mixing our drinks and entertaining us. Our server at dinner was very gracious and our meal excellent
   

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    Maria

    Western NC

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 2 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    Our server, Lily, was outstanding. The staff was relaxed polite and solicitous while serving our food in a nice timed fashion.
    

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