The end of Detox Dinner - Steak feast at Prime

To celebrate the end of the long six weeks of my husband's detox we booked into Prime - the fancy steakhouse in the basement of the GPO Building in Martin Place(http://www.gposydney.com). My husband hadn't been before so was suitably impressed by the surroundings - fantastic sandstone walls and very masculine furniture - I assume they get a good deal on leather... Unsurprisingly, the whole restaurant was full of business men - I only spotted one other female in the place. It is certainly a businessman's dinner type venue - I'm pretty sure we were the only ones not putting it on expenses.

I ordered the 400g Grass Fed Black Angus Scotch Fillet with Béarnaise and Potato Puree, my husband went for the sirloin with the potato gratin and mustard selection (I thought at $46 a main they could supply mustard without wasting a sauce choice on it). We shared sides of green salad, snow peas/sugar snaps and french fries (yes - potato overload but my Irish husband hadn't had a potato in 6 weeks - is that a world record for an Irishman?). This was all accompanied by a delicious Pinot from Ten Minutes by Tractor (not to badly priced at $58).

Overall I was slightly disappointed. Service was great and my steak was tasty enough but probably not enough for $46 and there was more fat and gristle that I would've liked. The biggest disappointment were the french fries, I had ordered the Béarnaise especially for dipping purposes but when the fries turned up they were thick cut (weird when they had another thick cut option that was only slightly thicker so I'd assumed these would be skinny and crisp) - plus they just weren't very crispy and were ever so slightly undercooked on the inside - not enough to send back to the kitchen but certainly not worth the calories.

I just went for sorbet for dessert which was fine. My husband opted for the creme caramel with banana foam and vanilla ice cream which was delicious. I'm generally not taken with the "foam" craze but this one was perfect.

Overall a bill of $235 including 1 bottle of wine, mains and dessert could have been worse but I don't think I'll be hurrying back. I'd prefer to get my steak fix at the fantastic Vamps in Paddington - you don't get the choice of 15 different steaks but its BYO and the fries are fantastic!