Barclay Prime offers red meat with a boutique vibe. The checkerboard-floored bar and lounge areas capture the 1929 feel of the old Barclay's hotel, but the dining room feels much more '60s mod with its low horizontal lines, wood panelling, and curvaceous leather booths in fetching alternating mustard and avocado. It's a stylish but understated space in which to carve your perfectly prepared bespoke beef (with a steak knife selected from a small armory of makes and styles). This steak emporium offers Gauchot & Gauchot prime dry-aged rib-eye, Kobe sliders, and a Wagyu "cheesesteak" larded with foie gras and (get this) truffled cheese whiz that seems designed mainly so that expense-accounters can boast that they spent $100 on a cheesesteak. There's also a selection from a raw bar to get your oyster on (or your hamachi crudo or Alaskan king crab cocktail).
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Barclay Prime
237 S. 18th St. (between Locust & Spruce streets)
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Neighborhood
Rittenhouse
Hours
Sun-Thurs 5-10pm, Fri–Sat 5-11pm
Transportation

Bus: 12
Phone 215/732-7560 PricesEntrees $30–$150
Cuisine Type Steakhouse Web site Barclay PrimeMap
237 S. 18th St. PhiladelphiaNote: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.