I really don't know how I feel about Michael's. Oh one hand, the food was good. On the other hand, the restaurant has not been updated in quite a while. He came here for a restaurant week birthday treat for one of my friends. Michaels is located on eastern Avenue. They have their own small lot and you can probably find decent street parking close by as well. When you walk in the first thing you will notice is the wood panel on all of the wall walls. Reminded me of my parent's basement when I was growing up. Looks like the restaurant has remained unchanged as far as its original designs from when it first opened 40+ years ago. There was a very nice waitress working by the name of Brooke. It appears that she was the only waitress working on a Saturday afternoon. There was one bartender. So if you are in a rush, do not expect the fastest service. But Brooke was great very friendly and was willing to answer any question about menu items that we had. She brought out some bread and took our drink orders. I had a Stella in later ordered a old-fashioned. The old-fashioned was very good. Not too sweet and a generous amount of bourbon. They do not have the large single cubes of ice so it was traditional, crushed ice. But it was strong enough that it was not watered down as the ice melted. For my meal, I had a New York strip steak with a crab cake. Also had a cup of cream of crab soup and a slice of cheesecake. This was only the restaurant we menu for $55. Crab soup was delicious delicious. It had a good flavor and you could taste the chunks of real crab meat. The crabcake was OK, it had a generous amount of jumbo lump crab meat, but it was a little on the bland side. The New York strip steak was absolutely delicious. Cooked perfectly medium. Warm pink center and a delightful char to the exterior. Did not need any additional seasoning or steak sauce. The sides were so so. I just had a baked potato. It was nothing fancy, just a plain baked potato with a dollop of sour cream. Overall, a solid place. It appears the locals enjoy it because the bar packed with people who all knew each other and it seems like they come quite frequently. The menu has some pretty good weekend specials. I wouldn't mind coming back again. read more

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The NY strip steaks are amazing and staff is wonderful. The entire meal was delicious from the freshly in house baked bread to the light and tasty cheesecake for dessert . An entire loaf of fresh bread is served and it tasted wonderful. This place has old world charm and has a small parking lot at rear of restaurant. The specials are fantastic (just wish they were easier to find online on a website or facebook). This will be on our list everytime we're in the areaas we thoroughly enjoyed our delicious meal read more

Michael's Steak & Lobster House - In house baked bread - Steakhouses Near Me - Baltimore, Maryland

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Perfect local restaurant to find great food and great service. Felt homey and great welcome to the city. read more

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Steak was delicious and for the price, definitely worth it. Def will be back!!! Mash potatoes and gravy was creamy and good as heck!!! Now... the only bone i got to pick is with This Smith Island Cake!!!! Living on the eastern shore for a lil bit, I've been fortunate to have a smith island cake from smith island. Now i don't know what's Michael's need to do, but they might wanna take a trip to Smith island and work out a deal with them, but if you gonna have the Smith Island cake, Please let it taste like the actual Smith Island cake!!! read more

Michael's Steak & Lobster House - Porterhouse Steak Medium - Steakhouses Near Me - Baltimore, Maryland

Good food great service always My favorite place for a juicy steak it's worth the drive from DC Ruth Chris who lol!!! read more

Michael's Steak & Lobster House - What's left of my stuff mushrooms Cap with Crab meat - Steakhouses Near Me - Baltimore, Maryland

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Hands down the best steak I've ever eaten. The waitress was polite and service was fast. My new favorite steak house.

Thursday night is steak night and oh what a steak I got. Perfectly cooked porterhouse steak which was almost bigger than the plate.

First time to this location and it left a memorable impression! I came here with a large group and we were seated right away! The service was wonderful! The decor was dated but the restaurant felt comfortable and a good place to eat. I ordered a filet mignon after having a bowl of French onion soup. My soup was good but a little salty! And there wasn't much stock in my soup but lots of cheesy goodness! My filet mignon was tasty but the texture didn't feel like a true filet mignon that tends to melt in my mouth. This cut was a bit on the chewy side. I didn't enjoy the mashed potatoes as it tasted prepackaged and not like fresh whipped potatoes. My friends enjoyed their meals and said their food was tasty. We all agreed on the decor needing an updating. Overall it was still a great experience and worth a visit! read more

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No. The manager was yelling at the server so loud we could hear it. It was awful. The food was cold and bland.

We went to Michael's for their restaurant week deal. The food was okay but I wouldn't consider it worth the price. The stuffed mushrooms were good; it was a lot of crab with a few mushrooms. Cream of crab was not very crab-forward. NY strip was over done for me and my fiance's was certainly too cooked for his liking. I got a side of brussel sprouts which was a mistake - I think they were steamed and sitting in some kind of water or oil. Their fries were ok. Service was ok - our server was nice but everything was slow, a soda refill was given to the wrong table, the wrong soup was brought out at first. The restaurant is older. There's a lot of lights and the decor of sort of old, western. There was mainstream pop playing. Overall, experience was ok. Food and service was not quite up to our expectations. read more

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During restaurant week, I like to visit the establishments with 3 money signs ($$$) to determine if I'd go back and spend real $$$. Michael's was such a place and since I like steak, I was all in. I checked out the restaurant week lunch menu in advance and made a reservation for this past Saturday afternoon. Michael's is far from where I live but that actually doesn't factor into my 2 star review. I walked into the restaurant and was shocked at how divey it was. It looked like it's not been renovated since the early 70s. There was super dark paneling throughout, no windows, dated art, tables, and chairs. I was seated in the far back and was back there FREEZING. The hostess seated me with menus and I was surprised to see the petite filet mignon I'd planned to order was not on it. I'd seen it on the online menu, so I verified with the waitress when she approached the table. Her response was "How old is that menu?" (meaning the one online, which I'd think was recent as it was on the 2022 restaurant week website). So strike one. I ended up ordering the Old Fashioned Maryland Crab Soup and some rib tips, plus a side of green beans. The soup was ok, I mostly used it to stay warm, which was hard because the serving was so small and hard to hold. The rib tips were sautéed and on a bed of rice, onions, and green peppers. Everything BUT the rib tips on that plate was good. The meat, which I'd asked for medium rare, was over cooked and under seasoned. I had to salt everything and douse it with A1. The green beans were in a small dish on their own, which is fortunate because they didn't taste good AT ALL and I didn't want them rubbing up against the rice and veggies which were actually decent. Not sure why this place is $$$. I wouldn't pay regular price. I gave 2 stars for good service. Dassit. read more

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10/24/2021, my wife and I dropped by this place on our way home. We ordered a medium rare T-bone and well-done a sautéed tenderloin tips. The T-bone steak came with two sides and the Tenderloins came with one side. Before the meals came, the waiter brought a basket of bread. The bread was pretty good! The food came out in a reasonable amount of time. T-bone steak with string beans and fries $40: I asked for rare, and the steak came out rare! The seasoning was spot on! The fries were great! The string beans was just not to my taste... 4.9/5.0 and the string bean is the only flaw! Well-done sautéed tenderloin tips with pickled beets on a bed of rice $27: my wife thought the rice was super delicious! The bell peppers, onions, and mushrooms were great complements! Even though the dish was well-done, the tenderloins were still very juicy! My wife couldn't stop gushing over the dish! She rated the dish 4.9/5.0. I think the only slight imperfection she mentioned was a touch of oil too much. But great dish nonetheless! I gave the dish a 4.6-4.7ish because I didn't like well-done tenderloins. I also didn't like the beets. Service: attentive and very hospitable! My wife and I will definitely come back even though the drive is 45minutes away! read more

Michael's Steak & Lobster House - T-bone steak and sautéed tenderloin tips - Steakhouses Near Me - Baltimore, Maryland

Recommended by a buddy I took my sister and niece to check it out. Small quaint spot with friendly staff waiting to welcome us in. I ordered lamb chops and wasn't disappointed. My Sis had flounder with crab meat and my niece had the parmesan spaghetti and they both kept talking about what to order on their next visit! Looking forward to the time! It took the food a close to 30 minutes. Otherwise I would rate this 5 stars read more

Best crab cakes in Baltimore. All the food is outstanding. Service is great . The staff and owners are very friendly and accommodating. The decor is a little dated . One of my favorite places to eat. read more

Being Baltimore Restaurant week this week, hubby and I decided to go have a treat to celebrate me passing one of my licensing exams. FYI, they are only doing take-out, but you can get take out for the restaurant week menu The entrees alone were the redeeming factor of this place and the only reason the restaurant week deal was remotely worth it. The prime rib was absolutely gigantic and well cooked - was still medium rare even for take out (and we had to drive back to Columbia from Baltimore). We also got the pork chop with imperial crab and definitely one of the top pork chops I've had! It was pretty juicy and tender even with take-out. And the imperial crab was amazing! It was basically a giant crab cake - full of nice chunks of lump crab meat with minimal filler! Perfection. The stuffed mushroom caps with imperial crab - let me say we got 3 tiny button mushrooms and they were covered in a giant crabcake once again! So worth! The only issue I had were with the sides that came with the entrees - the baked potato was good (can't really mess that up too much), but we also got the greek style green beans and brussel sprouts and they were just ...not good (to put it kindly). Both veggies were steamed and I'm just not a fan of steamed green beans and brussels- they just become soggy. The brussel sprouts also weren't seasonsed at all (like no salt, nothing), my least favorite kind of brussel sprouts and the green beans just tasted like mushy canned green beans in some kind of tomato sauce that also wasn't good. The dirty chesapeake (mix of cream of crab and maryland grab) was also really bad. It honestly tasted like ...bland chicken noodle - I didn't get any kind of crab flavor or chunks. Not even any old bay kind of taste. It was really bland and not great. Cheesecake and baklava were decent for dessert. The meat and the crab were the highlights of this meal! And the only reason i'd say okay, maybe worth the $40 restaurant week price. TL;DR - for restaurant week menu, get prime rib, and anything with imperial crab. read more

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My wife and I visited Maryland we was hungry from driving all night found this place on yelp just to see what looks like good food and the five stars it was given by most just to take a uber and be disappointed by it being closed until the 29th of August. If the business is closed it should say Closed on yelp to let others know what's going on instead of given false hopes. Thanks for reading this as soon as it's open I'll be diving 3 hours from my home just to make my final decision if it's that good read more

Restaurant Week 2022 is upon us, and my wife and I were looking for the usual suspects where we can get great value for what we were paying; we stumbled upon Michael's. Upon entering, it was as if my wife and I went into a time machine as the place looked like it was a step back in time; I even had to make a call for a reservation. We had made our selections for Restaurant Week, including a Chesapeake Dirty for my wife and a House Salad for myself. Our server looked like she had been at the same place since it opened, so we knew we were in for a real treat. However, the server brought two cups of Dirty to our table, and I told her that I had the salad, and she said you keep that, and I'll bring your salad. Both of us got the 1 lb NY strip with the imperial, and we can't say that we were disappointed, the imperial was super meaty, and the steak was cooked right. I had the steak fries, which were not overwhelming and quite tasty, and the brussels sprouts; well, they are like the one's mom used to feed you and not the ones served now. For dessert, I thought I was going to get something unique as a baklava sundae; it is not; it is baklava with a la mode, but it still did the trick. The atmosphere is very familial; the bartenders get to know their regulars and know exactly what they want. They also take pride in Baltimore sports, as over half the conversation was dedicated to O's baseball. My take, come for Restaurant Week, you're paying for just the steak topped with the imperial every other food item is a nice extra; outside of RW, get the Imperial, which is worth the extra few dollars. read more

Michael's Steak & Lobster House - Restaurant Week New York Strip with Crab Imperial and Brussels Sprouts. - Steakhouses Near Me - Baltimore, Maryland

I love the prime rib special and the cream of crab . The atmosphere does need a upgrade but the staff is nice and attentive

Love this restaurant....I have been going here for many years. Decor has not changed but neither has the great food and service.

A hidden gem ! Amazing seafood for a great price. Staff is friendly, Covid safe (had to wear masks & contact tracing was implemented; had to sign in). Reservations were easy to make also, I was running late and they gave me a 20 min grace period. Just make sure you call. Will definitely be coming back here again. 5 stars for food , gave 4 stars because the inside decor was outdated but had that old school Baltimore 90s charm. read more

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Took my mom here for her Birthday. Friendly staff. Now onto the food. My mom ordered a Cesar salad. The salad had too much dressing on it and they give you a side of the dressing as well, why not bring the salad out without the dressing, salad was drenched with dressing(soupy).I got the steak stuffed with crabmeat topped with imperial sauce and my mom got the tilapia stuffed with crabmeat topped with imperial sauce. The main course came out hot the way food temperature should be. Everything was pretty good except the soupy salad. read more

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Completely blown away by how great everything was!!! My friend and I picked her for a girls night out dinner. And we picked a winner. They have a spacious parking lot. The inside is very rustic and very welcoming. The server was excellent and helpful with recommendations. They have weeknight specials. We got complimentary bread! The filet was a nice chunk of perfectly cooked meat to medium rare! The crab cake was incredible. Nice side salad and baked potato. Everything served hot. And the baklava was made in-house. Delicious!!! read more

Michael's Steak & Lobster House - Crab cakes with filet mignon - Steakhouses Near Me - Baltimore, Maryland

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Baltimore's Best CRAB CAKES LIVE HERE!!!!!!!!! I was here once again for my birthday and as always Baltimore's Best kept secret comes through again. I share with people all the time how delicious the food is here and how you never disappoint. They still prefer to frequent the other places and pass on Michael's once again ! read more

Michael's Steak & Lobster House - 32oz CrabCake - Steakhouses Near Me - Baltimore, Maryland

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Over all this place it awesome. With the charm of a hausners restaurant with dark wood and old school classic menu. The steaks are huge. I mad the mistake of order a t-bone medium it was medium but not very tender or juicy. I will not get it again. My friend got the extra thick prime rib,huge like 2.5 inches thick. Tender juicy. That's my next steak here. The crap cakes (2) have some filler but are monsters. They needed some old Bay but you won't be disappointed. Expect to pay about $44 per person on average. The service is good and the deserts were amazing. We will be back . Oh yes we will. read more

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Honestly, this place doesn't look like much, and the interior hasn't been updated since King was shot, but don't let that fool you. This place might have the best crab cakes in the city. The staff are very welcoming and, once again, The BEST CRAB CAKE IN THE CITY read more

So just had the 40 oz Porterhouse cooked medium and was very tasty. Pretty much I don't like the fat on the steak , but this one I ate it all. Needless to say I didn't eat it all, took some home for son to try. Very good and service was pretty good. If you like Western shows you will like the atmosphere but it's worth it at least once . read more

This is a filthy hole in the wall restaurant that hasn't been updated since the 80's and hasn't been properly cleaned since then, either! The wait staff was rude and we only saw our waiter to take our orders, bring our food and bring us our check, which had a 25% gratuity already added! The drinks weren't cold enough and there was lipstick on the glasses, the steak was overcooked and the crab cake was wet in the middle with too much bread in it. My wife's lobster must have been reheated multiple times, it was as tough as an inner tube. The butter wasn't butter but was butter flavored oil or margarine. The sides were bland and lukewarm when we got them. I get the impression they were sitting around for some time before they were brought out. The entire place was filthy and the dining room was dismal. The bathrooms reeked and there were bugs. I cannot imagine what the kitchen looked like, I was afraid to look! The food was ridiculously priced. We spent enough here that we could have gone to a much nicer restaurant with better food, atmosphere and service. We will never go here again. read more

Good service and nice family ambiance. I took someone here on a date and the food was good. The crab puff appetizer was the best part of the meal along with the sangria which we got a pitcher of. Both of our entrees were just okay; a bit too saucy. The sides had little to no flavor. Still, I would go back just for the crab puffs. read more

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I had a hankering for a Steak, my dad said we should check out the prime rib special at this local place they have on Thursdays. So because I wanted to watch the hockey game tonight we decided to get take out. So I order the prime rib and get it home to find out that I ordered a primerib that is as big as a football. It was cooked great and I made it through half of it. They also have a 40oz porterhouse on the menu for 18 bucks, that's insane. Anyways, Ive heard eating there might not be the best experience but definitely check this place out. The prime rib was amazing, and the dog was very happy about our dining choice due to the boomerang bone she got after I was done. read more

Michael's Steak & Lobster House - Prime Rib - Steakhouses Near Me - Baltimore, Maryland

This is a 40oz steak and it was the best steak I've ever had in my life! The appearance of this place would have you fooled as to how amazing the steak is. Nothing else I ate mattered lol. I didn't like the free bread and the salad was very amateur. BUT THE STEAK IS WHAT YOU ARE GOING THERE FOR!! It's an additional $5 to share the meal which is actually a great price to pay instead of getting 80 ounces worth of steak. If I ever get the opportunity to visit Baltimore again, I'm going back. read more

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The food and service was excellent. The 40oz prime rib was cooked to perfection and was juicy and tender. We took our son there for his 19th birthday. It was a memorable time... read more

Michael's Steak & Lobster House - a table full of food - Steakhouses Near Me - Baltimore, Maryland

Decor: 1980...still. Food: Let's see...Brussels sprouts absolutely unseasoned. Beets, canned. Steak overcooked, 2nd time un-seasoned. Service: Rude. No words. Manager wouldn't even address issues related to the bill, but that would require a willingness to appear before paying ($400+ between all of us) customers...which she wasn't. Don't ask to split the check either. I'd recommend a dine n dash. Or just dash. Look at my reviews in the past and see if I try to be fair and balanced. This was one of the worst experiences in my life, and I can't hold my tongue about it. $40 of mine I can't get back. read more

Michael's Steak & Lobster House - Steakhouses Near Me - Baltimore, Maryland

We stumbled on to this little gem 10 years ago when we moved up from Florida and we were living in Nottingham Md. Their king cut prime rib was on point. Then we found out that their special on Thursday nights was their 40 oz specials, all the prime rib, t bone, porterhouse and ribeye's was 29.99! We take a group of 20 every couple month to go there and eat like kings and queens. The staff is super nice, and the atmosphere is like a throw back from a scene of the Sopranos. The salads in the appetizers are huge, the stuffed mushrooms are a meal in itself... read more

Restaurant week: We came for a restaurant week in Aug 2018. Worth $35 dinner? Short answer is probably not. The price is pretty similar to their regular menu, so half of us ended up order just from the regular menu and daily special. Service: The waitress at the front was rude but the waitor at the table was fine. Food/desserts: Cream of crab - too creamy, not good. The lobster with imperial crab was really good (not on restaurant week menu)! Other things we got were 24oz prime rib, crab cake - meh, and soft crab was ok. About the desserts, there are better places for these cheese cake, baklava and lemon meringue. If I were to come back, maybe....for the lobster. read more

Michael's Steak & Lobster House - Cream of crab (cup vs bowl) - no, crab cake &soft crab - ok, lobster with imperial crab - very good, 24oz prime rib - huge - Steakhouses Near Me - Baltimore, Maryland

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Steak was cooked really well. Not really a lot of seasoning. I used A-1 and I hate to use any condiment after my steak is cooked. Steak should be cooked to eat with nothing else. The server was nice. Lady who waited on me after the server was nice also. Fries were so so. Soup was so so. Place is very old and outdated. Definitely needs an upgrade. I'm on the fence with this one. Not great but not horrible. read more

Michael's Steak & Lobster House - Steakhouses Near Me - Baltimore, Maryland

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Such a great restaurant. A throwback. Great crab cakes, great service...safety tip: the baked potatoes are cooked on the sun so patience is key. We will be back!!!! read more

Everything was really good. Service was awesome! First steak was a little over cooked and they replaced it no questions asked. The second steak was perfect! We had two young children and the young girl brought them coloring books which was really nice. She went over above to accommodate us. The food was amazing and the incredible service is what will bring us back! Many kudos to this establishment! Happy Birthday again to our wonderful waiter! See ya soon! read more

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Deceiving on the outside but definitely worth a visit. The restaurant is not in Canton but More on the way to Dundalk. The Maryland crab soup, cream of crab and crab cake were extremely good. Decor and restaurant are older but the staff are good people who make you feel comfortable and treat you well. read more

I was surprised to find Michael's Steak & Lobster House delivers through Uber Eats. I have heard so many nice things about this place from friends who have dined in. What can I say for almost $60 bucks I thought, I was getting an amazing deal until my food arrived. Whereas, most steakhouses average $100 or more for a decent meal. My steak was very huge and thick like roast beef instead of a personal slice of top grade sirloin off the grill that I am used too. The pics don't do it judice they served a hard to cut thick piece of unseasoned meat. One good side, I had leftovers for the next day after I chopped the meat very very fine. The gravy was more of a broth very translucent watery and messy. The mash potatoes were okay whipped instant potatoes. The salad was effortless with a huge slice of a tomato and huge slice of an onion on a bed of lettuce. They provided lots of bread but. it was not fresh. A sista loves her bread fresh that was a deal breaker for me I will not be ordering again. They provided lots of butter, bread and napkins. Somebody gave my order lots of TLC from the carry-out packing very professional but, the Chef sucked. Sad to say, I had a not so expected experience with carry out from Michael's Steak & Lobster House. If you're looking for a hearty heavy beef meal on a cold winter night you might enjoy my last purchase. I was just looking for a slight slice of comfort beef on a warm summer night which I did not get. read more

Michael's Steak & Lobster House - Steakhouses Near Me - Baltimore, Maryland

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The food got here fairly quickly, the delivery guy was very nice. However the food was not worth the 50 dollars I paid for it. The cream of crab was bland, the bread was gross. The coleslaw was watery. The steak however was actually tasty. They also forgot my salad and to add grilled shrimp. read more