Marks Prime Steakhouse - Ocala (FL)

5 /5 Rai Vip “Rai like Rye bread”: Attended a seminar here tonight. Great sirloin steak, Atlantic salmon and cheesecake! I cannot speak for the entire place as we were in a separate banquet room but the service we got was awesome. Cloth table cloths and napkins, added to the great ambience of the place. It is rather fancy and I think would be great for special celebrations because the prices are fairly up there!

4 /5 Genevieve Lozier-Jonker: The shrimp cocktail was delicious. Seafood pasta was not really great. Loaded baked potato and appetizer were fantastic. Wasnt wowed with the service. So many restaurants around. Not sure if I will visit a second time.

4 /5 Julio Baez: We have been trying to visit this establishment, and finally, we came for a birthday celebration. The restaurant is quite nice, but for a fine dining steakhouse, I expected better. The table was beautifully decorated, but the booth had a hole in the leather. The service was incredible, and the food was acceptable for me. The Green Apple Martini was a perfect balance of flavors. The appetizers were great. The calamari was fried to perfection, and they had a peperoncino mix with it that added a touch of spiciness. The lobster bisque was creamy and full of flavor. The main dishes were also good. The lamb chops were cooked to medium-rare, seasoned well, and delicious. The ribeye was medium-rare, charred on the outside, and warm in the center. The New York strips were cooked well done, but still tender and charred. The sides were not as good. The lobster Mac and Cheese was not good at all. You had a delicious lobster with dry pasta and cheese that did not combine well with the lobster. There was some crumble on top, but it did not enhance the taste. The potatoes gratin with jalapeños was smothered in cheese, but there was hardly any potatoes, and I did not taste any jalapeño. The grilled asparagus was delicious. The desserts were delicious. The Crème Brulee was mouthwatering, and the Chocolate Muse with Almonds and Strawberries was so delightful to end the night. The wine selection was also great. Overall, the restaurant was very good, but there were some misses. I believe they need to remodel some for fine dining.

4 /5 Angie Smith: This was a very high end place for us so we were expecting it to be over the top. We looked at the website and the menu prices so were a little taken aback when we looked at the menu in the restaurant to see that the prices were about 15% higher! But, We had made these plans way in advance so we weren’t going to leave and the food for the most part was delicious, especially the red snapper and grits! Loved the desert and the steaks weren’t bad either, not so much with the sides we got the lyonnaise potatoes and risotto and were disappointing. They were just a little dry and flavorless. We didn’t order drinks because of the prices so can’t review them. They might have been short staffed that night because we had to wait a while to get out dessert and bill. Sitting and waiting at an empty table is not my favorite thing to do so that was mainly why I didn’t give five stars on service, other than that our server and management team was impeccable! Thank you for the perfect birthday dinner!

5 /5 Juan K: My wife and I visited this place on a Friday while visiting Ocala. We stopped by without reservations and, while the place was busy, the hostess kindly accommodated us in the outdoor terrace. I can’t speak to the atmosphere indoors, but the outdoors was nice and comfortable, not cramped up. The appetizers and side dishes were good, and the steaks were excellent. Very tasty and perfectly cooked as ordered, truly great! My only dissent is that, while they offer an extensive selection of wines, I felt the promoted wine we selected lacked complexity and fell short of expectations at the price point. Kudos to our server Victoria! She provided attentive, accommodating and very friendly service. A true professional