
Teresa's Prime Steakhouse
20 Elm St, North Reading, MA 01864
About Teresa's Prime Steakhouse - steak house in Lynn, Massachusetts
Choice steaks, seafood & Italian dishes, plus global wines, presented in a contemporary environment.
Customer Review Summary
Teresa's Prime Steakhouse offers a consistently enjoyable dining experience with a welcoming atmosphere and phenomenal food. Reviewers praise the exceptional service, highlighting attentive staff, friendly servers, and thoughtful gestures, such as complimentary drinks for special occasions. The menu features delicious and creative dishes, including perfectly cooked steaks and flavorful sides. However, there are mentions of inconsistent service and occasional food issues, such as overcooked steaks and subpar desserts, especially during busy times. Overall, many consider it a hidden gem worth visiting, although some believe improvements in service training could enhance the experience. The restaurant is highly recommended for its ambiance, quality of food, and memorable dining experiences.
Key Features
Service options
- Outdoor seating
- Takeout
- Dine-in
Highlights
- Fireplace
- Great beer selection
- Great cocktails
- Great dessert
- Great wine list
- Live music
Popular for
- Dinner
- Solo dining
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
- Wheelchair accessible parking lot
- Wheelchair accessible restroom
- Wheelchair accessible seating
Offerings
- Alcohol
- Beer
- Cocktails
- Coffee
- Comfort food
- Hard liquor
- Healthy options
- Wine
Dining options
- Dinner
- Catering
- Dessert
- Seating
Amenities
- Bar onsite
- Restroom
Atmosphere
- Cozy
- Romantic
- Trendy
- Upscale
Crowd
- Family-friendly
- Groups
- Tourists
Planning
- Accepts reservations
Payments
- Credit cards
Children
- High chairs
- Kids' menu
Parking
- Free parking lot
- Free street parking
Customer Reviews
Rating Distribution
Kate Carr
Always a wonderful experience, the atmosphere is always welcoming and cozy. The food is always phenomenal and cooked to perfection. Its hard for me to not get the filet because of its tendency to just melt in your mouth. I did steal some of my fiancée's brick chicken and it was so tender and filled with flavor. Compliments to the chef always! The entire staff is always so pleasant. Highly recommended to all!
Joyce Wambui
We came here for my sister's birthday dinner. Christine was our server. She was perfect. Very friendly, knowledgeable, patient and on top of it. The food was great. Very delicious and enough portions. The drinks were perfectly mixed and the dessert was more than we could handle. My son who is a picky eater enjoyed his meal. The atmosphere was very nice. We had a great night and we will definitely be coming back.
T Laff
Teresa’s Prime is such a hidden gem! Every time I go there the service is exceptional and the food is delicious. There specials are creative, for example, last night I had a 10oz filet with goat cheese and sundried tomatoes, it was amazing and different! The side of mushrooms, yum! Halibut! Pork chops with vinegar peppers, all of it, delish! The restaurant is big so you are not on top of your fellow diners but the decor makes it cozy. They have added a bar menu as well so you can have a drink and smaller plates. Love this place! ❤️ 👏
Greg Treantos
My wife and I had an exceptional dinner. I had the cowboy ribeye rare, which was done perfectly, and I had a pasta dish that she loved. For drinks, I usually get clubsoda with a lime and bitters. Many places skimp on the bitters, not here. It was a perfect mix. The coffee was fresh and great. We had the tower chocolate cake for dessert. It was moist and delightful. First time eating there will definitely go back.
Tayline Fernandez
Teresa’s was an amazing experience! I had over there twice and was super great! My buzzer Bruna and Ana made an amazing job! The place it was perfect and the food it was incredible.
Miranda Vega
My husband and I came here for our first date night since being married and having our baby 3 months ago. When we arrived to the restaurant the owner and the hostess were so pleasant. The female hostess walked us to our table and asked if we were celebrating something special tonight. I told her our first night out since being married and having our daughter 3 months ago. She was so sweet and congratulated us. We sat down and minutes later the owner brought us over two glasses of complimentary champagne congratulating us. He was so kind! Edison was our server. He was so welcoming and so attentive. Our appetizers were amazing. We got the calamari, giant meatball, and the bacon. All 10/10! For dinner I got the lobster fra diavlo, they were so generous with the lobster it was worth every penny. My husband got the filet mignon and he said it was cooked perfectly. They brought us a complimentary cannoli with a little lit candle to celebrate and complimentary lemon cello! We were just in awe and felt so special. The hospitality at this establishment is unlike anything we have every experienced. We ended our night with the carrot cake that was on the special and it was the best carrot cake we have ever had. Overall this was a phenomenal experience and we truly highly recommend. Our first date night as husband and wife and new parents truly won’t be forgotten thank you to Teresa’s Prime! All the best! We will be back! Xo The Vega’s
Nicola Imbracsio
We arrived for a Christmas Eve reservation at 2 pm with a party of 7. At the time, there were only a few tables of guests— about 12 people total— in the restaurant with us. At first the service was attentive (perhaps too much— asking us about drinks before everyone was settled in their seats?) but as time went on, it became less so— or perhaps because we did not order alcohol (2 pm!) or appetizers? The food was “fine”— nothing worth the price point. However, a steak was overcooked (medium when it was ordered medium rare) and given the price, it was returned to the kitchen. The waitress took it away and then CAME BACK WITH IT and said that the “kitchen says this is correct; but we’ll make you a new one.”. When the new steak came out, it was RAW. We did order dessert and hot tea. The tea cups were brought out with the hot water and two (different) herbal tea bags. When we asked for “regular black tea” we’re were told there wasn’t any. There was no apology. The desserts were “sub par”. One person had the “lemon ricotta” donuts which lacked lemon flavor and were completely over-fried. We had to wait a considerable time for the final dessert— the crème brûlée— but with no notice (meaning we had to ask for it). I have worked in fine dining food service and honestly was appalled by the poor service. For the price point of this food, the waitress needed to be far more attentive and gracious (for example, noticing that a customer didn’t have a dessert and informing us that she was going to check on it, rather than having us flagging her down and telling her to forget it as everyone else was done). She did bring it out and take it off the bill, saying “It’s on the house”— again, no apology. The performance with the steak (coming out to correct the customer) was rude and unprofessional (and the poor cooking of the steak tells me that the kitchen doesn’t really know how to cook medium rare). Perhaps some actual training is what is required? For example, in between courses silver wear was just dropped around the table randomly rather than placed at settings. When food came out the food runner didn’t know where the food went and had to ask— and the served on the wrong side. When we received the $500 bill, a 21% gratuity was added for “large party” (in my experience, 8+ is a large party). So perhaps the staff did not feel she needed to impress for her tip. (Note when the reservation was made, I was not informed of the added gratuity — which should be standard; I question whether this was a practice at the restaurant or if our server stretches the rule bit given how badly it was going…?). I understand that the prices of food and staff have increased— and so it is expensive to go out. However, good training (both front and back of house!) could go a long way at this place. People should feel that they are getting their dollars’ worth not only in the quality of food but in the quality and generosity of service. It was the holiday and we would have tipped our staff MORE than the added gratuity had the service been excellent. Excellence should be the standard at an establishment like this.
Jack Wood
We went here for our anniversary dinner and completely enjoyed it. The atmosphere was quite upscale & cozy, service was outstanding, and the food was excellent. The scallops and bacon in a bourbon sauce appetizer was the best thing I've eaten in quite some time. My ribeye steak was perfectly cooked and delicious. My wife's steak & lobster looked like a work of art. Top it off with lobster mac & cheese, some nice wine, and a Manhattan and you have the best dining experience in a long time. That awesome experience doesn't come cheap though, but we thought it was worth it.
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