7 Mickey Mantle Dr.
Phone: (405) 272-0777
Hours: Mon-Thu 4:30 pm - 10 pm
Fri-Sat 4:30 pm - 11 pm
Sun 4:30 pm - 9 pm
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If you like it or wanna try it...... here ya go.... http://kfor.upickem.net/engine/Splash.aspx?contestid=30910

Starts tomorrow morning, until sold out.

Groupon has brought about so many clones they're hard to keep up with. This is a good one though Brian.

Actually many of the local TV and radio stations were doing it far before Groupn existed.

Here right now and I love this place. About to hit up WSKY Lounge afterwards and downtown is bumping!!!

I'm eating an actual dinner here for the first time in a long, long time tonight and was wondering if any of you OKCTalk peeps have any outstanding recommendations for what I should consider ordering tonight? Anything I shouldn't miss?

Roquefort filet (which I usually also ask to have prepared like their pepper steak)
Jalapeño bacon mac and cheese (do NOT miss this)
Mickey's chopped salad
Either mushroom or lobster risotto
Best calimari in OKC
Boursin cheese
Fried mushrooms are crazy good for such a common appetizer, as are fried pickle chips
If not a steak eater have chicken florentine
Best creme brûlée in town too

Awesome, thanks!!

You're welcome! Also, for the record, my favorite cut in most steakhouses is ribeye, but there is something about a filet with Mickey's specific Roquefort sauce...

You're welcome! Also, for the record, my favorite cut in most steakhouses is ribeye, but there is something about a filet with Mickey's specific Roquefort sauce...

I'm going to try it and will report back.

Great. And don't forget, if you're going with someone who's not a big steak eater, the chicken florentine is incredible, and honestly the place probably had the best fresh seafood in town before The Drake opened.

Great. And don't forget, if you're going with someone who's not a big steak eater, the chicken florentine is incredible, and honestly the place probably had the best fresh seafood in town before The Drake opened.

All my dining partners are fellow meat-a-tarians, but I'll let them know in case they want to try it.

MM does a mixed grill of three different cuts of filet, from Kobe to wagyu to American prime. I had friends in who tried that and really enjoyed the chance to contrast the options. Just a thought.

Doesn't Mantle's have a dress code requirement?

Doesn't Mantle's have a dress code requirement?
They do not. I regularly go into the bar in shorts (and even at time a T-shirt, usually of the Thunder variety) when weather is nice. I've even once had dinner in the dining room in shorts at he insistence of the general manager, though I was hesitant and FELT out of place when doing so (hence his insistence).

You'll probably feel more comfortable in the dining room in something reasonably nice, which could simply be jeans and a collared shirt or sweater, and will most certainly feel quite at home in a jacket or a suit. But the bar, especially, is very laid back and welcoming.

MM does a mixed grill of three different cuts of filet, from Kobe to wagyu to American prime. I had friends in who tried that and really enjoyed the chance to contrast the options. Just a thought.

Just to be sure, Mickey Mantle's doesn't have Kobe beef. They like many other establishments in this fine state and the rest throughout the US serve Japanese Wagyu, but not Kobe.

Just to be sure, Mickey Mantle's doesn't have Kobe beef. They like many other establishments in this fine state and the rest throughout the US serve Japanese Wagyu, but not Kobe.

I misspoke, you are correct.

Found this online looking for something else. Seems a little presumptuous to tell people how they should hold their silverware, order their steak and what to drink.

https://mickeymantlesteakhouse.com/blog/steak-dinner-etiquette/

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Very strange.

wow... that page came across as pretty condescending. i have to wonder if they don't want to lose customers by enforcing a dress code but are concerned about maintaining the image of a fine dining establishment.

I googled some of the phrases in that hoping it was some article they copied and pasted (perhaps was meant to be filler material for a page and not published on the live site). My search turned up nothing, so yeah - that’s pretty bad.

It is dated at the bottom as being from 2016 so it's hard to tell the context.

This is one of the most condescending and pretentious things I've ever seen from any restaurant.

I guess I am weird in that I see no problem with it. It's a fine dining establishment - don't dress like a slop going there. It should be common sense, and they would still serve you, but still, be better. Also, in business school, we were taught fine dining etiquette (and having dined with clients, I am grateful for it). As a fine steakhouse, there is a always a bit of pretentiousness (like Peter Luger's Steakhouse only taking cash, unless you sign up for their credit card). But I guess since it is OKC, they are not allowed to do that.

It’s been forever since we’ve been, but we were never impressed with the food when we went. Of the 4-5 local high-end steakhouses we have been to, it easily comes in last for us. On either our 2nd or 3rd visit there, our server was a complete jack*ss and kinda talked down to us.

When Bobs and Ruth’s Chris open up, I don’t see enough demand for that many steakhouses downtown. I think they’re the first to go. Saving grace might be the location, bring in tourists that don’t know about other local options or don’t care to leave BT.

It is dated at the bottom as being from 2016 so it's hard to tell the context.

KD probably wrote it on his way out of town. /s

I see no problem at all with that and if people wouldn’t be thin skinned they could actually learn something positive if they applied most of that. I do think it’s a bit strange they have that on their website and the only thing I don’t necessarily agree with is needing to research the menu online.

Found this online looking for something else. Seems a little presumptuous to tell people how they should hold their silverware, order their steak and what to drink.

https://mickeymantlesteakhouse.com/blog/steak-dinner-etiquette/

I think I'm gonna show up in sweatpants and a t-shirt with a dragon on it.

I'm sure it gets pretty annoying as a server and a manager at a place like this to see people cluelessly coming in and treating the place like Applebee's. I agree with what a poster said above "be better." It matters. Think beyond yourself.

I don't think a "how to" guide is necessarily a bad idea. It can be intimidating the first time you go to a nicer restaurant, so having something to refer to can be convenient and helpful.

I think the issue is just in the way its worded. Rather than a helpful tone it does have a bit of a holier than thou tone.

In my experience as a server at the Ranch, typically the only people treating the place like Applebee's were the people coming in multiple times a month dropping a decent chunk of change. It's as regular for them as Applebee's is for the majority of us. Those people wouldn't take the time to read an article like this.

Likely the only people who would read this article are people who have dined upscale less than a handful of times in their life and not frequently at all. I honestly can't believe a restaurant of this caliber (and that's not to say it's of a particularly high caliber) has a blog. About the only restaurant in this city that should have a blog is nonesuch.

I think I'm gonna show up in sweatpants and a t-shirt with a dragon on it.
Don’t forget to have your phone out, don’t research the menu, and oh have phone conversations at the table that last for more than ten consecutive minutes.

I think I'm gonna show up in sweatpants and a t-shirt with a dragon on it.

It's been a few years ago, but my wife and I ate there for our 25th wedding anniversary. We were conscious of not being underdressed so we were very disappointed to see people in other parties in shorts, jeans with holes (not the fashionable kind), flip flops, etc. If you have a dress you should enforce it, else just get rid of it.

I am a little torn here. We had dinner tonight at Ranch and last night at Mahogany (my wife and daughters are out of town so my 16 yr old steak loving son and I are doing an OKC steakhouse tour this week), there were several people in nice shorts and jeans. I don't see how their dress diminished my dining experience. In Oklahoma summers....I don't know that I have a problem with people in nice shorts. Even the country club relaxes the dress code in the summer to allow shorts, I am more concerned with how people are acting than how they are dressed. I would rather have a well mannered table full of people in shorts and jeans eating next to me than a table full of drunk loud assholes in suits next to me.

I guess I am weird in that I see no problem with it. It's a fine dining establishment - don't dress like a slop going there. It should be common sense, and they would still serve you, but still, be better. Also, in business school, we were taught fine dining etiquette (and having dined with clients, I am grateful for it). As a fine steakhouse, there is a always a bit of pretentiousness (like Peter Luger's Steakhouse only taking cash, unless you sign up for their credit card). But I guess since it is OKC, they are not allowed to do that.

very much all of this

When did civility and social grace become a negative?

When did civility and social grace become a negative?

I don’t think that is the issue - just the tone of the article.

When did civility and social grace become a negative?

I think it's the tone of the statements on that page that set people off. To me it read like some article they found somewhere and simply reposted. Personally, I don't read over a restaurant's full website before I patronize it. I go there for the location, the hours, any specials and to see the menu.

I do find it interesting though that they play up how one should dress, then they post pics of a group they hosted there that was virtually all wearing matching t-shirts.

Lastly, they don't have a dress code - or, not at least one they enforce. I've been there with people dressed casually and nobody said a word and I seriously doubt any other patrons were offended.

OKC is not a place where many people aspire to social grace. Conversation seems to always turn to “they can’t make me”. And there seems to be little appreciation for people or establishments attempting to promote a higher state of etiquette or grace. Name me one place in OKC, or one event where sophistication and social grace is maintained. I’m always amazed and disappointed when going to events like the philharmonic or ballet and seeing so many in cut offs and flip-flops. But that’s what we are here and why so many consider OKC to be less than cultured or sophisticated.

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Absurd.

What you describe is absolutely not an OKC-specific thing.

I lived in SoCal for 25 years and people have way better etiquette here and generally dress better at nice restaurants and events.

I can understand the dress code recommendations and cell phone use. Everything else was over the top though. Trust the chef on cooking preference, really? Everyone has different tastes.

Why does the thing about wine even need to be said? What do they expect someone to do if they don't know what kind of wine they what? Run around the restaurant asking people if they like their wine?

OKC is not a place where many people aspire to social grace. Conversation seems to always turn to “they can’t make me”. And there seems to be little appreciation for people or establishments attempting to promote a higher state of etiquette or grace. Name me one place in OKC, or one event where sophistication and social grace is maintained. I’m always amazed and disappointed when going to events like the philharmonic or ballet and seeing so many in cut offs and flip-flops. But that’s what we are here and why so many consider OKC to be less than cultured or sophisticated.

the coach house was once such a place ... ..

Yeah, I'm not really sure what the big deal is; nothing on the list is untrue - nothing wrong with a little education.

When did civility and social grace become a negative? When you write an article that completely lacks civility and grace in it's tone.

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Absurd.

What you describe is absolutely not an OKC-specific thing.

I lived in SoCal for 25 years and people have way better etiquette here and generally dress better at nice restaurants and events.
LA is not a place I would hold up as a cultural standard.
I have traveled extensively and been blessed to be able to sample many, many cities. The cultural level in OKC is not considered among any sort of high standard communities. Even with the casualness accepted everywhere, okcitians are not among the polished. I love the genuine attitude of our citizens, their care and their openness. But we aren’t loved for our general sophistication. Sorry, but it’s the truth.

When you write an article that completely lacks civility and grace in it's tone.
Argue the facts instead of just attacking personally.

Argue the facts instead of just attacking personally.

Unless you wrote the article on the Mickey Mantle website in question I don't see how Jeepnokc's post is a personal attack.

Unless you wrote the article on the Mickey Mantle website in question I don't see how Jeepnokc's post is a personal attack.
Sorry if it wasn’t intended for me... it was the sequence it was posted in and a lack of quoted post to reference to.
In Re-reading it, my apologies to Jeep. I’m not defending anyone else’s article or post.

Argue the facts instead of just attacking personally.

It was in response to your statement but I wasn't attacking you personally and sorry if you took it that way. My statement was towards the article. I should have said "when a store..." instead of "When you".

The fact still remains that their article lacked civility and grace.

LA is not a place I would hold up as a cultural standard.
I have traveled extensively and been blessed to be able to sample many, many cities. The cultural level in OKC is not considered among any sort of high standard communities. Even with the casualness accepted everywhere, okcitians are not among the polished. I love the genuine attitude of our citizens, their care and their openness. But we aren’t loved for our general sophistication. Sorry, but it’s the truth.

Then what cultural standard are you using to make such a sweeping and condescending judgment?

OKC is very similar to other American cities of its size, and I've 'traveled extensively' as well.

It's an American mid-sized city thing, not an OKC thing.

There's a balance between sounding snotty and instructive. This one tends somewhat to the former. I never like an establishment that implies I owe them this preemptive groundwork before they deign to open the door to me. Food *service* is - surprise - a *service* industry. I don't mind accommodating basic considerations for any establishment, but this notion that I should have this *pre-emptive* attitudr that I should make the server, staff, etc as comfortable as possible for what will be an expensive event smacks of, well, elitism.

On the etiquette side, I don't have as much problem with the instructions on proper use of utensils. I'm stunned at the number of people who don't know how to hold a fork and knife, and grab it like they're stabbing the nightly cave kill. I'm no Emily Post, but some obvious lack of instruction is prevalent. A minimal sense of use and utility isn't crazy.

The overall tone is a little (okay, maybe a lot) condescending, but I can consider the general.spirit in which it was intended. But foodie places that exhibit superiority complexes are a big turnoff.

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Etiquette varies greatly by region.

Many from other countries hold the knife if their right hand, for example, and with the fork turned with the backside out.

It's all completely silly. Apart from doing something totally rude, who cares?

I like how Vast puts their dress code policy. Basically saying that since many people use Vast for special occasions to dress better for their other patrons. The management sounds more concerned with setting the right atmosphere for their guests all around and not themselves.

Dress code is one thing.

Instructing people how to order and hold their utensils is just bizarre.

Didn't have a huge problem with this, though I agree the tone could be better. But it's not like this is restaurant policy pasted on the main page of their website that the restaurant expects everyone to follow. It's one of over 200 blog posts buried fairly deep within Mickey Mantle's website that I suspect very few people have actually ever read. Further, this was very likely written by an early-20s young professional from MM's digital marketing firm (if I'm remembering correctly it was then and I believe still is Koch Communications) and I suspect if you mentioned this blog post to MM management they would have absolutely no idea what you were talking about.

While stuff like this of course ultimately reflects on the restaurant itself, it's not like this is posted on the front page of MM's website with a copy on the restaurant door telling people how MM's management expects its patrons to behave. Rather, it's just a piece of "digital content" that most would have a hard time finding unless provided with a direct link as was the case here. Not trying to minimize how it looks, as I agree the tone is not great, but let's recognize this for what it is, which is a piece of general content to fill MM's blog and not management's policy/requirements for dining at the restaurant itself (even if MM wished more people would heed the article's advice).

"How you should behave while giving us lots of money."

Dress code is one thing.

Instructing people how to order and hold their utensils is just bizarre.

Or how to order their steak and what wine they should order.

Didn't have a huge problem with this, though I agree the tone could be better. But it's not like this is restaurant policy pasted on the main page of their website that the restaurant expects everyone to follow. It's one of over 200 blog posts buried fairly deep within Mickey Mantle's website that I suspect very few people have actually ever read. Further, this was very likely written by an early-20s young professional from MM's digital marketing firm (if I'm remembering correctly it was then and I believe still is Koch Communications) and I suspect if you mentioned this blog post to MM management they would have absolutely no idea what you were talking about.

While stuff like this of course ultimately reflects on the restaurant itself, it's not like this is posted on the front page of MM's website with a copy on the restaurant door telling people how MM's management expects its patrons to behave. Rather, it's just a piece of "digital content" that most would have a hard time finding unless provided with a direct link as was the case here. Not trying to minimize how it looks, as I agree the tone is not great, but let's recognize this for what it is, which is a piece of general content to fill MM's blog and not management's policy/requirements for dining at the restaurant itself (even if MM wished more people would heed the article's advice).

I found it by googling dress code for Mahogany. Wasn't looking for it but it came up fairly high on first page if I recall.

Or how to order their steak and what wine they should order.

I find myself in the weird position of defending MM, a restaurant I don't really care for, but the manufactured disdain here for something that doesn't matter in the slightest is confusing to me. Again, I suspect if you asked anyone that worked at MM what they thought about these "instructions" they would have no idea what you were talking about. Though of course digital content like this does reflect on the restaurant, the idea that this can be construed as "policy" or "instructions" of how to eat at MM is questionable at best.

Where does the blog post instruct people what wine they should order? It's merely suggesting that you discuss options with a sommelier and giving some general guidelines. I suspect virtually any "nice" restaurant would tell you that people are often intimidated by pairing wine with food and guidance from a knowledgeable professional is often appreciated by customers.

Where does the blog post instruct people how to order their steak? The first sentence is literally "Again, personal preference dictates the cut of the steak and how it is prepared." While it says medium rare is often considered the best (which I suspect a strong majority of people that eat steak regularly would generally agree with) nowhere does it instruct anyone what to eat.

Again, I agree that the tone could have been better, but the manufactured disdain for this is funny and I just don't see how a blog post such as this could reasonably be considered MM's "instructions" or "policy" on how to eat at the restaurant. A quick review of the other posts/topics in their blog should make this abundantly clear.

That web page just confirms my thoughts that Micky Mantle's is your grandfather's steakhouse. Watch a few Leave it to Beaver re-runs and it's obvious dining dress code and decorum is ever evolving and not written in stone like salad before dessert.

That web page just confirms my thoughts that Micky Mantle's is your grandfather's steakhouse. Watch a few Leave it to Beaver re-runs and it's obvious dining dress code and decorum is ever evolving and not written in stone like salad before dessert.

lol mickeys has one of the best bars in okc and is the best place to smoke a cigar .and doesn't have an old vibe in any way