Steak Inn - Steak house in Shell Knob - 22290 Waters Edge Dr, USA

BLUF: Food was great, service was lacking, atmosphere was dead. Great food. The atmosphere as you come in the door is very dark. The lady that greeted us was nice and led us through a series of steps to a back room that was also dark. The menus were weird because all the prices had black specs stickers over them, and they said that the prices have changed so you just have to ask. I’m not sure why they wouldn’t just change the process instead of putting black stickers over everything. Our waitress offered a couple suggestions and then we ordered. Each meal came with the salad bar which is OK but just bag salad and a few toppings on a bar and another dark room. That was one of the last times we saw the waitress since I got up and got all of us, refills of water and I got up and got refills of tea and napkins for everyone. we saw the waitress probably three times once for my ordered once when she brought the food out and once when she brought the check. Evidently we were supposed to get bread while we’re waiting for a meal which we ended up getting once our meal showed up, so no one really ate the steaks were good, although I ordered medium and someone else ordered medium rare, but their medium rare was more medium well. The kebabs were good and the lake baked potato which wasn’t on the menu was good. More or less a crispy baked potato. I would think if they did a little bit of remodeling, a place would be a lot brighter and probably have a younger crowd, but it felt very dingy and old even though the food was great

We went to Steak Inn for the first time. Been wanting to go for years, finally went to see if it was as good we've heard. It was like a trip back in time. From a giant block of cheese at the salad bar to the big parsley leaf on every plate and bread and butter brought to every table. Old school! 👍 All four of us had sirloin steak, two of us had 6oz with shrimp, one an 8oz and I had the 11oz. My steak had an excellent seasoning, tender and was cooked perfect medium, loved it! Two others were suppose to be med but were a tad over cooked and tough, though seasoned well. One was suppose to be med-rare but was overcooked and very tough. You could see it was very tough. The two that had shrimp loved it! All other sides were good. One of us ordered coffee, it came out room temperature. She informed the server and was offered a warm up. She said no, it's cold, I would prefer a new cup. They brought another cup of cold coffee. We told the server that they may have a problem with the coffee maker. They brought a 3rd cup. The cup and the coffee were hot, probably put it in a microwave. Which was fine, better than cold coffee. Lol Over all it was a decent meal, $20-$25/ person. The place was nice and clean. We sat in a room with a window wall, nice view. Others sat in booths with people constantly standing over them in line for the salad bar. They probably weren't as comfortable. One other thing- Steak Inn, like everyone else in this economy has had to raise their prices, understandable. But they had stickers over all the prices in the menu with a note saying ask your server what the prices are. 🙄 I wasn't going to have my server stand there while I ask How much is this? How much is this? How about this? These? The sides? 😔 So we just ordered and waited for the suprise! Lol C'mon, I would have rather had a paper menu with prices. How much easier would that have been just to print cheap menus on paper? Anyway, it was a good meal, at least I had a good steak. I will go with 4 stars, though others at my table may have been stuck with tougher steak, cold coffee and only 3 stars. Neat place, friendly staff, glad we went.

Classy, simple, small hometown steakhouse. Delicious 😋 complete with a salad bar. 🥗

We visited the area from Texas and wanted to have a nice steak dinner date for our anniversary. Steak Inn came up in my search, so we decided to check it out. I'm happy to say that they did NOT disappoint! The food, the service and the atmosphere were absolutely perfect! It's a quaint, little place that kind of takes you back in time. It's very reminiscent of an 80s steak house. Our steaks were cooked to perfection! Everything was just as we hoped it would be. I highly recommend y'all check it out of your in the area.

We had reservations. Getting seated was quick, took a while for our waters to come out and for the waitress to bring others drinks our group ordered. Had to ask twice for my sons drink to be brought to us. Salad bar was well stocked with many options and very delicious. Menu does say the salad var is one trip.only. Most of our group ordered our steak cooked like the menu stated - meduim well was supposed to be no pink....they all came out with pink on the middle. Baked potato came out with nothing on it, my group had to ask for butter and sour cream (even after the waitress asking & group saying yes they wanted that when ordering). Anything we asked for during our meal, it took the waitress a while to bring, and she wouldn't always bring it all at once. The food was good, and the service could have been better. Fresh bread was brought out to us when we were about done with our meal instead of while we were waiting on our meals to be brought to our table. Was disappointed in the experience from all the great reviews I was reading. For the price we spent, we could have gone elsewhere, got more food and better service. There were no prices on the menu, so we were a bit surprised when we got our bill.

A wonderfully classic steakhouse with definitely a charm of its own! The steaks were delicious 😋. The salad bar was interesting with different options than I have seen at other salad bars. Overall a terrific meal and great service!

We’ve loved this place for years! My only complaint would be that I wish they had a few more selections of cocktails. We love the ribeye steak! Best salad bar around! Thank you for keeping up the great work all these many years🤗🥲

Great place! There is a reason this place draws a big crowd. The Steak Inn does steaks, very well! The atmosphere is quiet and relaxed. Parties of six or more should make reservations. Otherwise, first come, first served! We are glad we went and will return soon!