Plainsman Steakhouse & Lounge

We have been by here several times but today is our first in. Lunch testing. Have heard all good about this. They do handmade chicken fried steaks in evening but frozen ones at lunch. So will try the evening menu another time. Salad bar is good, nothing exotic. Burger for myself with some special parts going in. Jalapeños, blue cheese. no eggs available. Hot water drinks. Is cold day!Maybe cottage fries I got. Exceptional good. Reminds me of homemade potato chips my grandmother Irma made. Very similar. Really good burger. Sure one of better I have had. Salad bar is ok. Just old school, with quite a few options.

Horrible sour old food. Service was friendly. Needs to be put out to pasture & closed.

My husband has wanted to come to the Plainsman for a long time! He just finished his medium rare steak! "Best steak I've had in a long time!" He didn't salt the steak it was seasoned perfectly. We had the salad bar - the blue cheese dressing was outstanding! I had the catfish, it was excellent. Well worth the drive! We will be back next time we come to Nebraska!

Delicious prime rib! Love the salad bar, great selection and I love the soups, such unique concoctions'!

Amazing value and food. Friendly staff. Very attentive. Everything is well seasoned and spectacular!

I had a local friend take me here for the Saturday night prime rib buffet and WOW it was delicious. You start with unlimited salad bar from a unique covered wagon then when you're ready you can head over to the carving station where they take off a slab of prime rib and you get to choose from various sides to compliment the meat. This is some high quality beef that doesn't get much better. Worth the weekend drive if you're around the Hastings area!

Food was good and service was good. It was a really slow night though . The place did smell like a stockyard too . But the whole town did too.

This will become a stop anytime I'm in Hastings! The food and the people were great. Service was excellent!

I lived in Los Angeles for the last 20+ years and prime rib is my thing. I went to every restaurant there that offered prime rib. This also included the famous, "lawry"s steak house that serves there prime rib table side on specially made stainless steel carts.John and Kayla Edward's don't have the fancy speciality made carts but what the do have is better than any prime rib experience I had in Los Angeles. The salad bar is amazing and John is a master at cutting you the perfect slice of the best prime rib. The quality of meat he serves is better than what I had on the west coast and very resonably priced.When I come to Hastings, going to the Plainsman is a must and is always a highlight of my trip. The locals need to be thankful to have such a fantastic restaurant in there community. If you haven't been to the Plainsman for prime rib yet than you have to go. Bring all your friends, family and loved ones here. They won't be disappointed.

Very poor service sat 30 minutes in clear view of the staff only to be ignored. Only when I stopped a busboy to ask for some wait staff and then waited 10 more minutes for someone to come to the area. In the mean time others had arrived and when the waitress finally got there she took care of them first needless to say I walked out I have gotten sick from the food there once but was willing to give them another chance drove 30 miles to eat there should have just eaten at McDonald's.