J&R's Islip Steak House

Talk about going downhill: Kept getting told how great J&Rs was by my bf who would semi-regularly meet his friends there. Yesterday I went too. Calamari appetizer, a rib eye lunch special each. Calamati was best; crispy & tasty, and enough for four. Lobster bisque was also tasty, & an actual full bowl (yay!!!). (I did keet wondering how much salt they used.)

Restaurant had decent amount of patrons for lunch, quiet, relaxed atmosphere perfect for conversations. Too close to next table though, I had trouble getting out of my window seat.

Steak arrived looking more medium [well?] than medium rare and was at least one third fat. Bf actually put ketchup on his, I tried using the cinnamon butter which has come with the sad looking, shriveled, [but tasty!] sweet potato.
All four of us mentioned too much fat on our steaks, with his friends commenting how down downhill the food had gone. (Fat in accompanying photo is all from my piece alone. You can also see how well done my steak is.) We understand "shrink-flation", where one gets less for the same $, but this was smaller size as well as lower quality.

No, I/we did not mention the steak(s) to our waiter. Friends said the quality was a repeat of other recent trips.

Was told by bf, J&R just lost their business as they were taking it off their rotation of restaurants to meet at.

Low overall rating due to the main meal (steak) in a steak house, not(!) the service.

Food was great, service was good and atmosphere was OK. Food was on point, no issues at all. Service was good. Not much to change, it's based person to person. When it comes to atmosphere, it's OK because of the updates. It's homey, but not a typical steakhouse. I would call it an informal steakhouse with the diverse crowd. Jeans and a t-shirt is normal with a 50 dollar steak VS feeling like you need a shirt with buttons and maybe a belt.
I'd go again and I'd reccomend it to anyone who wants great food.

We Got the tomahawk steak..it was good but kinda too rare ...we ordered med well an it was mooin half way thru .It was good tho .. I don't know what's up with the brussel sprouts being like a rock ..they give the smallest sweet potatos Everytime 😩 . The party behind us were so loud couldn't even have a conversation . The service could have been better but it wasn't terrible. Well give it another try. We normally go to Medford but that was a nightmare last time .

So, a burger is a burger is a burger. Here, the bacon is overwhelming over what seems to be, melted cheese that looks like yellow Elmer’s Glue. With that said, the cheesecake was by far the highlight. It was good, but the best on Long Island, I wouldn’t go that far.

We were on our way home from taking a ride to make a donation to Angels of Long Island. We passed this place and the truth is I thought it was on the water so we made a U-turn and went back. It actually is not on the water, but we stayed and we had Theresa as our waitress. She was excellent. We also met Frank the MOD. He told us the story of his beautiful son Michael! The food was excellent. I had the rice bowl with rare steak and a glass of wine. The upsell of $7.99 extra for a glass of wine and a salad and cheesecake was well worth it! our server was fun and attentive, and we can’t wait to go back again for veterans night which are Tuesday nights. Veterans eat for free with the purchase of another entrée! I think the only person I felt sorry for was the server because the prices were so inexpensive. We definitely doubled her tip! I highly recommend.