Been awhile -- Prime Rib and Lobster House - Artesia

Back again with another food review! A couple weeks ago we ate at the Prime Rib and Lobster House on South St and near Pioneer in Artesia, CA. This hip restaurant used to be a Chinese place but now serves an American menu, although owned by a Pinoy guy. It resides in the corner of a strip mall next to an Asian market and other Asian restaurants, the same complex as Seafood Shack. The outside is unassuming, but the inside is well decorated. Parking is ample at least on this day, if it were a full house, parking would probably be a little difficult.

So untrue to form, we had neither the prime rib nor the lobster! I had the ribeye steak.

The steak was juicy and fatty, topped with fried onions. Sides I chose were mushrooms and garlic mashed potatoes. I enjoyed this overall. It doesn't rank with the steakhouses, but it is better than average. It was cooked to my preference of medium rare.

My wife went with the seafood soup: Bouillabaisse.

This was also pretty good. The sauce was a little heavy on tomato flavoring. There were abundant seafood though, 3-4 crab legs, 3-4 clams, a good portion of fish and 6-8 shrimp.

We both also had the soup. Mine was the lobster bisque and my wife's the vegetable beef. The lobster bisque was adequate, not as good as the one from Pappas Bros in Dallas. The vegetable beef was good but what is with everyone's fascination with putting celery into everything?

Overall would give the food 3.5 stars out of 5. The service was almost too attentive, given that only 3 tables were being served. The restaurant was clean and had a good look to it. Looks like a good spot to have a mini banquet. Probably would eat here again if there weren't so many places to try before I move away from Long Beach!