At 7:30 p.m. on just about any night of the week, Eddie V’s Prime Seafood bustles with white-jacketed servers placing colossal multi-tiered shellfish towers at the tables of martini-sipping corporate executives. Elsewhere, couples indulge in succulent lobster tails, and others celebrate in the V Lounge as the pleasing rattle of cocktail shakers intermingles with live jazz.
Like it or not, Eddie V’s embodies the direction King of Prussia is headed in. Its high-end concept was co-founded by Larry Foles, dad of Super Bowl-winning Eagles QB Nick Foles. And while KOP may already have a multitude of first-rate restaurants, you won’t find one quite as luxurious as Eddie V’s. A waterfall welcomes diners, and travertine-lined walls, a nautically hued patina and crystal chandeliers exude the sort of gentle opulence that’s the opposite of the masculinity found at most steakhouses.
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Eddie V’s dining room, which has crystal chandeliers and white-tablecloth service. - Advertisement -
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Darden Restaurants’ KOP outpost is managed by two of the industry’s best: GM Steve Olson, who has over two decades of experience with Maggiano’s Little Italy; and chef Greg Vassos, who ran New York’s Le Bernadin and other kitchens for Eric Ripert.
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The food is on par with the ambiance, thanks to the USDA prime steaks and the seafood flown in daily. Not surprisingly, such quality comes at a price as high as you’ll find anywhere in the western suburbs. Sumptuous seafood towers run a hefty $120; an artfully prepared black cod steeped in miso is $40; and twin South African lobster tails run close to $90. For most of us, a meal at Eddie V’s is going to be an extra-special occasion—or, if you’re lucky, a splurgy business expense.
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Tartare of Pacific ahi tuna, with curry and sesame oils, avocado, mango, and citrus. |
The place is jumping during happy hour, which features live jazz and well-trained mixologists creating concoctions from behind the expansive U-shaped bar. The visually enticing array of victuals includes the Hope Diamond, a vodka-and-butterfly-tea infusion with a deep boron-blue diamond-cut ice cube floating at its center. The bar menu boasts a copious selection of apps and “half shells.” One of them—Rockefeller oysters with a soggy panko topping—was the only kitchen misstep after several visits.
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Samples from the oyster bar, on ice with cocktail and Mignonette sauces. |
With three private dining rooms and an exceptionally trained staff at your beck and call, there’s more to this operation than high-quality food and drinks. Eddie V’s is, no doubt, a splashy addition to KOP’s restaurant-rich landscape.
670 W. Dekalb Pike, King of Prussia, (610) 337-7823, www.eddiev.com.
