The Cavalryman supper club is located just south of Laramie on highway 287 (4425 South 3rd St). It is located in an old building that used to be a clubhouse for a country club golf course. The building has an old western feel to it. The walls are lined with weathered wood planks, and there is a large fireplace burning real wood adding warmth and atmosphere. There are also trophy Elk, Deer, Moose, and other animals mounted high on the walls.
The Cavalryman offers traditional steakhouse cuisine such as beef, seafood, chicken, and fish. They also feature a soup and salad wagon, which is a real wagon with about 25 different traditional salad bar options. The soups on the night we dined were french onion and a creamed asparagus. The main entrees are served either enlisted or officer style. The enlisted meal comes with a choice of sides and an order of batter dipped mushrooms. The officer meal adds coffee or tea, unlimited trips to the soup and salad wagon, hot garlic toast, and choice of desserts, or dessert bar drink. Prices range from about $20 on up for an entree. The officer meal is an additional $9. You should expect to spend about $40 per person.
We had made reservations, and when we arrived we were promptly seated. We were sat next to the fireplace which was nice and warm; great for a cold winter night. The restaurant didn’t seem really busy, and there were several empty tables nearby, but it still took a while before we finally got to place our drink orders, and another wait to place our dinner order. I went with a 12 oz New York Strip steak cooked medium with Parmesan mashed potatoes and soup and salad. The salad bar had a good variety of lettuces, baby spinach, and toppings like cheese, tomatoes, eggs, cucumbers, cottage cheese, fruit, etc. While enjoying our salads were were brought some batter fried mushrooms served with a dipping sauce which were very good. About the time we finished our salads our main course arrived. My steak was cook exactly as ordered, but the quality of the steak was less than I expected for the price we paid. It wasn’t very tender, and the flavor, while good, wasn’t full. Our waitress also never brought by the garlic toast we were supposed to get, maybe because she hardly stopped by the table at all. The mashed potatoes were good, but the brown gravy served on them was average. When our waitress finally came back we placed our orders for dessert. I went with a New York style cheesecake topped with caramel. The cheesecake wasn’t as firm as other New York style I’ve had, but it did have a good richness and texture. The way it was presented and tasted led me to believe that it was brought in from somewhere else instead of homemade, which was disappointing considering the price of the meal. After finishing dessert we had to once again wait for our waitress to finally bring us the bill. Fortunately we had cash to pay the bill so we didn’t have to wait for her to come back to collect it.
The cavalryman started out with a lot of potential and a good atmosphere, but it went downhill from there. It seems like they are trying hard to be an upscale restaurant, but the only things they have managed to raise are their prices instead of food quality or service. You would be better off saving your money and visiting another local restaurant instead. If it is steak you crave, then a chain steakhouse would give you better food and service than the cavalryman. We left disappointed.
Service: 14
Atmosphere: 22
Food: 17
Experience: 15
S.A.F.E. Score: 68
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