Arroyo Chop House
Zagat Survey - 2008

Meat mavens adore the “perfectly done prime beef” (including a “cowboy rib-eye sure to satisfy”). “awesome sides”, “fabulous soufflés for dessert” and expansive wine selection at this “boisterous boys’ club” of a steakhouse

Arroyo Chop House, California Steak House
Robert Ellsworth - Eating Magazine - June 2004

In this classic, old-fashioned steakhouse, the nostalgia runs as thick as the filet mignon. One of the best places to eat steak on the West Coast, it's worth the trek to Pasadena for the high-grade meats and boutique wine list. Carnivores will love the generous portions and prompt professional service.

Arroyo Chop House, Upscale and Worth it!
Kathy Theodore, Boulevard Magazine - March/April 2005

I admit it. The word "chophouse" threw me off. It sounded so – casual. Imagine my surprise to walk into this warmly elegant restaurant decorated in wood paneling and muted lighting, so well designed ...

Best Restaurant in Pasadena
Pasadena Weekly's reader's poll - (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)

"Recognized as the Best Restaurant in Pasadena by Pasadena Weekly's reader's poll (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)"

Steakhouse blooms in Pasadena
Larry Lipson - Daily News - April 3, 1998

Here's a typical big city-ish, wood-paneled, embossed-glass, booth-lined dinner house where the portions are man-size – though not in the extra-large way Arnie Morton's are – and very thing's a la carte. And relatively expensive.

Elegant beef palace a real bargain
Merril Shindler - Pasadena Star News - November 14, 1997

For as long as I can recall, Parkway Grill has been one of Pasadena's most creative, most successful, most satisfying restaurants. It's a place that's managed the impossible – it was fresh and new when it opened back in 1984 ... and it's fresh and new now.