Four things set Mercury Chophouse – Arlington apart: a dining room on the ninth floor of the Brookhollow Two tower with a curved window wall over the district; a steak list topped by a 27 oz Wagyu Long Bone Ribeye at $210; the Boardroom, a private room for 8 to 20; and independent ownership by Jim Ross since 1983.
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One: the room is nine floors up
Most steakhouses are on the ground floor of a building designed to hold a restaurant. Mercury Chophouse – Arlington is on the ninth floor of the Brookhollow Two office tower at 2221 E Lamar Blvd, Suite 910, and its dining room follows a curved wall of floor-to-ceiling windows. From a window table the Entertainment District is laid out below: the Six Flags Over Texas tower, Globe Life Field, AT&T Stadium and Hurricane Harbor. Sunset falls to the west and south-west, around 7 PM in October and 8:35 PM in June.
The rest of the room matches: white tablecloths and linen napkins, leather chairs, tufted booths, crystal chandeliers, a marble-topped bar with TVs at one end. It is reached by elevator from the tower lobby, with free garage and outdoor parking at the door. That is a fact of geography and elevation, and the restaurant’s most quoted feature in guest reviews. The ninth-floor view page shows what each window sees.
Two: the cuts and the kitchen
The steak list is short and specific. A 27 oz Wagyu Long Bone Ribeye at $210, the house’s most flavorful cut, with crispy onion strings and Dijon butter. A dry-aged 36 oz porterhouse at $175 with bone marrow confited shallots. An 8 oz Wagyu filet at $105. A bone-in ribeye at $90, a hand-cut ribeye at $75, and a center-cut filet mignon at 6 oz for $62 or 8 oz for $74. A double-bone pork chop at $59 with thyme-onion-bacon jam earns the word chophouse, and an espresso-rubbed elk at $85 shows the kitchen’s range.
Seafood gets the same care: seared sea bass at $57, or Imperial with crab and Gulf shrimp for $20 more, cedar plank salmon at $48, crab cakes at $44. Seasonal features, such as the 14 oz Prime Rib Nights dinner at $50 on Friday and Saturday nights through the end of September, come and go because one kitchen can decide to run them. Enhancements are priced item by item: Oscar-style lobster $20, a Gorgonzola crown $14, four sauces at $4 each or three for $9. The steak dinner page puts a full plate together.
Three: the Boardroom
Behind a frosted glass door lettered “Mercury Board Room” is a private room with one long table seating 8 to 20, a fully integrated AV system and a large screen. The restaurant built it for lunch meetings, family dinners, special occasions and watch parties, and describes its windows as Arlington’s best panoramic view of the district. Semi-private seating extends to 28. A food and beverage minimum applies to parties of 10 or more, menus are tailored to each group, and every Boardroom party settles on one check. Inquiries through the inquiry form are answered within 48 hours.
Four: it is owned by someone who lives here
Jim Ross founded and owns Mercury Chophouse. He came to Arlington from Detroit in 1983 after serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, worked as an Arlington police officer until 1996, then went to law school and founded the Jim Ross Law Group in the city. He also owns Hearsay – Arlington, the Prohibition-era style seafood restaurant inside Choctaw Stadium, about 0.7 mile away. One owner, one Mercury, one kitchen; the menu, the seasonal features and the private dining proposals are all decided here. The independent versus chain page spells out what that changes for a guest.
The details around the edges
A grand piano stands by the windows near the bar, played on select evenings; the nights are not published, so ask. A glass-front wine wall behind the hostess stand holds a list that runs from a $78 Willamette Pinot Noir to Opus One 2022 at $686. The bar pours about 40 American whiskeys and 20 Scotch and Irish in 2 oz servings. After dinner there are three coffee libations at $16, five shaken ice cream cocktails from $17, and a half-ounce of Louis XIII at $150. Warm bread with garlic butter comes to every table.
Where it will not suit you
Mercury is closed on Sunday, which rules out Sunday Cowboys games, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day themselves. Saturday service starts at 4 PM. Dress is business casual and enforced. Dinner is paced for an evening, and two people with a starter, two steaks, a side, dessert and a cocktail each will spend about $233 before tax and gratuity; the prices page shows that check line by line. If the night is a Sunday, the sister restaurant Hearsay – Arlington inside Choctaw Stadium may be worth a call, though its hours are not published here. If those terms fit the night you are planning, the ninth floor is the room.
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Open Monday to Thursday 11 AM to 9 PM, Friday 11 AM to 10 PM, Saturday 4 PM to 10 PM. Closed Sunday. 2221 E Lamar Blvd, Suite 910, Arlington, TX 76006.
Frequently asked questions
Why does Mercury Chophouse call itself Arlington's premier steakhouse?
The restaurant describes itself as the first premier steakhouse in the city, and backs the phrase with specifics rather than adjectives: a ninth-floor dining room over the Entertainment District, a steak list from a $59 pork chop to a $210 Wagyu Long Bone Ribeye, a private Boardroom for 8 to 20, and an owner who lives in Arlington.
What is the signature dish at Mercury Chophouse?
Two items carry the word signature on the menu. The starter is the Wagyu and black truffle ravioli at $34, with wild mushroom risotto, Burgundy and balsamic demi-glace. The steak is the 27 oz Wagyu Long Bone Ribeye at $210, described as the most flavorful cut, with crispy onion strings and Dijon butter.
Why is it called a chophouse rather than a steakhouse?
A chophouse serves chops as well as steaks. Mercury's menu carries a double-bone pork chop at $59 with thyme-onion-bacon jam, an espresso-rubbed elk at $85 and a braised bone-in beef short rib at $82 beside its ribeyes, filets and porterhouse, which is the range the name promises.
What makes the Boardroom different from a regular table?
A door, a screen and a single check. The Boardroom seats 8 to 20 at one long table behind frosted glass, with a fully integrated AV system for presentations or a game, a panoramic view of the district, menus tailored to the group and a food and beverage minimum for 10 or more. It is booked by request, with a reply within 48 hours.
Is Mercury Chophouse worth the price?
That depends on what you are paying for. A hand-cut ribeye is $75 and an 8 oz filet is $74; the same money at a ground-floor restaurant buys the steak without the ninth-floor window, the piano or the linen. At lunch the 6 oz filet drops to $54 and the Chophouse Burger is $17, which is the lower-cost way to test the room.
How is Mercury Chophouse different from a restaurant inside the Entertainment District?
Elevation and distance. It sits nine floors up on E Lamar Blvd, about a mile from Globe Life Field and 1.5 miles from AT&T Stadium, north of the event parking lots, with its own garage and outdoor lot, both free. You see the stadiums from the table instead of sitting in their traffic.