The Prime Rib Restaurant & Wine Cellar

The Prime Rib Restaurant & Wine Cellar is a Gillette choice for diners who want a classic American steakhouse with seafood and an award-winning wine cellar. Its details point to a familiar, comfort-driven steakhouse experience: a $50 per person price point, smart-casual dress code, a menu identity built around hearty American steakhouse dishes.

The main reason to choose it is focus. This is a classic American steakhouse with seafood and a wine-cellar identity, so the decision is less about chasing novelty and more about choosing a restaurant built around familiar dining. If the table wants slow roasted prime rib, buffalo ribeye, chicken fried steak, ribs without the bones, or Rocky Mountain oysters, the kitchen’s lane is clear: hearty American plates, steakhouse expectations, regional character.

A steakhouse choice for celebrations that need range

For a special occasion, this is the kind of venue that can work because it does not ask the group to agree on a single narrow style of eating. Steakhouse diners can stay in the red-meat lane, seafood is part of the restaurant’s stated cuisine, the wine-cellar positioning gives the meal a defined wine focus.

The technical argument for booking is direct: this restaurant is built around dishes that define the category rather than treating steak as an afterthought. Prime rib, ribeye, chicken fried steak, boneless ribs, Rocky Mountain oysters all point toward a kitchen centered on the comfort-driven side of the American steakhouse. That matters if the occasion is about reliability and recognizable choices.

The wine-cellar piece is a trust signal. The restaurant holds a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence in 2026, which is meaningful for diners who care about wine with steak. That award does not tell you what to order, but it does make the venue a stronger candidate for a wine-aware steakhouse meal.

Who should book, who should skip it

Book this if the goal is a comfortable steakhouse meal in Gillette. It is a fit for diners who want classic American steakhouse cooking, seafood, a smart-casual setting without treating the meal like a black-tie event.

Skip it if the priority is a dining style outside the confirmed steakhouse brief. The venue’s strength is the combination of steakhouse staples, seafood, an award-winning wine cellar. First-timers should consider ordering in the lane the restaurant is known for: slow roasted prime rib, buffalo ribeye, chicken fried steak, ribs without the bones, or Rocky Mountain oysters.

The published hours begin at 11 AM Monday through Friday, with Saturday hours from 4–10:30 PM and Sunday hours from 4–9:30 PM. For a more occasion-focused meal, dinner is a natural fit; for a weekday visit, the 11 AM opening makes an earlier meal possible.

How to use around Gillette

Use The Prime Rib Restaurant & Wine Cellar as the steakhouse benchmark when comparing other dining in Gillette. If the priority is classic American steakhouse cooking, seafood, a smart-casual dress code, an award-winning wine cellar, this is the venue whose details match that brief most directly.