Let’s Meat Up for a Sizzling Time at these 5 Steak Restaurants

Everyone craves a perfectly cooked steak that your knife slices through like butter and any restaurant worth its salt can stake their reputation on delivering just that on the plate.

Here are five venues where steak rules the house and there’s no beef about how you want it cooked:

Whether you are in the mood for a relaxed lunch with friends, cocktails, or an intimate dinner with your special someone, Como Kitchen & Bar on Como Crescent in Southport has you covered. Offering a sophisticated yet quirky vibe for any occasion, Como’s cuisine marries bold, beautiful Mediterranean flavours with fresh Gold Coast produce to ensure a superb dining experience.

 

Thursdays just got tastier at Como Kitchen with Steak & Fries Night – devour a striploin steak with fries and your choice of sauce for just $35, with takeaway also available because great food should go wherever you do; those looking to share opt for pork spare ribs, rubbed in secret sticky BBQ sauce, served with fries and a tomato and cucumber salata on the side. 

Immerse yourself in a family-style diner with a relaxed atmosphere at The Thirsty Beaver on Bulcock Street in Caloundra. Find an eclectic industrial-style indoors with a corrugated iron counter, beer kegs, wine barrels and memorabilia-covered walls, ideal for chilling out over a cold one and delicious grub. On balmy days sit alfresco as tantalising aromas waft for the Red Dirt smoker, promising Texas smoked BBQ chicken, marinated in garlic, tomato, olive oil and herbs, served with slaw and fries.

 

Bring the gang on Tuesday night for a delicious rump steak, slaw, chips and sauce for just $25, add a topper of garlic prawns, fried squid or BBQ ribs for additional extras; perhaps chow down on a 12-hour brisket melt sandwich with lettuce, sauerkraut, pickle, smoked relish, American cheese and fries, or wrap your hands around a crispy pork belly burger with slaw, onion jam, tomato and cheese.

Discover an intimate dining experience with a European influence at Harrison’s Food & Wine on Tudor Street in Hamilton. This fine dining restaurant exudes stylish charm with sea-green coloured walls covered with vibrant artwork, white-clothed tables, sparkling glassware and potted greenery setting the scene for inspired dining with family and friends.

 

Wednesday night is for steak – grab a dry-aged Wagyu sirloin and a glass of wine for just $50, or grass-fed rib eye and a bottle of wine for $120; all steaks are served with confit potatoes, gem lettuce salad, condiments and sauces. Pasta lovers opt for housemade potato gnocchi with baby tomato, zucchini and saffron butter and osso buco ragu, washed down with a glass of Pinot Noir.

Rich & Rare on Boundary Street in West End offers premium fare without pretension to discerning Brisbane foodies. Open your collar, order a whisky and settle in to enjoy succulent, dry-aged steak and freshly caught seafood, nestled in the heart of the city’s vibrant West Village precinct. Start with steak tartare, egg yolk, horseradish and sesame crackers, or raw kingfish, tomato water, finger lime and coastal herbs; followed by lamb rump, labneh, smoked eggplant purée and sumac.

 

Expect the perfect steak delivered to your table, cooked on a coal and wood-fired grill for maximum flavour and succulence, such as Wagyu Scotch fillet with peppercorn sauce and sides of kipfler potatoes and mixed leaf salad; perhaps a Wagyu tomahawk hits the mark, served carved with sides of truffle mac and cheese and mixed tomatoes with basil and stracciatella. 

Longplay Bistro on Pirie Street in Adelaide’s CBD is the summation of the things we enjoy – a casual, sometimes rowdy environment in which to eat good bistro food, drink great wine and listen to records with friends and family, Embrace the sense of being at a friend’s house for a dinner party – a friend who happens to be a great Chef, has a thoughtfully curated collection of records and a deep cellar – as you peruse a carefully executed menu of grazing plates and larger offerings.

 

Kick things off with Port Lincoln sardines and beurre noisette or venison tartare and housemade crisps; then slice your knife into perfectly cooked three-week dry-aged rib eye with jus, truffle butter and sides of shoestring fries, radicchio, burnt blood orange and herbs and shoestring fries with garlic mayonnaise. Seafood lovers opt for King George whiting, silverbeet and beurre blanc, enjoyed with a glass of Sauvignon Blanc.