A hatted Brisbane restaurant is serving $90 all-you-can-eat steak

Price creep in a typical Australian restaurant tends to be particularly obvious when you turn to the menu’s beef program. After five years of pandemics and drought and inflation and whatever else, it can be difficult to find a steak in a high-end spot for less than $60.

But Brisbane operators are doing their bit, luring punters back to the table with weekly or monthly steak frites deals. There’s all-you-can-eat steak, plenty of bottomless fries and also add-ons galore if you feel like pushing the boat out – with prices starting from a mere $30.

Here’s a bunch of the best.

Monal Dining

Yogesh Budathoki and Roman Bhandari’s handsome little diner has become a Newstead neighbourhood favourite since it opened in 2024.

It recently launched Wildcard Wednesdays, a weekly wagyu steak special. A collaboration with Condamine’s Joker Wagyu, the cut will change monthly. For July, it’s a 190-gram wagyu rib fillet served with crispy house-seasoned kipfler potatoes, baby cos with anchovy and mustard dressing and parmesan, and house-made condiments (chimichurri, chilli, and mustard).

It’s $55 per person for a minimum of two people, and you can add on a glass of Domaine Jubain Cotes du Rhone for just $10.

48 Skyring Terrace, Newstead, monaldining.com.au

Petite

Cameron and Jordan Votan’s understated, precise French bistro serves a full-blood wagyu minute steak with specially seasoned shoestring fries and a choice of three sauces: pepper cognac, cafe de Paris or a green number that the Votans shorthand as a “umami-packed salsa verde”.

It’s just $30 and available for lunch and weekday dinner.

Corner of East and Ann Streets, Fortitude Valley, petiterestaurant.com.au

August

For one Thursday night a month, Brad Cooper and Matilda Riek’s charming West End eatery turns itself over to beef and chippies, serving bottomless steak frites plus a dessert for $90 per person.

The steak is a three-score Riverine rump camp served medium rare, with sauces and a green leaf salad with tarragon vinaigrette are included. These nights often book out so keep your eyes peeled on the chef’s hat-winning restaurant’s socials.

19 Dornoch Terrace, West End, augustwestend.com

Marlowe

This swish South Brisbane newcomer turns itself over to steak frites every Wednesday night.

For $38 you can order a 220-gram two-score Riverine sirloin; it comes served with skin-on fries and a choice of red wine jus or mushroom Diane sauce.

105 Melbourne Street, South Brisbane, marlowebne.com.au

C’est Bon

Andy Ashby’s little corner restaurant that could is one of the best French dining experiences in town, and it’s no different with its steak frites offering.

Every second Tuesday, C’est Bon serves a wagyu ribeye with condiments, bottomless fries, cafe de Paris sauce and a champagne salad for $55 per person. Add-ons such as oysters and baguette bread are available, and the night is topped off with live jazz music.

609/611 Stanley Street, Woolloongabba, cestbon.com.au

Lina Rooftop

Wednesday nights at this flash South Brisbane rooftop bar are dedicated to steak frites in a variety of options.

For $49 diners can order either a 250-gram flat iron eight-score wagyu, a 250-gram two-score Black Angus striploin or a 200-gram six-score wagyu centre-cut striploin, with bottomless fries, and then a choice of smoked garlic and herb beurre, roasted Swiss brown mushroom jus or rose pepper jus (there’s also house-made focaccia to start).

There are premium sides available and you can upgrade your steak to one of two $99 per person options: a 750 gram T-bone steak smoked with cherrywood and served with caramelised shallots, thyme garlic butter and red wine jus; or a 300-gram three-score striploin served with butter-poached lobster tail.

74/80 Tribune Street, South Brisbane, linarooftop.com.au

Calida Steak & Bar

Billed as Brisbane’s “biggest” steak frites, each Monday from 5pm Argentinian steakhouse Calida in South Brisbane serves a one-kilogram tomahawk with fries and salad for $89.

The beef is Stanbroke Diamantina Black Angus sourced from central west Queensland. Calida also runs a daily lunch special that nabs you a 250-gram three-score Diamantina Classic sirloin with your choice of side (make it fries, obviously) for $35.

164C Grey Street, South Brisbane, calidarestaurant.com.au

Rich & Rare

Tassis Group’s popular steakhouse, set inside the bucolic West Village precinct, keeps diners filing through during the day with its variety of lunch specials, one of which is a 220-gram two-score Riverine Black Angus rump cap served with fries and mushroom sauce for $38.

The same cut is served as part of the restaurant’s popular $57 power banquet, available daily for lunch and early dinner.

97 Boundary Street, West End, richandrare.com.au

Pompette

Michael Tassis’ winsome French restaurant at Queen’s Wharf offers a daily lunch steak frites special.

For $39, diners can order a three-score, grain-fed grilled Black Angus sirloin served with cafe de Paris herb butter sauce and fries. It’s available until 4pm.

The Star Brisbane, The Terrace, Level 4/33 William Street, Brisbane, pompette.com.au

Never Enough

This newly opened Valley restaurant serves an express lunch on Fridays and Saturdays that includes a steak frites. For $39 you can order a 200-gram Riverine Black Angus ribeye with shoestring fries and tarragon mustard. It’s available until 4pm both days.

690 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley, neverenough.bar

Sauce Bistro

This popular suburban gem has launched a Wednesday steak frites night.

The cut changes depending on availability – flank, hanger and rump cap all get a regular run – but is marinated in shio koji and served with chimichurri, fries and a red wine mustard. It will set you back a very reasonable $35.

Sauce Bistro, Ashgrove, sauce4060.com

Fatcow

This moody James Street steakhouse is currently running a steak frites as part of its regular chef’s specials.

For $36 guests can order a 220-gram three-score Black Angus sirloin served with bearnaise and fries. The same steak can also be ordered as part of the restaurant’s table d’hote lunch, which comes in at $55 for two courses and $68 for three courses. All are available until 3pm daily.

10 James Street, Fortitude Valley, fatcowrestaurant.com.au