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London’s best restaurants for steak

Mad about meat? Follow our guide to the best steak restaurants in London, for all the juiciest cuts in town

Leonie Cooper
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Leonie Cooper
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Time Out London Food & Drink
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Steak fans are seriously well catered for in London, which boasts some of the best and beefiest restaurants in the country. Whether you’re after British beef, Argentinian asado, or a 1kg tomahawk ribeye, the capital’s restaurants and cafés have you covered. You've only got to decide how much cash you want to splash: you'll find loads of affordable steak houses, but there are also some eriously luxe restaurants for a big meaty blowout. We’ve eaten our way through the lot to round up the choicest cuts. Here’s where to savour, whether it's sirloin, chateaubriand, or fillet.

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London’s best restaurants for steak

Goodman Mayfair
  • Restaurants
  • Steakhouse
  • Mayfair
  • price 3 of 4

What’s the vibe? The polished Mayfair branch of the Russian-owned steakhouse chain brings Manhattan to Mayfair with its well-upholstered and well-aged look. There’s also branches in Canary Wharf and the City.

Why go? For steak with a side of steak. Truly excellent grass-fed beef from both sides of the Atlantic. Peruse the tray of raw cuts before ordering, say, a 400g Scottish grass-fed fillet or a USDA 150-day Angus ribeye with sauces and sides; also check the board for the ‘cuts of the day’. 

  • Restaurants
  • British
  • Seven Dials
  • price 4 of 4

What's the vibe? Set in a buzzy wood- and leather-clad basement with irresistible dressed-down appeal. Like its meaty siblings in Borough, GuildhallSpitalfields, and beyond, the Seven Dials branch of the Hawksmoor bandwagon puts mighty slabs of British-reared beef above all else.

Why go? For the drool-worthy steaks from the selection of ‘thiccc’ (yes, it’s three ‘c’s thick) cuts served by the weight – don’t expect less than half a kilo, you can decide whether or not to share. Some of the city’s best meat and remarkably textured.

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  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Restaurants
  • Italian
  • Shoreditch
  • price 2 of 4
  • Recommended

What's the vibe? If you know your tenderloins from your tallow, then this is church, complete with a commitment to nose-to-tail cookery. If the cut exists, Manteca will find a way to serve it to you.

Why go? To feast on flesh with no regrets. Get stuck into the hereford beef; either ribeye or eye of chuck.

  • Restaurants
  • Steakhouse
  • Covent Garden

What’s the vibe? A chic slash industrial-looking mini-chain steak place with locations in Soho, Tottenham Court Road, Waterloo, Shoreditch, Borough, Covent Garden, Marylebone, King's Cross, London Bridge, Spitalfields. 

Why go? For the super-hot searing the slabs of meat that come out soft and juicy as sirloin. Oh and the price too – steak is an extremely reasonable £13, then you can add the likes of crispy bone marrow garlic mash or beef dripping crisps.

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Berners Tavern
  • Restaurants
  • British
  • Fitzrovia

What's the vibe? A real humdinger with its vast baroque-style dining room and portrait-lined walls. Dress up fancy and sit in one of the grandest and most glamorous of Jason Atherton’s Midas-touch restaurants.

Why go? The kitchen gives seasonal British ingredients a serious workout and the grass-fed steaks from the Buccleuch Estate are sublime.  

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Restaurants
  • Argentinian
  • Soho
  • Recommended

What's the vibe? This Latin American restaurant is the brainchild of executive chef Fernando Trocca and, in a revamped ex-concert hall, is truly a sight to behold.

Why go? To feast on Argentinian delights such as juicy iberico matambre (think of it as a ‘stuffed steak’) and striploin or bone-in ribeye with chimichurri and fries. 

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Blacklock Shoreditch
  • Restaurants
  • Grills
  • Shoreditch

What's the vibe? A British chop house that stays with the programme. Cool vibes, post-industrial interiors, quality cuts and damn good value. There’s also outlets in Covent Garden and Soho.

Why go? The melty, crusted beef is a highlight (rump cap, ribeye, porterhouse, bone-in sirloin etc). And if you need a speedy ‘worker’s lunch’, try one of their steak sarnies. 

  • Restaurants
  • British
  • Soho

What’s the vibe? More is more at this outrageously outlandish Soho spot. A luxe shoo-in for champagne-fuelled Gatsby-style fun. 

Why go? For the ‘push for champagne button’ and to dig the glitzy roaring ’20s decor while cherry-picking from an Anglo-Russian menu that naturally includes some luxurious steaks – including a mouth-watering chateaubriand… for one.

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The Coal Shed
  • Restaurants
  • Contemporary European
  • Tower Bridge
  • price 3 of 4

What’s the vibe? A handsome, warmly lit London Bridge offshoot of Brighton’s Coal Shed.

Why go? Sizzling steaks and fish cooked over coals are the headliners. If British beef’s your bag, home in on the prime rib, porterhouse, ribeye and other cuts sourced from small family farms and served with a choice of sauces. Check the blackboards for ‘sharing steaks’ in a variety of cuts and weights.

  • Restaurants
  • British
  • City of London

What’s the vibe? Striking modern art, expansive views and wines courtesy of the restaurant’s South African owners set the scene at this enviably sited Thames-side restaurant.  

Why go? Focus on the ribeyes and fillets from 28-day-matured Cumbrian beef along with a choice of sauces ranging from chimichurri to truffle mustard. Plenty of other Cap classics such as biltong and rooibos-smoked salmon, too.

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