How Much Does a Good Restaurant Steak Cost Where You Live?

[Martinus]

Checked an upscale business lunch restaurant in Warsaw that specializes in steaks:

- New York, US prime beef - 110 zloty ($35)
- Rib Eye, Black Angus Australian beef - 120 zloty ($40)
- Wagyu, marbling class 3, Spanish beef - 90 zloty ($30) per 100g (3.5 oz)
- T-Bone, Hereford Irish beef, 500g (18 oz) - 190 zloty ($60)
- Chateaubriand - 220 zloty ($70)

The prices are without sides.

[Syt]

You can get cheap steaks in Vienna, but for a good and proper one it'll be €25-€35 depending on cut and place.

[Gups]

The two top end mini-chains in London (Hawksmoor and Goodmans) charge abou £7 per hundred grams for ribe eye, sirloin, t-bone etc. More for those with poor enough taste to go for fillet.

Sides are extra.

[Brazen]

You can get a perfectly tasty one for less in a good pub though.

Agreed. Working opposite Smithfield meat market you could get a steak (with sides) for £12 in a pub or somewhere like Smiths, or Hix offers "South Devon Ruby Red fillet steak on the bone (300g)" for £36.50, which is about $59.

As to getting decent steak in Asia, I had no success in Hong Kong or Beijing, but had a lovely Australian steak in Singapore.

[Martim Silva]

I the restaurant I go to, Argentinian-bred Black Angus (350g) costs 40 euro (about $52).

Just the steak. The full dish with sides goes to 45 euro ($62). If you want a drink and dessert, the whole meal prices in at 65 euro ($85).

This in a country where the average wage is $13K per year. And where the goverment just hiked taxes by 120%.

Small wonder meat consumption has fallen by 40%. And will fall more in 2013, as people stop being able to afford it.

[derspiess]

Sad thing is that Laramie, in the middle of the High Plains, has no real steak house.

One of the best steaks I ever had was in Jackson, which obviously is a bit far from Laramie.  But man was it nice.  I always have to ask my brother the name of the place because I was buzzed at the time and just can't remember it.

[derspiess]

Know what tastes really good?  This:

[Grey Fox]

30$ with sides. No idea if it's actually any good.

[viper37]

Took my parents out last night for their birthdays.  Checked out a new restaurant in town.  Very nice. 

Petit Filet Mignon (8 ounces) was 33 clams, Grand (12 ounces) was 39.

How much do you pay for a good steak?

Locally, in my home town, in a restaurant, expect to pay 20$ for a 12 ounces AAA steak.  Includes potato (oven or fries) or 2 salads.
The local ATV club during winter has steak meals about once a month, it's 15$.  Don't know the category, and it must be between 10-12 onces (not all pieces are equal), but it's excellent, cooked on live fire outside.

The downside is, none of these restaurants offer decent wine, and none of these has a good ambiance.


In Quebec city, the best restaurant (La Bête) hasaNew York AAA 14 ounces (40 days old) for 39,95$ (32.95$ for 10ounces).  Good ambiance, excellent wine.

[Habbaku]

I'm in roughly the same area as Ulmont, so those prices.

[The Brain]

An arm and a leg.

[Admiral Yi]

I'm kinda surprised how little the local cost of living seems to impact steak price.

[dps]

I'm kinda surprised how little the local cost of living seems to impact steak price.

Some people are quoting the prices for just the steak, while others are quoting the prices for a whole steak dinner.  So some of the people in areas where the cost of living is higher are paying as much for just the steak as others are for the whole meal.

[garbon]

I'd blame sample and question. As Ulmont said - prices can look quite crazy in NYC. And also the question kind of pushed for people to put things at the higher end. I wonder what it would look like if we looked at average steak price in each location.

That said, I'll agree that it does seem though that in this thread it looks like the same quality/cut of meat is going on for the same range around the $40.

[Martinus]

I'm kinda surprised how little the local cost of living seems to impact steak price.

i think this is more cultural. In continental Europe steaks are more "exotic" and thus more expensive.