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Au Revoir Paris, These Are Sydney’s Top Steak Frites
Whether you're after a classic Parisian experience, a cheeky bottomless situation or a harbour-side splurge, the city is absolutely delivering on steak frites right now.
Sydney is very good at steak. The city was literally named the world’s best steak city for 2025, and a wave of French-leaning spots have leaned hard into the classics. The result is a steak frites scene that’s punching well above its weight and seems to be expanding almost daily, much to our delight! The best steak frites in Sydney come from Armorica Grande Brasserie in Surry Hills, home to $65 Bottomless Steak Frites Mondays, and 24 York in the CBD, a one-dish room serving nothing else. Bouillon L’Entrecôte at Circular Quay delivers full Left Bank theatre, while The Dry Dock in Balmain sends Josper-fired steak out of a 160-year-old pub.
From juicy beef, shatteringly crisp fries and sauces so good you’d consider drinking them… these are the best steak frites in Sydney worth booking right now.
The Best Steak Frites Restaurants in Sydney
The Dry Dock
The Dry Dock is a 160-year-old Balmain pub that seems to just get better with age. Under head chef Ben Sitton (who’s spent time at Felix, Uccello and Rockpool Bar & Grill), the Josper oven steak frites at this beautifully renovated heritage pub is worth talking about. Arriving perfectly cooked, the melt-in-your-mouth meat pairs perfectly with whatever mustard selection you choose from the platter presented tableside. The setting is perfect for the dish as well, with a wood-burning fireplace in the lounge, oyster bar in the dining room and a dog-friendly policy in the public bar. It’s so cosy and perfect for winter, with a buzzing energy that thrums with local energy.
Sitchu Tip: If you want to dial things up a notch and arrive by boat, it’s just a quick five-minute walk from the Balmain ferry wharf or a 10-minute ferry from Circular Quay.
Suburb: Balmain
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: Gastropub
Best For: Locals, Dog-friendly, Date night, Weekend plans
Need To Know: Dogs welcome in the public bar.
24 York
One dish. That’s it. If ever a restaurant put its money where its mouth is, it’s 24 York, which is the antidote to anyone who suffers from menu indecisiveness. From the same crew behind Rockpool, and Spice Temple, this venue serves nothing but steak frites, all day, every day. There’s no choices to be made except for the drinks menu.
The steak is a 220g MB2+ O’Connor Superior Grass-Fed Scotch Fillet which is grilled to order. The frites are fried in tallow for that extra beefiness, finished with Murray River salt, and the sauce situation gives you four options: peppercorn, chimichurri, kombu-infused umami butter and veal jus. Mustard comes on the house. You’d be silly not to try the umami butter which is this silky, savoury concoction that’s incredibly moreish.
Sitchu Tip: Visit during happy hour which runs 4–6pm daily. You can snag $12 Martinis and Negronis and $7 wines!
Suburb: CBD
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: Steakhouse
Best For: Solo dining, Quick bite, Business lunch, Cocktail lovers
Need To Know: Steak frites is the only dish on the menu, with a choice of four sauces and mustard on the house.
Bouillon L’Entrecôte
If you want to visit Paris, (like, genuinely want to feel like you’ve been teleported to a brasserie on the Left Bank), then Bouillon L’Entrecôte at Circular Quay is your spot. It’s Sydney’s first bouillon-style restaurant and it sits somewhere between bistro and brasserie, with the energy of both. Inspired by the legendary Le Relais de l’Entrecôte in Paris, the vibe is completely committed to the bit with French jazz, white butcher’s paper on the tables and French Chef Paul Boluse watching over everything from a giant portrait on the wall.
The steak frites is the hero and it earns that status. The serving is Premium Gippsland Black Angus sirloin, hand-cut fries, a simple green salad with walnut-mustard vinaigrette, and a secret sauce that nobody at the restaurant is telling you about (but we suspect there’s definitely butter involved). The menu’s also full of proper French bistro classics if you want to go the full déjeuner, so you can expect escargot, duck liver parfait, steak tartare…the works.
The restaurant recently expanded too, adding 30 new seats after consistently operating at capacity since opening, so your chances of getting a booking just increased tenfold. Go forth!
Suburb: Circular Quay
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: French
Best For: Long lunch, Date night, Weekend plans
Armorica Grande Brasserie
Armorica serves serious old world glamour with Italian marble, tufted cherry leather, naval brass railings, gilded table lamps and 150 seats of brasserie swagger, all built around a custom Josper grill at the heart of the kitchen. Andrew Becher (also behind Potts Point’s Franca and Parlar) drew inspiration from Northern France, and named the whole thing after the ancient Celtic region that would later become Paris.
The steak frites here comes fired over coals, smothered in bone marrow butter and served with a heaping helping of proper French fries alongside. There’s a dedicated menu section for it, with various Australian beef cuts on rotation and sauces that include béarnaise and Café de Paris butter. But the real reason Armorica keeps coming up in conversation is its Bottomless Steak Frites Mondays. For $65 per person, you can have as much steak and as many fries as you can physically eat from 5–9pm. Sydney loves a bottomless anything, but this might be one of its best.
Suburb: Surry Hills
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: French
Best For: Group dining, Special occasion, Date night
Need To Know: Bottomless Steak Frites Mondays run from 5pm to 9pm, $65 per person.
Frequently Asked Questions about Sydney’s Best Steak Frites
Sydney’s best steak frites span four very different rooms. Armorica Grande Brasserie in Surry Hills fires Australian beef over a custom Josper grill and finishes it with bone marrow butter. 24 York in the CBD serves a 220g MB2+ grass-fed scotch fillet with tallow-fried chips and four sauces, and nothing else. Bouillon L’Entrecôte at Circular Quay pairs Gippsland Black Angus sirloin with a secret house sauce, while The Dry Dock in Balmain cooks its steak in a Josper oven inside a 160-year-old heritage pub.
Armorica Grande Brasserie on Crown Street in Surry Hills runs Bottomless Steak Frites Mondays, one of the most talked-about steak deals in Sydney. For $65 per person, diners can eat as much steak and as many fries as they like between 5pm and 9pm. The steak is cooked over coals on the brasserie’s custom Josper grill and served with bone marrow butter, inside a 150-seat room dressed in Italian marble and tufted cherry leather. Check Armorica’s website before visiting, as weekly specials can change.
Yes. 24 York on York Street in the Sydney CBD serves a single dish: steak frites, all day, every day. Created by the team behind Rockpool and Spice Temple, the restaurant grills a 220g MB2+ O’Connor grass-fed scotch fillet to order and pairs it with fries cooked in tallow and finished with Murray River salt. Diners choose from four sauces: peppercorn, chimichurri, kombu-infused umami butter or veal jus, with mustard on the house. The only other decision is what to drink.
Classic French steak frites is typically served with béarnaise, peppercorn sauce or a flavoured butter such as Café de Paris. In Sydney, Armorica Grande Brasserie in Surry Hills offers béarnaise and Café de Paris butter alongside bone marrow butter, while 24 York in the CBD gives diners a choice of peppercorn, chimichurri, kombu-infused umami butter and veal jus. Bouillon L’Entrecôte at Circular Quay keeps its sauce recipe a closely guarded secret, and The Dry Dock in Balmain presents a selection of mustards tableside.
Bouillon L’Entrecôte on Loftus Street is the closest dedicated steak frites restaurant to Circular Quay. Billed as Sydney’s first bouillon-style restaurant, it serves premium Gippsland Black Angus sirloin with hand-cut fries, a green salad with walnut-mustard vinaigrette and a secret house sauce, alongside French bistro classics such as escargot and steak tartare. For steak frites with a harbour crossing, The Dry Dock in Balmain is a 10-minute ferry ride from Circular Quay and a five-minute walk from Balmain ferry wharf.
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