Steak frites specials in Sydney for every day of the week

It’s a hard ask to find steak in a high-end restaurant for under $60 these days. As premium beef becomes increasingly unreachable for diners on a budget, Sydney restaurants are luring punters back to the table with these midweek steak frites deals. There are buy-one-get-one-free deals, bottomless fries and all-you-can-eat steak, and prices starting from $33.

Armorica

While some Sydney venues offer bottomless chips, this suave French restaurant also offers bottomless steak for $65 per person every Monday. The first serve includes 300 grams of wagyu rump with a marble score of 8+ plus your choice of bearnaise, mushroom, Cafe de Paris or mustard. 100-gram steak refills and fries keep coming until you’re rolling out the door.

490 Crown Street, Surry Hills, armorica.com.au

Loulou Bistro

Grab a buddy and head down to Loulou’s swish Martin Place location to take advantage of this Monday buy-one-get-one-free deal. Pay $59 for two people, and you’ll get 180 grams of wagyu rib cap with a marble score of 6-7. For sauce, choose between Loulou’s bearnaise, pepper or Cafe de Paris.

1 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, loulou.sydney/loulou-bistro-martin-place-2

Poetica

The steak special at this sleek 120-seat wood-fire restaurant runs on Monday and Tuesday nights. With any drink purchase, enjoy 220 grams of a nicely marbled Denver cut in house-made green peppercorn sauce for $39. Those looking for a midday steak can try the “Market Lunch” from 12pm to 3pm during the week, featuring a butcher’s cut, a leafy salad and chips seasoned with vinegar salt. The lunch deal is $55 and includes a glass of house wine, tap beer or house-made soda.

Mezzanine Level, 1 Denison Street, North Sydney, poetica.sydney

Hamsi Taverna

Chef Somer Sivrioglu’s sunny Turkish restaurant in the new Sydney Fish Market is putting on a bottomless chip deal every Wednesday evening. For $55, you get a 300-gram Riverine striploin with spiced jus, and chips seasoned with signature tarhana spice mix made from grains and dried yoghurt. If you’re not feeling steak, those chips also come with snapper, a lobster roll or bowl of mussels.

1 Bridge Road, Glebe, hamsitaverna.com.au

Bar Elvina

Wednesday nights near the beach are made even better with this deal. Step into Bar Elvina’s airy dining room and snag its steak frites special for just $33. Expect 250 grams of wagyu rump with a marble score of 4+, eschalot butter, garden leaves and lemon.

50 Old Barrenjoey Road, Avalon Beach, elvina.com.au

Benny’s Cronulla

Facing the sparkling shores of Gunnamatta Bay, this casual coastal restaurant puts on a top-value special from Wednesday to Friday night. Enjoy its 300-gram Tasmanian grass-fed sirloin served with porcini butter, jus and chips. For $45, it also includes a glass of house red or white.

27 Tonkin Street, Cronulla, bennyscronulla.com.au

The Waratah

Everything at this nostalgic Darlinghurst hub has an Aussie touch to it, from its coaster-covered bar to its Thursday steak special with a native Australian twist. For $28, the angus rump is 220 grams, and comes with Davidson plum butter and chips seasoned with a touch of chicken salt.

308-310 Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst, thewaratahsydney.com

Bart Junior

This neighbourhood favourite is known for its daily specials, including steak frites every Thursday for $38. The deal includes a grass-fed angus rump cap alongside “the best mushroom sauce in all the lands” (according to owner Mark Orr) bolstered with beef-bone jus. Perfect for dipping shoestring fries in.

92 Pitt Street, Redfern, bartjr.com.au

20 Chapel

Chefs Corey Costelloe and Dave Allison’s hatted Marrickville restaurant has won a spot on this year’s list for the World’s 101 Best Steak Restaurants, so you know you’re in safe hands with this expertly cooked special. Every Friday from 12pm to 3pm, score a 250-gram Blackmore wagyu eye-of-round with chips for $39. For sauces, choose between black pepper and curry leaf, or mushroom, onion and marsala.

20 Chapel Street, Marrickville, 20chapel.com.au

Aalia Wine Room

Step into the fishbowl-like, two-story wine bar from the crew behind two-hatted Aalia for a steak special that looks to the Middle East. The star of its weekday lunch menu is a wood-seared rump cap finished with a “Cafe de Cairo” butter with fenugreek and harissa. It’s $39 and comes with hot chips perfect for spiced butter-swiping. The lunch menu also offers white or red wine, beer and mocktails for $12.

25 Martin Place, Sydney, aaliarestaurant.com/wine-room

Rockpool Bar & Grill

Technically, this isn’t a special, but one of Sydney’s best flavour-for-your-buck steak frites experiences can still be found at Rockpool Bar & Grill. The bar menu has listed a minute steak with Cafe de Paris pretty much since the restaurant opened, these days priced at $39 and featuring CopperTree Farms beef. Add a $15 side of hand-cut chips, and you’re eating steak frites charcoal-grilled by a crack team of chefs in one of Sydney’s most timeless plush spaces.

66 Hunter Street, Sydney, rockpoolbarandgrill.com.au/rockpool-sydney/