Looking for the best place for steak in cork city

timetogetfit

I am looking for a place similar to SOHO and Captain Americas, not a formal restaurant a place were you can watch a match and get a pint aswell, SOHO and Captain Americas are great by the way but I just want a change?

jacko1

Annies Gastropub, Sundays Well

Trashbat

Probably not going to get the best steak in the informal places (or even a passable one, for that matter). The market in cork isn't really big enough for a high end but informal place, and in terms of quality beef, you get what you pay for!

I'd love to be proved wrong, though

timetogetfit

Trashbat wrote: »

Probably not going to get the best steak in the informal places (or even a passable one, for that matter). The market in cork isn't really big enough for a high end but informal place, and in terms of quality beef, you get what you pay for!

I'd love to be proved wrong, though

soho do very nice steaks

Outkast_IRE

I remember getting , a Angus beef fillet that was dry aged for a month in luigi malones it was savage .
That was a year or two ago not sure if they still do it.

Owen

Maybe it doesn't tick all the boxes, but Il Primo do a fillet steak I'd kill for right now.

Trashbat

timetogetfit wrote: »

soho do very nice steaks

I've been very disappointed every time i've been there. The steaks are cheap bistro fare, totally unmarbled, low fat content and not cooked as required.

I also had a "Spicy Red Pepper Soup" there once that I swear was a heated up Lloyd Grossman Sauce pot from Tesco. Vile.

But then, I shouldn't expect much from Doyles (showing my Age )

gimmick

jacko1 wrote: »

Annies Gastropub, Sundays Well

Horrifically over priced and really not nice.

If you want a really ncie steak, my opinion is go into the Market, spend about €35-€40 and do it yourself at home.

Ludo

gimmick wrote: »

Horrifically over priced and really not nice.

If you want a really ncie steak, my opinion is go into the Market, spend about €35-€40 and do it yourself at home.

Seriously??? 35-40 euro for a steak??? I hope there is some typo in that sentence :eek:

gimmick

Nope, no typo. What you will get for that money, to feed two people, extremely well will be far better than anything you will get in any restautant for a small fraction of the price.

Of course that is for a treat and we would not be indulging ourselves like that on a regular basis.

babo9

Pearl River do good steaks, despite it being a chinese restaraunt. They come out sizzling on some metal/wood plate thing! They're also huge!

Milly33

mmm Steak the best one I ever had so far was in Kilkenny and Ennis,

but in saying that I thought the steak in Soho was loverly. The one that comes out on the hot rock you can cook it how you like it, not order it and have it a little underdone or little over. If only you could chargrill it at the table it would be even nicer

Zaks do a nice steak really tasty, always cooked to order, well priced.

€35 ok maybe for a steak but €40 no way unless it was one of those cows the Kobe Beef which would be a special treat...

There is another place but I cant think of it at the moment pantaloons

Milly33

Sorry I just saw steak and went with it, missed the not-formal bit where you could watch the match too. Downstairs in the cornstore might work

jacko1

Club Brasserie by the Clarion also does a good steak and the sirloin with bernaise sauce at Isaacs is legendary

Dermighty

Clancys (pub) does really good steak, probably the best I've had in the city. I don't like the place but the steak is excellent.

The restaurant in that hotel beside UCC, forget the name, 5 star place, really good.

The brick oven does a good steak.

Don't bother with Hardwood or Luigi Malones.

gimmick wrote: »

Nope, no typo. What you will get for that money, to feed two people, extremely well will be far better than anything you will get in any restautant for a small fraction of the price.

Of course that is for a treat and we would not be indulging ourselves like that on a regular basis.

So if you're saying spend 35-40 euro, is that for steak for two or for an entire meal for two?

The most expensive steak I ever bought was just a rib cut from a rib of beef which was around 15 euro, and was twice the size of a restaurant sirloin (so around 20 ounces). My point being that unless you're talking about roast beef then I find spending 35 euro on steak for two nearly impossible, unless you get grass fed, organic, obscurely cut steak with a 50% price increase thrown in :P

Cork isn't great for steak I'll be honest, either too small or too big with too much fat. Also, I eat mine blue, is there even a chef in Cork that can actually cook a blue steak without fúcking it up?? I've not been to Jacobs or the Ivory tower, I'd imagine they could do it.

leahyl

I know this is nowhere near the city but if you're ever down Bantry way you HAVE to try Willie Pa's for a good steak!!! It is TO DIE FOR!!!! Best steak i have EVER had in my life - Fillet or Sirloin and at reasonable prices too! The food is incredible there in general anyway apart from their steaks at all and no i do not own the place i just feel that they deserve a plug:)!

It's a bar/restaurant between drimolegue and bantry on the country road! Can't miss it!

-Corkie-

Blairs inn in Cloghroe has nice steak if you fancy a spin out that far...

MJOR

Trashbat wrote: »

I've been very disappointed every time i've been there. The steaks are cheap bistro fare, totally unmarbled, low fat content and not cooked as required.

I also had a "Spicy Red Pepper Soup" there once that I swear was a heated up Lloyd Grossman Sauce pot from Tesco. Vile.

But then, I shouldn't expect much from Doyles (showing my Age )

Don't knock doyles:P

MJOR

Market Lane and Zaks

Won't see a match in there but I was in Jacques yesterday, the steak was omg :eek: Delicious.

jacko1

RoverJames wrote: »

Won't see a match in there but I was in Jacques yesterday, the steak was omg :eek: Delicious.

but you can pop in to Counihans next door - big screen and 3D

DJ Hafez

PaintDoctor wrote: »

Maybe it doesn't tick all the boxes, but Il Primo do a fillet steak I'd kill for right now.

with FANTASTIC pepper sauce

Kold

I feel this is obligatory in a discussion about steak. I'd hesitate to take anyone's advice on steak if they didn't like it at least a bit rare.

halpin17

East village Douglas also ticks all other boxes

Deano boy

Love this thread since Im panning a Bday dinner at the end of the week and need a good steakhouse... is bullys any good?? Only been there once ages ago

jacko1

Deano boy wrote: »

Love this thread since Im panning a Bday dinner at the end of the week and need a good steakhouse... is bullys any good?? Only been there once ages ago

nothing wrong but so many better options these days.

My favourites in order

1. Jacques
2. Club Brasserie
3. Isaacs

Owen

The problem with Bullys is that it's perceived as a family restaurant, and the staff can't seem to distinguish couples out for an early evening meal together from families with screaming children, and sit them together in the same area. I refuse to go back there after the last time I was made to sit next to a 3 year old antichrist, despite saying that we were out for a quiet meal and would appreciate a seat elsewhere.

Kold

Kold wrote: »

I feel this is obligatory in a discussion about steak. I'd hesitate to take anyone's advice on steak if they didn't like it at least a bit rare.

Blue steak, rotten.

SomeFool

PaintDoctor wrote: »

Maybe it doesn't tick all the boxes, but Il Primo do a fillet steak I'd kill for right now.

DJ Hafez wrote: »

with FANTASTIC pepper sauce

Think you can get the same steak in the bar which would suit the op better

Milly33

mmm steak..My birthday next week and we are planning already the birthday dinner. I am not a mad fan of Soho itself normally but I just remember tasting a little bit of himselfs steak on the hot rock when i was in there before and mmmm I cant wait to get my own...Mind you I am a bit partial to chargrilled steak anyone know a could place to get this in town..Cant wait

gimmick

RoverJames wrote: »

Blue steak, rotten.

Nothingh worse that being out with a fella who does blue steak, and all he can do is tell you how you are missing out on the real taste by having it any other way.

Medium all the way for me.

Milly33

Just wondering as fellow steak lovers are here, would anyone know where or if you can get Kobe Beef either to buy or to go out to have in Cork. Im thinking early of Christmas and I thought well feck it if It wasnt to badly priced himself is always saying he wants to try it..thanks in advance

Dermighty

Milly33 wrote: »

Just wondering as fellow steak lovers are here, would anyone know where or if you can get Kobe Beef either to buy or to go out to have in Cork. Im thinking early of Christmas and I thought well feck it if It wasnt to badly priced himself is always saying he wants to try it..thanks in advance

I've never seen it, I'd say in a restaurant the only one I'd imagine having it would be The Ivory tower (maybe some other places too). Buying it to cook at home? I'd say go into O'Flynns on Marlboro Street (same street as Trailfinders) and ask them where you'd get it, the best butcher in town by a mile so I'd say if they don't know there aren't many who would.

CiaranC

gimmick wrote: »

Medium all the way for me.

You pay 40 notes for a steak and then cook it medium, lol

rebel.ranter

I think any recommendations made on here should be accompanied by how the poster of the comment likes to eat their steak.
I like a medium steak tending towards rare side of things, I used to like well done but have changed my mind following experiments with the East Village "fillet rocks", it's a nice way to try different levels of meat without a whole meal being a waste.
I think the steaks in East Village in Douglas are hard to beat, fillet or sirloin. It's a bonus to be also able to choose from the "Rock" & Mesquite steaks too.
I also remember a few years ago getting a really nice steak in Rossinis but it was a good while ago.

GERMAN ROCKS

the thady inn farnanes

Milly33

Dermighty wrote: »

I've never seen it, I'd say in a restaurant the only one I'd imagine having it would be The Ivory tower (maybe some other places too). Buying it to cook at home? I'd say go into O'Flynns on Marlboro Street (same street as Trailfinders) and ask them where you'd get it, the best butcher in town by a mile so I'd say if they don't know there aren't many who would.

That you Dermighty I shall research perhaps tom I will be heading to town..If it is as good as they say it is I will let ye know...

Milly33

rebel.ranter wrote: »

I think any recommendations made on here should be accompanied by how the poster of the comment likes to eat their steak.
I like a medium steak tending towards rare side of things, I used to like well done but have changed my mind following experiments with the East Village "fillet rocks", it's a nice way to try different levels of meat without a whole meal being a waste.
I think the steaks in East Village in Douglas are hard to beat, fillet or sirloin. It's a bonus to be also able to choose from the "Rock" & Mesquite steaks too.
I also remember a few years ago getting a really nice steak in Rossinis but it was a good while ago.

MM i think I am like you...Used to only eat it well done until I tasted one fairly rareish and mmmm..I love the steaks in East Village and Soho as you say it is great because you can cook it as you like on the Rocks..Defo Soho is nicer though you cant enjoy it in the east village too noisey...Mm steak where could i get some now

gimmick

CiaranC wrote: »

You pay 40 notes for a steak and then cook it medium, lol

I never get steak when I am out tbh. But why lol?

gimmick

gimmick wrote: »

I never get steak when I am out tbh. But why lol?

I reckon he likes the steak rare or blue. One of these folks who reckons medium is after killing it.

cat320

Not exactly the city but the viaduct does a tasty steak in my book, top notch drink as well, priced good too,all this steak talk is getting me hungry, Luigi malones steak is argintinian by the way, or it used to be.. I can also vouch for the corn market, very nice there also..

gimmick

RoverJames wrote: »

I reckon he likes the steak rare or blue. One of these folks who reckons medium is after killing it.

Ah, steak snobs! Yawn :rolleyes::D

Cotts72

***bump*** to save me starting a new thread ,anywhere in the city in recent times caught the attention of steak lovers?

Cherry_Cola

Have always found Electric to be excellent, the Corn Store is also really nice.

CHealy

Cotts72 wrote: »

***bump*** to save me starting a new thread ,anywhere in the city in recent times caught the attention of steak lovers?

I got the steak on a rock from Soho last weekend and it was out of this world, nice thick raw cut and you can cook away then to however you want it, delicious.

.red.

CHealy wrote: »

I got the steak on a rock from Soho last weekend and it was out of this world, nice thick raw cut and you can cook away then to however you want it, delicious.

Slightly off topic, and I know everybody is different BUT, I really don't get the steak on a rock thing. You pay about €25/30 for a steak(and a few chips)that would be €6/7 in a butchers, but have to cook it yourself on a hot stone that the chef kindly heated up for you.
Fair enough you get to cook it as you like it but any half decent restaurant can get that right.
Rant over lol.

Malari

.red. wrote: »

Slightly off topic, and I know everybody is different BUT, I really don't get the steak on a rock thing. You pay about €25/30 for a steak(and a few chips)that would be €6/7 in a butchers, but have to cook it yourself on a hot stone that the chef kindly heated up for you.
Fair enough you get to cook it as you like it but any half decent restaurant can get that right.
Rant over lol.

Me too. If I order steak in a restaurant I figure part of the cost is having a qualified chef cook it just the way I ordered it!

CHealy

It was the novelty for me more than anything, was my first time enjoying it and to be honest Id definitely get it again, it was delicious. Each to their own.

Milly33

Love the Rock thing tis great as you get to cook it as you like... Like i like a rare steak so i do, but a full rare steak can get be a bit much. So with the rock you have it all the ways you like..Yummiee

.red.

Milly33 wrote: »

Love the Rock thing tis great as you get to cook it as you like... Like i like a rare steak so i do, but a full rare steak can get be a bit much. So with the rock you have it all the ways you like..Yummiee

I've never gotten it as I think its a rip off it so correct me if its different to how I imagine,

A steak should rest for a minimum of 3 mins after cooking, add in the 3/4 mins each side(that I like depending on thickness) and that's about 9 mins before your first mouthful, your chips or spuds would be cold and everyone else at the table would have empty plates by then.

pwurple

Elbow lane, if it reopened, would be my steak choice in the city.

Thady Inn farnanes would next.