Steakhouse in this metro does not mean one thing. It means a Soulard corner room with a St. Pat's crowd next door, a downtown dining room attached to a hotel, and a Rockhill throwback that has not touched its decor since the Nixon administration. The six below span the price range from a sixteen-dollar ribeye plate to a downtown occasion room, judged on the steak and nothing else.
№ 01
Tuckers Place
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The steak here is affordable and has stayed that way for decades, which is the whole case for the Soulard room. Regulars treat the ribs and burger as the backup order when the steak cut of the day does not appeal. Service can be quick on a weeknight and painfully slow on a Sunday, with waits that stretch past an hour and tables that do not always get wiped down between turns. It works as the stop before or after the bars next door, not as a special-occasion room.
What to ordersteaks, burger, ribs
№ 02
Landry's Seafood House
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The clam chowder and fish and chips are the reason to sit outside here, not the burger, which reads as tough and past its prime under a heat lamp on an off night. Service earns more credit than the kitchen, and the outdoor seating along the riverfront is the actual draw for a family group killing time before a train or a ballgame. Worth knowing before signing up for the loyalty pitch at the table: it comes with a hard sell.
What to orderclam chowder, burger, fish and chips
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The chicken gorgonzola is the dish regulars order when they are not in a steak mood, and it holds up as well as the shrimp and the steak itself. This is the metro's downtown occasion room, seven minutes from the ballpark and steps from a St. Louis landmark hotel, with a dining room built for a group or a business dinner rather than a quick bite. Service carries the room as much as the kitchen does, and neither has slipped.
What to ordersteak, shrimp, chicken gorgonzola
№ 04
Miami Grill
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Sixteen dollars gets a ribeye dinner here, thirteen gets a thinner steak cut that still comes back well cooked, and both are the draw for a late-night crowd that treats this as the reliable stop after everything else closes. The cheese fries and the salad dressing get called out as often as the meat. It is a value play, not a dress-up dinner, and it delivers exactly what a casual late-night steakhouse should for the price.
What to orderribeye dinner, burgers, cheese fries
№ 05
Pop's Steak, Fish & Chicken
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The catfish sandwich is the order, with a light, non-greasy breading and fried cauliflower bites dusted with a seasoning worth asking about. Everything else runs through the grill or the fryer from frozen, onion rings and fries included, which keeps the carryout counter fast and the prices low. It is a quick-bite strip-mall room built for takeout, not a sit-down steakhouse, and it delivers on that narrower promise most of the time.
What to ordercatfish sandwich, chicken wings, onion rings
№ 06
Charcoal House
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Prime rib and steak share the menu with fish at this Rockhill room, which has not updated its look in decades and trades on that fact rather than hiding it. The retro dining room draws families back after years away, and the results split down the middle: some nights the steak and fish both come out overcooked, other visits land closer to the throwback experience regulars remember. It is a nostalgia order first, a reliable steakhouse second.
What to ordersteak, fish, prime rib
Frequently asked
What is the best steakhouse near me in the St. Louis area?
It depends which side of the metro is closest. Carmine's Steak House works for anyone downtown or near the ballpark, Tuckers Place covers Soulard, and Charcoal House is the pick out toward Rockhill. Each entry here lists its actual city so you can match it to your side of town before you drive.
Which of these steakhouses is the best value?
Miami Grill, by a wide margin. A ribeye dinner runs around sixteen dollars and a smaller steak cut closer to thirteen, both cooked well by account after account, which makes it the strongest dollar-for-dollar steak in this lineup.
Is Carmine's Steak House actually in downtown St. Louis?
It sits close to downtown, near a well-known hotel and a short trip from the ballpark, and functions as the metro's downtown occasion steakhouse. Check the address before booking if you need it walkable from a specific hotel.
How is the Insider Score for these restaurants calculated?
The Insider Score comes from the volume and content of customer feedback we analyze for each restaurant, not from any payment or partnership. No restaurant on this list paid to be included, and placement reflects the review record alone.
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The data first, then the verdict
We start with the review record, not a press release. Every room here is a real kitchen with a strong rating across a meaningful number of reviews, ranked on our 10-point Insider Score. We weight consistency over time and the rooms locals return to, not the ones tourists pass through once. The list updates as the data does. How we work →
Greta Hoffmann
Staff Writer · Top of St. Louis
Food Editor. Worked the line and pastry in two Clayton kitchens before writing about them. From a south-side German baking family, she measures every occasion room in the metro against the standard the old institutions set, and rations her praise so it means something.
