12 Best Steakhouses In Dallas, Texas

For a classic prime steakhouse with a deep wine list, book Pappas Bros. or Al Biernat's. Town Hearth is the loud, glitzy room for a birthday, and Nick & Sam's is where to go for Japanese beef. Three newer places each give the format a twist: Stillwell's leans on Texas ranch food, Nuri on Korean flavors and Brass Ram on prime rib. A big group that wants to eat a lot without studying a menu should head to Fogo de Chão.

1. Pappas Bros. Steakhouse

Pappas Bros. Steakhouse sits on Lombardy Lane at Northwest Highway, away from the Uptown cluster, and it's the one to book when the wine matters as much as the steak. Its list runs past 4,000 selections and has held Wine Spectator's Grand Award every year since 2011.

The beef is USDA prime, butchered and dry-aged in house, so order one of the dry-aged cuts rather than the filet. There's a fireplace lounge for a drink before the table is ready. Don't plan a Sunday dinner here: the Dallas location is closed on Sundays.

2. Town Hearth

Town Hearth is chef Nick Badovinus's steakhouse on Market Center Boulevard in the Design District, and the room is the point, all glitz and energy. The menu runs on aged steaks, a Delmonico among them, with enough seafood that a non-beef eater won't feel stuck.

Groups of up to 18 can take the private room, Mr. Presley's. Book it for a birthday with friends.

3. Al Biernat's

Al Biernat's has served Dallas since 1998 from Oak Lawn Avenue and runs a second dining room on Spring Valley Road in North Dallas. The restaurant pitches itself at special occasions and business deals.

The menu names its beef sources, a Texas wagyu New York strip from Gearhart Ranch and a tomahawk ribeye from Allen Brothers of Chicago, and gives seafood equal billing, from Osetra caviar to live Maine lobster. Both locations serve lunch on weekdays and Saturdays, so it's an easy choice for a midday client meal.

4. Nick & Sam's

If the goal is Japanese beef, start at Nick & Sam's on Maple Avenue in Uptown. It imports Japanese wagyu, including Kobe from Hyogo Prefecture.

The kitchen also turns out sushi rolls and a big eye tuna tartare, which lets someone who doesn't eat steak order a full dinner. The main dining room's dress code is business casual.

5. Bob's Steak & Chop House

The original Bob's Steak & Chop House opened on Lemmon Avenue in 1993, and its steaks come with a giant glazed carrot on the side. It's a straight chophouse dinner in Oak Lawn.

6. Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse

The Uptown Del Frisco's Double Eagle on Olive Street has a patio that looks onto the downtown skyline, and it opens for lunch every weekday. The menu runs from prime steaks to Japanese wagyu to crab:

• bone-in prime ribeye, prime porterhouse and a 32-ounce prime tomahawk
• Japanese A5 wagyu, sold in small portions for tasting
• Del's jumbo lump crab cake and lobster mac and cheese
• the six-layer lemon doberge cake

7. Dakota's Steakhouse

Dakota's Steakhouse on North Akard Street downtown opened in 1984 on land that once belonged to the First Baptist Church, whose deed barred selling alcohol on the property. So the owners dug down. Guests ride a glass elevator below street level to a sunken courtyard with a granite water wall and a fire pit, as the restaurant's history page tells it.

On the plate, it's a downtown business steakhouse: a prime porterhouse for two, Australian lamb chops, steak frites. Valet is complimentary.

8. Brass Ram

Badovinus's second steakhouse, Brass Ram, is built around prime rib and sits on the second floor of 2130 Commerce Street on the east side of downtown. The rest of the menu is classic steakhouse. The restaurant is closed Sundays and Mondays, and its Marilyn Monroe room seats 16 for a private dinner.

9. Stillwell's

Stillwell's, inside Hôtel Swexan in the Harwood District, takes its theme from Hallie Stillwell and Texas ranch country. Its house beef, HWD, is locally raised prime-graded Akaushi, served as filet, a 22-ounce cowboy cut and a tomahawk for two.

The ranch theme carries into the sides and sweets: beef chili, skillet cornbread and Texas sheet cake share the menu with the steaks. For a first look without booking dinner, come for Cowboy Hour, 4 to 6 p.m. daily, with small bites and half-priced cocktails.

10. Nuri Steakhouse

Nuri Steakhouse on Cedar Springs Road in Uptown takes its name from the Korean word for "whole world," and its current dinner menu puts Korean flavors next to the steakhouse standards. The big cuts are HeartBrand Reserve Akaushi, a Texas wagyu, served with pickled radish, seasoned scallions and ssamjang. Japanese wagyu from Miyazaki Prefecture is sold by the ounce.

The Korean side is clearest in the smaller plates: a Korean-style wagyu tartare with quail egg and Korean pear, or a Korean gumbo made with Akaushi beef, kimchi and a gochujang roux. A table that wants to share can order the butcher board, classic steaks sliced family-style.

Owner Wan Kim first tested dishes at Nuri Grill in Dallas's Koreatown.

11. SĒR Steak + Spirits

SĒR Steak + Spirits sits on the 27th floor of the Hilton Anatole, and the downtown skyline view is what you're paying for. To see it without committing to dinner, come for social hour, Monday through Saturday from 5 to 6:30 p.m. A full dinner up here suits an anniversary or an out-of-town guest.

12. Fogo de Chão Uptown

The Uptown Fogo de Chão is a Brazilian churrascaria on the ground floor of the One Uptown tower, at McKinney Avenue and Routh Street. Servers carry fire-roasted meats from the open kitchen and carve them at the table, and a Carrara marble market table holds the salads and sides.

It suits a group with mixed appetites. The Uptown location page lists weekday lunch, weekend brunch and an all-day happy hour Monday through Thursday.

Knife has closed in Dallas

Knife, the dry-aged steak specialist, closed its Dallas location after its last service on August 31, 2025.