With an increasingly health-crazed society and documentaries like “Food, Inc.” and “What the Health,” a slab of red meat is no longer idolized the way it used to be. However, that’s not to imply that America’s top steakhouses are hurting.

A steak at one of the country’s distinguished steakhouses can cost as little as $40 or $50 to as much as $350 — and that’s for one person! It’s certainly a challenge to determine which of the myriad of steakhouses in the country is truly the most expensive, but some establishments offer a slew of extremely pricey entrées. Japanese Wagyu beef in particular can be triple what an indulging customer may expect to pay for just one steak. And that is before considering appetizers, sides, and desserts, which can add another $50 or more to the check for each person.

The team at 24/7 Wall St. crunched the numbers of menu items from the country’s priciest steakhouses and calculated just how much an average meal would cost for one person.

Click here to see America’s most expensive steakhouses.
Click here to see our detailed findings and methodology.

25. Gordon Ramsay Steak
> Avg. meal price: $96.67
> Most expensive steak: Tied — 32-ounce porterhouse & royal long-bone chop ($115.00)
> Most expensive appetizer: Seared Hudson Valley foie gras ($26.00)
> Location: Las Vegas, NV

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24. Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak House
> Avg. meal price: $96.79
> Most expensive steak: 32-ounce Wagyu tomahawk chop ($95.00)
> Most expensive appetizer: 1 lb. Alaskan king crab legs ($54.00)
> Location: New York, NY

23. Baltaire
> Avg. meal price: $97.07
> Most expensive steak: Global Wagyu tasting ($185.00)
> Most expensive appetizer: Tied — Maine lobster risotto & Hudson Valley foie gras ($30.00)
> Location: Los Angeles, CA

22. Prime 112
> Avg. meal price: $98.24
> Most expensive steak: 16-ounce Japanese A5 Kobe rib-eye ($230.00)
> Most expensive appetizer: Spiced pineapple jam & Australian candied ginger ($29.00)
> Location: Miami, Florida

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21. Barclay Prime
> Avg. meal price: $99.66
> Most expensive steak: 18-ounce A5 Wagyu rib-eye ($195.00)
> Most expensive appetizer: Roasted foie gras ($25.00)
> Location: Philadelphia, PA

20. Stripsteak by Michael Mina
> Avg. meal price: $99.82
> Most expensive steak: Australian tomahawk ($150.00)
> Most expensive appetizer: Seared foie gras ($32.00)
> Location: Miami, Florida

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19. John Howie Steak Restaurant
> Avg. meal price: $100.09
> Most expensive steak: 40-ounce Porterhouse ($100.00)
> Most expensive appetizer: Seared sea scallops ($29.00)
> Location: Seattle, WA area

18. El Gaucho Portland
> Avg. meal price: $100.52
> Most expensive steak: Chateaubriand for two ($129.00)
> Most expensive appetizer: Chilled seafood tower ($180.00)
> Location: Portland, OR

17. Bourbon Steak
> Avg. meal price: $100.54
> Most expensive steak: A5 Miyazaki trio ($295.00)
> Most expensive appetizer: A3 Wagyu beef tartare ($29.00)
> Location: Washington, DC

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16. Harris’ Restaurant — The San Francisco Steakhouse
> Avg. meal price: $100.70
> Most expensive steak: Authentic Japanese Kobe rib-eye ($198.00)
> Most expensive appetizer: Seared foie gras ($30.00)
> Location: San Francisco, CA

15. Benny’s Chophouse
> Avg. meal price: $100.73
> Most expensive steak: 7-ounce Japanese Tajima Kobe A5 Filet ($249.99)
> Most expensive appetizer: Japanese Kuroge Wagyu steak tartare ($35.99)
> Location: Chicago, IL

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14. The Prime Grill
> Avg. meal price: $101.02
> Most expensive steak: Delmonico steak ($82.00)
> Most expensive appetizer: Smoked BBQ short rib fajitas for two ($52.00)
> Location: New York, NY

13. Delmonico Steakhouse
> Avg. meal price: $102.79
> Most expensive steak: 28 day dry-aged tomahawk for two ($140.00)
> Most expensive appetizer: Seared foie gras ($25.00)
> Location: Las Vegas, NV

12. CUT by Wolfgang Puck
> Avg. meal price: $104.23
> Most expensive steak: Tasting of New York sirloin ($140.00)
> Most expensive appetizer: 1-ounce “Sturia” Jasmin caviar ($245.00)
> Location: Los Angeles, CA area

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11. Reserve Cut
> Avg. meal price: $104.32
> Most expensive steak: Tied — 18-ounce Pastrami rubbed Wagyu boneless & 22-ounce Wagyu bone-in rib steak ($109.00)
> Most expensive appetizer: Tied — Crispy sweetbreads & Truffle thyme risotto ($34.00)
> Location: New York, NY

10. Porter House Bar and Grill
> Avg. meal price: $104.46
> Most expensive steak: A5 Miyazaki Wagyu ($215.00)
> Most expensive appetizer: 28-grams golden sturgeon caviar ($130.00)
> Location: New York, NY

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9. Alexander’s Steakhouse
> Avg. meal price: $105.56
> Most expensive steak: Hokkaido Japan A5 Wagyu ($160.00)
> Most expensive appetizer: Housemade charcuterie ($38.00)
> Location: Pasadena, CA (Los Angeles area)

8. Chicago Chop House
> Avg. meal price: $107.46
> Most expensive steak: Dry-aged porterhouse ($149.00)
> Most expensive appetizer: Grand platter ($199.00)
> Location: Chicago, IL

7. RPM Steak
> Avg. meal price: $108.32
> Most expensive steak: 42-ounce Mishima Tomahawk ($195.00)
> Most expensive appetizer: Foie gras torchon ($23.00)
> Location: Chicago, IL

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6. CUT by Wolfgang Puck
> Avg. meal price: $109.46
> Most expensive steak: Bone-in rib-eye steak for two ($225.00)
> Most expensive appetizer: Full dozen chilled Kusshi oysters ($48.00)
> Location: Las Vegas, NV

5. SW Steakhouse
> Avg. meal price: $110.74
> Most expensive steak: ($225.00)
> Most expensive appetizer: Russian Osetra Imperial Russian 000 caviar ($400.00)
> Location: Las Vegas, NV

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4. Old Homestead Steakhouse
> Avg. meal price: $120.84
> Most expensive steak: 12-ounce Japanese Wagyu “A5+” Steak ($350.00)
> Most expensive appetizer: Maryland lump crabmeat cocktail ($22.00)
> Location: Las Vegas, NV

3. Alexander’s Steakhouse
> Avg. meal price: $128.80
> Most expensive steak: Kagawa Japan A5 ($225.00)
> Most expensive appetizer: California caviar parfait ($38.00)
> Location: San Francisco, CA

2. Chianina Steakhouse
> Avg. meal price: $131.54
> Most expensive steak: 40-ounce porterhouse ($260.00)
> Most expensive appetizer: Foie gras ($32.00)
> Location: Los Angeles, CA area

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1. Tom Colicchio’s Craftsteak
> Avg. meal price: $140.50
> Most expensive steak: Japanese A5 Wagyu ($295.00)
> Most expensive appetizer: Golden osetra caviar ($275.00)
> Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

Detailed Findings & Methodology

To identify the most expensive steakhouses in America, we reviewed 20 major U.S. cities tracked by OpenTable to find 240 steakhouses that Yelp considers to be at the most expensive end of the price-range. The rank is based on the average meal price, which is the sum of the average costs of an appetizer, entrée, a side, and dessert if available.

The most expensive steakhouses tend to be clustered in a few major cities. Despite reviewing 20 cities, only 10 cities appear in our list of 25 restaurants. The city with the most steakhouses in the top 25 is Las Vegas with six restaurants. Los Angeles and New York City follow close behind with four each. Three pricey steakhouses are located in Chicago, and another two are in San Francisco. Finally, Philadelphia, Portland (Oregon), Seattle, and Washington, D.C. are each featured once on this list.

To determine America’s most expensive steakhouses, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the average price of a meal for all steakhouses within the top price bracket on Yelp and Opentable. To be considered, a steakhouse must publish its menu prices on its website and be within one of Opentable’s featured areas. To determine the top 25, we calculated the average meal price by taking the sum of the average cost of an appetizer, entrée, a side, and a dessert if available for all 50 steakhouses. The average price of a meal was the sum of the average price for an appetizer, an entrée, and a side dish. Certain extremely expensive items on the dessert, appetizer, and sides menus were excluded when we deemed them not representative of a typical order at a restaurant. If an entrée, side, or appetizer was noted as being for two or more people we split the meal in correspondence with the average number of people it is suggested for. If an item was listed as shareable but did not include the number of people it is supposed to be split amongst, we excluded it from our calculations.

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