The venerable French dish of steak frites has a chokehold on Hong Kong. A number of restaurants offer the classic combination of grilled beef cuts and fat-dipped thin fries in the city, making it a perfect plate of carbs and protein.
Our recommendations for top steak frites plates will have you begging for more salty meat, fries, and sauces. Scroll down to collect inspiration for where’s next to visit for a taste of France.
The best steak frites in Hong Kong
La Vache!
Any guide on steak frites must include the purveyor of the French dish, whilst not the first, but one of the most popular restaurant brands in Hong Kong to share it to the masses. For HKD398 per guest, La Vache! dishes steak frites out across four locations, cooking an entrecôte steak to your preferred rarity and paired with house sauce, unlimited French fries and a green salad with walnuts.
La Vache!, multiple locations across Hong Kong
Frites
At eight locations in the city, Frites shares a Belgian and largely European dining experience with their signature large portions and homely atmosphere. In the steak frites space, they stock three steak varieties for each preference: ribeye (HKD525, 400 grams), striploin (HKD395, 300 grams), and tenderloin (HKD550, 200 grams). Each steak comes with frites and a garden salad. You can pick between peppercorn, truffle butter, or chimichurri sauce.
Frites, multiple locations across Hong Kong
Flat Iron Steak
The one-sized-fits-all approach to steak frites comes to Hong Kong with Flat Iron Steak, who specialise in the lean and meaty flat iron cut. Arguably one of the most affordable steak frites offerings here, their lunch deal for flat iron steak (HKD168) includes a 7oz Australian angus beef cut, triple-cooked fries, green salad, and confit garlic butter. At dinner, the steak frites for an 11oz angus beef steak costs HKD228.
Flat Iron Steak, multiple locations across Hong Kong
District 8
District 8 on top of ELEMENTS mall serves the most variants of steak frites in Hong Kong, importing beef from Australia to offer a perfect meaty bite. The most affordable offering is the Barcoo flank steak (HKD290, 350 grams), whereas the S. Kidman striploin (HKD400, 250 grams) is halal. All five steak frites plates are served with Café de Paris, veal jus, charred onions, and hand cut triple cooked fat frites.
District 8, Shop R009, R/F, Civic Square, ELEMENTS, 1 Austin Road West, Tsim Sha Tsui, 2537 7555, book here
Bistro La Baie
Located on the shore of Tseung Kwan O, Bistro La Baie brings three varieties of steak frites to the area. Starting strong with the bavette flank steak (HKD298), customers can also try their rib eye (HKD378) and tenderloin (HKD398). Packed onto the plate are their signature fries and baked garlic, with a choice of either chimichurri or black pepper sauce.
Bistro La Baie, Shop G02, G/F, MONTEREY Place, 23 Tong Chun Street, O’South Coast, Tseung Kwan O, 2360 0801, book here
À Poêle
À Poêle, offering a taste of France in the business district of Taikoo Shing, also enters the game with their simple offering of steak frites (HKD368) with fries and peppercorn sauce. The restaurant is located three minutes away from the MTR and offers great happy hour prices on drinks to pair up with your meaty mains.
À Poêle, Shop 514, G/F, Taikoo Shing, On Shing Terrace Hing On Mansion, 5 Tai Yue Ave, Taikoo Shing, 2446 1598, book here
