5 Best Steak Houses in London (2026)

Flat Iron Covent Garden is the largest branch of London's Flat Iron steak chain, built around an in-house butchery where master butcher Scott breaks down a different carcass of rare, native, and uncommon beef each week. The Henrietta Street site sits inside an 1892 building with an original tiled frontage, and the tables are made from a single English oak tree by cabinetmaker Dan Preston. Alongside the signature flat iron steak, the kitchen runs rotating specials off a blackboard, plus the chain's well-known free popcorn on arrival and a token-for-ice-cream ritual at the end of the meal.

Flat Iron Soho is the original branch of the chain, opened on Beak Street after a 2012 pop-up above the Owl and Pussycat pub in Shoreditch. The three-floor building keeps its original rickety Soho character, and the menu runs the same signature flat iron steak and sides as the other branches, plus rotating Wagyu specials. It's the smaller, more atmospheric sibling to the Covent Garden flagship, built into an older, narrower building rather than a purpose-fitted space.

Angus Steakhouse has served the West End since 1963, and its own branding leans hard into that heritage, big portions, honest cooking, and a welcome pitched at theatre crowds, tourists, and families rather than a fine-dining crowd. The Cranbourn Street location near Leicester Square is one of several across central London, open long hours daily and offering everything from breakfast through late dinner. It's the biggest, most tourist-facing name on this list, and the highest review volume by a clear margin.

Flat Iron Tottenham Court Road occupies a Denmark Street building with real music history, David Bowie met his first backing group in the same space, and Jimi Hendrix and The Kinks both recorded nearby on what was once London's Tin Pan Alley. The branch runs the same signature flat iron steak and blackboard Wagyu specials as the rest of the chain, in a space the company describes as letting natural light pour into a converted 1600s building. Reviewers who've visited multiple Flat Iron locations note this branch skips the salted caramel ice cream ritual in favour of a soft-serve version, a small but real difference from the other two branches on this list.

Fogo de Chão Soho brings the Brazilian rodizio format to Wardour Street: an all-you-can-eat parade of grilled meats carved tableside, with a card system, green side up for more, red side up to pause, that keeps the cuts coming until you call time. It's a genuinely different format from the other four steakhouses on this list, closer to a churrascaria than a classic order-your-cut steak restaurant, and reviewers describe premium cuts arriving continuously through a multi-hour meal. One detailed review from an experienced restaurant manager offers both real praise for the food and specific, constructive feedback on service coordination.