Black Hide Steak & Seafood (Caxton Street)

01What to order

• Angus tomahawk, 1,200 g / 2.6 lbA$269 on the April 2026 sample menu; serves one to three and takes 50 minutes. Time Out listed it at A$165 in October 2022.
• Angus T-bone, 500 g / 18 ozA$124; the other bone-in steak on the menu.
• Wagyu rib eye, 300 g / 11 ozA$133, the highest-priced Wagyu steak.
• Wagyu rump cap, 250 g / 9 ozA$78, the lowest-priced Wagyu cut.
• Angus sirloin, 350 g / 12 ozA$82.
• Black Hide signature beef short ribA$44 as an entrée, with coleslaw and lime.

02The beef

Two breeds, one producer. Stanbroke Angus at marble score 3+: eye fillet 200 g / 7 oz (A$79), rib eye 350 g / 12 oz (A$105), sirloin 350 g / 12 oz (A$82), T-bone 500 g / 18 oz and tomahawk 1,200 g / 2.6 lb. Stanbroke Wagyu at 5+: eye fillet 200 g / 7 oz (A$89), rib eye 300 g / 11 oz, sirloin 300 g / 11 oz (A$112) and rump cap 250 g / 9 oz. The house describes pasture for most of the animal's life and a finish on wheat and barley; it does not state the days on grain. Its site also lists certified organic Stanbroke beef (NASAA and USDA Organic), but the April 2026 menu shows no organic steak. No source mentions dry-aging at Caxton Street.

03The fire

Steakschool, in a profile published around 2020, says Black Hide cooks on a Montague broiler imported from Chicago, with a high-heat center and a plancha top, and that the house claimed to be the only one in Brisbane using it. Per that profile, the broiler renders fat from the surface to build a crust. No source names wood or charcoal at Caxton Street.

04The story

The Gambaro name in Brisbane dates to 1953, when Giovanbaptista Gambaro opened a fish-and-chip shop in South Brisbane with his sons Domenico and Michael; the brothers founded the Gambaro Seafood Restaurant on Caxton Street in 1974. In June 2013 the family opened a steakhouse across the road, first as Cut Steakhouse & Tapas, soon renamed Black Hide; Steakschool says the building had been a fish-and-chip shop. In 2014 it was Restaurant of the Year at the Queensland Restaurant & Catering Awards for Excellence and Australia's Best Steak Restaurant nationally, a title Queensland Country Life reported it won again in 2016. A second Black Hide later opened at Treasury Brisbane and moved to Queen's Wharf in 2024.

05The practical

36 Caxton Street, Petrie Terrace, two to three minutes' walk from Suncorp Stadium. The hours page lists dinner on Thursday (last seating 8:45 pm), lunch and dinner on Friday, and dinner on Saturday; from Sunday to Tuesday it opens only for events, private bookings and Suncorp Stadium games. Wednesday is not listed, so check before going. Bookings on (07) 3369 9500 or book@blackhidesteakhouse.com.au. There are four private dining rooms. Each steak comes with red wine jus, mushroom, peppercorn, béarnaise or chimichurri. Sundays carry a 10% surcharge and public holidays 20%.

Address

36 Caxton Street, Petrie Terrace QLD 4000

Phone

+61 7 3369 9500

Website

blackhidecaxton.com.au

Directions

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