Deery's Restaurant (Story Bridge Hotel)

01What to order

• 450 g / 16 oz Five Founders rib on the boneA$89 on the September 2026 menu; free-roaming and grain-finished, MBS 2+, Queensland.
• 230 g / 8 oz Stone Axe fullblood Wagyu sirloinA$99; 400+ days on grain, MBS 6–7, New South Wales. The highest-priced steak on the menu.
• 250 g / 9 oz Imperial Blossom F4 Wagyu rump capA$76; 400+ days on grain, MBS 8–9, Queensland.
• 300 g / 11 oz Little Joe sirloinA$70; grass-fed British breeds at MBS 4+, from Victoria and Tasmania.
• 500 g / 18 oz Great Southern Pinnacle bone-in sirloinA$89; grass-fed British breeds, MBS 2+.
• Dry-aged steak specialMarket price; a premium cut dry-aged in house, subject to availability.

02The beef

Four headings. Wagyu: Stone Axe fullblood sirloin (400+ days on grain, MBS 6–7, New South Wales), Imperial Blossom F4 rump cap and bavette (400+ days, MBS 8–9, Queensland), a Margaret River Wagyu-Angus rump (350+ days, MBS 8–9, Western Australia) and a Tajima flat iron (350+ days, MBS 4–5). Grass-fed: Great Southern Pinnacle eye fillet and rib fillet, British breeds at MBS 2+ from Victoria and Tasmania (the menu says they are raised without added hormones or antibiotics), and Little Joe sirloin at MBS 4+. Grain-fed: Ebony Black Angus sirloin and rib fillet (150+ days, MBS 4+, Queensland) and a Pure Prime eye fillet (120+ days, MBS 3+). On the bone: Five Founders rib and T-bone, and a Pinnacle sirloin. The restaurant's page adds that steak is dry-aged in house, subject to availability, without stating the days.

03The fire

The menu heads its steaks "From the Grill" and lists a wood-fired sourdough cob and wood-fire-roasted carrots, so the kitchen keeps a wood fire. No source says whether the steaks are cooked over wood, gas or charcoal. Each steak comes with balsamic-roasted pearl onions and local leaves, and a choice of sauce, butter (black truffle or whipped gorgonzola) or mustard.

04The story

The hotel was built in 1886 as the Kangaroo Point Hotel, one of only seven three-story hotels in Queensland at the time, according to its own history. It became the Story Bridge Hotel in 1940, after the bridge opened. The Deery family bought it in 1967; from 1978 Barrie Deery spent more than a decade restoring it, and in 1980 the old Second World War air-raid shelter was extended into a venue called The Bomb Shelter. In 1994, after a refurbishment, the Lord Mayor, Jim Soorley, reopened the hotel, and Richard and Jane Deery opened their restaurant the same year. Style Magazines, writing in 2025, dated Deery's to 1993; Steakpedia uses the hotel's date, 1994.

05The practical

Story Bridge Hotel, 200 Main Street, Kangaroo Point. Open Monday to Saturday, lunch from 12 pm and dinner from 5 pm, per the September 2026 menu. Bookings on (07) 3391 2266. For groups, the hotel offers Deery's Alcove, Deery's Lounge and the Signature Cellar. Steaks run from A$59 (200 g / 7 oz Pure Prime eye fillet) to A$99 (Stone Axe sirloin), plus market-price specials. Public holidays carry a 15% surcharge.

Address

Story Bridge Hotel, 200 Main Street, Kangaroo Point QLD 4169

Phone

+61 7 3391 2266

Website

storybridgehotel.com.au

Directions

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