Although the pub does offer food other than steak (including vegetarian meals), beef seems to be the main reason people visit for lunch. And if it's steak you're after, you can choose from not only the cut, but also the breed of the beast:
Nolan meats private selection rib eye on the bone - $37.50
Rib fillet finished on 100 day grain fed (bos taurus x angus) - $28.50
Prime Rump finished on 100 day grain fed (bos taurus) - $27.90
Nolan meats private selection T-bone - $29.90
Wagyu Rump grain fed (350 days plus) - $33.00
Large eye fillet finished on 100 day grain fed (bos taurus) - $36.90
Petite eye fillet finished on 70 day grain fed (bos taurus) - $28.00
Fillet mignon finished on 70 day grain fed (bos taurus) - $29.50
New Yorker 100 day grain fed (bos taurus) - $29.90
Wagyu Striploin from the Darling Downs - $39.00
750gm T-bone 120 to 150 days grain fed (bos taurus) - $45.90
All of the steaks are served with the Breakfast Creek's famous coleslaw, tomato and an Idaho potato topped with bacon sauce (which I can remember eating there when I was about 10 years old) or salad and chips. Your steaks can also be served with mushroom, chilli or pepper sauce. Breadrolls are still served wrapped up in napkins, keeping with tradition.
After a fair bit of indecision, I ordered the Wagyu rump, medium rare with salad and chips. I was tossing up between that, the New Yorker (which looked fantastic) and the Wagyu striploin. All of the steaks are on display in a big cabinet as you line up to order, which helps (or hinders) the decision making process. I skipped the sauce, remembering the sage advice of a good friend (a butcher's son) - that if a steak is good enough, you don't need sauce.
You wander back to your table with a little beeper, which starts to go crazy once your meals are ready. My steak was a good size, and had been cooked perfectly. It was still tender right through and had a lovely flavour. I had no quibbles paying $33 for it. It still amazes me that plenty of places in the CBD serve far inferior steaks for around about the same price and manage to get away with it.
There were no complaints from around the table. Between us we had ordered a good selection of the various steaks. Although I was very happy with the Wagyu rump, the consensus around the table was that the Wagyu striploin was the winner. For $39 you'd hope it would be good.
After our steaks were cleaned up, we headed into the public bar, and felt like we'd gone back in time about 30 years. The public bar at the Breakfast Creek looks like it hasn't changed in a long time. I find it sad that so many pubs around Brisbane have been "modernised", losing their historical charm. No chance of that in the public bar at the Breakfast Creek. It was such a refreshing experience that we spent most of the afternoon in there, watching the Lions game and just observing the regulars. The other attraction of this bar is that the Breakfast Creek is (as far as I know) the only pub left in Queensland that still sells XXXX "off the wood" (ie from wooden casks).
I'm in no hurry to rush back to the Breakfast Creek this weekend, but we all really enjoyed both the steaks and the atmosphere in the public bar. Although there are plenty of challengers around Brisbane for great steaks, it's good to see that the Breaky Creek can still walk the walk.
What does all this mean? Good steak, an authentic public bar and XXXX off the wood - it's a Brisbane icon.
food bling ratings
Food - Good
Service - Collect your meals from the counter
Ambience - Relaxed outside seating, but can be noisy on weekends
Value for Money - Good
Wine - OK, but stick to XXXX off the wood
Vegetarian - Limited selection
Breakfast Creek Hotel
2 Kingsford Smith Drive
Breakfast Creek 4010
P - 07 3262 5988
E - breakfast.creek@alhgroup.com.au
W - http://www.breakfastcreekhotel.com/
5 comments:
According to the XXXX tour, Brekky Creek is definitely the only place that still has the wood barrels.
Really enjoying your reviews and have added a few places on the list of places to go.
This looks like Gam's sort of place. I think he'd better take advantage of my new-found ability to eat large quantities of meat since I got pregnant and make a visit. I always thought the Breakfast Creek Hotel sounded like one of those over-hyped places that people went to because it was popular, not because it was good... Maybe it's both! How busy was it on your visit?
Thanks Victoria - glad you're enjoying the blog and hope it leads you to some new places
Sarah - last time I went it was a saturday afternoon, we got there around 1ish. It wasn't too busy and we had a pretty leisurely lunch. But I've been there on a Sunday afternoon, and it can get absolutely packed - its not much fun then. A week night is probably a safe bet
Great to see another awesome brissy blogger! I've been dying to go back to the Brekky Creek - good to see they've still got a wide selection of steaks (especially wagyu..mmm...)
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