For the last decade, Marcel in West Midtown has been the Atlanta steakhouse. You’ll usually find couples celebrating anniversaries cuddled up in big corner leather booths. The space is also discreet because of the blackout curtains and amber lighting. Marcel’s delicious steaks are always flame grilled to your liking and pan-finished in an herb butter. Pair one with the thin and crispy frites, which come with a gravy boat of amazing bearnaise that we always polish clean.

With a $40-per-ounce wagyu steak, private dining room, and cigar lounge, Chop Lobster Bar is a two-level Buckhead institution. Both floors offer the same menu and attentive white tablecloth service, but the upstairs Chops feels like a mahogany-heavy country club while the downstairs Lobster Bar is a bit more casual and louder. In both spaces, you’ll see quality steak cuts and other signatures like the lightly fried lobster morsels or the tableside shiitake and warmed spinach salad.

A steakhouse with soul food sides is the restaurant we never knew we needed until LowCountry Steak. Helmed by an Atlanta-raised celebrity chef (who also has a spot in the airport), this stylish Midtown restaurant offers a catch-all of classic steak and Southern favorites. With several choice cuts of steak—along with crab claws drenched in Cajun butter, lobster-heavy mac and cheese, and a skillet cornbread that almost works as dessert—there's something for everyone.

For a Buckhead steakhouse, Hal’s has some serious dive bar qualities. There's a piano bar downstairs. People puff on cigars, order vodka sodas (there’s no cocktail menu), and watch TVs. Upstairs is quieter, but the white tablecloths, dim lights, and a rare dress code are the only hints that it’s a steakhouse. There are four steak options on the menu, with sides like potato cubes sitting along more indulgent options like the lobster mac and cheese.

Come to Buckhead’s New York Prime if you like your steaks with a Pittsburgh char or an old school vibe with massive leather booths and dim lighting. All their selections are aged for 28 days and have that crispy exterior with a flame-caramelized flavor and a juicy interior. If you’re doing date night, make sure to get the 40-ounce tomahawk ribeye. And sides like their pound baked potato loaded with chives, butter, and bacon bits or crispy onion straws help round out the meal.

If you're in the mood for a ribeye before noon, C. Ellet's jazz brunch has you covered. Eating a giant pancake stack with quality steak benedict while listening to a bass-backed jam session is always a nice way to bookmark the weekend. And we love the French New Orleans touches on the menu—lagniappes like crispy fried oysters in a creamy pepper gravy make the steaks taste even more impressive.

This isn’t your grandparents' steakhouse. Electronica tunes coming from the speakers reinforce that, but the omakase-style Japanese steak dinner makes things crystal clear. Prefecture in Buckhead offers a tasting menu of all their best dishes, including lobster rice, a cheesy wagyu slider, and three other steak dishes.

Located in the Intercontinental Buckhead, the spacious restaurant rarely draws large crowds, so Americano’s intimate booths are perfect for conversations. The Italian steakhouse offers the usual cuts, which are sliced and served on a giant wooden cutting board with your choice of sauces. And the best move here is to come with tablemates to share a few plates, like their giant porterhouse for two, the spaghetti pomodoro, and the cheesy polenta with mushroom au jus.

Don’t let its shopping center placement throw you off. Steak 101 is an upscale steakhouse—and one of the best big night out dinners in the Vinings neighborhood. Every Friday and Saturday, a musician serenades the dim bar area and its cast of regulars. Couples cuddle in big half-circle booths that provide privacy. The venue meets all fancy steakhouse expectation—a long list of quality cuts, add-on steak butters, great seafood, and family-style sides.

If you want a low-key, fancy steak dinner without the dress-to-impress pressure, head to KR Steakbar. It’s in a quiet pocket of Buckhead, but this place fills up with folks who treat Saturday dinners like a weekend ritual. If you didn’t make reservations, you can still easily find a spot at the bar. But it doesn’t matter where you sit when an order of perfectly charred pork belly and a delightful bowl of cacio e pepe hit the table.