Buffalo Steakhaus in Frankfurt am Main

We tried tenderloin and sirloin and both were delicious

Original review: The fillet steaks (BIFE DE LOMO) are terrific! The preparation succeeds (now rarely) to the point. The service is always very attentive, friendly and quick, apart from the bumpy greeting from the "supervisor" (if present). By the way, the garlic bread deserves special praise - sensational!!! Update: Food still great. But top-down treatment is no longer acceptable. In my opinion, insulting the employees in front of the guests' eyes and ears is not exemplary, but rather bad form - there are more polite and discreet rules for that. It has been a favorite for special occasions for many years now (even during the pandemic). It's a shame, but it's getting too annoying now. Atmosphere feels more and more like a classroom and less and less like a restaurant.

Hidden steakhouse. Nice quaint economy. Delicious steaks, salads and soups. Friendly and quick service. Very 👍 good.

I was there for the first time today and ate a 300g rump steak with potato wedges and sour cream. It was delicious. The ambience is great and the staff is also great for my taste. Neither intrusive nor absent - just the right mix. Another visit will definitely follow soon.

Best piece of meat I've ever eaten. Nice ambience. Great service. High prices.

The steak was acceptable, but the staff’s attitude was disappointing. We were rushed to finish before closing time, even though there were still ten minutes left, and they refused to serve coffee.

I would have liked to give zero stars, but unfortunately that is not possible here. Today we had reserved a table from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. (side note: we were regular guests because of the good steak and the friendly staff - except for the owner of the restaurant!). Due to traffic we were 25 minutes late, but this shouldn't or shouldn't be a problem since we had a time slot until 7:30 p.m. When we arrived we were hit by the boss because of the delay. He didn't even look at us while we talked, which is more than disrespectful to guests and pointed his hand - note: without even looking over - at a table with the remark "here". When we said that we were stuck in traffic, he said that he had also driven the car in Frankfurt today and there was no heavy traffic and we should have left in time (side information: we came from a city 30km away and not from Frankfurt City). Meanwhile he was typing something on his tablet and didn't look at us. For him, the customer is definitely not king, as the well-known saying goes. Very unfriendly and disrespectful. It may be that he made it to a restaurateur whose shop is always busy, but in our opinion he is a ZERO as a person. Because of the owner, the Buffalo has lost us and our friends, with whom we had dinner there today, as regular customers who left several hundred euros plus appropriate tips with each visit. After sitting down at the table for a moment, we got up again and left because we didn't want to eat there anymore after such behavior as we didn't feel welcome at all. The owner, who called us on his cell phone this morning at around 10 a.m. and again at around 5:35 p.m. to ask whether the reservation remained and where we were staying, didn't think it was necessary to call again after we got up and left unnoticed and asked what was going on or where we had suddenly gone.

Very tasty food and great service. Absolute recommendation!

Best steakhouse in town, I have been here for 10 years now. And this is my favorite spot in Frankfurt. Servers sometimes don't look friendly but this is how it is and they are nice actually.

Tried their Marinated rib eye (250g) medium with corn on the cob, was really nice 🤤 The appetiser bread and the spicy beef sauce was nice, but really spicy for me 🌶️🌶️ 配麵包的那個辣醬好吃但真的辣 It’s better to have reservation; or else it would be a long wait

Best Steakhouse in Frankfurt by far 👌 Well done 👍

Super! Best Steak in FFM, service is A1

Super tasty steaks 🤤🤤🤤 were here for the second time now. We'll be back in 2 years.

We were a group of eight and had a mixed experience overall. Unfortunately, only one bread basket was placed on the table for everyone, which we found insufficient, especially when we expected to order another one, which would be charged extra. The fixed times and the pressure to leave on time also didn't contribute to a relaxing evening. Given the amount we spent, we would have greatly appreciated the "on the house" gesture like in other restaurants, but unfortunately, they were charged for it. This place still needs to learn to be more appreciative and flexible.

As always, a good steak with good side dishes! Nice and courteous employees. Come back!!!

One of the best meat in Frankfurt. I'm always happy to go there again

Very delicious food... Service was perfect...

The food was very good, service was very friendly and quick. However, you should know that separate payment is not possible for groups of 3 or more people

Cuts, aged meats, fine beers... If you pass through Frankfurt, definitely have a dinner there!

My fav steakhouse in FFM ❤️ love the real grilled bbq flavor and even the tiny bits of burned fat around my rampstake tastes unforgettable 💯I also get onion soup / ox tail soup too. I come here few times a month.

Unfortunately the sirloin steak was much more than medium. Also strangely cut as a butterfly steak. Apparently leftovers were used up. At 10 p.m. on a Friday we were rudely asked to leave the restaurant because they were closing. Unfortunately, it's a shame.

Great friendly service, delicious food including smaller, cheap meat dishes, a bit hidden. Unfortunately, individual billing is not possible for groups of three or more people, but this is also indicated on the card.

Primarily very commendable: the house has already survived for 50 years! And: Open Monday to Saturday 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m Strange but acceptable: reservations only by phone. No more individual billing for groups of 3 or more. You can pay with 2 cards using your cell phone or smartwatch. Returned here again after what feels like 35 years. For me, a steakhouse used to be considered an “upscale restaurant” (admittedly at business expense). Nowadays we have reduced our meat consumption for health and ideological reasons. That's why good steakhouses are unfortunately on the decline. I still remember the “hype” of this house in the 70s on “Kleine Rothofstrasse”. At that time, Argentinian steaks were the “Non Plus Ultra” for me. In the 90s, the Buffalo moved to Kaiserhofstrasse, somewhat hidden down a flight of stairs into the back yard. For us the “Bermuda Triangle” with a Nighthawks atmosphere around it (B&B bar, Dominicus wine cellar/later Apfelwein-Klaus, the original Szechuan restaurant “Höfchen” in the courtyard in the Kaiserhof at the very back). Thankfully, the Buffalo's order book is still full, as I could see from the entries when the phone rang. “I'm very pleased” (Markus Lanz always says that... he probably means the same thing as I do). I found the atmosphere somehow homely. Glass house entrance with a view of the small screened outdoor (smoking) terrace. Inside, three rooms with precious/empty wine bottles on the shelves and plenty of “salutes” to meat eaters. An apron for sale with the inscription “Vegetarian is an Indian word for bad hunter” – in defiance of the modern “do-gooder vegan society”. The many service employees were busy and reminded me of the perfectionism of today's cider bars. People got along and joked with each other without neglecting the guests. Everything happened a little too quickly for “my taste”. Today, around 2:30 p.m. (after the lunch crowd of bankers/insurers/railway employees in Frankfurt) I spoke to the “old grill master” from the kitchen, who was taking a short break in the restaurant. He invented it, he said. And I was right: “despite his and my cooking and grilling skills at home, we will never be able to prepare the steak so perfectly.” I had the cheapest dish, number 6 on the menu: small beef steak, salad, fries for €19.50. It is a mystery to me how such a small, thin steak can be prepared to medium rare. My respect! My husband chose the Argentinian rump steak (Cadera Grande 300 g) for 28.00 and a side dish of baked beans (5 €). Complete satisfaction! The Argentinian Cabernet Sauvignon (red) wine (0.2 l for €10.50 and the 0.1 l glass for €5.50) was extremely pleasant and perfectly tempered. Yeast wheat beer (unfortunately only "Schöffi") is available from the barrel, unfortunately not in a 0.3 l glass. Anyway…. The espresso from the Joerges family roasting company in Obertshausen in Hesse for €3.05 isn't exactly cheap, but it seemed totally Italian: two thimbles full of flavor. The toilets are on the same level, so everything is barrier-free. Very aesthetic photos of women in the men's toilet and of muscular men in the women's toilet (in our hormone-reduced age, we place more value on a proper greeting and mental well-being). It even smelled nice here! It's just a shame that you can only dry your hands with a fan that spreads virus particles. Personally, I missed lobster soup on the menu. And a “Surf & Turf” offer. I am still extremely grateful for this institution!

Best steaks in Frankfurt in a calm, friendly and cozy atmosphere. It doesn't always have to be the extraordinary, because the down-to-earth is often much better with few frills!

I have been coming here for 15 years. Live in the states but make a point to layover in Frankfurt for the steak. I have traveled the world and by far the best steak I ever had. So disappointed to say it’s the worst service. The waiters are rude as if they are doing a paying customer a massive favor when they wait on them. But then the steak comes and I am reminded why I keep coming back. Take the steak sauce home. They sell it in a jar for your home grilling.

A great place for Valentine's Day. We went and loved it, the prices were normal, the waiters were very attentive.

It was loud inside, but great food for the price.

They really know how to prepare steaks here, because I ate one of the best rump steaks of my life here and at a good price and in top quality. The starter salad and the fries as a side dish were nothing special, but I would happily come back for the steak and the good service.

Average food for Frankfurt, location is good, but waiters are pushy. I didn't like having them around all the time, it seemed like they wanted to chase us away

Very tasty and the quality is always the same

Not recommended, or only as a tourist option. Quality of the food as well as service and cleanliness leaves a lot to be desired.

Ditch everything and eat the steak. I had a medium coocked ribeye. Very well-seasoned, tender, and well cooked. The servers are quick and experienced at their job clearly.

Meat 10/10 Supplements 5/10 Service 0/10

The best steak in town You have to make a reservation

If you want to enjoy good value steak, I recommend this place. The meat tastes really good. I ordered an appetizer, ribeye, and sirloin, but no side dishes.

Just very good. Meat cooked to perfection. The food was all very, very good. The service is sooo good. Perfect. Courteous, friendly. Rarely have we experienced such great staff, cuisine and ambience. We'll definitely be back.

The best steak in Frankfurt! My wife and I come here regularly. The steak is so juicy, the doneness is always perfect and the crust is on point.

Me apetecía mucho un filete así que buscamos un restaurante cerca de nuestro hotel, no reservamos y cuando llegamos había una espera de 30 minutos para una mesa, así que me alegro de haber esperado! Este fue uno de los filetes más bonitos que he tomado. Ribeye cocinado medio raro, perfecto! La ensalada verde estaba deliciosa con un aderezo muy agradable. Trajeron pan y salsa picante a la mesa que mi marido realmente disfrutó (un poco demasiado caliente para mí). Una buena cerveza ayudó a lavarlo todo.

Great steak! Service could be better. The Italian waiter is very moody and didn’t like as ordering Spanish wine

Buffalo Steakhouse – the best steakhouse in Frankfurt (value for money) 🥩🔥 I regularly and really enjoy going to the Buffalo Steakhouse. The quality of the food and especially the meat is excellent, the service is always extremely courteous, and the ambience is typically tidy for a steakhouse. My favorites are the 300 gram rump steak or the 180 gram beef fillet, which I often order with grilled peppers or a baked potato with sour cream. 🥔🌶️ If you like, you can eat the baguette with the hot sauce in advance or enjoy the steak with the hot sauce. 🥩🔥 The meat impresses every time with its excellent quality, and the price-performance ratio is absolutely fair given the central location and the attentive service. 💡 Tip: Be sure to reserve a table in advance! If you come by spontaneously, you should ideally be there by 12 p.m. to get a spot. If you would like to have a business lunch at midday, you should reserve a table in the left area (from the entrance). There the tables are placed a little further apart and you can have a little more undisturbed conversation. Payment options: Cards are accepted (except AMEX). 💳 I'm already looking forward to my next visit! 😋

On a personal recommendation, I reserved a table for lunch by phone. The rib-eye steak tasted really excellent and left nothing to be desired. The side dishes rounded off the experience perfectly. In my opinion the price is very reasonable for the quality. Great restaurant and I would recommend it at any time.

The steak so juicy even with less fat. I ordered tenderloin and my wife ordered the rib eye. One of the best steak we have ever had. Definitely a must try in Frankfurt.

Came from North Rhine-Westphalia for a short visit and wanted a good piece of meat. Service had treated us in a very prejudiced way. Steak was tasty and reasonably priced.

Top! Steak sauce is world class 👌🏽

Everything The Best....in Frankfurt Number ¹

Very good food and nice service. Best to reserve!

I think it is the best restaurant in Frankfurt. The steak is the best steak I've had in Europe haha. This is a highly recommended restaurant! I really recommend the medium rib eye steak, the side dishes such as corn and potatoes, and the dessert were all really delicious, and the glass of wine was also very delicious.

I had dinner at the restaurant last night. When I came home, serious vometing and diarrhea started. I catched a real bad food poisoning. Spent the night in the bathroom….

An extremely good 🥩 steakhouse in Frankfurt am Main on Kaiserhofstrasse, a bit hidden but well signposted. You should MAKE A RESERVATION here, the restaurant is busy. A delicious dish is put on your table here.

Understand why this steakhouse is always so busy, because their steaks are so good whilst they manage very well to serve the dishes efficiently. I ordered my steak medium rare, which was exactly how I liked it.

Amazing food.. excellent Had the ribeye steak with mushroom on the side and salad Everything wad excelleny

Alles bestens hier. Nettes Personal , gutes Essen, gute und preisgünstige offene Weine, freundliche Servicekräfte, zentrale Lage. Wir kommen wieder

The food and service were perfect. The homemade sauce is the reason to come back again.

It's a little pricey, but the food is delicious! I think it's better to make a reservation before going.

Very good food, especially the meat!! The waiters are very nice. Overall great service!

An interesting and somewhat iconic place. It is not located in a passable place; rather, on the contrary, you need to search a little more among the streets. But the owners and staff managed to create their own uniqueness and originality. The restaurant has been around for a very long time and has earned a positive reputation. The food and service are excellent. The premises themselves are small, for my taste the tables are close to each other, but maybe this adds to the atmosphere. The restaurant requires reservations even on weekdays.

Ein atemberaubendes Stück Fleisch, das uns da serviert wurde. Auf den Punkt gebraten, hervorragend gewürzt, ausserordentlich lecker. Das Team versteht sein Handwerk. Wir durften direkt neben der Küche sitzen und haben mit offenen Mündern dabei zugeschaut, wie der Magier am Bräter nach und nach jedes Stück Rind in höchster Perfektion rausschickte. In Kombination mit dem zuvorkommenden, humorvollen, aber nicht um Lustigkeit bemühten Kellnerteam ein glatter Durchmarsch zur Höchstbewertung.

Great steakhouse in Frankfurt - highly recommended!

This restaurant in Frankfurt is a great place for steak lovers! The steak was beautifully cooked, full of rich, delicious flavors, and the cozy atmosphere really enhanced the experience. Although the service could be a bit more polite, this did not affect the overall high quality of the food. Despite minor defects, it is worth paying a visit.

Steak was one of the best steak I had in recent years!!! Rich in flavours for their ribeye cook to perfection. Try to make reservation before you come!

I have often eaten steak here with various friends and everyone is enthusiastic about the good quality and the first-class service.

Price-performance doesn't fit at all.

The food is good, but there are two criticisms: - The seating there is very cramped and there is a relatively high noise level - The staff is sometimes only moderately friendly, and we were sometimes pressured to finish our bottle of wine quite persistently (every few minutes more was poured without asking)

Block House in downtown Frankfurt blew me away! From the moment we walked in without a reservation, the staff made us feel right at home, seating my family quickly and with a warm welcome. The steaks were nothing short of perfection—juicy, flavorful, and cooked exactly to our liking. The atmosphere was vibrant yet comfortable, making it the ideal spot for a memorable dining experience. Whether you’re a local or just visiting, this place is a must-visit. I’ll be back for sure whenever I’m in town! Follow more with a Pinch of Yum”

The steak was flavorful and good and the service was good as well. We’ll definitely come try it out again.

Experience décevante, paraît un peu a une fabrique de pognon. Les tarifs super élevés et restaurant à l'affût de vous arracher le maximum de sous.

Food and service very good, the tables were too close together for my taste.

In Frankfurt the classic for everyone who loves steaks. No fancy cuts, but top hip, top rib eye and mega delicious side dishes. Service is very routine and the food comes incredibly quickly. The price is appropriate for the quality, although not cheap

Best Argentinian ribeye and fillet steaks cooked near perfection. Highly recommended and will return again and again.

Exceeded expectations in every aspect! Will travel several hours JUST to come back again. Perfect experience, perfect steaks. I recommend the Ribeye and the Fillet!!

I asked several times for the steak sauce to be sent to me with advance payment. I live far away now. Not even an answer came, sad and weak.

They were super accommodating as we came late with a big party and they sat us down steak, sides, wine was just right for the night. Next time I’m in Frankfurt, I am coming back.

Perfect steaks and great personell. Yes it's a bit on the pricey side compared to generic restaurants. But come on its a steak house, when are those ever cheap and don't taste horrible? All in all you get more than you pay for, in my opinion.

Nondescript! Great! The best steak I've had in a long time. Thank you very much 🥩

After many years of longing, today I was back in the Buffalo in the heart of Frankfurt. With the foresight, I got there shortly before 6 p.m. and was able to get a table because all tables were reserved from 7 p.m. I visited the Buffalo for the first time in 1989 (at the other location in Ffm). What can I say... the fantastic meat quality has remained the same, if anything it has gotten even better... Just the fact that you can order any size here, which should actually be a given at a good steakhouse, I was happy with 400 grams of lomo (fillet medium rare) today. Rounded off of course with a beautiful red full-bodied Malbec. The staff was friendly as ever... many regular guests confirm this, some were even greeted by name… Come back!! And thank you very much...

Good steakhouse. Good quality steak and prepared just like you want it. Definitely would recommend this one over any other steakhouse chains you can find in Frankfurt.

One of the best Argentinian Steak I had.

Really loved the steak, it was absolutely amazing. Did not like the fact that they immediately asked me for a tip. I felt very pressured on giving a high tip with the men standing so close to me. In the and they also did not take any contactless cards so it was a big hassle to pay as well. Just calculate a tip of €10 because I feel like they will get mad otherwise and I would feel guilty all night.

Unfortunately we forgot to take photos of the steaks because we started eating straight away. It was too tempting. The service was super friendly, quick and warm. The steak was on point and I would have liked to eat another one. The prices are reasonable. I'm already looking forward to the next time. We would go there just for the steak sauce.

I had a steak and it was delicious! Damn, they force you to tip. I was in Ppu for 5 days and I was never forced to tip in any restaurant, but they tried to teach me that it is a culture in Germany where you always tip (I went there with my sister who lives in Ppu and she said it's not that kind of culture!), so I refused until the end, so they just ignored me after that... Haha, there wasn't even any service worth tipping. The meat was really delicious, but I have no intention of visiting again.

Very good steaks and generally good food.

Wow what a delight! Rib eye and tenderloin are killer! 🤩

This is an Argentinian Steakhouse restaurant. The service was the best I have received in a very long time. Waiters were very quick and responsive. The drinks, dinner and dessert arrived very quickly to my table. Something I really enjoyed about Buffalo Steakhouse was the possibility to order a steak at any size. I got 500grams of tenderloin, that was very nice. For dessert I got the chocolate suffle. - The custom size big steak showed prominently on the bill, that came to 98euro, but was worth every cent💪🏻🦖

This place rips you off if you look like a person who's on business trip or just a rich Foreigner. The waiter was very helpful and nice and the food was okay. As me and my friends was going to pay and gathered and totalled out amount, all of a sudden someone who looks in charge(I'm not sure a manager or a owner) comes at our table and tells that he will count and total our bill( take note: we weren't done completing and still calculating to add tip). After which he start getting in our faces and says " in Germany you have to pay TIP 10-12% of total bill." He was very aggresive and claims that it is a must and law in Germany. We spoke German and 3 in our table lived in Germany for more than 5 years and I my self lived for 3 years and never heard this kind of demand in Germany or this kind or service in my life. The end my mood was ruined and had a very bad experience and never wanna go back. Plus after an arguement and at this point I just wanted him to leave us and be on our way, he asks where are we from(he is judgemental towards a race at this point). What kind of restaurant will do these things and it wasn't cheap either.

A nice steakhouse in downtown Frankfurt. The main dish is pure meat! lol The most important part is the meat, which is exquisite in both taste and doneness, and the staff is extremely friendly. This popular store with a wide selection of wines is always crowded. Highly recommended for steak lovers!

Had dinner at the Buffalo Steakhouse today with friends for about 15 years. Meat was great. Well fried. Salad, whether seleri or beetroot, disappointingly prepared. But that's not what my review is about. 2 things really annoyed me that evening. 1. The owner (managing director) joins our conversation without asking and after a few funny words back and forth, shows me the middle finger for fun. I took it with humor, but that's not appropriate. Who does he think he is and who he has in front of him? 2. We had to wait 1.5 hours for 4 steaks. And they were put off with the cheeky excuse that they had to clean the grill during service (two hours before closing time). It's funny that the neighbor's table gets his food. If the truth had been spoken here, I wouldn't have been so blatant. But with a bill of 240 euros, you can give the guest a little respect. Definitely the last time for me and I will advise every friend against it. No apologies, no overpriced espresso on the house, nothing. Lies have short legs.

Great place for steak with plenty of choice.

I’ve been eating here every time I’m in Frankfurt and I always book table. Today I called the restaurant to book a table and person said for one person I don’t need to book and also it’s public holiday they are not busy. I said ok I’ll come later and I went there 1800pm and they are saying they are fully booked but I can have a table for 1 hour. I told them what I’ve been told they staff on the phone but he didn’t cared and said they don’t have a table. It was very rude of him and I never had issues before management and some other staff member are very friendly and good food but that waiter had attitude and it wasn’t nice at all…

Frozen fries or potato wedges are an absolute no-go for a good steak house! Given the prices you can expect fresh potatoes. Overall, there are better steakhouses in Frankfurt.

Good food, good service, price is bit expensive. When paying you have to pay a 10% service charge.

Today I was there for the first time and can only recommend it. The staff is very friendly, the selection and quality of the food leaves nothing to be desired. Only very loud when it's full.

Kamen um 15 Uhr spontan vorbei und wurden herzlich empfangen. Essen und Getränke bestellt. Vorspeise und Hauptgang. Essen, Bedienung, Service für uns top. Wir gehen sehr gerne wieder hin. Zu Stosszeiten kann sich eine Reservierung lohnen.

All the experience was perfect. Very good steaks, salad and shrimps. Beer very cold. Desert, ice cream! The waiter was very attentive, helpful and frendly.

top service, always friendly, food tip top

The restaurant hasn't got enough fresh air flow. The steak was good.

Classic when it comes to good steaks in Frankfurt. Nice ambience with a cozy outdoor area near the Fressgass. Colorfully mixed audience. Very pleasant and friendly service. We had steaks with fries and beforehand the delicious garlic bread. The open wines are a bit expensive. We had the Argentinian Carbernet Sauvignon with it. From 10 p.m. onwards, the restaurant clears out guests relatively quickly. We always enjoy coming here.

We always go to Buffalo when we are in Frankfurt. The quality of the food, the fast service and the atmosphere are A1. There is always a good atmosphere. The steakhouse is highly recommended. We'd love to come back.

SENSATIONAL - great steak, great quality - grilled to perfection - great service!!!!!! And now it comes: Maintaining this quality for 30 years is simply crazy. I take my hat off to the staff and the owners.

Very good steak and good wine. Nice service.

Rather small steakhouse inside but always full of people speaks for the quality. Rum steak was very tasty, side dish was rather minor. Price performance fits, ambience rather old school...