<p class="ingestion featured-caption">I ordered strip steaks at STK and Capital Grille. Steven John</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>I ordered a strip steak and a Caesar salad at STK and <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/review-is-the-capital-grille-worth-it-for-family-2024-2">Capital Grille</a> to compare the chains.</li><li>STK served one of the best steaks I've ever had, but the meal there was twice as expensive.</li></ul><p>Both <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/review-is-stk-steakhouse-worth-it-for-family-2024-6">STK Steakhouse</a>, which has 20 locations in the US and a few more overseas, and Capital Grille, which has over 70 locations across the States, Mexico, and Costa Rica, have much to offer their diners. </p><p>The former has a more modern, chic feel with large open dining rooms, contrasting white and black design features, and interesting plating choices. All of these things rang true at its <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/see-how-the-ultrarich-live-nyc-central-park-tower-photos-2023-6">Midtown Manhattan</a> restaurant. </p><p>Capital Grille locations, on the other hand, have a more <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/status-symbol-item-sales-show-quiet-luxury-changing-americana-corporate-2024-9">old-fashioned luxury</a> feel. The Garden City location had deep-red leather booths, a thick crimson and gold carpet, and taxidermized animal heads on the paneled walls.</p><p>I ordered the same lunch at STK and Capital Grille to see which <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/keens-steakhouse-review-why-nyc-spot-is-famous-expensive-2024-7">high-end steak-house chain</a> offered the best food and value. </p>