What does a pub steak sandwich cost?
A steak sandwich starts at $28.00 at the middle venue in this regular-menu sample. Compare the city and state figures before the next pub lunch.
median of one starting price per venue
Median regular steak-sandwich starting price, by city
Regular prices · AUD · n = contributing venues
- Melbourne$29.00289 venues
- Sydney$27.00310 venues
- Brisbane$27.00229 venues
- Gold Coast$27.9095 venues
- Perth$30.00229 venues
- Adelaide$28.0093 venues
- Canberra$26.4032 venues
Rows with fewer than 30 venues are omitted. Prices are for the named meal category. Portions, cuts, toppings, sides and conditions can differ; see the original listing in the venue download.
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A sandwich can still be a proper pub lunch
The steak, bread and sides do the work here. Menus differ on whether chips are included, so the venue download keeps the full dish name beside its price.
Keep the all-week price separate
These are regular menu prices. A lunch-only or weekday special can be cheaper, but it belongs in the specials search rather than lowering this all-week benchmark.
What does a pub steak sandwich cost?
| Place | Venues | Median | Mean |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 2,183 | $28.00 | $27.70 |
| Victoria | 436 | $29.00 | $28.89 |
| New South Wales | 648 | $26.98 | $26.26 |
| Queensland | 554 | $27.90 | $27.00 |
| Western Australia | 327 | $31.00 | $30.44 |
| South Australia | 120 | $28.00 | $27.64 |
| Tasmania | 41 | $28.00 | $28.07 |
| ACT | 32 | $26.40 | $25.10 |
| Melbourne | 289 | $29.00 | $29.04 |
| Sydney | 310 | $27.00 | $26.43 |
| Brisbane | 229 | $27.00 | $26.85 |
| Gold Coast | 95 | $27.90 | $26.89 |
| Perth | 229 | $30.00 | $30.06 |
| Adelaide | 93 | $28.00 | $27.93 |
| Canberra | 32 | $26.40 | $25.10 |
The data behind the report
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Frozen edition 2026-11-07-501081af9ed8. These download URLs remain attached to this snapshot.
What the fields mean
- venues / n
- Distinct contributing venues in that place and table; not all pubs in the area.
- value
- The venue price used in this report: lowest regular pint, venue-average pint, Guinness price, lowest matching dish or combined bill, as explained below.
- checked
- Recorded source-check date. Blank means a complete date is unavailable. For a venue average or bill, every part needs a date; the earliest date is retained.
- snapshot_date
- When the public PINTR catalogue snapshot was retrieved, not when every venue’s menu was checked.
How we counted
2,183 distinct venues contribute 2,183 venue-level figures to this report. 2,183 of those figures have a complete recorded source-check date.
- PINTR includes pubs, bars, clubs and other licensed venues. Every headline count refers to the matching PINTR sample, not every pub in an area.
- This is a snapshot of reported prices in PINTR, not a representative survey of every Australian pub. A venue without a matching price is outside the denominator, rather than counted as expensive.
- A table row needs at least 30 contributing venues. City areas use PINTR’s published state-boundary and radius definitions; neighbouring city catchments can overlap.
- A snapshot date records when PINTR’s public catalogue was retrieved. It does not mean each menu was checked that day. Individual source-check dates, including blanks, are retained in the downloads.
- Match the existing steak-sandwich category in regular food listings. Take the lowest matching price once per venue; exclude daily specials.
- Prices are for the named meal category. Portions, cuts, toppings, sides and conditions can differ; see the original listing in the venue download.
Prices come from PINTR’s published venue and price catalogue, retrieved . The public directory and downloads show the supporting figures. This report does not measure inflation, national market share or changes over time.
PINTR price methodologyCite this finding
PINTR’s “What does a pub steak sandwich cost?” report found a median of $28.00 across 2,183 matching venues.
PINTR. “What does a pub steak sandwich cost?” The PINTR Times. Catalogue snapshot 7 November 2026. https://www.pintr.com.au/articles/data/steak-sandwich-prices
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