This is a steak restaurant with a sense of humour, a distinct understanding of what constitutes a fun night, and a love for great deals. From the naughty meat-themed messages written in lipstick on the mirror in their dining room, to their fantastic £27 per person ‘all in’ option that involves a heady mix of beef, snacks, sides, and chops, Blacklock should rank highly on your list of go-to places for a steak. They’ve also got locations in Covent Garden, the City, Shoreditch, and Canary Wharf, but their feelgood Soho spot is our favourite.

With a reputation such as this one, it's no surprise that Blacklock has opened up another site in London - making all your meaty dreams come true. The restaurant's biggest location yet, it's prime spot in the heart of the West End makes it a solid choice for any pre or post theatre-goers. As usual, choose the size of chop; the source of the chop (lamb, beef or pork) and, of course, your sides.

If you come back to the office after lunch later and sweatier than usual, then you’ve done Blacklock right. While you could order a huge dry-aged steak with beef-dripping chips or the signature plate of chops scorched with a 200 year-old clothes iron – and we wouldn’t fault you for it – there’s also a few hand-held items designed specifically for lunching carnivores short on time; a pork belly bun wrapped in crispy crackling or a steak sarnie that sees tender sliced hanger steak, topped with bone marrow, finished with watercress, and thrown into a ciabatta roll. It’s all just over a tenner too, so throw in a Blacklock beer and you’ll still be within decent budget.

Blacklock At Home truly considers every last detail when it comes to its delivery service. The famed steak and chophouse has given thought to every last part of your dining experience, from the pre-dinner cocktail to easy-to-follow instructions to different Spotify playlists for your situation, be it a date night, evening with friends or with family. The standard of produce is high and the portions are bountiful - the All in at Home features a selection of beef, lamb and pork skinny chops for two and mouthwateringly good chop sauce to cover it all with, beef dripping oven chips, kale and parmesan salad, bread and a white chocolate cheesecake for dessert.

Best for: smoky chophouse meatsWhat to order: roast chicken with a side of mac and four cheeses. After the success of its at-home meal kits, Blacklock is now catering to the masses and sending straight-from-the-kitchen dishes to your door via Deliveroo. Kicking off with its Shoreditch branch, the steak and chophouse favourite has picked its bestsellers, such as pork and lamb chops with chop sauce or Blacklock gravy and hearty mac 'n' four cheeses, and added a few new surprises in the form of giant roast chickens and a crunchy Caesar salad.

A resounding hipster hit in Shoreditch, Blacklock was born from a love of the traditional London Chophouse so don’t be fooled by its trendy interior and clientele – this is everything true British food is all about in its most familiar and unpretentious form. Savoury dishes are true to the cause, so expect cull yaw crumpets with gravy, smoked bacon chops and rump cap steaks. Don’t miss the cocktail menu either – the ‘Usual Suspects’ with jalapeño tequila, Aperol, grapefruit and Prosecco is one of our favourites.

Set up as a subterranean ode to the 17th century chophouses that were quite the thing in London back in the day, the City branch of Blacklock serves a broader menu than other locations. It still strives to serve the finest grass-fed meat at affordable prices, however, with a special selection of lunch-break-friendly dishes that are served swiftly, for example the Pork Belly Bun or the Blacklock Burger. On the other hand, if you’ve got extra time on your hands, try spending it at the separate cocktail bar.

Having long catered to city slickers with meaty appetites, there’s no shortage of good steak in the Square Mile but the best (in our humble opinion) is to be found at Blacklock. All meat is sourced from the Warren family, who have been rearing and dry-ageing native and rare breed high-welfare animals on their farm in Cornwall since 1880. Despite this pedigree, a slap-up meal here won’t break the bank, with the prime Porterhouse coming in at £10/100g and cocktails very keenly priced from £8 each.

Blacklock is a lock for one of the best value steaks in the city. Every branch has big chops and off-the-bone cuts of beef, lamb, and pork that'll have you salivating at the smell of them kissing the grill. The prime rib here is one for the brave; for those unafraid of increasing their blood pressure, for those willing to risk it all for a maillard crust and coral pink flesh that bleeds flavour all over the platter it's served on.

This former East End furniture factory serves up quality grass-fed meat from butchers Phillip Warren in Cornwall, cooked over a charcoal grill. The restaurant’s décor, with its original crittal windows, leather recliners and Rosewood dining chairs, gives a nod to it’s industrial past. Steaks are dry aged up to 55 days, with cuts such as Denver, rump fillet, rump cap and rib eye on the menu.

Blacklock Soho, what a hidden gem in the heart of London’s vibrant Soho district!. From the moment you step foot into this charming establishment, you are welcomed by an atmosphere that oozes warmth and character. The narrow staircase entrance might be a bit tricky to navigate, but once you descend into Blacklock Soho, it opens up into a cozy haven where good food and great company abound.

The latest Blacklock is in a listed building just off Bedford Street in Covent Garden in what was once the location for the King's Coachmakers and it's their biggest yet. The mid-century modern/industrial feel is welcoming and the menu focusses on the affordable and sustainable approach to meat that is central to Blacklock's approach. A starter of Cull Yaw Crumpet signals what lies ahead.

For an experience that’s lavish in all the right ways, you’d best check out Blacklock Soho, one of the top-rated restaurants in London. The location is one of the main unique points of this London restaurant – it’s set within what used to be a Soho brothel. Today, things are a little better behaved and instead it’s one of the city’s best steak restaurants.

It can sometimes feel like London does not need another steak-based franchise, but Blacklock manages to find a niche within them: when Hawksmoor feels too grand, Flat Iron too slight, Blacklock provides the right blend of meat, cocktails and smoke. If beef isn’t your thing, then its Barnsley chop remains one of the best in the city. What’s the steak like?

What: Much-loved British chophouse Blacklock does Londoners the courtesy of serving top quality steaks and chops for an affordable price. Our favourite deal of the lot is the 'all in', which includes pre-chop bites followed by a mix of beef, pork and lamb skinny chops, plus charcoal-grilled flatbreads and a choice of sides for £26 a head.

For bloody good caveman-like feast, head to this basement in Soho, brought to you by an ex-Hawksmoor guy Gorden Ker, who sure knows how to cook a bit of meat. Sundays are jolly here. It’s all about the roasts, with meat cooked over English oak, served up with duck fat-roasted potatoes.

Blacklock presents an existential challenge to American barbecue fans who think they’re the world’s best meat masters: The extravagant "meat mountain” roast (as Food Insider puts it), pictured above, is piled precariously atop browned potatoes and Yorkshire pudding and walloped with…

Blacklock is a chops restaurant first and a very affordable one at that. The skinny chops piled on bread is the order of the day here, but you can also have some bigger bone-in cuts. They include prime rib, sirloin and porterhouse - and the rump cap is worth a look too.

Blacklock has become firmly entrenched in the city’s steakhouse scene, in a large part because of their excellent suppliers – notably Matt Chatfield of The Cornwall Project, and the third-generation farmers & butchers at Warrens.