Hawaii Steak in Side: The House Speciality That Carries Our Name

The Hawaii Steak is the house signature steak at Hawaii Restaurant & Bar in Side old town — the dish that carries the restaurant's own name, listed under House Specialities and grilled over real wood fire and charcoal. It's cooked to your preferred level, and today's price is always on the live menu.

The steak that carries our name

A restaurant only puts its own name on one dish. At Hawaii Restaurant & Bar — cooking in Side old town since 2000 — that dish is the Hawaii Steak, and it sits in the House Specialities section of the menu for a reason. When the name on the door is the name on the plate, there is nowhere to hide: this is the steak we are happy to be judged by.

On the menu itself it appears simply by name, without a paragraph of small print. So here's the honest version: if you want the full details of how it arrives on the day — the cut, the trimmings, what shares the plate — ask your server when you sit down. They'll talk you through it, and the live menu always shows the current listing with today's price. We update prices there, never in articles, so nothing you read here will go out of date.

Fire, charcoal, and how we cook it

Steaks at Hawaii are cooked over a real wood fire and charcoal grill — the kind of fire you can smell before you see it. That grill has anchored this kitchen in Side old town since 2000, and it's the single biggest reason a steak here tastes the way it does.

Order it the way you actually like it. Rare, medium, well done — tell your server your preference and the grill does the rest. If you're not sure what to ask for, our plain-English guide to steak cooking levels settles the question before you sit down.

Ingredients come into the kitchen fresh daily, and the fire is the same one that anchors the whole meat section — there's more on that in our piece about the wood fire and charcoal grill.

Who orders the Hawaii Steak — and when

It's the natural call for first-time visitors who want the house answer to "what should I have?" On any menu worth its salt, the dish named after the restaurant is the safest confident order there is. It also suits steak regulars who've worked through the classics elsewhere and want to see what a Side institution is willing to put its own name to.

Timing is easy, because the kitchen runs daily from 10:00 to 02:00. Come at normal dinner hours and you get the full old-town evening around you; come in late after a beach day or a night out and the grill is still lit long after most Side kitchens have gone dark. Families fit in comfortably too — there's a kids menu and alcohol-free kids cocktails, so a steak night doesn't have to be an adults-only plan.

What to drink with it

Red wine and charcoal-grilled meat is the oldest pairing in the book. We won't list bottles or brands here — the drinks selection, like everything else, lives on the live menu with today's prices, and your server will happily point you to the right glass for a steak. What we can promise is timing: arrive between 19:00 and 20:00 and you'll catch Happy Hour, which runs every single day.

Once the plates are cleared, the old-town way to close a steak dinner is a cocktail — start with our signature Blue Hawaii guide, or go cold with the frozen cocktails rundown. And nobody at the table is left out: the alcohol-free kids cocktails mean the youngest diners get a proper glass of their own.

Where it fits on the wider menu

The Hawaii Steak is the flagship of a serious grill section. If you're still weighing options, our rundown of the steakhouse side of Hawaii maps the territory, the T-bone is the big-cut classic alternative, and the mixed grill solves the can't-decide problem by putting several grilled meats on one plate. Whichever way you go, it all comes off the same fire.

Price, booking and getting here

We never print prices in articles, because the menu is live and prices can change — today's Hawaii Steak price is always on the live menu.

On busy summer evenings, booking is worth doing: reserve a table in advance on our reservation page, or message us on WhatsApp at +90 533 930 12 83. Staying outside the old town? We run free round-trip hotel pickup from selected hotels, and an affordable two-way transfer for hotels farther out — how it works is in our free hotel pickup guide. You'll find us on 512. Sk. in Side old town, Manavgat/Antalya, open every day from 10:00 to 02:00. Takeaway and nearby delivery are available too — though a steak from a charcoal grill is at its very best the moment it leaves the fire.