The Great Western Hotel on Stanley Street is a Rockhampton institution, and the steakhouse in its restaurant section serves what the town is famous for: Rockhampton beef, cooked properly. The steaks are large, the prices are fair, and the atmosphere is unapologetically country Queensland. The building itself is heritage-listed, with a wide veranda and the solid timber-and-corrugated-iron construction of the 19th-century Queensland pub.
If you are going to eat a steak in Rockhampton — and you probably should — this is the most authentic context in which to do it. The hotel also hosts live music and has a beer garden.