Monarch Restaurant Menu Prices 2026: Steaks & Seafood

Monarch is a market-priced, fine-dining restaurant ($$$$) and prices change with the cut, the catch and the season. As a frame of reference, expect appetizers and pastas to land in the upscale range, wood-fired entrees to run higher, and the Butcher's Reserve steaks (dry-aged, Japanese A5 Wagyu, snow-aged spinalis sold by the ounce) to be the most expensive items on the board. A full dinner with a starter, a steak or entree, a side and a cocktail typically puts Monarch among the priciest restaurants in Dallas. Because pricing is set tableside on premium cuts and is not consistently published online, we do not list per-item prices here — confirm current pricing directly with the restaurant or your server.

Monarch sits on the 49th floor of The National at 1401 Elm Street in downtown Dallas, Texas. The dining room and bar wrap the top of the tower with sweeping skyline views, and the restaurant shares the building's upper floors with the Thompson Dallas hotel. It is a single fine-dining destination, not a chain — reservations are strongly recommended, and a business-casual-or-better dress code applies.

Monarch is led by chef Danny Grant, a two-Michelin-star chef and partner in the What If Syndicate restaurant group (also behind Kessaku and other concepts). His cooking at Monarch is described as light, fresh and technique-driven, built around a wood-fired hearth. The restaurant has been recognized in the MICHELIN Guide for Texas.

It's both. Monarch is best described as a wood-fired upscale American steakhouse with a strong modern-Italian backbone. The Butcher's Reserve delivers the steakhouse side — dry-aged ribeye and tomahawk, a Fiorentina porterhouse, Prime bone-in filet and Japanese Wagyu — while the house-made pastas (spicy rigatoni alla vodka, shortrib Bolognese, whole Maine lobster spaghetti) and Italian-leaning shareables give it the trattoria-meets-chophouse character that sets it apart from a traditional steakhouse.

The dishes Monarch is best known for include the Crudo (salmon, hamachi and tuna), the Wood Fired Meatballs served in a hot skillet, the Spanish Charred Octopus over black risotto, Momma's Spicy Rigatoni alla Vodka, the Whole Maine Lobster Spaghetti, and the wood-grilled Whole Branzino. On the steak side, the dry-aged ribeye and tomahawk and the Japanese A5 Wagyu from the Butcher's Reserve are the showpieces, and the Ossetra caviar service is the signature raw-bar splurge.

Yes. Monarch offers The Royale, a per-person chef's tasting menu billed as the best of the kitchen in a surprise, multi-course format. It's the easiest way to experience the range of the menu — raw bar, pasta, a wood-fired protein and dessert — without ordering a la carte. Because it's a premium chef's menu, it is one of the higher-priced ways to dine at Monarch; confirm the current per-person price and any wine pairing when you reserve.

Monarch is steak- and seafood-forward, but vegetarians have real options. The Caesar and Garden Vegetables salads, the Herb Ricotta Anolini pasta, the Black Truffle Risotto, Eggplant Parmesan, Wood Oven Roasted Oyster Mushrooms, charred asparagus and fire-roasted carrots are all meat-free as listed. The kitchen is a la carte and technique-driven, so the staff can typically guide vegetarian and dietary requests — mention any restriction when you book.

Reservations are strongly recommended at Monarch and can be booked through the restaurant or OpenTable. The dress code is business casual or better. As a 49th-floor fine-dining room it's a destination for special occasions, anniversaries and business dinners, so weekend and prime-time tables go quickly. A bar-and-lounge "Golden Hour" runs on select early-evening hours; confirm current timing with the restaurant.

They're in different leagues. Texas Roadhouse, Saltgrass, LongHorn and Outback are casual, value-priced sit-down chains where a sirloin runs roughly $14–$24 with sides included. Monarch is fine dining ($$$$) — dry-aged and Japanese Wagyu steaks, a raw bar with caviar, house-made pastas, a Michelin-recognized chef and a 49th-floor skyline room. If you want a great-value steak dinner, the casual chains win on price; if you want a special-occasion tasting-menu experience with premium cuts, Monarch is the splurge. We've linked those casual steakhouses below for direct price comparison.

This page covers Monarch in downtown Dallas, the Danny Grant / What If Syndicate restaurant atop The National. It is an independent, single-location fine-dining restaurant. Several unrelated restaurants also use the Monarch name in other cities — including a Monarch steakhouse in Aspen, a Monarch Chophouse in Black Hawk, Colorado, and others — so confirm you're looking at the Dallas location's hours, menu and pricing before you book.