If you want a good steak head to the midwest, even the shitty (independent) restaurants do pretty good (not the chains like outback or texas roadhouse).

I've had a 500 dollar waygu (yes it had the stupid certificate and everything) in Las Vegas that wasn't any better than a 30 dollar angus in Iowa.

Most of the "top rated" steakhouse are rated for something completely unrelated to the food like "best atmosphere" or "best wine selection", things that have nothing to do with the quality of the meat.

In my experience the nicer the restaurant, the worse the steak. And if they are doing gimmicky bullshit for social media it's because the food sucks. I have found it's a pretty solid standard to go by. There are of course exceptions to that but it has been a fairly solid guide line for me.

All of that aside look for a place with dry aged beef that can tell you the name of the butcher they bought the cow from. They will be * more * likely to have a decent cut.

And finally, it could just be that steak is not for you, not everyone has to like everything.