Dining out as an experience, not for food.
Thus for restaurants, optimize for aesthetics and the dining experience, not the food.
If you want to optimize your food intake, best to just cook your meat at home. For example, even though I love all you can eat Korean barbecue and all you can eat shabu shabu, the price of admission to a buffet, around $25-$30, is much more expensive than buying $25-$30 worth of meat to cook at your own house.
Also, if your goal is to eat as much meat as possible, and to lose as much body fat as possible, never eat out at a restaurant. Why? Because all restaurants always find a way to sneak sugar into your food.
Therefore the simple take away is this: when it comes to eating out, only do it for special occasions like someone’s birthday or or gatherings with friends and family. Choose a restaurant based on what you consider to be the best dining experience, with the best interior design and aesthetics, not the food.