About Ox & Grill
Ox & Grill operates inside the Serena Business Complex at street level — the same complex that holds the Islamabad Serena Hotel, the Leading Hotels of the World property that is the most-prestigious five-star in the capital. The restaurant is the city's reference steakhouse: marble floors, distinctive dark-wood-and-brass decor, leather-banquette seating, and a wine cellar that holds the limited-supply imported reds permitted under Pakistan's diplomatic-licence scheme.
The signature is the premium beef. The kitchen serves dry-aged Australian and US rib-eye, tenderloin, and porterhouse — the cuts are aged for 28-35 days and grilled over charcoal at 600°C. Sides are the steakhouse classics (truffle mashed potatoes, creamed spinach, asparagus). A two-course steakhouse dinner for two with two premium cuts, two sides, and a desert runs PKR 18,000-25,000 ($65-90), making it Islamabad's most-expensive non-hotel-buffet restaurant.
The room is engineered for business dinners. The marble floors, the leather banquettes, the dim warm lighting, the spaced-out tables, and the discreet polished service from the senior Serena waitstaff all add up to a space where conversations carry without leaking. The capacity is around fifty across the dining room and the private booth section.
Reservations are essential at the corporate-dinner peak Tuesday-Thursday windows; one-to-two weeks ahead for the prime 8-9pm tables. The restaurant accepts cards, and the post-dinner espresso-and-petits-fours service runs efficiently — a 90-minute business dinner is realistic.
Best Occasion Fit
For closing deals — the marble-and-brass setting, the premium beef, and the spaced tables make Ox & Grill the city's reference power-table. The Serena address itself signals seriousness to the visiting Islamabad-Pakistan diplomatic and business class. As an impress-clients choice it is the safest answer in the capital.
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