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The McDonald's steak bagel costs $6.79 and carries 680 calories with 34g of protein — the most of any breakfast sandwich they sell. It is also not available everywhere.
A McDonald's steak bagel contains 680 calories, 34g of protein and 1,510mg of sodium, and costs $6.79 at the national midpoint. Unlike every other breakfast sandwich, it is not on the national menu — availability depends on your region and franchisee.
Officially the Steak, Egg & Cheese Bagel, this is the only breakfast item McDonald's makes with beef, and the only one you might drive to a restaurant for and not find. This page covers the price, where it is actually sold, the full nutrition including a figure nobody else publishes, and what is inside. Prices for the rest of the board are on our McDonald's breakfast menu, and serving cut-offs are on breakfast hours.
Our surveyed national midpoint is $6.79 for the sandwich and $10.99 for the meal with hash browns and a small Premium Roast Coffee. That makes it the most expensive single breakfast sandwich on the menu, ahead of every McMuffin, McGriddle and other bagel.
This is the question that matters most about the McDonald's steak bagel, and the one every other guide skips. The Steak, Egg & Cheese Bagel is not a national menu item. Some regions carry it permanently, some run it for limited spells, and some restaurants have never stocked it at all.
Steak patties need their own freezer space, their own holding cabinet slot and their own supply line, for one item that sells in far lower volume than a McMuffin. Franchisees in lower demand markets skip it. That is also why it disappears and reappears — operators add it when breakfast traffic supports it and drop it when it does not.
A McDonald's steak bagel is 680 calories with 34g of protein. That protein figure is the highest of any breakfast sandwich McDonald's sells, and higher than the Big Breakfast platter at 27g. There is a less flattering number further down the label.
680 for the sandwich, 825 for the meal. The gap is only 145 calories because hash browns are 140 and a small black coffee is 5. The price gap is $4.20, which is where the meal maths gets less appealing.
Full menu comparison on McDonald's nutrition and calories.
A McDonald's steak bagel holds six things, and two of them appear on nothing else at breakfast: a seasoned steak patty and grilled onions. The rest is a toasted plain bagel brushed with real butter, a folded egg, two slices of American cheese and McDonald's breakfast sauce.
Contains wheat, milk, egg and soy. Not suitable for gluten free, dairy free or vegetarian diets. Full detail on McDonald's own product page.
Four bagels sit in the range where all four are stocked, and the McDonald's steak bagel is the most expensive and the highest in protein. It is not, however, the highest in calories — the sausage version beats it by 30.
No. Breakfast only, ending between 10:30am and 11:00am at most restaurants. All Day Breakfast ran from 2015 to 2020 and has not returned nationally. If your branch stocks the McDonald's steak bagel at all, it stops when breakfast stops. Times are on our breakfast hours page.
680 calories, with 34g of protein, 35g of fat and 57g of carbohydrate. That is McDonald's published figure for the Steak, Egg & Cheese Bagel. The meal with hash browns and a small coffee is 825.
Because it is not a national menu item. Availability varies by region and by franchisee. Some restaurants carry it permanently, some run it for limited spells, and some have never stocked it. Check the live menu in the app with your restaurant selected rather than the national website.
$6.79 at the national midpoint, and $10.99 for the meal. It is the most expensive single breakfast sandwich McDonald's makes — more than the whole Big Breakfast platter at $5.69.
A toasted plain bagel brushed with real butter, a seasoned steak patty, a folded egg, two slices of American cheese, grilled onions and breakfast sauce. The steak and the grilled onions appear on nothing else at breakfast.
34g, which is 68 percent of the daily value and the highest of any breakfast sandwich on the menu. For comparison an Egg McMuffin gives 17g and the Big Breakfast platter 27g.
The protein is excellent at 34g. The rest is less so: 15g of saturated fat is 75 percent of a day, 1,510mg of sodium is 66 percent, and the 1.5g of trans fat is unusually high for a single item on this menu. It is a nutritionally expensive way to get that protein.
A creamy, mildly peppery sauce used only on the bagel range. No McMuffin, McGriddle or biscuit carries it. It is closer to a seasoned mayonnaise than anything else on the menu, and you can ask for it to be left off.
The McDonald's steak bagel has 7g more protein and 30 fewer calories, but costs $1.50 more. The sausage version is 710 calories with 27g of protein at $5.29. If protein per dollar matters, the sausage bagel wins; if protein per calorie matters, the steak does.
Neither. It contains wheat, milk, egg and soy, and there is a beef patty in it. There is no gluten free bagel on the US menu and no way to modify this sandwich to suit either diet.
No. Breakfast only, ending between 10:30am and 11:00am at most restaurants. All Day Breakfast ran from 2015 to 2020 and has not returned nationally. Times are on our breakfast hours page.
Prices shown are based on typical U.S. McDonald’s menu prices as of August 2026 and may vary by location. Check your local restaurant or McDonald’s app for the latest prices.
Timing questions are answered on breakfast hours .