outback steakhouse

love it!. we visit this outback about once a week. everything is consistently good! i love the service and the food! things we order most often are the tuna appetizer, wedge salad, outback special (sirloin steak), and the salmon. these things never fail to please. i would definitely recommend outback to anyone wanting a great meal at a reasonable price.

quite an adventure for lunch. went for lunch on a sunday. the restaurant wasn't busy thus we were seated immediately. the waitress appeared to be fairly new and we can live with that. i ordered the 6oz sirloin and a shrimp kabob , tortilla soup and a caesar salad. strange combination---right? my spouse ordered the grilled chicken and sweet potato along with a garden salad. in her case the salad was extra as that meal only comes with one side and the chicken. the other one in the party ordered chicken fried chicken and broccoli. the chicken fried chicken was large and covered with gravy. there was a small loaf of brown bread and butter. the loaves are rather small and just enough for two people. the soup was served. tortilla---that was just warm. should have returned it to the kitchen but did not. the caesar salad was in a cold bowl however the lettuce was at room temperature and a little wilted. the steak was cooked exactly as ordered and was very good. there was a shrimp kabob on the side that contained four very small shrimp coated with a green sauce and a spoon of cooked red tomatoes. i ate the tomatoes and brushed the green "stuff" aside as i did not like the taste. the shrimp was just okay and i would not order again. the chicken fried state i was told was delicious. the person ordered another extra gravy to completely coat the chicken fried chicken. my spouse ordered the garden salad with dressing on the side.. the dressing never arrived and it was some time before the waitress came by the table and by that time my spouse had consumed the salad. the waitress offered to bring some dressing however another person showed up with a small cup of the dressing which was allowed to remain on the table as the salad was completely consumed.i ordered ice tea and the order two water. the ice tea glass was never refilled. one person ask for a refill on their water.i ask for my check and presented tow gs to pay for the meal which came to $39 and some cents. the two cards were for $40 and when the waitress returned to the table she advised me i owed an addition $13. i figured and refigured and it seem to me that the $40 in gift cards should cover a $30 meal and all i would owe would eb the tip. i ask her to recheck the math and it was obvious that was going to be a challenge. she said she would take the bill to the manager. when she returned the restaurant owed me about 50 cents and she apologized for the incorrect amount presented. rather than use a credit card which i knew was going to be confusing, i ieft cash for the tip. i think one might agree we have had an interesting lunch. would i return---i am probably nuts but probably would and just hope and pray for a different waitress.with this adventure i cannot rate higher than three stars.


-----04 oct, 2014-----

better steaks at a lot of other places. for the past three nights our tv has displayed outback steakhouse ads promoting a steak platter with all you can eat shrimp. thus we took the family and headed for the nearest outback tonight. not many customers at 6:30pm and we were seated promptly and given a menu. we knew what we were going o order however there was a small problem. that special was nowhere to be found. our waiter appeared and we explained that we were there for the steak and shrimp special and he advised that was another menu so he brought us the second menu and then he cautioned that they were out of crispy shrimp and that only garlic butter shrimp was available.

perhaps i am just picky, but if i had paid for a national tv ad to get customers to come into my restaurant wouldn’t i at last have the ad specials? was there a substitute for the crispy shrimp, yes there was garlic butter which i do not like. he agrees to have my shrimp just grilled without the garlic. i ordered the 5 oz sirloin steak. we were served a loaf of bread with butter. in the butter cup was about a teaspoon of butter for the four of us and the bread loaf was so small, i at first thought it was a joke.

the food came and what was on my plate was 9 of the tinest grilled shrimp you could hope to find. one bite and you could consume all nine of them. since it was all you can eat i knew i would be asking for seconds and many more. the steak, now that is another issue. it was a chuck of meat about 1 1⁄2 to 2 inches think and about four inches long. i have no ideal what kind of cut it was. i ordered the steak “medium” and i took the table knife and tried to cut me a slice that was not going to happen, so i opted for the steak knife and like a saw i cut toward me time and time gain until a small slice fell to to plate. years ago i was a butcher in a grocery store and tonight i met my match was a chunk of meat that i was hoping came from a side of beef but where in that side i would not be able to determine.

the flavor of the steak was actually good, not too dry and being cooked medium just right. wish i knew what i was eating. ordered a refill on the shrimp which were dripped in butter and put on a grill for a short time. i think the hutter was there to cover up the garlic.

the waiter and manager cam by the table to see if everything was okay and could they get me anything else. i thought, but did not say, yes bring me a steak. as we left there were still many empty tables and i think i have a small clue as to why.

i know outback can do better than this and perhaps it’s just this location. i will head to another location the next time i see that tv ad.


-----23 jun, 2010-----

good outback. we recently took a small party to this location for steaks. they were not disappointed as everyone had a very good meal. the service was excellent. plenty of free parking on site.

ordered steak and lobster tail with fosters, i loved the lobster tail and steak was so so. meshed potatoes were with skin and not properly meshed.
service was ok.

really nice to see the new location in hurst. it has been a while since we visited an outback but their refreshed menu and atmosphere was really nice. good value for the money. service was friendly too.

ate there two nights ago at the bar. i had 6oz filet and lobster tail with baked potato and broccoli. the food was excellent. the staff was very friendly, funny, and attentive. i went back last night, and, being a creature of habit, i ordered exactly the same meal. second time around, the steak was slightly less done than i had requested, and they forgot to give me butter for the potato. again, the same bartender was friendly and funny. she forgot to bring bread after we talked about it. i would have reminded her, but i was tired and trying to eat a little healthier anyway. the regulars are very friendly and funny there too.

overpriced for the amount and quality of the food.

i always hate being seated at a wet table. it just makes me feel like it isn't really clean. the seat was wet too. ugh! take 5 seconds and dry off what you just wiped down if you will seat customers immediately!

we got our food before we received utensils. another pet peeve of mine.

i love steakhouses and love steak. theirs isn't bad. but, it is far from being really good. their steaks are always tough it seems like. i ordered sirloin and crab legs. the food came in a reasonable amount of time and the plating was visually pleasing. the steak was okay but nothing special. the crab legs were cold and i was not brought the additional butter i requested when i ordered

the house salad was actually pretty good.

as steakhouses go this one is far from the top of my list

good experience. outback at one time was our family "go-to" for every occasion, but they went through a period of what i would call a dumbing down of the dining experience. i suppose they were trying for an additional demographic which probably worked well for them. nevertheless, after a few years, enjoyed my ole stand by, the victoria filet and couldn't have asked for anything better. the food, prices and services made for a great day.

tried something new on the menu; the ribeye sandwich with bacon. i expected a philly style cheesesteak with thinly sliced rib eye but it wasnt like that. cheesy but lacking flavor. service here is great.

poor service. we came in to get out of the rain and eat around 8:30. the food was good as usual, but our server rushed us out. she clearly had someplace else to be. i purposely stayed longer to annoy her. i gave her 20% but she didn't even stay to pick it up.

i've given them 3 trys. the first time was last year. i walked out after 15 minutes of not being waited on. the second time was late last year. the service was just plain slow. tonight it was slow, but i decided to stick it out. what i found unacceptable, which has finally pushed me over the edge of not returning, was their decision to allow a patron to sit at the bar with his dog. no this was not a service dog. it was an old boxer that laid in the pathway. boxers are my favorite dog, but this was inappropriate. they finally have run me off.

awful!. we went on a recent friday night & the place was very busy. after we were seated i ordered the prime rib & lobster tail platter. this was absolutely the worst prime rib i have ever been served. it was so tough i had to saw at it with my steak knife & was so salty i could just barely eat some. i ate half of the serving & gave up. the lobster tail was over-cooked & flavorless. it was so tough i had to use my steak knife on it!!!! a steak knife to get the lobster out! the baked potato was very good though. service was pretty good for high school aged servers.

best steakhouse around.

stopped in last night with a party of 9 and we all left very happy! great service and steaks!

3-cara. i couldn’t wait the drive to get there. i went to outback for my restaurant because my little sister chose to go there for her birthday dinner. i had a good time there and would go again. the atmosphere was interesting, the service was alright, and the food was great.
as soon as you walked in you could smell the delicious food. there were quite a few people there but we didn't have to wait for a table. decorations were meant to look like we were in australia in the “outback”. it had all sorts of interesting decorations. it was a nice place and it looked very clean. i went to the bathroom and it was very clean there was plenty of toilet paper and soap and it didn’t smell horrible.
the waitress was nice and polite. she took our orders and was patient with my little sisters when they would not make up their minds. she also came to check with us often. we got our drinks and our appetizers fairly quick. our actual food took what felt like forever to arrive. it had to be more than thirty minutes of a wait. i ordered was a steak, some rice and a salad with dr. pepper for a drink. the steak i ordered was great. it was exactly how i ordered it to be cooked and was juicy. my rice was good, it was a little dry but i liked it otherwise. my salad was good and crispy but i didn't eat very much of it because i was so full from the amazing steak.
in conclusion dinner at outback was great. i had a good time with my family. i enjoyed the food, atmosphere, and service. everything went smooth and there were no mess-ups with any of the food. it was also very clean. my family and i will probably go back in the future.

so outback just called. they apologized profusely and are completely taking care of the situation. great customer service! and we will be going back soon.


-----28 oct, 2012-----

don't eat here. 4 out of our 5 meals were under cooked and my best jacket was stolen!

first time @ outback. took us a long time to eat at our first outback, but we are glad that we did. started out with good french onion soup and two salads- one house and the other caesar. the dressing on the caesar was deliciously infused with garlic, but it had a little too much salt. our steaks were perfectly cooked and delicious and our carrot cake was good. the iced tea was well made and refreshing. the only complaint that i had was that there was too much salt in the caesar dressing and on the potato skin- otherwise we had a near perfect dining experience.