Outback Steakhouse

I usually go to a steakhouse for my birthday, but this year was a little special, so I stayed local and went to Outback. It’s been a while since I’ve been to Outback. It’s better than I remembered. As you’re familiar, Outback is a little more rare, so I ordered my steak medium. The steak was flavorful, especially by adding the garlic/​pepper/​butter. The quality is good for the price you pay. The sides are a little lacking. For one of these steakhouses, I’d wish I get salad/​soup, and two sides with the steak, instead of the salad/​soup being a side. Overall, it’s okay here!

I like outbacks food but I am very disappointed with the company. In the past I would purchase gift cards at Christmas time for some of my employees. When you purchase the cards you get some free gift cards to use (which amounts to a discount). Unfortunately they only give you a month and a half to use them. If you don’t use them in time they refuse to honor them. I can buy Lucilles gift cards at Costco and get the discount up front so you don’t lose it after a month and a half. Don’t know why they feel you only deserve a discount if you use it right away. Must be a marketing ploy to get people to purchase them and they hope you don’t use them in time. I have been forced to change and send my employees to Lucilles instead. I’m sure they feel that it’s worth it.

It’s been months since we came here. We gave it a break because the food was so bad last time. This time was no better. We had to ask for bread, which the waitress claimed was «still in the oven». Within a few minutes she brought it to us, and it was wasn’t warm at all. We were never offered more after that, nor were we offered refills on our water. The food was just ok; better than last time, but th classic sirloin was lukewarm, and I was too hungry to send it back so I just dealt with it.
The waitress was lazy, and even sat down while we were ordering. Normally I dont care about that, but she barely spoke so there wasn’t any rapport being built. Overall, she did the bare minimum for us. That was one too many unsatisfied experiences for us. Bye, Outback.

Ok, first off I have been to this outback many times and the service was always decent.
Well now to my most recent visit. I am not sure what was going on but the service was not even close to outback standards. My girlfriend asked for a berry drink she had gotten at outback before. The waitress said she had been here a long time and did not know of any drink with berries. Well she must have had a long night the night before because they have a Huckleberry Hooch cocktail with what? Berries. WTF??? I guess if you work at outback to long you forget drinks.
We ordered our dinner and got our appetizer fairly quick. The meal followed a few minutes later. I asked the waiter that delivered my food for some more butter and he said he would be right back. Well he never came back and I noticed him helping another table and ignoring us. When the waitress came back finally we asked her for the butter and some sauce for the Pasta my girlfriend had and it took her a long time to get what we asked for. I was almost done eating when she finally brought out what we had requested. The people in the next booth sent back their stake because it was not hot. WTF!!! Outback used to be so good. Like I said before Outback used to be great. It seemed like everyone working there was lost. My chicken was good just missed the butter that should have been delivered in a reasonable time frame like while I still had veggies to eat… My girlfriends pasta was dry and needed the sauce, so she just fooled with the noodles until we got the sauce.
I will not be returning to this location if they do not make changes in how they treat the paying customers. I was not happy at all with the service I received. Just wish it could have been a more enjoyable dinner. I will try somewhere else first and put Outback on the well maybe list. Customers first Outback!!! Get your servers on the right track…

Cook,
Lighten up on the seasoning on the blommin’ onion. The salt on this aussie-​tizer killed the rest of my meal.

Today we visited this Outback at around 3:00 and I must say it was the worst dinning experience I have had in quite some time. The restaurant was not that crowed so we were surprised at the time it took for someone to take our order. Our waitress was Natalie and she very unhappy and was not afraid to show it to us. She was rude and short and acted as if we were interfering with her day. We also got a front row seat when Natalie began to berate the hostess about her seating choices. While I fully understand that Outback is not Fleming’s or Morton’s it’s not Denny’s either and I have come to expect a level of service that this Outback fail at today. I did reach out to the management via email, they were very nice and assured me they would make things right.

Was there for my sis small bday dinner.
We got the Wednesday special $ 20 for apps, main, and dessert. The service was great, the waitress was friendly. The food was ok.
I got the pork, was ok. My sister got the sirloin, very unappealing, but taste was ok.

My family loves Outback. This particular Outback was no exception. We had a party of 13 and we made a reservation in advance. They were ready for us when we arrived (and it was really busy on a Thursday night) and we didn’t have to wait more than a couple of minutes. Our whole party wasn’t there but they sat us anyway and took drink orders immediately. We had seven kids and six adults in our party. Our server Chris was very nice and VERY patient with our table. All the food was brought out at the same time and the food was good. We had chicken and steak meals. The kids had burgers, mac n cheese and chicken fingers. All were great. It was one of the better experiences we have had at restaurants when our whole extended family goes out.

Meal relatively inexpensive, taste was okay-​if you are looking for higher end steak go next door to Cedar Creek. Ordered a Manhattan and it was covered in ice flows. Any bartender should know not to shake a drink so hard that the ice breaks apart. Bartending 101!

Disappointed tonite. Our food wasn’t as fresh as normal. My ahi salad was fishy and the steak we ordered was fatty. The service wasn’t as good as usual either bummer !!! I wish we would have spoken up. We are now home and can’t believe how terrible our dinner was all four of the meals we ordered. We won’t be going back to this Brea location

Our service was good. The good was just average, I ordered filet and baked potato, salad.
This place really gets busy! This is one of the smaller outback restaurant I’ve been too.

It’s ok, not my 1^st choice or even 25^th choice but it was just alright. I’d rather have Black Angus or Steer n Stein better. The bloomin onion blossom always gives me heartburn, but the bread is pretty good, I’ll give them that. Everything else was just very mediocre, don’t think I’m coming back.

To go service over the phone is a joke. My husband waited over 5 minutes on hold and when I called back, was told it would be another 5 minutes as there is only one person for togo’s and everyone else was busy. It took us less time to call, immediately order and pick up food from another establishment within 15 min. Big B’s in Placentia for the win. Get it together Outback!!!

Slow service and overcooked food.
Period.
Yes, it was a Friday night. And? We made reservations for a party of 5, at 6:45. Upon arriving, we still had to wait another 20 minutes to be sat. The server took awhile to greet us and the food took forever to arrive. Then long again to get the darn check. I had to tip only 15%, which is still generous. Also, my lobster was overcooked. Even blackened grill marks. My daughter’s «market price» king crab, tasted no better than Hooter’s crab legs (yes, she orders that there), and my friend’s medium steak was more medium well. I did like the bread and butter and Caeser Salad, but won’t choose to dine there again, with more affordable choices in the area and more quality of food, in a reasonable amount of time.

I’m sad. Outback is embedded in my brain as a great birthday dinner restaurant. Tonight it felt like I was at Sizzlers; isn’t that sad? Have you seen the lobster? Honestly looked like crayfish (sp). My filet mignon was dry. :(

I love this restaurant for many reasons. The atmosphere, comfortable booths, friendly helpful servers and the slightly disgusting, but oh so good, bloomin onion Aussie-​tizer. Crispy, oily, sweet and crunchy, all 2,000 calories & 161 grams of fat, completely addictive. Outback Steakhouse is known for its USDA steaks, they also offer seafood, pasta and irresistible desserts.
My wife and I ordered the 6oz Victoria’s filet mignon ($ 20.99 ea), their most tender and juicy cut. Hers came with steamed broccoli and a loaded baked potato. Mine with grilled vegetables and a baked potato. Our daughter ordered the Signature sirloin steak ($ 14.99) with rice and a sweet potato with honey butter. For dessert, we ordered (2) Chocolate Thunder from down under ($ 6.99 ea). One for me and one for the girls to share. It consist of a good sized pecan brownie topped with warm chocolate sauce, chocolate shavings and whipped cream, dee-​licious! But, a whopping 1,530 calories! We’ve always had an enjoyable dining experience at this particular location. That’s why we considerate this Outback Steakhouse our special-​occasion restaurant.

Let me start by saying that we have been to this Outback Steakhouse more than a couple dozen times since moving to Yorba Linda in 2007. It’s our go to place for birthday’s and some holiday celebrations.
This visit was not as good. Sat down at 5:20. Less than attentive service from the start.
My meal:
My steak was prepared to order, medium rare. Delicious and savory. The house salad was also fresh and crisp. Blue cheese dressing was tasty. Just the way I like it.
Her meal:
My wife liked the wedge salad with blue cheese dressing. From there the kitchen struggled.
She ordered the Victoria’s Filet. First time out of the kitchen it was over cooked (well done). Sent back. Came out the 2^nd time undercooked. Third time my wife’s filet was medium but just «Okay» since it came right from the burner and didn’t have time to sit.
Maybe Outback Steakhouse Brea had an off night. Room for improvement.
Recommendation:
Usually pretty good food.

Just FYI.
The steak and all-​you-​can-​eat shrimp is not $ 15.99. Found out that is a corporate commercial and does not pertain to any restaurants in California.

After going to Salt Grass out in Texas a few weeks ago, I thought I’d never try a steak than succulent (Okay, I’ll give Lazy Dog an exception). But, while I rarely go to an Outback Steakhouse, food-​wise (and service), I’d say this location is pretty close to Salt Grass, without the outrageous price.
It was Labor Day weekend 2015, and I thought I’d kick it off with a nice teriyaki ribeye with a baked potato (everything except cheese). Of course, I ordered my steak medium rare, and the meat was quite juicy — Pink on the inside like I expected, and charred right on the outside. 13 oz. of sheer, meaty goodness. The parmesan garlic fries, however, I had to give it a half star off because some of it kind of got stuck together, but it wasn’t a bit deal — at least they were piping hot instead of soggy. The baked potato was just AWESOME with the bacon topped on the sour cream with chives on top.
The service was decent — Hey, it was Labor Day weekend, so I wasn’t surprised that we had to wait a bit for our seat (about 15 – 20 min.) but at least the food was great. Oh, and did I forget to mention that the onion petals/​bloomin’ onions were MOUTHWATERING??? :D

We sat at the bar. Service was good at first but then…
— A kid sat at the bar for about 10 minutes. Bad news and illegal. No excuses.
— Water wasn’t filled for us or others
— Waited 15 minutes after we ordered dinner and had to ask for salads, then dinner showed up right after.
— Steaks were dry.
— Had the «special all you can eat shrimp»…not so much. 2 choices — fried and garlic butter. Garlic butter were fishy and terrible. Fried were ok.
— They never brought our more shrimp! I knew this would happen like the old school Sizzler all you can eat days. F ing gimmick.
— We asked about our extra shrimp after 15 minutes. It was too late, our dinner was done and ruined.
We felt the bartender was overwhelmed but she could have at least bring us more water.
Manager did give us a price break which was appreciated but we wanted a good meal and good service. That didn’t happen.
I expect more from Outback. It proves why I don’t care for chain restaurants.