Outback Steakhouse

It has been awhile since I visited any Outback Steakhouse and after reading recent reviews about the waits even when making reservations; I was more than unsure about this voyage.
On this occasion we were celebrating a birthday. Contact was made with the manager prior, and we asked if we could bring our own birthday cake. The manager acknowledged /​granted this request, and when the first of our party arrived they were met with several more than helpful employees, we were seated immediately, (despite it being super busy), and the manager took the cake and stored it in their fridge. Nicely done.
Our waiter «Nate» was out of this world good. Was on top of everything from answering questions about food, making sure we always had full glasses, and was never pushy for us to leave as cake and presents were open. Thank you management and Nate. Your presence definitely added to this night, and you have your customer service skills well in tact.
Our food was better than I remember previously from prior Outback experiences, but when the service is good everything just seems to flow. I went with a wedge salad with blue cheese, the prime rib, garlic mashed potatoes, and of course the trademark blooming onion. The Mrs. went with the Alice Springs Chicken, and we washed it down with a couple tasty brews.
I must say there was no complaints from either of us on anything we ate. Standard good all the way around.
If I had to suggest one thing. This location has redecorated their interior to appear a little more modern. I was always a fan previously of the rustic Australian décor, and if still present mite have been the difference between 5 stars instead of four. Actually I would be giving 4 and half if that were an option.
All in all a great night from start to finish. Thank you again to the unnamed manager, and if your ever in here see if you can request «Nate» as your server. Thank you outback for making my father in laws 62^nd birthday a good experience for all.

My neighbor and I went there today to have lunch. Well we should have know when our waiter came to us after waiting for our appetizers to arrive that something was wrong. First, he did not even notice that we had no silverware. So we had to dip our bread into the butter and spread it around with our fingers. The hostess was less then thrilled to be there because the way we were greeted and seated was like she was doing us a favor. Anyway, our waiter comes to us and tells us that they are redoing our blooming onion because the first one came out looking like poop. And they did not want to serve it to us so we said ok and waited. This is when I had to ask for silverware. He told us that the manager was going to bring it to us. She arrived later with our blooming onion and asked us if this was ok and we said we don’t know because we never seen one before let alone tasted one so we were not sure if it was ok. We also the told here we never saw the first one. This was sign #2 that this was not going to go well. My French onion soup came and that was on the warm side so I kind of let that slide. Well when our meal showed up it was horrible. My sweet potato was cold and the glob of butter would not melt let alone all that cinnamon on top of it and on the side of the plate. It looked a mess. My meat was cold and it looked liked someone took bites out of it and then tried to cover it up with gravy. It looked like it was served before. You could tell by the broccoli that it was over cooked just by the color of it. The same was said for my friend that had the beef with the Marsala sauce. Both were cold as well as the risotto. We talked with the manager and I told her that we were done and that there was no apology that could make me want to come back and she needs to talk to her staff about the words they choose to describe their food because poop was just the deal breaker for me. So I really don’t know what is so good about Outback Steakhouse. The service for me was not what it is cracked up to be. Also the owners name is about the entrance to the restaurant. My one comment to the owner is take your name down. Your staff just made an embarrassment of your name as a franchise owner.

A place has to be MUCH better than Outback to deal with hour plus wait times! I’ve tried to come here almost a half dozen times for dinner on weekdays and weekends only to turn around and go somewhere else because 60 minutes is just unreasonable. I’ve even tried going on the website’s reservation list. I’ve gotten a reservation for 45 minutes later, to get there and wait another 30 minutes.
I’ve eaten here another 3 or 4 times and service is never impressive. I enjoy their salad and bread. We always like our meals. But as a restaurant in general, this place is a nightmare to deal with. Not worth the wait, Outback. Find a better system.

I have to say I have not eaten at an outback for a longtime, and I was impressed with our server Javon. He did was a model sever and was there before we could ask for anything! He advised of of all our choices and made some great recommendations for a large group.
We started with the cheese fries and I give them five stars. They were hot and very tasty.
Everyone ordered steaks (Ribeye medium, Filet medium, and a Porterhouse medium), I loved my Ribeye and everyone else at the table were very happy with their steaks and the taste. The seasoning was right on the mark and added just the right flavor for a nice hot steak.
This is my second night in Vegas for a conference, and I have to say, so far I have had nothing but amazing experiences during my travel.
if come to this OutBack, ask to be seated in Javon section, and I hope you have a great experience like we did.

Meh! Too much salt on foods. Cleanliness is poor. I used the bathroom to clean up and I felt worse after washing up. Everything was greasy. Ugh!!! Nice employees. You can’t really expect much from an average place. Sorry.

The customer service here at the Outback on Stephanie was incredible! It was my first time here. The coconut shrimp was the best I’ve ever had, in fact my entire meal was amazing for that matter. My bartender Nick was THEE BEST, he had great suggestions and was always there checking on us at our booth. The manager Michael was completely hospitable and made sure our dining experience was perfect. I’ll be back!!!

These people have Horriable cooks !! I order my steaks «well done» and i have received it like shoe leather, HPD could arrest me if i threw it at someone for assault! Lol (but serious u would think a «Steakhouse» could it Steak? Duh, it’s NOT or should be that hard, my last there times i ordered, i can’t eat medium or any other way because of my stomach issues, i guess time to become a vegan!

Had a great dinner and an amazing service. The wait was worth it. Everyone there is very friendly and outstanding service.

We went to dinner here, and it seemed the service was slow, (although they were busy on a Friday night) finally our waiter came and turned my whole attitude around! His name is James and he was great. The manager Crystal also came by and was so sweet, she wanted to make sure everything was fine, way to turn my frown upside down! Thumbs up!

I’m always so indecisive when it comes to picking a place to eat at. I was hesitant on eating at outback because the wait time is always long. We arrived there around 3:40pm and were seating immediately, that was nice. Our waitress was Laura B. And she was awesome. Very attentive, patient as we had two kids with us. We ordered the 15.99 special, and it was delicious. I’m very content with our experience. Oh, also Mike, the manager stopped by to check on us to. Loved it! Definitely worth checking out.

Late dinner 8pm Sunday ¹⁄₁₀^th to this 18 month old Outback Steakhouse on Stephanie in Henderson.
My son enjoyed his 9 oz tender & juicy Victoria’s Filet Mignon. Added smoky bacon Bourbon style. Choice of 2 sides and he chose 2 orders of Steakhouse Macaroni & Cheese. All very good!
My extra marbled Bone-​In Natural Ribeye was VERY fatty. I had to take a good look at it twice, as I thought with all that fat, maybe she brought me out somebody’s Prime Rib by mistake. Nope, it was a Ribeye. Of the 22 ounces, the bone weighed at least 3 ounces and the fat weighed at least 4 ounces, so I got robbed! Booh! I left hungry and paid $ 90 bucks! Aside from the size issue, it was flavorful. But honestly, I can cook a much better steak than what I received. Garlic mashed potatoes were excellent. Side salad was good w/​Italian dressing.
Complimentary breads were soft & warm, very tasty!
Amanda was our friendly server, offering attentive service on iced tea & soft drink refills.
*TVs in the bar area.
**Australian print art on the walls.
***Low volume background music playing U2, Maroon 5, The Police, Rolling Stones, etc.
****Upscale interior design compared to other valley Outback locations i’ve dined.
(e.g., E. Flamingo, W. Sahara, N. Rainbow).
It was nice to have my Carrabba’s Italian Grill gift card I received for Christmas honored here, as it is part of the same corporate restaurant group of Bloomin’Brands Inc. Helped pay over ½ of our bill, which made it a bit easier to leave this 3 star review instead of 2 stars due to my steak issues mentioned above.
Bottom Line… A decent place for a good steak, friendly service, and relaxing atmosphere.
Yay! I’m a fan.
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We got our seat right away, Brett was our waiter, he was right on us soon after we sat down. I’m (trying) to make more smarter choices when dining out. So it took me a bit longer. So Instead of soda, or a adult beverage, it took me a while to choose water! And I chose the Sesame Salad with Salmon, and the onion soup. Now I could have left out the onion soup, but ohhh well, at least it wasn’t the blooming onions… Right? OMG, everything was so good, I think this is going to be my new go to salad spot. The manager, came over and checked on us. I can’t remember her name. But that salad was so big, I couldn’t eat it all. And I think it was only 600 calories for all of that! So if this is what eating healthy is about! I’m on board with that. Overall, a great experience with this location! I will be back for another salad, even if it’s to go.

We came here after my grandma’s funeral with 15 of us. We made a reservation which I highly recommend doing.
Our waitress was very on top of things and had help from the other servers.
We ordered the lobster shrimp spicy appetizer (can’t remember the name) when it came out the serving size seemed pretty small… Without us saying anything they brought out a second one for free.
For there being a large group of us they got our food pretty quick and she even remembered who ordered what.
The food was really good. I could eat the asparagus all day. Everyone’s steaks were cooked how they ordered them and they were quick to refill drinks.
With it being a sad occasion it was nice that we didn’t have to worry about our service at dinner.
If you can get Richard as your server do! He is the best!

Mean 3 of my friends ate at this Outback this past Saturday for a birthday dinner and had a GREAT experience. We did walk in (but they do have call ahead available). When we came in it was around 2pm and there was a short 5 minute wait.
After being seated, we were greeted by our waiter and water was brought to us immediately and our drink orders were taken. The waiter was very attentive but not overbearing. I had the 28oz Ribeye steak (it’s big enough for 2) medium well. My friends had the porterhouse pork chop, 18oz Ribeye (bone out), and chicken. And we shared Kookaburra wings which is my favorite appetizer from Outback. Needless to say, our food was DEEEELISH and was cooked perfectly The way we asked it to be!
This is by far one of the best Outback I have been to and iVe been to quite a lot!

My sister visited from Florida last night, so our family of 6 went to Outback Steakhouse for dinner. We reserved a table online. We had to wait about 10 minutes when we got there, but that wasn’t too bad.
Our waitress, Lindsay, was OUTSTANDING. She knew the menu very well, and even if she wasn’t fond of specific foods that we asked her about, she still gave us good descriptions of how each food tasted and was prepared. She was also very personable, which is always a delight at any restaurant. She kept our glasses filled the entire time, and we never had to track her down to ask for anything because she frequently checked up on us.
The food was good, like any other Outback Steakhouse, but it came out much quicker than I expected due to how many people were there. Overall, I was definitely impressed by the speed and friendliness of service.

I eat at the Outback Steakhouse on Stephanie about once per week and have always had consistently excellent food, service, and a great overall experience. I highly recommend this location. Call ahead seating on the weekends for sure.
The bar area has open seating at a couple of long high tops. I breeze right to that area on a regular basis while others wait.
Nick at the bar is particularly awesome! All of the staff are great. Hard to beat this place for overall value and great food and service.

So when you get a taste for something and you think of it until you can taste it and it taste just like you’ve been imagining that is what my experience was today!
So of course managed to get there before the dinner rush even though their was alot of people it wasn’t any wait for a table at all. Seated right away, after we picked a table I realize the air is blowing right on us and knowing from experience that this would make for a uncomfortable dinner so I asked for a another table which was fine, other than the fact that I wore a shorter than I normally wear shirt.
No midriff just enough for me to be pulling it down every few minutes…
So as considerate of a person that I am I went to the front and asked to be reseated one more time In a booth/​table seat, I’m sure other guest were wonder if a game of musical tables had started and they weren’t invited! (they’ll thank me later) It’s not like I would have enjoyed someone else’s posterior crack during my entire meal why should anyone else!
I usually get an ice tea, I opted to get the flavor added to it which in this case was pomegranate.
I ordered the filet mignon with the all you can eat shrimp, and a dinner salad. The salad was green and the steak was cooked to my liking and the only thing that I was expecting to kick a little more was the cocktail sauce, they call it Volcano sauce… not so much but still good over all.
I saved the best for last, our server Kent. Well I can only say that he was a rockstar! Thanks for making my visit at Outback very enjoyable!!!

We came here on ⁷⁄₂₉ around 6:30. This was my worst visit to any outback steakhouse. I’m giving it 1 star due to the quality of food.
We started out with the aussie frys, can’t really go wrong with cheese frys… unless you leave them in the window too long and the cheese gets hard. Like ours did.
I ordered the 3 course meal. I ordered it with cheese potato soup, steak special and 1 side (broccoli), and carrot cake. The soup tasted like a canned soup with added bacon bits. The big problem was the main corse. It was a piece of meat, very tough, raw and cold in the center (I ordered medium rare), and flavorless. I had to salt it myself. The carrot cake was very dense and too sweet for my taste.
My fiancé ordered the filet and lobster meal, with mashed potato, and house salad. The salad was about the only thing that was good tonight. Her filet, to my surprise was the SAME piece of meat as I got with my steak special, like really? How is it that we pay over 26 $ for the same piece of meat that came in the terrible special. The potatoes were very dry.
The service was actually very good, our waitress corrie tried her best to keep up happy. I will NOT be coming back here, the food here was very bad, not prepaired well.

I have been wanting to return to Outback since the new Henderson location opened. We used the «click thru seating» to get on the waiting list. It was showing about a 30 – 35 minute wait. We were seated within about 2 – 3 minutes of our arrival. The service started out great with our waitress coming right over to take our drink order. The drinks also arrived quickly. After that, it started to taper off.
We ordered the bloomin onion and I went with the prime rib and house salad. The onion was delivered and after eating less than half of it we were done. It just wasn’t as good as we remembered. It was quite a while before we got our salads or saw our waitress. I was just going to ask for her when the salads came out.
Again quite a delay for the entrees. The prime rib was pretty good, not much fat which was nice. It was just very thin. I did not care for the garlic mashed at all. It was overpowered with some herbs that masked the garlic flavor. The whole meal was also very salty. Again the waitress disappeared for a while so we had to get someone else to find her for our bill. It was about $ 70 which just seems really high for what you get here.

Bone-​in, fire-​grilled and the fat marbling contained in this ribeye made for a tender, very flavorful and juicy steak. Outback Steakhouse sure got it right with this ribeye! I ate that 22 ouncer like a boss!
The side that I chose that came with my dinner was not too shabby either. The baked sweet potato had honey butter, brown sugar and cinnamon sprinkled on it. Oh yes! It’s a winner with me too!
Wait time — hardly if you book online and get on the waitlist.
All you have to do is fill out info and time you plan on arriving [
] your name is then put in cue on the waitlist in order of real time. Booked ½ hour before arrival at 6:15 just as we were finishing up shopping. Arrived at 6:15, checked in with the host in front that had the tablet. The waiting area was full, but our pager lighted up no less than 5 minutes.
Location — I like they moved here on Stephanie/​Warm Springs. More convenient and easier for my friends to meet up here. We’ve had multiple dinners here already.
Vibe — It’s casual, unpretentious. Local scene. Family friendly. I like dining at the outdoor patio area. It seemed less noisy.
Service has been great every visit here so far. No complaints. Steaks are made to order so complain to the person in your party who orders their steak well done for the longer wait.
Price — spending under $ 100 for two steak dinners .a freaking bargain.
To think I blew off dining here for the longest time when someone suggested we come here because it’s a chain restaurant. I was über surprised that my experience here was just as good as having dinner at some of the more upscale steakhouses around town. So say yes to Outback! And go for that 22oz Ribeye!