Outback Steakhouse

My husband’s full rack of ribs came out lukewarm at best. After he ate two of the ribs, he hit a cold spot. Sent them back to be reheated. He said his baked potato was pretty tasteless. My ribeye steak had the 17 spices. Not as pleasant as it used to be. We did notice that the salads we very very chilled and some of the leaves had actually been frozen. I am not sure why restaurants can’t seem to pick the romaine from the center rib which is unpleasant to eat. Same ol’ same ol’. Can’t see spending $ 20 for each entrée with a downward trend in their quality. My hubby’s margarita seemed weak, so he ordered and extra shot in the second one. He was wondering what they do with the extra tequilla that isn’t being used in the drinks. We just need to watch these bartenders pour the alcohol. It will be a long long time before we darken their doors again.

I’m sitting here in the restaurant writing this because of how annoyed I am. Me and my mother came into the restaurant to celebrate her birthday. We were greeted promptly and sat down as soon as we walked in. We sat down and looked at our menus to decide what we wanted. We went unnoticed for about five minutes. Finally a waitress, Lindsay came over and asked what we wanted to drink and she turned around and left. We waited for another five minutes or so for her to drop off our drinks and run away. She finally came back and asked if we wanted an appetizer, we ordered the petals, she then said she’d put it in and scurried away again. In total it took us about 20 minutes to get any semblance of service and even then it was very sub par. It seemed that other people working there were OK, however we drew the short straw. I do not typically write reviews, but I will not be returning to this location again.

I have been here a few times. Each time I have walked away a little surprised by how good the food and service was. If you want a great tasting tender sirloin then outback is the place. I would suggest getting the seasoned and seared over the wood fire grilled. A lot more flavor with the seasoning and searing. I also had one of the best lobster tails I’ve ever had here. It was very meaty and full. It was perfectly cooked. I had it steamed and the butter and lemon made it taste perfect.
One of my favorite deserts is the sea salt caramel cookie with ice cream. If you have enough room then you need to try it.
The service has always been prompt and friendly even when they have been busy. I would recommend this Outback to anyone.

Second time here and still just as bad as the first time. I live in Traverse City, MI and the Outback there is superb. This Outback in Mesa should send the chef, manager and wait staff there for training. I blame management when food and service is bad. Hire a new manager!

Everyone’s food upon arrival was great. Very disappointed with the server/​service. Everyone’s food came out yet not my plate. They brought my soup and salad but how could you forget the entrée? Just slightly confused there.

My husband and I have been to this location this is the third time now because the food while I feel is over priced is still a good tasty meal. The problem is the service and the fact that they allow children in the bar area. We are while not old are old enough to enjoy a meal without kids screaming for nothing. The service is at best bad. This is our third visit to this place in the last year with every visit worse than the last. If a want a good meal and don’t care what it costs you as long as you don’t want to hear whoever your with talking then this is your place. Tell them I said hi because I wont be back for a while.

We decided to go to Outback and a movie. Unfortunately our dinner took to long so we missed the movie. When our bill arrived the server gave us 2 free movie ticket and free dessert! Talk about amazing customer experience!!! Thank you Outback!!! Not to mention some amazing food!!!

After my last experience at the location on Las Vegas Blvd, I wasn’t sure I’d give Outback another chance — but glad I did. This Mesa location is 1,000 times better than the Las Vegas location. Wow what a difference good local management makes! Who ever is doing the hiring here, keep up the great work! Every employee was friendly professional and attentive. I had the Victoria’s filet with all you can eat fried shrimp which was excellent! Great tasting steak and good shrimp! Refills on the soda were prompt and without asking. Great job Mesa !!

Unlimited shrimp was YUM. But chef was getting mad that we were eating SO MUCH SHRIMP so they started giving us less shrimp per new plate.

Had dinner Sunday, got right in to the seating in the bar area. Server was prompt, ordered drinks & dinner. Had the victoria filet, little overdone, but good flavor, my friend had a ribeye which looked raw. Have been to better outback’s, this location is closest to me. Will most likely try a new steakhouse next time.

Golly don’t even want to give them a star
Stay away far away
Went there for our anniversary. Terrible service food cold as ice then they reheated it till it was well done I left eating nothing I felt like we were being punked. Manager could careless and waiter said I hope it’s nothing I did. I said sure it is you let our food sit on the line till it was freezing cold.

We tried them for lunch today. I had the prime rib au jus sandwich and it was tough and overcooked. My girlfriend had the ribeye sandwich lunch special and we both had iced tea. $ 30, outrageous for lunch!!! The prime rib was tough, over cooked, luke warm and came with fries. My girlfriend’s sandwich came with a salad but apparently no fries?! When I talked to the manager about the lack of quality he suggested that the prime rib isn’t cooked to order as it is sliced «fresh» in the morning then reheated on the grill when ordered which makes it tough and overcooked. He asked if I would like something else and I asked for the roast beef dinner instead. It wouldn’t be ready for hours. Sounds to me and tastes like they are reheating leftover roast beef from the night before for $ 11.50!!!
Bottom line: There are better lunch options available nearby for much less money. Not up to the quality of their dinner items nor there advertisements. Very disappointing, not recommended for lunch.

There’s a 10 minute wait for a table at 1:45 in the afternoon, and maybe 10% of the tables are occupied. We ended up at the bar — and waited 10 more minutes. Sheesh.

Usually I have a good experience at this Outback, but Sunday night was a horror. O finally asked for the manager she never did come. Horrible service, finally just left. I will go back, but who ever is on watch. When there will here about it. Also bathroom was a pigstye.

Dinner was fabulous! We started with the blooming onion and it was good. We love the spicy sauce that comes with it! We also started w/​the crab stuffed mushrooms. The flavor itself was great but the texture was lacking. Instead of having a nice crisp on top they were just kind of mushy. Kevin ordered the full rack of ribs w/​fries. They were good a little too saucy but the flavor was good and they fell off the bone. My son had the junior steak & fries and enjoyed his. I ordered the Firecracker salmon with a bowl of chicken tortilla soup and I loved it! The salmon was moist, juicy and the flavor was spot on! The veggies that came with it were cooked perfectly and the soup had a great flavor and a nice spice to it.

I love this place. Been coming here sense I was a kid. Jodie is amazeballz and my favorite. It’s the only restaurant I’ll go to alone just to eat because she makes me feel comfortable and not awkward. The staff here doesn’t change very often. Most the same people for years and I love them all. I highly recommend this outback over others.

Just returned from Outback as we were given some gift cards. Our kids each got the Outback Special 6oz sirloin and it was the worst cut of meat I have seen. Each of them struggled to cut the meat. I even tried and it was terrible. I mentioned something to the waitress and her comment was «that is how all the Outback Special Sirloins are»…we’ll continue to go to Texas Roadhouse where the steak is edible.

Wait time is 25 minutes, not bad considering all the people waiting. The service was slow as it took an hour and change to get our food served to us.
Our table attendant gave us a complimentary dessert for 2 people and there were 5 of us???
I ordered steak and lobster and received the smallest lobster tail I have ever had. I have caught crawfish that were larger than the lobster tail I was served.
I can say that this dinner was not worth the wait nor the 80 dollar bill.
Very dissatisfied.
I will not be going back to the Outback!

We have Dine-​Rewards with Outback and so we either dine in or order from the Outback on Clearview Avenue in Mesa all the time. Our dine-​in orders are fine, but the staff just can’t get our order right when we place it to go. Either they don’t give us credit towards our Dine-​Rewards program or they mess up our order… EVERY SINGLE TIME. About a month ago, we ordered four meals and my husband’s meal was missing entirely when he got home and discovered it. He called the manager immediately and had to drive back over there to get his entrée. Then a couple of weeks ago, we place a «to-​go» order and when we got it home my order of broccoli was missing. I wrote the manager but haven’t heard a thing back.
We are pretty tired of our takeout orders being messed up each time, so we may have to forego going there, even though we love the food.

I ordered a medium steak and it came out almost well done. It was also over seasoned. They weren’t even busy so I don’t know how that happened. I just ate it without sending it back.
At least the waiter was super nice and they have an «A» health grade rating.