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Outback Steakhouse store complaint dirty

Restaurant in Silver Spring, MD on Georgia Ave
Store floors dirty... bathroom smelled like raw sewage... manager hanging out with his friends in store and other employees and not caring if customer service
Utensils were dirty with food pieces

I spoke to manger and he did not seem to care of the cleanliness of his store and blame cleaning crew but did not try to repair the issue and that customers could slip on greasy floors. My 5 year fell on the greasy floors

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Outback Steakhouse service & meal

On August 26, 2016 my boyfriend and I went to the Outback located in Sugarland. I have been wanting Ahi Tuna for the longest (first time eating it was at an Outback!)For the past few weeks I have watched the commercial about the steak and crab legs promotion! Being that many years ago I used to work at Outback, I insisted we go. Joe's Crab Shack is less than 10 mins away but Outback has a reputation that I would always stand by!- At least I thought until last night.
My boyfriend and I sat in a booth in the bar area with an exceptional waitress named McKinsey. For starters we were never made aware of Happy Hour and it's Specials. The particular menu was never highlighted. The Ahi Tuna came out sliced thinner than ever and on a soggy bed of mess. The meal was a waste. My boyfriend who never ate there spent over $100.00 on a meal that did not come out at the same time, the crab legs were COLD, VERY SMALL AND LESS THAN THE WEIGHT PROMOTED.
When we explained our concern to our waitress, she returned with the other portion of food that was once again COLD AND NOT THE CORRECT WEIGHT. My boyfriend insisted to speak to the manager. After some time the manager FINALLY came to the table and immediately acknowledged the small order received.(Stating he could tell by the plate it was not a whole pound, nor was the color correct) He took my plate of food to the back, and as I waited, I watched my boyfriend enjoy his meal (with bites from his plate). By the time everything arrived how it was supposed to be (crab legs only), my boyfriend had finished his meal. I did not get my meal as I ordered nor did we have the experience of a nice dinner out.
The experience of dinning on Steak and crab was ruined.
When the bill arrived, to add insult to injury...we were overcharged for two different things. One being the Crab leg meal- Go Figure.
My boyfriend was not at all happy and does not plan to ever return and I, myself am VERY disappointed in the service rendered by the manager as well as the food that was served.
I HOPE THAT IN SOME WAY YOU GUYS CAN MAKE THIS UP.

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Claudia Cardenas
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Aug 18, 2019 2:29 am EDT

My family and I went to the Outback in El Paso, Texas off of Gatewaywest. We were told there was a 45 minute wait because the restaurant was under staffed. There was 5 cars in the parking lot. With that kind of service, your business will definitely shut down! Thank you for nothing!

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June Cheeks
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Feb 11, 2019 3:12 pm EST

Leslie was up front on Saturday night on Feb 2nd very short, rude and nasty...need a replacement for her...what happened to Good customer service? Don't exist here at outback in spartanburg

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June Cheeks
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Feb 04, 2019 6:42 am EST

After my husband and I sat down for our wait I noticed leslie was telling everyone else that the tables in the bar was open if they wanted them...i felt as if she was racist...the restaurant has 12 opened tables...wben asked about them she had a attitude...i heard a couple of the servers say they was leaving there tables dirty to keep from getting tables...poor service

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June Cheeks
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Feb 02, 2019 6:34 pm EST

Leslie is nasty and don't need to be in this line of business

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2:12 pm EDT

Outback Steakhouse Food

On 06/18/16 we had dinner at 4:21 PM. Upon entering Outback the odor was not good and that should have been our cue to leave, but we ordered anyway since I had been there several months before and the food was good then. Our salad was not good since it had old brownish tinged green leaves of lettuce and the Italian dressing was awful. The butter was too sweet for the bread and baked potatoes. The baked potatoes were awful and tasted like microwave warm over from a baked potato from the day before. The ribeye steaks were full of fat areas that made up at least 25% of the steak and they were not good either. One was very dry and not moist at all.

I will not be eating there again.

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Outback Steakhouse poor management/customer service

Outback in Durham NC 5/29/2016 my receipt number was 213 and 212
but Regina was not my original server. She was my replacement server.
I'm not generally the type to complain. However, my waiter serving my food was not practicing good hygiene. He was very nice but, every time he reached over with his arm lifted; I wanted to vomit! I finally got up the gut to go and say something to another server while my server left to get another tables drinks. I explained to her that he wasn't wearing any deodorant. She apologized and went to talk to her manager. The manager came over to apologize and talk to us about the issue. My server came out and tried to ease drop on the conversation. I never really got a chance to talk to the manager. However, the manager knew the issue. He got someone else to cover my table but, never addressed the actual issue with my smelly server. The manager sent me a replacement sever but my original server continued to come over to my table and ask us if we needed anything but, was making us very uncomfortable. He even brought us our check and again reached over me with his horrid smelling armpits. Ive never felt so discussed, uncomfortable, and disappointed in my life at a restaurant. Hygiene should be a top priority at any place that serves food. The manager should've pulled the server to the side to address the issue. Dan was nice at the beginning but, awkward at the end. I feel really bad for the waiter. My waiter was nice and a good waiter, just one that needed to be aware of the issue. I believe I deserve a refund because I could not enjoy my meal and was ready to get out of there the moment I received my food.

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May 29, 2016 8:41 pm EDT

You have no idea whether the waiter was spoken to or not, and honestly, it is really none of your business how the management handled that situation. Once you give your complaint, it is out of your hands and into the manager's. Had the manager said something to the waiter in your presence, the waiter could have sued him, the business, and you. Next time, state your case, and leave it up to the business to handle it.

By the way, just because you could smell him does not mean he has no deoderant on, or that his hygiene is bad. It could be that he had worked over a shift, ran his tail off, worked the kitchen, or just had a chemical problem in his DNA.

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Outback Steakhouse poor service and atmosphere.

My wife and two of our best friends went to Outback Steakhouse in St. George, Utah on 10/13/2015 at 5:13 PM. I went there wanting to have their steak and fryed shrimp that was on special. When I ordered, the said that they were out of fried shrimp. When I asked if the "special" was still on he snapped at me and said "well, we have had it on the menu for 9 days" like I should have been there earlier. If the shrimp was on the menu, then I expect to be served fried shrimp. He tried to talk me into the buttered shrimp which I hate. While we were sitting at the booth, we noticed some shelves that had rotten appricots and spider webbs hanging down next to your booth. Not to appitizing to say the least. I had to asked 2 times for more water. The filet mignon was too tuff to shew. Needless to say none of us at the table will be back.

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Outback Steakhouse uncooked meat and fatty steak

My boyfriend and I have went to our nearest Outback Steakhouse Located 11308 N 56th St
Temple Terrace, FL 33617 - Saturday Night August 1, 2015
My boyfriend had order the mild wings and the wings were not cooked all the way and didn't taste mild and you could still see the pink in it and that night later he didn't feel good (stomach issues, ect) My Order was the 6 ounce steak with a Baked potato on the side and the steak was 90% fat and i asked for no seasoning and they had put it. Also the potato was dried out very disappointed and the servers were rushing us out and no refills at all. Bad service indeed. We wish for a Refund or Coupons for the Meal.

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Jan 31, 2016 11:56 am EST
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My Husband and I went to eat at Out back in Webster, tx, I orderd my steak well done, Had to send back twice, I couldn't eat it it was pink, They were rushing food out too fast .I lost my taste for steak because I couldn't eat it red or pink inside.

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Outback Steakhouse service and food

I go here twice a month. This time, my wife and I ordered an outback special 9 oz and 12 oz. After taking our order and waiting 20 mins, the server came back and said they were out of of the 9oz and my wife wouldn't be able to get the special for Wed, Sun. So, she changed the order to the 12 oz. 10 mins later, the server came back and said they would trim down a 12 oz for her. When the steaks came, one was a 6oz and the other a 9 oz. We were shocked! The server said, "Yea, those look small and the 12 oz is definitely a 9 oz". So, I simply returned my order, my wife just kept hers. I didn't want anything special on my next order! The manager came out and asked if I would want something else with a smurk. He didn't apologize or suggest any refund. I will not go back.

The staff is unprofessional. The manager should have offered an apology and, upon looking at my wife's steak, offered us something else. In the end, they took their time waiting on us and we were there two hours and 15 minutes. The manager could care less and what's worse, they took 20 minutes after I paid for my wife's meager steak to return my receipt. I wouldn't doubt if they took a picture of my credit card!

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Outback Steakhouse special occassion

This dinner was a special occasion 3 birthday's combined to one dinner there were 12 people in this party we had called in advance to see if they could accommodate this size party at one table, we were told they could and it would be ready when we arrive. When we arrived, it wasn't ready and they couldn't seat us together we did not want to be at separate tables and they said they couldn't seat that many people only 7 per table. I know this is a lie because we do this 4-5 times a year at Outback and if they changed the rules they should have told us when we called so we could make other arrangements. The manager was rude and didn't apologize that we were told incorrectly and didn't seem to care. So I suggest to our group lets go to Chili's and they had no problems seating us and treated us well. Our 4-5 special occasions will from now on will be Chili's or Texas Steak House. Don't believe Outback will be our first choice anymore, I do believe they need new management, you just can't treat your customers in the way she treated us and have people come back. By the way the waitress was very polite and she lost a lot of money in tips for one hour of work because we always take care of our waitress when we leave.

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This was the worst service I have ever experienced from outback @ 7206 NW Cache RD., Lawton OK 73505 and will be the last. Today was my mother n laws birthday and we decided to show her how Outback celebrate birthdays. As soon as we entered I let the ladies @ the front know we had a birthday to celebrate. After we almost finish eating my husband went back...

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Outback Steakhouse the health inspector fails the restaurants many times

Outback Steakhouse - Restaurants / Aiken SC & Augusta GA : Dont waste your time...terrible customer service and they will bring you the wrong food and then act like they did nothing wrong. Never Drive to the Aiken SC & Augusta GA locations, they have lousy service and food, and they support racial discrimination ( notorious for mistreating minority customers & employees). The employees all mistreat and discriminate against each other, and set up new minority employees to get fired, staff do not wash their hands, restaurant managers are rude & have attitude problems, employees using racial slurs, food poisoning cases, the health inspector fails the restaurant many times, the servers are often lazy, inexperienced, & rude! I will not ever eat there again!

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On Monday 02/18/2013 at approximately 5:15pm we entered restaurant, impressed with atmosphere, condition of restaurant, service was acceptable. Steak dinners were ordered, cooked to satisfaction but the quality of the meat was absolutely terrible, steak was extremely tough, shrimp was overcooked and to hot to enjoy (spice wise), baked potato was cold...

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Outback Steakhouse food poisoning

Once again Outback Steakhouse refuses to stand behind their food. Several months later and multiple phone calls and they refuse to take care of customers that got REALLY sick from their food. My husband and I tried to have a really nice dinner with some elderly friends of ours and go figure...WE literally paid for it. Our elderly lady friend ended up in the hospital from FOOD POISONING. My husband and I were EXTREMELY sick from there as well. They have NO desire to accommodate the $$$$$ it has cost for this horrifying experience that we had. Apparently it's time to put this matter into an Attorneys hands. For anyone out there that has had any food poisoning from this place, your best bet is to go straight to attorney because they will NOT do ANYTHING to accommodate the time, money, health, wellness, and even LIFE that they have caused such trauma for NOT only my husband and I but for the elderly couple we were with that have health issues already and the last thing they need is to deal with some INCONSIDERATE place like this. HOPEFULLY, we can see them in court SOON!

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Class-action lawsuits against this (One of many) racist outback steakhouse food chains, have been piling up, due to rampid racial discrimination, refusing to promote good black employees, and sticking black men to the back of the house, while, female & white co-workers, are treated to "easier" jobs, in the front of the house, constantly cheating black male...

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Outback Steakhouse complaint 10. poor, slow service

Will never eat at Outback again after tonight's experience. First me and my husband waited forever to be seated. After being seated, we hardly ever saw our waiter. We sat about 5 minutes before he finally came up and took our order. Took about 7 minutes for our salads to get there. The salad was bitter and not fresh. We sent it back and waited for our main course. We only got our first refill when the food got there. This was after they got my order wrong. I had to wait another 10 minutes for them to fix it while my husband ate his. Then they charged us for the salads in the end. The whole restaurant definitely heard about our experience when I summoned the waiter to the table and gave him a piece of my mind. Mind you my husband and I are well off. He makes lots of money. We could have dined here often, but right now I would not give you even a one cent tip.

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May 09, 2012 6:36 pm EDT

"Mind you my husband and I are well off" Each complaint you post only reinforces the fact the that money cannot buy class.

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Outback Steakhouse horrible service

My wife and I went to New Bern location of Outback on February, 28 2012. It was Tuesday, around 7:45, and the restaurant was completely empty. The hostess sat us right next to a loud party celebrating a birthday. They were using foul language and were quite loud. We waited for 10-15 minutes before our server finally arrived to get our drink orders. Like I said before, the place was empty. There were a handful of people at the bar, our table, and the party next to us. That was it. It should not have taken that long to get a drink order in. We ordered a Blooming Onion that came out burnt and we could not eat. Both of our baked potatoes were cold. We only received on refill during the entire meal. Even after we were done eating it took 15-20 minutes before the check arrived. There was no excuse for the horrible service by our waitress. We even contacted Outback about our experience. It has been one week, and no response. We will never eat there again.

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Mar 07, 2012 9:08 pm EST

The party next to us only had 4 people. One table beside ours being used, still qualifies for the place being empty. Also, I never complained about the wait time for the food. The complaint was about how long it took for the server to initially arrive, and and how long it took to receive the bill.

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Mar 07, 2012 10:30 pm EST

I find it odd that you'd bring this to a public online forum. This is a matter that should've been taken up with the management that evening. Chances are high you would've had an item or your whole meal comp'd. Unless of course your complaints are baseless... :/

Next time I'd recommend voicing your complaints to the people who can actually help you.

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Outback Steakhouse disrespect

My spouse works at Outback Steakhouse because it is something to make money while I'm Stationed at Ft Huachuca. At first I could come in and have a meal while my spouse was working. Now I cannot even have a beer at the bar if my spouse is there working. I don't ask for their section nor do I ask for a discount or anything free. I am sI'mply a paying customer wanting a decent meal because in sierra vista it is few and far between. I couldn't tell you how the food is because I'm not allowed to eat there. Its plane disrespectful to me to be treated this way especially when the motto of the restaurant is "No rules, just right". I am told I may dine there when my spouse is not currently working. How am I supposed to do that when she works almost every night, and when my spouse is not working, they would like to eat elsewhere than where they work. I feel this needs to be corrected because my spouse is not the only person that works there so there is a large group of people that cannot go there at all.

Sincerely;
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Update by angryvet
Mar 06, 2012 10:33 am EST

If you had truly read through all the comments i pointed out a particular comment about having sex at her workplace. That is the individual i called an idiot, and if the rest of you don't agree that their statement was idiotic your more of children then you claim i am. I have said before that i don't go to her station because i have only been there twice. and the second time i went my wife told me to leave. im not abusive if i was i would not be married. For those claiming i am abusive, im sorry for your abusive relationships but mine is not run like that no matter how you want to toss it.

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Mar 06, 2012 2:36 am EST

Ok from the top. my wife got hired at outback steakhouse and we came in for as guests for a dinner to sample food and the atmosphere. When I came in to eat by myself while she was working she met me at the entrance saying that her boss chewed her out because i was not supposed to be there nor were any spouses.

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Mar 06, 2012 2:12 am EST

The only other times was stated above when my wife had just been hired

Update by angryvet
Mar 06, 2012 2:03 am EST

There was no scene, accident, confrontation, or sexual conduct. I simply came in for a burger and was asked to leave before i was even seated.

Update by angryvet
Mar 06, 2012 1:48 am EST

Some of you people are idiots. having sex in an active restaurant, really? i went to get something to eat, my wife met me at the entrance and told me I was not allowed to be there.

Update by angryvet
Mar 05, 2012 4:23 am EST

No there is not how can i distract her if im not there

Update by angryvet
Mar 04, 2012 6:16 am EST

1 I do not stalk my wife's employment. second I was only given a sample meal when we first got into the area by her new boss as a token of appreciation. Third I do not drink in public, talking about beer was an example because I'm not allowed on the premises. Last but not least I have never sat in my wife's section because I can't even go there. I understand your attempt to make it seem like my fault but I'm not there to do anything stupid or even try for that matter. I tried to go there once after she had started working because at her last job she enjoyed me coming by.

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Nov 21, 2015 11:06 pm EST

I called at 10:18 pm 11/21/15 at the Maumee, OH location for Curbside Take Away. I was on hold for a few minutes and then a gentleman answered the phone and said he would transfer my call. I sat through 5 minutes of advertising, and then someone picked up, and did not talk. They then hung up on me. I took my family to a competitor for dinner.

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Sep 02, 2012 5:18 pm EDT
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Just don't tell them she's your spouse. How the heck would they know? Tell her next time to go get her own job on her own. You don't have to tag along.

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Thunder Bay, CA
Mar 09, 2012 10:11 pm EST
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I am not looking in a mirror.

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DSgamby
Thunder Bay, CA
Mar 09, 2012 10:03 pm EST
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I see one right now.

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Thunder Bay, CA
Mar 09, 2012 9:57 pm EST
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You can believe whatever you want. You can believe the Outback Spouse is a troll and the person making the complaint is a telling the truth. I can believe the Outback Spouse is telling the truth and the person making the complaint is a troll. Until the person making the complaint comes back and refute or answer any responses. We don't know for sure.

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Thunder Bay, CA
Mar 09, 2012 9:20 pm EST
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Strunk: Outback Spouse who's spouse works at the same Outback Steakhouse said that the wife of the person making this complaint told her manager to lie and say there is a rule about one spouse being a customer when the other spouse is working is not allowed when there is no such rule.

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Sierra Vista, US
Mar 06, 2012 8:45 pm EST

wifi8827

There is no such rule, the only rule is your spouse cannot be your waiter or waitress.

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Outback Spouse
Sierra Vista, US
Mar 06, 2012 8:44 pm EST

Seriously you are not telling the truth. My husband works at the same Outback as your wife does. I have asked him if this policy is true and he informed me that it is not. He also informed me that one of his coworkers has asked the manager to lie and tell her husband that spouses are not allowed to eat there while they are working because she feels distracted by her work and feels her husband is controlling her by making sure she is actually working and not dating someone else while married. If you are the same husband your wife feels smothered that you go into her place of work every week to check up on her. He said that I am welcome to eat there while he is working, the only thing is he cannot serve me. It not only applies to me but other family members and friends as well. He is allowed to dine with them when he is not working. They even get a discount, but I surely am allowed to eat where my husband works. There is something more to this which you are obviously not sharing. Just so you know several of us spouses will be telling you that you are full of crap.

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Mar 06, 2012 8:34 pm EST
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why is this even a topic anymore?

It is Outback's rule, and as an employee, your wife (and by extension, you as well) are required to follow it, or she can quit. There are a lot of rules I disagrees with at my job, but I also know if I want to keep my job, I follow the rules.

the topic is as good as dead because its been beat to death.

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Thunder Bay, CA
Mar 06, 2012 12:25 pm EST
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Since my spouce's spouse also works at the same Outback as your wife and my spouce is allowed to eat while the spouse works. Obviously, something happened to cause your from getting banned from Outback when your wife is working.
You said your wife told you to leave. You should talk to your wife about why she doesn't want you to be there when she is working.

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Outback Steakhouse just a concern

My wife and I have been customers’ at the Grapevine Outback location for 15 years now. We spend one evening, usually Friday evening, also Saturday and sometimes one more time each week at this establishment . Again, I mentioned that we have been doing this for 15 years. During this time we have met all the different management staff, employees and many patrons. As I am sure you are aware, there are some employees working at this location that have been at this location since our first visit, which is one of the main reasons that we enjoy and relish our attendance. I will mention at least one outstanding employee, Bridget, however there are many more that are tremendous and have become close friends (Rachel, Todd, Jackson, Trent, Meredith, to name a few). In addition, we have met many wonderful good people during our visits, and have become very close friends with many other “regulars” and non regulars that dine and visit this location. I guess we just try to be friendly and help everyone enjoy their visit.

As you are aware, Outback is “not” the only restaurant available for us to frequent, however, because of the employees, the service, cleanliness, the standard for quality of food, pricing and variety of selection, we really only ever consider this restaurant. We even joke about it, well, “let’s try a new restaurant…….like ”, and we end up at Outback. All who know us hear about how “ great Outback” is. We solicit virtually everyone we come in contact with to frequent this establishment. We bring our family, our friends, and business associates to this location as stated prior on a regular basis.

I wish to apologize however for an incident that occurred Friday night, 12/23/2011 at this location. I arrived at Outback from work at about 6:30pm, and then my wife and oldest son arrived. We sat at the bar, as we usually do for cocktails and some dinner. Met and spoke with other couples that were sitting around us, laughed and were having a pleasant evening. Although the Restaurant was busy, “service “ was again fantastic, Bridget and Rachel working behind the bar and were just super attentive to all both sitting and standing around the bar area. We ordered some dinner, ate and visited with those around us. Met a very nice couple that resembles an actor and that also lives in Grapevine. Our son finished his dinner and departed at about 7:45pm.

All seemed fine until a group (two adult males, an adult female and young girl) came in and first sat across the bar from us, then moved to some seats that where vacated close to us. As I usually do, I greeted them, they sat down, and I didn’t pay much other attention to them.

All of a sudden, the larger of the two men, started loudly and profanely complaining about the service and how absolutely filthy the bar area was. I looked around to see the what he might be speaking of, but could not really picture what was wrong as the area was busy. My wife responded to the man that he please not be so rude, loud, and asked as to what he was referring, to which he then basically told her to “shut the “f”up, and repeated his disgust with the establishment. It was then both my wife and I responded to the man that if he was unsatisfied, then maybe he should leave. His response became more profane, and told me to be careful for my actions because he would “f” me up. I did then respond quite profane, stood up, stated again that maybe he should leave if things were so horrid, and then I sat down. About this time, one of the assistant managers appeared with a couple of waiters, spoke to the man and then they escorted him back to the kitchen. By this time, the females that were with the men left, and the other man remaining, stated to me that his friend was going to “f” me up, and to be very, very afraid of him. From my sitting position, my response was also stern and profane, yet I asked him if maybe they just leave and I would pay their tab. His response was something to the effect of “f” you. I stated profanely with a “whatever”, and he left. However, the first man was still in the kitchen with the assistant manager. All seemed calm again.

I ordered some dessert, it came, and I ate it. My wife and I were still at the bar when another manager came up to me and stated that “I” should leave. Well, that did irritate me. My “actions” during this event were not perfect, (as my natural voice is loud anyway), however, during the entire issue I remained seated except once, and was basically attempting to defend the staff and the Restaurant.

I then got up, laid $100.00 on the bar for our tab, and have left. Once outside, the first man was there still conversing with the assistant manager.

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Outback Steakhouse bad service

Open letter to management. I have yet to see a response:

My wife and I had dinner at your establishment on 12/10/2011. I must sadly report that our experience was sub par at best. Let's start with our server, Taylor. He was kind and respectful but did not seem too focused on our needs. You see, it took an awful long time for our order to come out. Everyone else around us was receiving quick and snappy service, even those who were seated after us. After waiting about 30 minutes or so Taylor ran off to check the status of our food. Our order some how got keyed in as a “to go” order and was boxed up getting cold. Our server placed the food onto plates and brought it out to us. I can not for the life of me figure out how that could have happened. The food itself was good but starting to get cold. At the end of our meal he brought us our check BUT never offered us a survey as he had done for the table next to us. Hmmmmm I wonder why?

The second half of me and my wife's irritation came from a gentlemen that was in the restaurant going table to table doing card tricks. I thought that the in-house entertainer was pretty cool but he NEVER stopped at our table. Everyone else around us got a show. The only thing the I could come up with is that me and my wife were the ONLY African Americans on that side of the restaurant. I left your establishment insulted and made to feel like a second class citizen. I really don't think my wife and I will be returning anytime soon. I doubt that anyone in management will take my complaint seriously enough to care but I could not be silent. I needed to voice my thoughts.

Thank you for you time.

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Update by thewondermike
Jan 08, 2012 1:38 am EST

UPDATE:
01/07/2012

My wife and I would like to thank you for you for reaching out and responding to our first email where we had issues with service several weeks ago. We since received a gift certificate from the manager of our local Outback and we visited the restaurant December 26th. Our experience was very pleasant and enjoyable. The food was good and service was top notch. We also got the cookies sent from your corporate office. Thank you. We sincerely mean it. We will be coming back! Thank you again.

Michael and LaTosha Dotson

Update by thewondermike
Dec 12, 2011 2:45 pm EST

You were not there sir. Can you offer any details... You not even from my city... Liar.

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I went with my family to outback for my moms birthday. I ordered an 8 oz prime rib with mashed garlic and a sweet potato. My complaint is the prime rib steak. I could not eat it and I took 2 bites and it made me nauseous. I could not chew it and I had to spit it out. I have never had a problem with outback I love this restaurant, except for the night of...

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Outback Steakhouse ripping off customers

I went to a outback in Sanford Florida and order their 6 oz sirloin.

the server brought out a plate with a flat iron steak on it.

How do I know? I'm a butcher by trade;. when I told the server I ordered

a sirloin steak she insisted that it was, but was unable to explain

to me what it should look like?. Serving a cheaper cut of meat to save money

is one thing.. But lying after you get caught, that's unforgivable, .

even the chef and manager could not explain the different cuts of meat

in their own cooler without labels to assist them'. but they claim to know enough to assure me that I was given the proper steak!.

A word of advice to Outback, if you don't know, admit it, . the truth would have avoided this complaint.

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Aug 23, 2014 4:21 pm EDT

Your catching on. Off to the re-indoctrination camp with you.

Steaks are a classic example of foodstuffs now sold with no regard to type or quality. I think the good stuff is all going exclusively to the Beltway or Manhattan. The plebes can take what we offer them (twice the price no less). And why not? The average American yo-yo doesn't know the difference, and pays for it with a credit card, . That ain't a restaurant. It's a place to socialize and "share" and have a socialist time with you F's &F'.

Just saw a pack of turkey vents in the meat cooler of a mainstream grocery store (and not just 6 bits a pound either). Reminds me of my visit to the Soviet Union 40 yrs ago. I watched the poor slobs pawing through blue-green cuts of meat - all of maybe three in the entire cooler, trying to see if any of them had anything salavageable.

I think that gruesome scene has hit home.

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Outback Steakhouse is an Australian-themed American dining chain known for its steak offerings. They serve a variety of beef cuts, grilled chicken, ribs, seafood, and pasta. The menu also includes appetizers, salads, and desserts. They offer dine-in, takeout, and delivery services. The ambiance reflects an Australian Outback motif.
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