Outback Steakhouse

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  T H

  Jan 5, 2026
  5.0
  We Enjoy coming here quite often, the food is consistently great, service is great. A little loud but you just have to block it out....it may have to do with the music choice. Slower country might clam it down.... It use to Be more quiet...!?!
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  Samantha Dawn

  Dec 19, 2025
  5.0
  Great service by Aldean. Food was great. Hot and fresh. Steak had great flavor. The pick 3 was a good deal! Good servers are hard to find. We felt welcome and we'll taken care of!
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  Simone Sanner

  Dec 14, 2025
  2.0
  Dry, overcooked, and overseasoned meat. Cheap ingredients. Overworked staff. The waitstaff has been told the press grill cost 'millions' of dollars, a lie they repeat to customers. The way it works is a lid is brought down onto the meat cooking on a flat grill. Butter which has been diluted with water and milk is used to replace some of the moisture from natural juices removed by the 'clamshell press' grill. The result is the meat losing its flavor. Low quality ingredients like unripe tomatoes and 'flavored processed cheese food' make dinner truly forgettable. The waitstaff is poorly trained, can't answer questions about the menu, slow to make it to the table, and will lie to keep the show going. Steak cooked at home is higher quality, costs way less, takes less time to get to the table, and just plain tastes better. Wedge salads are $3 bucks per 6 to make at home. Huge baked potatoes with all the sand washed off, loaded with bacon, undiluted butter, and undiluted sour cream are about a buck. If you want steak at a restaurant in Bloomington, try elsewhere.
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  Brian Palmer

  Dec 13, 2025
  1.0
  This was hands-down one of the most disappointing restaurant experiences I’ve ever had, and easily the worst meal I’ve had at an Outback Steakhouse. We started with Wallaby Darned drinks and specifically asked for the koala straws. The server said no problem and even mentioned there would be an upcharge, which we agreed to. Drinks arrived… no koala straws. At that point we let it go—mistakes happen. We ordered appetizers, which were actually the highlight of the night. The potato soup was genuinely good, and credit where it’s due—that was the only thing done right. Unfortunately, that’s where the positives end. While we were eating our appetizers, our server disappeared. No check-ins, no asking if we were ready to order, nothing—until we were nearly finished. Eventually we got our entrée order in. One person ordered ahi tuna (not great), another ordered a chicken dish (mediocre but tolerable), and I ordered the three-course meal that included the Bloomin’ Onion Burger. What arrived was honestly shocking. The Bloomin’ Onion “petals” on the burger were cold. The cheese—three slices stacked on top—was completely unmelted and cold as well. The burger itself was lukewarm at best, while the vegetables underneath were cold, making it clear this plate had been sitting for a while. It tasted like my burger had been made first and then left to wait while everything else was prepared. I took two bites, pulled the cheese straight off the burger to show the server it wasn’t even remotely melted, and told him it was probably the worst burger I’ve ever had. He offered to “see what he could do” and came back with a $10 gift card—which I gave away, because I have zero intention of returning. Since the meal was supposed to include dessert, I still asked for the cheesecake. That turned out to be the final insult. The cheesecake was frozen solid. Not “chilled.” Not “firm.” Frozen. I could barely get a fork into it. If the burger being cold wasn’t bad enough, serving frozen cheesecake to finish the meal was almost impressive in how careless it felt. No real apology. No real effort to fix the experience. Just a bad meal, poor service, and a bill that didn’t match the quality at all. Outback Steakhouse used to be reliable. This location clearly is not. One star—and that’s only because the potato soup was edible.
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  Dana Sullivan

  Dec 7, 2025
  2.0
  I was on the west side for an errand and saw the Outback here, realized I hadn't been to an Outback in ages and got curious to try it again, so I got takeout. I did not take my car over, so I wrote in the curbside pickup instructions where it asked for my car make/model that I didn't have a car and would pick up inside. I had no trouble picking up inside, and the staff were all very friendly, which made my pickup experience very pleasant. However I think my order was ready way earlier than the estimated time - the website said pickup in 26-31 minutes, so I made sure to place the order about 25 minutes before I'd be arriving, but I got a text that my order was "almost ready" when I was still 15 minutes away. I got shrimp on the barbie and carrot cake. Food was decent but not great, which is honestly about what I expected. I do think it would have been significantly better if I'd either eaten in the restaurant or gotten it fresher. By the time I was home and got unpacked, it was about 30 minutes after that almost ready text, and even though I put the food in an insulated bag when I got it, it was only lukewarm when I got home. So, I microwaved it for a minute to get it hot again, but between the shrimp steaming in that container for all that time and the microwave, it was no longer crisp from the grill. Everything (the shrimp, the rice, the broccoli) was also a little more oily/buttery than I like, but the lack of freshness was the main problem, and I think that kind of emphasized the oiliness. It was still an enjoyable meal in the end; the flavour of the shrimp and rice was nice, and the broccoli were okay despite also being over-steamed. The carrot cake was average, nothing wrong with it but nothing really going for it. It was easily big enough to share. A small loaf of the honey wheat bread was included, but I didn't eat it with the rest of my meal because I was pretty full from just the entree and half the cake. I heated it up a little (in the oven) the next day and it was very good. It's a unique flavour and a great texture. I wouldn't do takeout again. It just wasn't worth it to pay the premium price for what tasted like leftovers. But I might try dining in.

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