Food has always been really good and consistent. The pasta dishes are limited & I'm disappointed that they got rid of their yummy Cyclone Pasta! Great place for steak, and the Bloomin' Onion is a must-have appetizer. Delicious desserts. The last time I went, they forgot to put in our order and we waited for almost an hour. It was an honest mistake, and I am not one of those people that would be like, "I'M NEVER GOING THERE AGAIN, OUTBACK SUCKS" because.. things happen. The manager was personable and polite and offered us free dessert for the inconvenience. It will always be a reliable fave. read more

7/19/2011 - DINNER When I am traveling on business, I find the Outback to be a reliable place for dinner. Usually eat at the bar. The bar tenders are friendly and attentive. Ordered the 8 oz fillet, broccoli, wedge salad and sauteed mushrooms. All very good. Steak ordered medium rare and it came in medium. It was tender, but on the dry side and not seared the way I would prefer it. Martini was good. Steamed broccoli prepared well and mushrooms nicely seasoned. I would return. FOOD - good' AMBIENCE - well it's an Outback - okay SERVICE - Excellent read more

My wife and I had dinner tonight at Outback--Cortez Road after a long break of going there. We each had steak filet and lobster--it was outstanding. Comparable to Fleming's but cheaper price. We had a small issue regarding an unclear poorly written ad regarding the Blooming Onion. J.B., manager (?), became involved to explain and solved the issue. I suggest he be recognized for outstanding customer service. Michael, the server, should also be recognized for outstanding customer service. Thank you to J.B. for solving the onion issue and for selecting outstanding filets for us. And a thank you to Michael for his friendly competent service! We will be back!!! read more

My boyfriend and I came into Outback tonight and we sat in the open bar area. John G was our server, he helped make our dining experience wonderful. He explained the menu, was attentive and kind. It's refreshing to meet someone who works hard and loves what they do, it shows through his helpful personality. My boyfriend and I recommend Outback to anyone. Ask for John's section you won't regret it! read more

90 minutes for a soup and salad??? CRAZY. This location is poorly managed. I wouldn't recommend. Save your time and money

Notwithstanding our love of steak, very few of us can budget Morton's, the Cap Grille, or Ruth's Chris. The steaks I get at outback are excellent and the sides are even better. How I can get a great steak and a few drinks so cheaply is a mystery - that said, there's a reason the line is usually out the door. read more

It just keeps getting worse. Went back once again to Outback because guests staying with us like it. We have been burned the last two times ordering steaks which ended up being as tough as shoe leather, so this time we ordered the Queensland chicken and shrimp. It was spiced so frickin' hot my wife couldn't finish her meal! Waaaaay too much pepper! We should have sent it back....again, but we didn't. For God's sake, it isn't Cajun spiced hot chicken and shrimp! I choked mine down with tears in my eyes because I didn't want to embarrass our European visiting guests with complaining about crappy American food. What the heck is going on with Outback Steakhouse?! Management, are you listening at all? We can't get a decent cooked meal here anymore. We've had this same meal years before and it was properly prepared, but not any more . I can't recommend and we won't be back. read more

Had a nice lunch today chicken on the barbie with veggies - no butter! Great service and always consistent quality food

Excellent service at this location for dinner tonight. The ribeye steaks and our ahi tuna app were cooked perfectly and the service was so fast! Our server was Jessica and she was wonderful. Thanks for a tasty dinner, Outback! read more

First impression was great, the most updated looking outback from the outside that I have been to! The food and service was just as crisp as the exterior. The steaks cooked just how we ordered them and the service was great even though we were seated in the bar area. Overall great place to eat, only negative was the parking lot is a bit awkward and not well lit. read more

Very good -Salad tasted fresh, dinner was cooked perfect. Service was good. Silverware was clean. Even the pepper grinder was clean amazing - 4 Star due to the need for continuous improvement - read more

Exactly as expected from the Outback chain. Food and service were good. Call ahead seating will get you a table quicker or just scope out the bar, those booths are first come first served. read more

Worst outback iv been too. Waiter didn't wait on us because a bigger party came in and customer service not very good. Food not as good as it could of been. Management staff horrible. read more

Great food, friendly staff at the Bradenton location. Management is tops, really cares about their customers satisfaction.

Speedy service and great food last night. Thanks Dillon (our server) for being right on top of everything. We told him upfront we were on our way to another engagement and he got the food order right in and out to the table for us. Cooked perfectly the first time (which doesn't happen that often in some of the other locations). Love the chilled salad plates and the cheese fries are always yummy! Well done! read more

I had a problem with their delivery I went in and spoke with the manager or the next day they did everything they could to make it right and I walked out of there very happy that is great customer service and great management A+ for this outback read more

Been twice now in the past couple of weeks and can confirm the ribs continue to be awesome! Service good (if a little scripted - both waitresses have now complimented our menu choices - good choice...very good....). Got there in time to be seated immediately but does get busy later. Blooming onion lovely but huge and a lot saltier than i remembered from years ago - maybe my changing taste. Salad instead of fries a little on the small side...but hubbie had small steak and said it was great - as were the fries. And man - how 'bout them ribs? Can't be beaten. One block from cinema ...ribs and a flick - that's what I call a DATE! read more

Horrible service. After waiting we were seated and sat for 20 minutes. No waiter/waitress ever came by. Got up told the manager this was 2nd time with horrible service and will never go back. read more

My favorite steakhouse. Just a mediocre experience here. Two of three steaks were overcooked, with one severely overcooked. Wings were the best as usual. read more

Used to be good but as always the franchise people are ruining another good place. Chopped salad is still good, the rest is going downhill. read more

This used to be my 'good to go' place, close to home and always the best food. The quality of the food is far less, to the point of calling it poor! The steaks are always cooked perfect, but everything else is not fairing well at all! The salad is smaller and not fresh, the melted butter for the lobster was obviously waiting for the lobster to cook and was turning back to room temp. The manager doesn't feel the need to come by and say Hello, as they always did before, a nice pleasantry! The stuffed mushrooms were absolutely unrecognizable, looked like playdough on mushroom caps and tasted terrible as they looked. Guess it'll be Longhorn from now on, ti Outback comes back to serving up the quality we are used to! read more

Always great food and great service. Be sure to ask for Lauren Powell... She is the BEST server by far! Thanks for always taking time with us and going out of your way to make us happy! Oh and and the blackberry sangria is a must :) read more

Great food and great service. And their pick up service is fast to in a pinch. I love this place. This place tends to be busy though all times of the year. Dinner and lunch. read more

The hardest part of writing this review is that the food was actually really good. My wife, my son and I had dinner here in May of 2017. We just moved to the area and we're looking for a good place to eat. My issue is with the service we received. I ordered a few drinks and asked for them to go easy on the ice. They ignored my request. At almost $10 a drink, this really bothered me. When the check came, I paid in cash. I did not receive my exact change (guess they figured they'd get the change towards their tip). After we left, I decided to fill out their survey on the receipt. To my surprise Nick (the manager/owner) actually called me the following day apologizing for my experience. He stated that he was sending my wife and I a gift card/coupons for our next visit. He wanted to make things right for us, which I greatly appreciated. Well, it's now almost a month later and I have not received anything. Don't hold your breath for this place. Not returning. read more

Outback is a bit on the expensive side in my opinion but it isn't too bad because the service is fantastic. The restaurant is always clean and the food is VERY good along with huge portions. So it is worth the money. read more

I would be very careful eating at this outback. I am a former employee. The restaurant is infested with German cockroaches. I have witnessed them crawling on plates, and the plates were not washed after the roaches were crawling on them. I am contacting the Manatee County Health department in the morning. When I was closing each night I watched seven to ten roaches scatter each night I closed. Managers have had to comp meals for guests in the past two months, because customers saw roaches! read more

Tried Outback for lunch and it was absolutely amazing. Service was great and fast. The food was superb hot and fresh.

2 different times my family has eaten here 2 bad experiences. Tonight was the worst. 1st complaint is the ribs i ordered were completly burnt to a crisp and dry. 2nd complaint blooming onion was soggy and unmanageable. 3would be my 3yr old refused to eat his mac n cheese . Thinking he was being picky my wife tried it and had no flavor what so ever calling it bland would be an understatement . Needless to say will never eat here again nor recommend it to anyone read more

very good food(pricey for my budget since I'm on disability income) n staff is friendly n helpful...

One of my favorite restaurants in the area. My husband and I frequently come to this place mainly for the wonderful service and the good food. Love JB, Justin, Matt, Mike, Jason, and my favorite greeter, Dustin. They all are like family. There are many others that are so friendly and go out of their way to make your dining experience the best. Will always come back...... read more

service not good! .The server had asked everyone if they wanted a salad instead of a vegetable. My mom ordered the same type of meal as everyone else but was never asked the choice.So when everyone got there salad my mom had nothing my mom asked and they said she ordered a potato instead so she said that was ok .Then guess what, they forgot her meal! The manager came to my mom and said hers was on the grill. seriously.............. (NOT EVEN AN APOLOGY FROM THE SO CALLED MANANGER)mom didn't get her meal until everyone else was completely finished. The manager rudely put it on the table.At this point my dad asked to speak to the manager and he wouldn't even speak to him because he said he didn't want a confrontation.Am I right when thats a large part of being a mananger?????? read more

Dirty plates is not ok!!! We ordered steaks and they arrived in rather small plates leaving our meal messing over the edges. When we asked about it, we were told they had run out of the larger steak plates. My husband's steak was not cooked to order. We had to return it for another, leaving him the only one eating because my son and I had finished our meal by the time his steak arrived. Very disappointed with overall value and quality of the food. We were given a free to-go dessert for the inconvenience but that still doesn't excuse this bad experience. read more

Used click thru seating on the app which is a joke. When I arrived they told me the wait time would be less than 15 minutes. 45 minutes later I asked the hostess what was going on and she was clueless. Asked for a manager and was seated immediately. Frustrating to wait that long with a 16 month old especially when you have a reservation. Food was excellent and service was ok, had to get up and ask for a refill at the bar waitress was busy talking to another waitress. read more

High quality and consistent, with attentive staff. Not the mist tender filet mignon but cooked perfectly as ordered and flavorful.

After being seated, we waited over 10 minutes before finally flagging down a hostess to ask for a server to at least bring us beverages. The server arrived and explained that they could provide a soda for me, but the coffee maker was broken, so my husband ordered something else. This prompted a visit from the manager, who then comped us a Bloomin' Onion (something we had planned on ordering anyway). It arrived slightly undercooked and overly-greasy, to the point that we ate much less of it than we would have, had it been prepared properly. Apparently the coffee-maker was fixed at some point, as coffee was delivered to my husband, which he commented that maybe they should keep working on it, as the coffee was extremely acid-tasting. My upgrade Bleu Cheese Wedge Salad arrived with a horrible vinagrette sprinkled on it in addition to the Bleu Cheese -- this was not mentioned at all in the description. How can one ask for something unappealing to be left off when you entirely do not expect it to be added in the first place? In my experience, people who like Bleu Cheese dressing (or other creamy dressings) do not like vinagrette, and vice versa, and especially not on the same salad together! The steaks we ordered arrived luke-warm and improperly cooked according to their own guidelines. My partner's side order of mushrooms was actually mushrooms and onions -- again, why don't they say what is actually in the dish? Neither of us could properly enjoy, much less finish, these dishes that we paid extra to have. While there may be stellar restaurants within this chain, I will NOT be returning to this local eatery. Service poor, food poor, cost quite overblown for what we received. I'm copying and posting this review where ever I can to warn away the unwary. read more