First off, I'll say it's nice to have another sit-down restaurant in Clayton vs. another fast food restaurant. The restaurant was clean and nicely decorated, with subtle nods to Clayton. The space is quite small inside--much smaller than the Garner location. The staff was friendly, and our waitress was attentive. My only complaint is that the food was a bit bland. My husband had a side salad, steak, and fries, while I ordered a hamburger and fries. read more

If I could leave 0 stars, I absolutely would. Unfortunately, I have to leave at least one star in order to post this review. Tonight my family and I went out for dinner -- yes, we were a party of 16, but that is NOT an excuse for the horrible experience we had. The restaurant was mostly empty, yet we still waited over an HOUR just to receive our food. And honestly? The food was not worth the wait at all. Everything tasted terrible. The food was extremely over-seasoned to the point that it was barely edible. I ordered a $30 steak and it was poorly cooked and disappointing. Every single dish at the table was bad. To make things worse, because we waited so long, all of our drinks turned into melted ice water. When we politely asked for fresh drinks and asked the waitress to take the old cups, she responded with attitude as if we were inconveniencing her for simply doing her job. Terrible food, terrible service, ridiculous wait time, and an overall awful experience. We will definitely not be coming back. read more

Went for dinner with my wife and granddaughter. I got the Ribeye steak and it had so much salt on it I couldn't eat it and the same with my wife's. The waitress said a lot of people complain about that. If you're having steak you may want to tell them no salt. The service was fair but, they were slammed and the waitress was working her tail off. read more

I think they are still getting it right. During our visit, at least 4 people came to the table. It was quite confusing. My food came out incorrect twice. Nevertheless, it was corrected and seasoned well. We both had enough for lunch the following day. I'll be back to give them another chance. read more

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By far our favorite Outback location in our surrounding area. Every experience we have here is better than the last. We dined in today for a late lunch, early dinner and our food was excellent and our server James was super friendly & so attentive. We will definitely be back soon & we will ask for him. Awesome experience once again Outback Clayton & we thank you! read more

Outback Steakhouse - Best salmon I have had in a long time. Perfectly cooked and absolutely delicious! - Steakhouses Near Me - Clayton, North Carolina

The staff here were wonderful. Our waitress was very friendly, talkative, and engaging. She was very complimentary from commenting on my daughter's Fresh Prince earrings to how polite, funny, and mature our almost 9 year old was acting. The gentleman who brought out our items was wonderful, too. Smiling every time, attentive, engaging and all around nice. They both really seemed to care if we had what we needed. It's a nice casual atmosphere like other Outback's. Our little friend wanted to go here because she loved the Boomerang Mozzarella Sticks the last time they came. She wasn't wrong; they are delicious! I enjoyed my steak (made perfectly medium) and potato (could give more toppings on the baked potato but that could be a personal preference), as well. The buffalo hot sauce the runner brought out was a perfect suggestion by him. Very tasty! They all enjoyed their orders, too: ribs, chicken on the barbie, and sweet potatoes. The desserts were demolished, as well (chocolate lava cakes with ice cream). I brought my cheese cake home - my husband said it was tasty, as well. They have great combination deals at a very reasonable price plus a pretty hug menu to choose from. In the area, Check Them Out! read more

Service and food were very good. I was traveling alone but felt very comfortable eating at the bar with no wait. read more

I visited Outback on a busy Saturday night with a group of 4 others. Our wait time was about 30 minutes. While waiting to be seated, they brought out samples of Bloomin' Onions to get us by. Very nice touch! After we were seated, our server Katelyn was very nice in greeting us and quickly took our drink orders. She brought us the signature bread and whipped butter, which was delicious and warm. I got the sirloin paired with Alice Springs chicken. The other orders in our group ranged from pasta to Victoria filets with grilled onions. The quality of the food was what I used to expect from Outback, but they seemed to be underwhelming over the last 10 years. This food restored my faith in Outback; UNTIL! My wife's 6 oz Victoria filet was ordered medium and what was delivered was dark red and raw in the center. No biggie, they took it back for a re-fire. She received many apologies from the wait staff while we waited. Now the tenderloin is the fastest cooking part of the cow, so why it took 25 minutes to get it back is anyone's guess. However, when she initially ordered it, she requested it NOT cooked in butter due to dairy allergy. When the steak came back, she asked the manager if it had been cooked in butter. The manager couldn't guarantee that it wasn't and made the good call to just have a whole new filet cooked the way she wanted. By then, our entire party was finishing up our meals, so my wife just asked them to make it to go. The steak came back to-go, but the manager said they had run out of grilled onions. Wow! Fast forward to getting home and my wife cooks up some onions and puts the steak in at the end to warm it up. She's all excited to finally get her steak and grilled onions, only to see another RARE steak!!! Unbelievable! Three of us get steaks and two of them are cooked beautifully! But one of us gets rare steak not once, but twice?? Maybe someone fibbed on their cooking resume'? Clearly some issues within the cook staff, but overall four of the five of us really enjoyed our meals. read more

I hope to write a better review next time, as this was my first time @ the new Outback in Clayton. The waitress was extremely nice and attentive. We ordered the bread & butter and of course, the Blooming Onion for an appetizer. The bread was flat as if someone sat on it and the butter was not even enough for 2 people. I didn't mention anything about the flat loaf of bread, but I did ask for another container of butter. The waitress brought out a small container that was probably less than a teaspoon. (Ok, I get it... we can hold off the butter). When our Blooming Onion came out, I immediately asked for more dipping sauce, because the size of the Onion is way too large for the amount of dipping sauce they serve. Extra sauce never arrived. I asked for the remaining Onion in a "to go" container with the sauce.. To go plate came, still no dipping sauce. For lunch, I ordered the lunch Sirloin & Salad. When we were served, I got a steak on a plate.. nothing else. I had to ask for my salad, which was nothing to brag about, it was just OK. Lastly, my friend ordered the Cheesecake for dessert. She took one bite & found paper or plastic inside. Ok, so that's enough. I told our waitress what was found and nothing else was mentioned. I'm not expecting "perfection" in any situation but I am giving this location another chance for sure. I hope my experience next time would be much better. read more

It was so disappointing to send a steak back 2 x. ...... Ordered medium 8oz, it came more raw than rare, no biggie, they threw it back on the grill and it was hard as a rock and looked like half the size. My husband ate his salad while I ate my meal. My soup was good but my baked potato was hard and cold. They offered to cook another steak- we waited. and waited.That one came about like the first did. At that point we just decided to ask for the check. They comped the meal (thank you) but my husband left hungry..... Popeyes is next door so he ate fried chicken. For a steakhouse to not know how to cook steaks... that was disappointing. read more

Severely understaffed. There were at least 10 booths but because they only had a few servers you were forced to sit on the high tables. For someone with back problems being in a high table is not ideal! Very awkward hostess! For a place that JUST opened they should be better staffed. It's a shame because we were looking forward to it! read more

The service was great, we had a party of 4. Food was good and prices were okay. The restaurant was very busy so we signed up via the app, the app was saying that there was no wait, so it was not displaying factual information. read more

Service was very poor and we (husband and I) had to wait over 20 minutes to be seated when it wasn't that busy. Mashed potatoes were good. read more

Past 3 visits they got wrong...first two times they seemed apologetic and made right. Last night was horrible. Filet ordered med rare....got something....not Filet well done....looked like chopped steak. Requested butter only on Baked potato.....No Sour Cream....i get a room temp potato with Sour Cream. Between the two of us...we ate meal in segments. Don't think I'll go back again. read more

Went in today at 11:45 with my wife and son. Service has always been amazing here the last few months. Today it took over an hour to get our food and it was cold. At that point we asked for it to be for to go we were over it. Server said manager was going to come speak to us and that never happened. Took them 15 mins to bring the food out. Once I got home part of our meal was missing and when called no one seemed to care at all. Very sad to see a big chain restaurant be so horrible with service. Definitely do not plan on coming back. read more

We were seated but never had a server to come and take care of us. 4 servers walked right by us a few times and no one stopped to serve our table. People sat in the same section as us and were greeted before us. Very disappointed since this is a new location. read more

Ordered food Togo and it was perfect. The runner that brought the food out was so friendly and very pleasant. The food was amazing!

We have been to the Clayton location before and loved it, but yesterday we took family and it was not as expected. Bread came out with a very hard bottom crust, they replaced it. Blooming onion was over cooked, didn't want another one, ice teas were not as ordered and got new ones. One dinner didn't have the bake potato with all the trimming, so they brought a 2nd one, one of the steaks was over done and they had to bring another one. Service was great and waitresses were nice and tried very hard to make things right, it was just frustrating to keep asking for correction of food. Not sure when we will return. Might go back to Garner location read more

Had a great experience at the new Clayton location. Piper was an amazing waitress! The food and service were great. The manager was walking around thanking people for being there and making sure our table had everything we needed. Super impressed and can't wait to go back. read more

We had gone into Outback for a Prime Rib dinner; the server went to the kitchen and confirmed that they had 3 Med Rare servings. After waiting awhile, the Manager came out and stated that they only had one serving of the medium rare, so I told him to give it to my wife and my son and I ordered the Filet I had started to say sixteen ounces when I was reminded it was 6 or 8 ounces, he moved on to my sons order which he said 8 ounces, I commented that makes 2 of them, however he was in a rush and didn't bother to repeat the order like they train the servers. I hadn't seen our server in awhile so I flagged down another management member and said that I believe the Manager put me down as for a 6-ounce, so I told her that the 6-ounce needed to be changed to an 8-ounce. When our meals came out they put the 8-ounce steak in front of me and the 6 ounce in front of my son, which we responded that his was supposed to be an 8 ounce also the server took his back to the kitchen, awhile later the server returned with another steak which looked to be the same one as before when I asked if that was the 8-ounce he replied that it was. The filets had so much seasoning on them that we had to scrape it off and they were still extremely over seasoned, but they were busy, and NO ONE came back to see how they were or if the steaks or Prime Rib was as they should be. We decided to go ahead and eat them anyway. When we had finished our original server came by to remove our plates, and we told her about the steaks, and asked about the Veteran discount, which she said she would get that corrected on the bill, and then said she would pass it on to Mangement about the seasoning. After waiting for a few minutes, I proceeded to pay, on the box on the table. I wrote basically the same review as now and ended it with "If you wanted to discuss it, they could contact me" and left my name and phone number. We were there the weekend of August 15th (it was about a week before my birthday, which is why we went to begin with) and as of today August 30th I still have not heard from anyone. I definitely don't recommend the Clayton, NC location. By the way Outback WAS my favorite restaurant. read more

nice looking place. great waitresses. cook must of dumped the whole salt shaker on my steak. did not get my wife's salad order right. will not go back until they are out of business and the new mexican restaurant opens there. sorry. manger do your job. tell the cook to quit salting so heavy... can you not read these reviews.. read more