I was craving a well cooked steak so my better half and I headed to Outback, service was fast and friendly, and both my steak and my wife's salmon were well prepared. One beer for me on ice water for the wife a large slice of carrot cake to go and if I remember correctly, the bill with tip was just over $100. Outback is becoming our go to place for steaks. read more

Outback Steakhouse - Bone in 20oz Ribeye perfectly medium rare. - Steakhouses Near Me - Colonie, New York

I am visiting out of town. My friend and I came here for lunch. There are no longer Outbacks where I live and this was a treat. Our server was fantastic! She went above and beyond for us. The restaurant was clean and very inviting. I had the coconut shrimp with a side of loaded mashed potatoes. It was delicious! The rest of the staff were also super friendly. If you are in the area, definitely check them out! read more

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For context, I rate products and businesses on a simple scale: 5 stars means I love it, 4 stars means I like it, 3 stars is okay, 2 stars means I didn't like it, and 1 star means I hated it or think it's unsafe. We usually dine at this Outback location with a party of six, and we have been here many times because it works well for our group. The service has consistently been very good, and the food has been just as reliable. Prices are decent for what you get. Portions do seem a little on the small side, but not to the point where it's a problem. The Bloomin' Onion is fun, looks great on the table, and tastes just as good. The atmosphere is family style, nothing fancy, but it's clean and comfortable. One thing that really matters to me is drink refills, and they are usually very good about refilling sodas or at least stopping to ask. This location is close to LongHorn Steakhouse and Texas Roadhouse, so we have options. LongHorn is the most expensive of the three in my opinion, and we have not had great experiences there lately. Texas Roadhouse has good food and I like it, but with a party of six we always feel crammed into small booths. That alone makes it uncomfortable for our group. Because of the overall experience, seating comfort, service, and consistency, Outback edges the others out for us. We keep coming back for a reason. 4 stars read more

The Outback Steakhouse in Colonie is one of the best restaurants I have ever been to. The waitstaff and especially the manager are very friendly and always a pleasure to be around. When you place your order with your waitstaff it is very efficient. When the food is ready anyone that is available brings it right out so it is always hot and ready for consumption. I have never had bad service here. The food is always so delicious. I may not have pictures of my food because I am so happy to dig right in. There is plenty of parking and easy to get to right off of Wolf Road. Come try this place you will not be disappointed. The ambiance here is great. Lots of room and plenty of tables or booths depending on where you want to sit. There is a bar and different set up near the bar too. I love this place. Steaks anyway you want them, seafood and even pasta. Great variety. read more

Outback Steakhouse - Carrot cake - Steakhouses Near Me - Colonie, New York

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Standard outback, which is never a disappointment. Good service, clean restaurant, and nice ambiance. Food was great, perfect temperature on steak. Wait was slightly long though, around a hour and a half. Would recommend. read more

I absolutely love this place, The staff are super friendly, I love the food and the atmosphere and the vibe, I highly recommend coming here, Jackie was very nice to us and again, I seriously recommend coming here read more

I absolutely love it here I get the same thing every time that I go, which is a steak of course and I am never let down I always know I can expect the same flavor, quality you name it. I always make sure the waitress tells the chefs in the back kepp it uppppp because sometimes those steaks make me wanna cry with happy tears read more

First time ordering online here and having it delivered, no problems and the burger was excellent ,cooked perfectly

Great service, very friendly and knowledgeable and it was so nice this location offered a 15% discount for anyone who was at the JW convention. read more

We came here for an early Father's Day dinner. The restaurant was very busy. The staff was fast, kind, and efficient. Our drink orders were taken right away and we were brought some delicious warm bread. I ordered the croc-tail which was pretty good. The lower star rating is because the steak was a bit tough and didn't have great flavor. I ordered the sweet potato with it and it had a texture like it had been frozen. The broccoli and shrimp were good though! Overall, I'd recommend coming here for the staff and some decent food! read more

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They gave us SO MUCH BREAD! Yum. All the food orders were correct and tasty. Took us a long time to be seated, waited on, and we had like 4 different waiters throughout the night. Definitely understaffed for being around dinner hour. It was a bit odd. But it was a good meal. read more

Outback Steakhouse - Complimentary Appetizer bread - Steakhouses Near Me - Colonie, New York

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I participated in a fund raiser yesterday. Since I'm a vegetarian I ordered the pasta dish The salad was large with a nice variety. Unfortunately the pasta was very dry and the vegetables were raw. The dessert was a commercial cheese cake so adequate read more

I had an absolute amazing experience at The Outback on Wolf Rd today the food was delicious and the service was fantastic I couldn't have had a better experience. I hope that's how they do it there all the time because I plan on going back soon read more

Another really good experience at Outback. This year the food was hotter, the wait staff was better (they were happier and seemed to be working to cover each other to make sure nothing went wrong) , nobody even opened the ketchup. The worst thing about the meal was that the broccoli had clearly finished cooking before everything else and was cold. The best thing is that a few minutes after we received our meals the server stopped by and (as expected) asked us if we were happy with our orders. So far, nothing different. Then the unexpected - the server asked us again if we were SURE that things were just right, and telling us she could make it right! Blew us away! Thank you! read more

Delicious food. Easy ordering. Accurate entrees. Fast. Friendly. And Reliable. What's not to love?

Food is always consistently good service is also good.. wish they would do reservations thoe and sometimes it's a long wait

The wait was really long but the food was worth it! I got a 12oz steak with grilled shrimp and two sides for $30, it was absolutely phenomenal! My waiter was so nice and kept our drinks full! The complementary bread was the best part. I can't wait to go again! read more

Having seen ads for the Bloomin' Onion and shrimp on the Barbie, I finally had the opportunity to try the Outback Steakhouse. I was greeted at the door by a smiling hostess who quickly seated me at a table I chose. A waitress appeared almost immediately to take a drink order and present a menu. So far, incredible, friendly service, great vibes. The seating was comfortable, cozy and warm. Food came. The Blooming Onion was delicious as were fried mushrooms and mozzarella boomerangs. I ordered a small rib eye, medium rare, which came medium well but it was a very thin steak which grilled beautifully but was simply too thin to be rare. I ate it, I was not unhappy. The chocolate layer cake which was ordered as take out, was amazing. I had enough leftovers for another dinner. I would love to go back to the Outback to enjoy some other items from the extensive menu. All told, a pleasant experience , fair price for a nice night out. read more

My first curbside experience and I am very happy. Meal was done on time and when I got home I was pleased to see that nothing was forgotten and I had everything to enjoy my meal. The food was hot and cooked perfectly. I will certainly use this service again. Thanks! read more

Quite disappointing. Hungry for a good steak? I suggest going somewhere else! The blooming onion was a puddle of grease and the steak was tasteless! Had to actually use steak sauce...well I would have had they remembered to bring it to me...so salt and peppered it to the max.... Ugh! OB used to be an okay chain, but this experience was severely lacking and we won't be back. read more

I've been here a few times. Delicious steak, potatoes were great, and good customer service!

We wanted to take our son out to eat. 1st choice was Texas Roadhouse, the wait was too long. 2nd choice was Longhorn Steakhouse. The wait was longer. 3rd choice was The Outback. There was no wait. All three restaurants were within a mile from one another. It was almost empty at 5pm. The steaks were over priced. My wife and I ordered the Fried Mozzarella Bloomerangs and our son got the Teriyaki Skewers. The Bloomerangs were advertised as served with maranara sauce. They came with salsa, not maranara sauce. We hate salsa, you could smell it coming. When asked for maranara sauce our waiter checked with the kitchen and returned with "no we don't have maranara sauce" and offered no options or ways to fix the problem. So we watched our son eat over our plates with food we didn't eat. We basically had beer and water for our dining experience without a meal. Our sons drink was forgotten about and we had to ask another waiter to retrieve it. The wait service was sub-par, he really did bear minimum and was still given a 25% tip (didn't deserve). Before we left, my wife had a horrible bathroom experience. A woman entered the stall next to her and had quite the vomiting episode (wonder why?). Our AAA/senior discount discount was not honored. No wonder there was no wait time to be seated and the place was empty. The restaurant used to be a great place that we were looking forward to go to for a tasty meal at a good price... not anymore. Never going The Outback anywhere, ever again. Would advise everyone we know to do the same. read more

Excellent food, excellent service, and the ambience is very nice and it's clean. The prices have gone up a bit but so has everything else so I think it's comparable to what they serve.. Definitely a good place to eat and relax. Oh, their house beer is very good. read more

A friend gave us a gift certificate a while ago and we didn't feel like cooking, so we came here for dinner on a Wednesday evening. The place was about 2/3 full and pretty loud. I hadn't been to an Outback in about 10 years so I didn't remember what they were like. Our booth was a bit cramped, but I liked the woodwork. The music was eclectic though I don't recall recognizing a single song. I was hoping for some Men At Work. Oh well. The menu isn't large and I was disappointed to see that there weren't a lot of creative offerings. Sure, they had lots of steak cuts, but I was hoping for options besides steak, steak+shrimp, steak+ribs, etc. Maybe a creative steak stir-fry, or an interesting steak + wine sauce, or something. Apparently in Australia, that isn't how you eat steak. I ordered the 6oz. sirloin with ribs combo with fries and soup, and my wife had the steak and chicken combo with a baked potato and salad. I asked for a club soda and was served a Sprite. I like Sprite, but when I mentioned this to the waitress she said that she didn't "run the lines" long enough. I chalked this up as a simple mistake. Bread was brought to the table that looked like pumpernickel or rye, but didn't really taste like anything. It was very soft, more like a dinner roll, and I saved my half to eat with my soup. After some time my wife's Caesar salad arrived (it was okay... it didn't taste like traditional Caesar salad and the cheese shards were bland) but about 20 minutes after ordering my soup still hadn't arrived. When we stopped our waitress to about this, she said they were still learning a new computer system. I chalked it up as a simple mistake. The soup finally arrived and it tasted like bland, canned broccoli soup. When ordering, the waitress had cautioned that the soup was so popular it might be sold out (at 5:30PM!) but upon tasting it I find that hard to believe. I like canned soup, and that is better than this. At least it was served hot. The bread didn't help. Our meals finally arrived about 60 minutes after ordering. Our steaks were tiny and expensive, but tasted salty (which is better than bland). They were cooked correctly, which is nice. My ribs had a very sweet sauce and a weird chemical aftertaste that I don't think was fake smoke, but I can't say what it was. They weren't very good. The "Aussie" fries were just regular fries with salt and pepper on them, and sadly they were the best part of the meal. My wife's chicken was covered with yellow cheese but I really couldn't taste anything special about it. It wasn't dry though. It was an utterly bland meal. The food was just okay, and had it been served correctly and in a timely manner perhaps I would have been more charitable with my review. Making matters worse, our waitress disappeared for long stretches of time so that I had to go to the bar to get my own refill, and we had to flag her down to find out about my soup. They seemed busy but weren't full, so I don't know if she was inattentive or we were seated outside her normal section. As we were leaving my wife was correct in her assessment: at least we didn't have to cook, and we had a gift card. Each of those points is worth one star. read more

Absolutely amazing food and service!!! Melissa in the Take-Away is FABULOUS!!!!! Thank you for going above and beyond!!!!

Delicious onion soup and blooming onion was great as ever. Served by Danielle who made us feel at home and was the nicest friendliest server ever! read more

Industrial food at best. The dark bread served first was soft and had minimal taste. The beer was excellent! The featured beef and shrimp on the Barbie was overly seasoned. The shrimp was tough and steak tips were grizzly, but it was cheap. Rice was good. The best part was the salad as my side but I should have asked them to not drench it with dressing. Service was excellent. I guess this is what a chain steakhouse is like, but you get what you pay for. read more

Typically order on line and do pickup which is very easy to do even for somebody like me! The food is always great! My grandchildren love it, especially their rolls with cinnamon butter! Meals are ready in no time and there is a pickup window outside which makes pickup so convenient! Parking is reserved directly in front of pickup window....what more can you ask for! read more

Went for lunch with two of my friends. I ordered the margarita flight which was only 7.99. They were nice enough to substitute one of the flavors for me since I do not like mango. Since my friends and I haven't seen each other in a very long time, we were chatting and the waitress was so patient with us about ordering. I ordered the rib eye and baked potato. The steak was well seasoned and delicious. My friend had the blooming shrimp and said it was wonderful. I would come back here for lunch! read more

I returned to Outback to check out their steaks after a mediocre lunch with my mom. This time I returned with friends for our second installment of tour de chain steakhouses. The blooming onion, still good! The blue cheese dressing, still good! Now, can a chain restaurant serve up a good steak? You bet this one can. I went for the bone in ribeye and was very surprised how great it was. It was just like I would prepare my own steak at home. Very tender, beefy and I loved that they kept it fatty. It was glorious. I was able to bring 2/3s of it home. The baked potato was also good although the bacon was meh. My boyfriend also demolished his cheese steak, and liked it a lot. So that must be a good choice as well! If you come here, get the steak! They really do a good job. I would certainly not avoid this chain. Definitely choose this place over their horny neighbor across the street! read more

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I loved the Appetizers and Service for my Day Out. My first time attending the Restaurant. My family and I will always have a good time and full belly Lol read more

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Food was perfect service was outstanding and price was very reasonable. Ambiance was nice and quiet could converse easily and decor was nice read more

The best experience was the waitstaff consistently making sure our needs were met. The alcoholic drinks were very sweet and had less than a few sips worth in them. The bread was ok, but the best part of it was the butter. Our appetizer had very little taste overall. The pasta dish was very bland and was very undercooked and the 3 pieces of steak on top felt like a slap in the face for the price. The restaurant was nice and clean and like I said, the waitstaff was very attentive and was apologetic for our issues. Overall, doubt we will be returning anytime soon. read more

Scraped the salt off a baked potato and used it for the everybody's meal asked for a drink with a bear coming with it and it never came

We went to Outback Steakhouse for lunch last Saturday and had the best experience. Every single employee was wonderful, especially our waitress Jene. The food was delicious and the staff from the hostess to the manager went above and beyond to accommodate us. read more

I enjoyed my time here. Friendly staff and good food. On Wolf Road where chains are all over this didn't feel as "chain" like (though I know it is). Thank you for the smiles! read more

In the second installment of the great steak out my loyal Yelpers and I crossed the street and went to the national chain that has been doing steak for a good long while. Are steaks a big thing in Australia? Do they have a surplus of onions ready for the fryer? The Australian theme at Outback is kind of a mystery but we were really here to determine one thing... do they make a good steak? We were dining on a Tuesday evening and the place was fairly dead. Maybe the locals are still being drawn in by the tractor beam of sodium on the other side of Wolf Road. We all started with an I.P.A. which was tasty. The tall mug was only $7.50 which officially makes it a bargain compared to most pubs out this way. We were served the "bread" which was a frozen block before cooking. It was brown bread but loaded with sugar. After a short debate we decided to try a blooming onion which made Outback semi-famous. I remember having it a loooong time ago and thinking it was horrible. Tonight I was pleasantly surprised. It was crispy, seasoned well and not overly greasy. The sauce is a bit salty and artificial tasting. The secret ingredient is horseradish ala Horsey Sauce from Arby's (which I love hehe). Truthfully it is the perfect condiment for this appetizer. Steaks come with many options for sides and they even have special sides for an up charge. I was going for the gusto with my steak so I got a side salad with blue cheese dressing. The salad was a mixture of iceburg and romaine blah blah you have had this salad before. The blue cheese was very good. At long last I will answer the question I asked above. Does Outback still make a good steak? The answer is....... absolutely. I ordered the bone in rib eye and found that it was juicy, cooked perfectly, tasted like beef and was seasoned well without D.B.S. (death by sodium). They claim to use a wood fired grill here and you could taste a slight hint of smoke. There was a healthy amount of fat in this steak and perhaps it could have been trimmed better but that marbling is one of the things that makes rib eye king. My fellow steak out members all agreed it was the kind of steak you might enjoy after cooking on the BBQ in your backyard. It wasn't prime. It wasn't dry aged 30 days but it was tasty, seasoned and cooked perfectly. The steak came with a fairly big baked potato which was cooked just right. It came loaded: cheese, butter, sour cream, green onions and fake bacon (blech). It was A.O.K. in my book. So there you have it steak lovers. Outback does a respectable job. Service was great and the price for the bone in rib eye was only 4 dollars more than the competition across the street. 29.99 was a reasonable price for steak done right. Longhorn may be the new kid in town but the kangaroo is definitely kicking his butt! read more

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Sadly I have to rate this less than average. We had. Waitlist reservation for 6:45 and got there-At 6:15- we knew it was Saturday and would be busy but we checked in and asked we'll cancel we wait at the bar and told we'll you can't sit there it's a wait list. Then I simply went to the bar ordered a few drinks and wing appetizer which arrived quickly. We checked back at the desk at 650and they said they did have room for 6 top so we had to split up to booths after we offered to sit at the bar and have the rest of the family take a booth in the bar across from each other -which we're vacant for 30 min- "oh those are up to the bar tenders area" By this time as were thinned out quite a bit. The only thing we were able to do was to have booths next to each other which of course you can't communicate at all. We are an apathetic waiter who seem to forget to bring the ranch sauce for the chicken fingers. The prime ribs that were ordered medium rare came as rare as rare could be, but my family chose not to complain but didn't eat most of it. It had been quite a while since I've been to this restaurant and you can bet it'll be quite a while until I return. read more

Outback Steakhouse - This is supposed to be medium rare I took the rest home to re-cook it - Steakhouses Near Me - Colonie, New York

First time paying customer at this location. Generally, I'm not a fan of these types of chain eateries, but we had some gift card loot to use, so off we went. Seated immediately as it was a Tuesday evening in the cold, harsh dead of Upstate NY winter. Maybe filled to 20 percent capacity, if that. Lots of older retiree types eating, which is totally cool by me. Got us a booth and dove into the large menu. I ordered a cup of French onion soup with my meal and it was served to me first. Pretty darn good. Souper (hehehe) hot...burned the roof of my mouth. Dangit!! My wife had maybe half of my soup and she said it was one of the better French Onion soups she's ever had (that's her go to soup). I liked it plenty as well and would definitely order it again if I were feeling it. We had the coconut shrimp app and it was served not long after my soup and her salad and them shrimps were excellent. 8 large shrimps, nice and hot and plenty sweet and juicy without being overcooked. The marmalade accoutrement (sp?) for dunking was nice too. I ordered an Outback burger medium rare with added provolone and bacon. It's served standard with fries, but I switched them out for regular mashed as I'm so sick of fries. The burger was actually served medium rare, just like I like it (and the waitress checked to make sure this was the case!) and it was topped off with a nice brioche bun. Overall, a good burger that I'd order again for sure. The mashed taters were pretty blah me and I wouldn't order them again. Next time I'm ordering onion petals or something. The burger and taters ran me $11.99. The coconut shrimp app was $10.99ish if I recall correctly, and I believe I do. French onion soup was an add on of $2.99 to my meal and totally worth it. No room for dessert, though they have some nice looking ones from which to choose. I'd return here yeah and I probably will. read more

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Ordered curbside take out for my Birthday tonight as I was staying in Albany on business. The food was horrible Alice springs chicken was overcooked & so dry it was inedible. The chopped blue cheese chopped salad I was not chopped just big iceberg pieces with a few pieces of red cabbage & even fewer pecans not up to the outback standard threw it out. The fries were the only thing I ate . The carrot cake was dry & not flavorful. Sorry to say I would not go back to this Outback . P read more