Well I know why this outback is only 3 stars and I'm being generous. I did take away twice and ate in the restaurant once. THE STEAK WAS TOUGH!!! The service was excellent they did great but the steak boo. I haven't steak like that in years. The steak sandwich was so tough you could bite threw it and no there wasn't that much there. Cut and cooked nicely but just too tough. Same with the NEW! Chimichurri Filet. Tasted good but way too chewy. I also ate in and had the 9oz with sala, good thing the salad was ample I had to leave some of the steak because I couldn't cut it. Sadness as I usually enjoy the place. Again, the people were great and nice aptomisphere, clean and good ambiance. read more

Stopped in the last few evenings while staying at the Fairfield hotel across the parking lot. There is plenty of parking. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable about the local area. There are two full bars and outdoor seating too, with the bar hidden away towards the back open much later. Mixed drinks are measured pours, but tasty. They have a great selection of libations, and many special concoctions complete with a very descriptive detail of each. read more

Made an online order for curbside pickup. Along with my order I ordered 3 sets of forks, knives, napkins, and straws for our drinks. Apparently you have to add all of this to your cart. I added a 15% tip because they're going to walk the order out to my car. My order was almost $200 because my family ordered steaks. My order said it would be ready in 30 minutes. It was not done. I went in to check on it at 48 minutes and they said it would be done in a few minutes. I waited back in my car. At an hour and 5 minutes after I placed the order I went back in. My order appeared to be sitting there forever! No one bothered to bring it out curbside or even let me know that it was ready. Get my cold food back to the hotel and there was no forks, knives, napkins, or straws that I added to the cart. Had to eat steaks, salads and baked potatoes with our hands! At least it was cold so we didn't burn ourselves. This meal was almost $200 and was crap! Never again! What shit service! read more

We had reservations for dinner on a busy holiday. We got there early though so we checked in and sat at the bar. This was our first time at this Outback. No waitstaff to take our drink order . We sat for 15 minutes, nothing so my husband and I took turns going to the bar and get the bartenders attention. No luck , this is when I took the check in photo. We were pretty much ignored by all bartenders. Sat back at our table. About 5 minutes later a nice waitress took our order for drinks. She brought or order promptly. We ordered dinner shortly after . We had steak , shrimp, and our son had a burger and fries . Everything was delicious! read more

Outback Steakhouse - Bar - Steakhouses Near Me - San Marcos, California

Wow!!! I was excited to try it and wow not going again. Steak was more raw than medium and 50% fat . my husband's well done was more medium instead of well. Potato was not fully cooked and it all cost almost $80 without drinks or appetizers. WOW!!! Also I think they need a reference to steaks so here is a pic for a reference guide Outback steak read more

Outback Steakhouse - How to cook a steak properly - Steakhouses Near Me - San Marcos, California

Lacey was our server and she was amazing. So hard to find good service these days, she was smiling and really on top of everything we needed. read more

We got here for dinner at 5pm on Sunday. It was not busy yet so we got a table right away. Our server was very nice and sweet. We got the blooming onion with yelp check in. James got his usual prime rib and he said it is good as usual. I got the volcano shrimp. It's pretty good size. The sauce was good but I didn't really like the deep fried batter. The design of this restaurant was super weird though. The front door was at the corner facing the street. So you need to walk all the way around to the back side of the building from the parking lot. A couple of older people asked us how to get inside the building as we left. I don't understand why they set the front door that way but oh well. read more

Outback Steakhouse - Volcano shrimp, blooming onion and sirloin steak - Steakhouses Near Me - San Marcos, California

Went here last week at about 5pm in SanMarcos. positives first: the service was great, very friendly and professional and the Bloomin Onion was fantastic. Negatives: it's way too expensive for what you get. We ordered a steak with mashed potatoes and some veggies and man it was small. The beef was extremely mediocre, tasted as if it wasn't seasoned AT ALL.... I wish I took a picture of the portion size. I ordered the Beef dip sandwich and the meat was fatty and chewy, flavorless even with the au jus. Anyway the bill came out to like $70. We won't be back. Thank you. Ambiance: it's very nice inside read more

Went back specifically to enjoy the speakeasy again, took our daughters this time (the little booths can seat four if at least two of them are half my size). John took good care of us again (even invented us a new honey drink) and we had another great night. read more

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I've been to other locations before and I always remember that the food is decent but their bread is bomb. There was a new one that opened by my work and my friend and I decided to check it out. I wasn't impressed in the slightest. I ordered the Asian chopped salad with ahi poke. The ahi was way too salty, so much so that it killed the flavor of the Asian dressing that came with the salad. My friend ordered the soup and salad. Something basic. He liked his potato soup for the most part. The potato was super chunky, something that he's not used to as they were 1 inch squares. No big deal though. That turned him off from his meal was the salad. He had the Cesar salad. As he was eating it he noticed that one of the lettuce was brown at the ends. We were there as soon as the restaurant opens, the veggies shouldn't be browning like that. Come to think of it, my salad didn't taste as fresh either. Wasn't as crunchy as I would have expected a salad to be and some of the leaves looked to be a little wilted. We both did like the bread and the blooming onions though (which was free with the yelp checkin!) read more

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Great service and good! Nicky was our server. She was so kind, helpful, and just a nice person who took pride in her job. Thanks Nicky for serving us with a great attitude! The ambiance was so nice, place was clean, and food was tasty! read more

Great food. Not great service. A lot of staff walking around but no one really doing anything. Our waitress pretty much disappeared after the food arrived. read more

I saw the reviews and did t expect much but thought we would give it a try. They took awhile to come out from the back to seat us, not a great first impression.. Our waiter did not seem happy to be there and it showed the whole time. Pros- Food was average and came out fairly quickly Drinks were very flavorful. Portions were good for the price point. Cons- I told them it was for a bday before we sat down. They dropped off the sundae without even a happy bday. We barely saw our waiter and when we did he wasn't happy. Service can make or break a restaurant and even though the food was tasty I wouldn't go back due to service. read more

Service was great and food was delicious as always. Victoria filet is my normal go to but recently discovered that Outback adds a balsamic drizzle on their wedge salad and it's seriously the absolute best ! read more

I'm being generous giving this location 3 stars, and only because it was comfortable, clean, and we had nice service. We've always enjoyed Outback's food, but it is not near the quality that it used to be. Two of us had the Victoria filet mignon which was only just good. It wasn't as tender or flavorful as it should have been, considering the price and past experience. The baked potatoes were too salty. One of us had the Salmon, which again, was too salty, and the baked sweet potato had quite a lot of brown sugar added - almost dessert-like. I had the Seared Peppered Ahi which was also very salty, and completely cold, so not freshly seared - just removed from a refrigerator and placed over a bed of cabbage. Our four mediocre meals were a total of $145 with tip and not at all worth this price. Such a shame. We truly used to enjoy Outback Steakhouse. We won't be back until we hear the quality has come back. I truly hope that happens! read more

My partner really likes Outback, and I could personally do without it. Let's talk food first. The three cheese steak dip had way less steak than we thought it would have. In fact, our plate seemed to be mostly cheese and little nuggets of steak. I've definitely had more delicious dip for cheaper in other places. The taste was good. Taste-wise, I'd say 8/10, so definitely worth a try if you like dip. The baby back ribs were a 10/10 from my partner. He loved how they tasted and how easily the meat fell off the bones. I had the Outback burger and it didn't amaze me. It felt pretty ordinary and as far as burgers go from nicer places, this falls towards the bottom of my list. The ambiance and service were good. The place wasn't super busy when we went so we enjoyed the space between guests and the lower levels of noise. The one thing though, it feels a little too dark. I enjoy dark atmospheres, but this just felt unnecessarily dark. We struggled to read the menu because we had like an inch of light coming down from the ceiling. Quite inconvenient. Bring your own flashlight or be ready to use the flashlight feature on your phone lol. read more

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I came here with my family and my sister had suggested it was a pretty good place since she had been before. Good - customer service! We had a cool waiter and he was also training someone else. Bad - Food was super salty. We had the bloomin onion, mushrooms, creamed spinach, all super salty. The spinach was so salty I couldn't even eat it. I also ordered the prime rib medium, and it was very well done and again salty. Out of 8 of us, only 2 people enjoyed and finished their food. read more

Outback Steakhouse - bloomin onion - Steakhouses Near Me - San Marcos, California

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A little bit confused why this place has such low reviews. I have been here twice in the past month and food has been nothing but good. Staff is always friendly. And it is always immaculately clean. I think you can get a pretty good deal for a steak dinner with no work at outback. They're baked potatoes are always super fresh and anything you asked, for they seem to be very attentive. I like that it is a nonchalant place to get a good bite to eat. Steak is always cook to the exact temperature you asked for. read more

Outback Steakhouse - Steakhouses Near Me - San Marcos, California

Went in today knowing they had a gluten free menu (medical necessity). Ordered off of it, specified gluten free again and when my plate came out, it had my shrimp sitting on top of a piece of gluten bread. The entire plate had to be remade. I was left with only a drink while my partner got to enjoy their food. It finally was delivered by a manager who told me she would check in to see how it was. Neither the server nor the manager came back to see how it was. I had two bites (the steak wasn't seasoned well) and I boxed my entree up immediately as my partner was basically done eating at that point. Had to reheat once we got home and honestly, I can say I'll never go back. It tastes like expensive garbage. read more

Forgot what this onion thing was called but they gave it to us for free which was nice. * Drinks - We Ordered 2 Jameson's on the rocks and they brought us a shot in one glass and a cup full of ice in another ....umm ok lol Not sure what happened there. * Food/Price - As far as the food goes, The steak wasn't bad but I wouldn't say it's the best for the price. This isn't the cheapest place so if i'm going to spend $25-50 on steak I expect to be blown away. * Service - Now the service is what I was impressed about. Our waitress was very nice and made sure we had everything we wanted. Explained the menu and food to us thoroughly. Plates that we were done with were taken promptly. Our drinks were refilled quickly. Just how service is supposed to be which is rare to find these days. So that's when tips are given generously in my books. read more

Outback Steakhouse - Steakhouses Near Me - San Marcos, California

This place is beautiful and the service is friendly and efficient. Our food was hot and the order was correct. It is a great place to dine. read more

This place has stange seating options--all booths or high tables it seems. The night I went, they tried to pass off the sole of some old shoe as a medium rare rib eye. That ugly piece of meat had been hanging out on the grill a while. I sent it back asking for rare, since the kitchen had attention deficit and couldn't flip the steak in time. The second try was better by a margin to close to call. If you want steak, there are much better options, better service and a better atmosphere. Not all Outback Steakhouse are this bad. But the San Marcos location won't be getting many prizes for quality, atmosphere, or service. They pour a generous 6 oz wine though, do, they've got that going for them. read more

Came for a Sunday evening date night. The restaurant was clean and the ambiance was nice; we liked the lighting and organic decor. Our waiter was Sanphinaud and he was exceptional! Very kind and easy going, wasn't "over the top" and fun to talk with. Cheers to back of the house for the food! We were served promptly and the portion size was more than enough. Great flavor too! I lean into a more vegetarian lifestyle and there are not very many options here, understandably. I opted for the Alice chicken and gave the cheese and bacon to my fiancé. It was good and I like the sauce with it. My fiancé had the steak and lobster. We were both happy and left with leftovers. read more

Outback Steakhouse - Steakhouses Near Me - San Marcos, California

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Horrible. Blooming onion was dripping with oil. Nasty. Salad made of old bagged lettuce. Come on. Broccoli was not cooked to death (yay!) but weirdly, all florets were upside down. It was just strange. Does the cook care what the food looks like on a plate? Asked for med rare, bone in rib eye and got bloody. No flavor and chewy. BAD. And it was a $40 steak. Will NEVER go back. read more

I am updating my review based on the follow up to my experience. I got a very quick call from a managing partner (Stacy) who proceeded to ask for details about my experience from start to finish. She was very understanding and asked exactly how she could make it right, and then did so. I appreciate customer service like this, and even with my order that wasn't good, the customer service provided at Outback from start to finish was exceptional. Will give them another shot probably in house and hope the steak will be cooked better next time :) read more

The Togo guy Justis was phenomenal. He anticipated my need for extra sauce making my food even more good when I got home. He didn't forget utensils or napkins or anything. 10/10 experience! read more

I had their prime rib, it was great. however the service was terrible. the four star are for the food. one star for the service. read more

Awesome service from Payton today. Celebrating Valentine's Day a day early to beat the crowd. I had the sirloin steak with Alice springs chicken and my wife had a sirloin steak cooked well done and it was nice and juicy. Thank you to the waitress and great job to the chef today. Thank you for making this day. Great. read more

We came in for lunch& were promptly seated. Our server came over but was unprepared. He didn't have the tablet to take our order. He came back&our order was taken. No bread was offered or brought out. we waited about 30 minutes& our food came. My wife asked the busser for bread he said ok but the bread never came. My wife asked our server if they still give bread& he said you have to ask for it now. He then offered us bread but our food already came out. The food was good but the portions were tiny. I ordered their blooming onion chicken lunch which was supposedly a chicken breast. It had a good taste/crunch but was as thin/small as an In-N-Out patty. It was more like 1/3 chicken breast, chicken tender size. It came with fries which were cooked well. My wife got the lunch steak with baked potato. She said it was seasoned well but overcooked. My son got the kids steak which was bigger than the lunch steak. His too was seasoned well but overcooked. His came with fruit which turned out to be half an orange (unpeeled)& some strawberries thrown on top. Our server was slow& lazy. He spent most of his time chatting with other employees laughing& telling jokes. Outback has been closing locations& this is exactly why. We came here because we got a gift card from a friend but 50$ never bought so little. my wife swears she will never come back. It's a shame the once great Outback Steakhouse will continue its race out of existence. read more

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The food was excellent and the prices were great for the quantity and quality of food we received.

I don't get how this place only has 2.5 stars average. We've been here several times now and always enjoyed it. The last 2 times we sat at the bar and had I think "Byron" and I think "Katherine" (can't remember the bartenders names for sure, but something like that). They were both friendly and attentive. We loved sitting on the side near the street on a nice summer night with a cool breeze. Felt perfect since you're basically outside. As for food, we usually share the ahi appetizer and a sirloin and chicken combo plate. Everything is always excellent. And for the price of the combos it can't be beat. You can order wine by the bottle to save a few bucks on "per glass" price or even bring your own and there's no corkage fee! Highly recommend this place. read more

I ordered well-done but got this. We order from Outback on Door Dash maybe once a month or so. I'd say that about 50% of those orders are wrong. The photo shows what I received last night. One wonders, is this the chef expressing his/her disgust that I asked for a well-done filet? This is the fourth time it's happened, so what do you think? read more

Outback Steakhouse - I ordered well-done but got this - Steakhouses Near Me - San Marcos, California

Today (03/12/19) my service and food was delicious. Saw the manager and I was pleasantly pleased with everything about my visit. I ordered the very good French onion soup, steak with garlic mashed potatoes. My steak was over cooked, not an ounce of pink to be found...they prepared me another bone-in ribeye. The waitress was great - the first one I had couldn't be bothered but I moved tables from the walk way to one with no traffic and got a better waitress. I ordered a SLAB of ribs for $21.99 and received eight bones...the manager came out an explained that's considered a slab at Outback...ummm!!!! All in all a nice visit and I'd go back. Very pleasant manager and waitress plus good food...worth it. read more

Outback Steakhouse - BBQ (chicken breast, ribs, shrimp) so good!! - Steakhouses Near Me - San Marcos, California

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Christmas Eve and I wanted a good steak, just chose the wrong place to get it. Ordered a 18 ounce ribeye, almost $40, medium rare. Huge amount of fat and one of the toughest steaks I've ever eaten. Baked potato was half black inside, just plain nasty. Salad extremely under impressive. Ridiculous prices, subpar quality and serving sizes. The free brown bread was the only thing that was good. Lesson learned, I will do the extra driving next time and go to Texas Roadhouse. read more

This review is WAAY overdue. I was frantically looking for a last-minute B-day cake for a Christmas baby. And as usual, last-minute planning, not so great. I remembered that we recently went to eat at this restaurant and had desert. Stellar service, food came out hot, flavor great, drinks strong but not hard, friendly, but not overbearing, prices are Very reasonable. We ordered the cheesecake to go and didn't look in the to-go bag until we got home. AND OMG- I think it's a NEW YORK cheesecake, fluffy and nice size portion, not too sweet, with different toppings to choose from and it was delicious! Husband loves him some cheesecake and that's where Outback came thru BIG! I called and spoke to a wonderfully accommodating employee, who then spoke to the manager and talked him into selling me an entire cake! To top it off, they got it ready in no time with plenty of topping and totally made Hubby's Day! In today's world, it's hard if not difficult to find true customer service from start to finish and it was making me smile knowing that customer service, at least at Outback, has not died. Thanks guys! Happy New Year! read more

Our waiters Grant & Lacey gave such great and attentive service! It was a pleasure being served by them! We had a last minute gathering for a group of 15+. And even though we were there past closing time, they were still very kind. The food was good, just wished my lobster was larger. All in all, had a great time. I enjoyed it so much, but forgot to take pictures. read more

If I could rate our dinner minus five I would. Outback Steakhouse in San Marcos has taken the meaning of the word disgusting to an entire new level. We had takeout delivery and literally every single thing we ordered was absolute garbage. The salad I ordered I requested absolutely no onion because of a severe allergy and the salad was covered with onions which made that completely inedible. The bacon bits on the wedge salad were so hard they could not be eaten so basically that was thrown out. But the most revolting part of the food was the steak. Ordered medium well, the meat was completely raw inside of ALL four of our steaks, also full of sinuous threads and burnt on the outside!!! How do you do all that and still pack it up and send it off for delivery? Well over a hundred dollars throw in the trash!!! Never ever ordering or eating there again. Thanks for taking our hard earned money and throwing it in the trash! read more

Outback Steakhouse - Medium well steak? Thank you for ruining our dinner. - Steakhouses Near Me - San Marcos, California

We were there on July 4 night time. We had dogs so we asked for sitting outside. They arranged us to sit in the back with 3 tables set together again the wall (we only had 5 people). We asked if the table could be arranged little bit not facing the wall. The waitress ran in and out tellling us the manager didn't want to re-arrange the table because they have to live the hall way to walk. At that time outside only had other 2 tables of guests (1 near the door, 1 near the bar) ans if they set up the table little bit, we only need 2 tables and won't block the hall way at all, still have big space to walk. Anyway, we just said ok and sit down. We thought they were crowded so we didn't want to bother much. I went to the restroom inside and surprised me.. they were empty, only 1 table of guests inside. And after I got off the restroom, the 2 tables of guests outside already left. So outside only our table and they still not wanted to help us sit a little better. Lol. Now, talked about food. I ordered 1 Bone-in Prime Rib 18 oz Medium, it came out not even 18 oz at all, and they cooked it Welldone, very dry, I hated it but I didn't want to waste foods so I tried to finish. My friend order NY Strip Well Done and it came out Medium Rare (more Rare), with lots of tendons and fat and he only can ate half of it which were meat for him. Well, we love to support local restaurant but they should do a much better job in both food quality and customer service though. P.S: my picture look nice because I love to take nice pictures for my foods, but you can see my Prime-Rib are too dry to eat.. lol... read more

Outback Steakhouse - Bone-in Prime Rib Medium .. it was actually Well Done and too try to eat, only the part near the bone are Medium Rare. - Steakhouses Near Me - San Marcos, California

Came in recently to order take out and Justis was wonderful! I wasn't sure what to get, but he was very knowledgeable on what was good on the menu and I was very pleased with his recommendations! I got the Sirloin Steak with the Chicken Breast, The brussel sprouts & fries and everything was phenomenal especially being To-go. A good vibe, definitely come n check them out. read more

So we went as a family for my husband's birthday and wanted to get the lobster and steak that they didn't have and as an appetizer, you always get the blooming onion that just so happen to be undercooked and bad old grease was not the experience I was expecting the gentleman who is serving us, was taking his sweet time I truly did not expect this to be what we paid for next time will not return back to outback steakhouse read more