I always get their Mac n cheese and i don't want anything else! I love it and it's always very good. One time I went and it was a little cold, but i'm hoping that was just a bad day. But, my father and grandfather don't like this place. They say its nothing special and there's better places to go. My father also got steaks a couple times that he just couldn't eat. Overall for me it's good, but for others... not so much. read more

A sort of kid friendly chain restaurant with marginal food. Gotta go with the blooming onion as it's a legacy. Aussie cheese fries are great to. My visit didn't really stand out good or bad but was run of the mill. Decided on the Fosters huge "oil can" beer for kicks. Would like to see more local stuff on tap. read more

We had a party of 5 and one tiny loaf of bread barely gave everyone a taste. It took over 10 minutes to receive a second loaf. I ordered the filet mignon medallions. I had no idea they would come on skewers. The meat was tough and full of grizzle. My baked potato came on a plate with nothing...no butter and no sour cream...and was cold. They brought me another potato that was hot, but only sour cream and no butter. Needless to say, I was not impressed. read more

Had the steak salad. Lettuce was all brown picked through it! Ugh! Waitress said she spoke to manager and cook and the cook said that's the way the lettuce has been coming to them? So you serve brown lettuce??? They tried to cover the brown lettuce with ranch dressing... So if you don't want brown lettuce ask for dressing on the side read more

Just back from outback , we went in excited to try the Aussie Celebration for two available from 2/12 to 2/16/20 . When we asked for it , flat out , server said it's over . Twice and that's it . When I got home Checked the ad again , I thought I read it wrong. But there it was. 12/12 to 12/16 today that is. I guess it's meant to be served only for certain people. Well steak was good , fried lobster was too salty for my taste. read more

The food here is standard for an Outback Steakhouse. It's well prepared and exactly what one would expect. The bleu cheese pecan chopped salad is a standout, and whenever I order a steak it's cooked just as I asked for it to be. The prices are reasonable, the food tastes fresh. What makes this a four-star restaurant instead of three is the service. I was seated in Spencer's section, and he was just fantastic. He took the time to discuss the menu and make suggestions without being pushy. If our water glasses dipped below half-full, he was over to fill them back up. He was attentive but managed not to make us feel crowded. And it was his first night on the floor by himself! If you go to the Vestal Outback, ask if he's working and if you can be seated in his section. It's worth a few minutes extra wait! read more

Came in for some Prime Rib, but wanted to review the menu for a bit, since it's been awhile. Ordered a Coke and my waitress, Nicole bought it and some bread out after a few minutes. I go to order, and she thinks they might be out of prime rib medium. She runs back to recheck. On return she tells me they're out of all prime rib. I respectfully tell her that's what I was here for, and request the check. Honestly I didn't think there would really be one for my one soft drink given the ample opportunity she had to tell me they were out of something. But, there was. $3.12. Disappointed. Also I rated 3 stars because not sure if you'd see this review because of the yelp changes. read more

Standard Outback fare with spotty service First of all, I've been to this particular outback several times and I find it to be fairly consistent. It's typically deserving of a 3 to 3.5 stars for what it is. I am reviewing this based on my most recent visit and I will revise in the future if I find things have changed. I arrived with my family of 4 and we were immediately sat due to making call ahead seating reservations. The table we sat at was extremely crammed. The table seemed like it was meant for 2 people not 4. We had to request to be moved to another table which gave us more room. Once we were sat it took around 10 minutes to get our drink orders in and another 10 to place our dinner orders. The servers looked as if it was there first day on the job and seemed to be working very inefficiently. Overall, after the initial delay things were not noticeably slow, however our server wasn't extremely friendly... perhaps due to working on a holiday. I ordered the outback special with lobster tail, a sweet potato, and a pecan chopped salad. I have ordered the pecan chopped salad many times and I always enjoy it. On this occasion it was about 40% of its normal size. Notably smaller than even the other salads at the table. Only 4 or 5 bites until it was gone. The outback special I ordered medium was clearly more medium well to well done. I ate it without complaining as it was still pretty good although a bit dry. The lobster tail was surprisingly good for a steakhouse although not as good as a seafood joint. The sweet potato was excellent and it has been on every occasion I have come here. For dessert we had the chocolate thunder which was standard brownie with ice cream. It was good but very much just average for what it was (although it is big). During dinner my brother found a 2 bones in his prime rib which nearly made him break a tooth. We pointed this out to the manager and he deducted the prime rib from the check and offered free dessert. My brother did say the prime rib was very good after this incident, although he seemed to have some pain for quite a while after biting into the bones. Due to service and some of the issues during our visit I have to give this particular outback 2 stars. We'll see how things go during my next visit, as I know it's typically better than this. read more

The food was rather sub par and we had to send one dish back, but the waitress was outstanding. We were in the middle of an exhausting and over troubled road trip and she took the time to pacify our toddler with his rantings about trucks and choo-choos. Thanks to her. read more

On February 15, 2023 I visited Outback to have a meal with my family. A guy I thought was a the bus boy due to the way he was dressed came over and took my niece's drink and walked away without any explanation. My niece is 22 years old and of legal age to drink. although she did not have a valid ID, I am a police sergeant and would not allow her to drink alcohol if she was under age. it wasn't the fact that he made a decision not to let her drink without ID, but it was the fact how he came over looking disheveled, with his shirt open and his attitude. He did not come over and explain anything. As a manager I believe his actions are a bit disturbing. I feel he should have had a conversation with us. He should not be reaching over anyone and grabbing anything from a customer. He should have the decency to have a conversation as manager. We then tried to pay our bill and and rudely yelled they don't have a bill. Something needs to be done immediately about Jaime. read more

I love Outback but this specific location gave me food poisoning. I'll return to other locations but will unfortunately not to this one.

We waited for over an hour and only once we complained, we were accommodated. Terrible waitstaff, terrible food quality! Steaks were raw when asked for well done. Once recooked, it was like chewing leather. Thank goodness the manager was great! Apologetic, accommodating and took out items that came late or was cooked wrong otherwise I would have given 0 stars read more

I had not been to this restaurant in quite some time but the other night I was quite surprised. I ordered the ribeye steak with an add-on lobster tail and a side chef's vegetables ...all which were excellent. It was also reasonably priced at around 30 dollars so I with definitely be back! read more

Outback Steakhouse - Dinner on Monday 3/24/15..excellent - Steakhouses Near Me - Vestal, New York

Good food and great service. I had the no rules pasta with chicken. It was great.food was slightly over priced . Decent wallaby darn. Overall great experience. read more

We called ahead to get on the list (which they are pointed in telling you it is NOT a reservation) but it still saved us time. Instead of waiting the 40-50 minutes that others were told they would be waiting when they showed up, we waited 20 minutes. We pretty much knew what to expect as we had been to Outback before, so nothing was really surprising. The best part of the meal was the service. Our waitress was very good, don't remember her name but she was a seasoned and experienced waitress with a nice personality. She said she's been in the business for 26 years. She was wonderful. The appetizers were okay, we got the sampler plate which had fried Mac/cheese balls, fries and fried onions. There was nothing special about any of those items, and no one at our table was very fond of the Mac/cheese balls. The steak fajita was the other appetizer and it was just okay. Didn't really get any steak in my portion. My husband and I ordered a French onion soup and a steak salad to split. The French onion soup was delicious. Between that and the bread and butter at the beginning of the meal, I would say that was the best part of the experience. The steak salad we got was nicely portioned so that we could share but it wasn't what was depicted on the menu. It tasted like an Asian salad with a few pieces of average steak on top. Will we go back? Maybe, but only if there aren't any other choices. read more

I was passing through Bing' town for one night and Yelped some places to eat. What I noticed about this place on Yelp was the few 1 star reviews BUT how the owner / manager responded to every review. That tells me something about the place, crappy reviews and all, so I decided to give it a try and judge for myself. Glad I did! I had the side salad with blue cheese dressing (homemade dressing). DELISH! For the main, I ordered the "house cut" prime rib and salt crusted baked potato. The portion of meat is not only massive but delicious! For 5 dollars more you can get the bone-in rib cut and get prob 6 to 8 oz more meat. I ordered a bottle of Michael David Petit Petit Syrah which went PERFECT with the whole entree. It's a bit over priced because bottles sell all day retail for $17.00 ($13.00 at Costco in Atlanta). Anyway, I understand restaurants need to make money and liquor / wine is a MAJOR revenue stream for any restaurant. Being a wine guy, Michael David petit petit "drinks" like a $55.00 restaurant wine, so that's how you can justify paying that. Overall, the value of food to price is well worth stopping by! Jackie the bartender did a GREAT job of taking care of me!! read more

Great food great service! The bread served is a little bit weird. Overall it's fine. A little expensive but the food is worth the price.

Hit or miss pending the physical location. Stay away from Seacacus Nj chain, staff is a bit preoccupied and overwhelmed and either no managed or understaffed. I had to leave after an hour and not receiving my meal. read more

They cannot and did not cater to our nut allergies. Good that they admitted it and chose not to serve us but really weird that a chain like this doesn't have protocol to handle this. I gave the a three rating for protecting our life even though we didn't eat ther read more

I'm giving the Vestal Outback 5 stars based on how they went above and beyond to make up for a mistake they had made with my family's to-go order (I LOVE the food here, so that was never an issue!). My mom placed a pick up order, via phone call, several nights ago. When she got home around midnight, she realized they had forgotten an entire dinner and several sides. We live 25 minutes away, so even if they were still open we wouldn't have wanted to drive all the way back. She was really mad about now having to figure out dinner for my little brother, so she called. One of the owners answered. Anyone who has worked in a restaurant knows how fun it is to talk to an upset customer (especially an angry little woman who calls at 1AM), but he handled her pretty well, got her address and said he would send her gift cards. She said she wasn't calling to get free food, she just wanted to let someone know what had happened (which really meant she wanted to let someone know how angry and inconvenienced she was), and to make sure she could come back to pick up the missing dinner some other day. He still sent the gift cards, and we received them yesterday. They covered our ENTIRE family's meal, which was very, very generous of them!! We ordered to-go tonight, online. It was under my name instead of hers this time, and everything was PERFECT. All the boxes were labeled, and every single thing was there. When they saw that I was paying with Come Back gift cards, a manager came out to talk to me. I could tell she knew about my mom's angry conversation, but she was very nice to me and didn't treat me like someone who complains to get free food (I dislike people who purposely earn a free meal by whining about it as much as the next person). The restaurant did not know it was my family when we placed the second to-go order, and everything was still perfect. I don't know if the owner talked to the staff or what, but either way I had a MUCH better experience this time, and was impressed by the effort of this restaurant to keep my business. Thank you! read more

Went there with my boyfriend. He had steak and he said it was much better than the one he had the other day at the Txxxs Rxxxhouse (not much effort to disguise this). I had an 'Ahi Tuna sushi steak' (which was actually like 'tataki') and it was delicious. We'll go back for another special dinner. read more

I don't go all that often, its not my favorite place but I do enjoy it when I want something different. Last time I went I had an issue with my order being wrong. After a few minutes of trying we got a waiter to come over, take it back, and fix it. Immediately following it going back and me waiting, the manager on shift came over and sat next to me. He asked what happened and I told him. He apologized over the course of nearly five minutes. He was the best manager I have ever seen, anywhere. After having it fixed and it being right he told me to pick a desert and it was on him. I told him that it was fine, the food was fixed, but thank you. He refused. He made us laugh, had us pick something and got it for us. Seriously, he went above and beyond what I could have ever asked for. 10 stars for his behavior! read more

Excellent service, very good steaks with vegetable medley, and delicious classic iceberg wedge with blue cheese dressing! Also, very good coconut shrimp appetizer. Much better than expected from a chain restaurant. read more

Outback Steakhouse is always an awesome place to grab some drinks, great appetizers, or well seasoned steak. This location is the best one in the area. They have some great mixed drinks that pack a nice punch and the steaks are Outback classic. Perfectly seasoned, Cooked to order, and accompanied by great sides. I've never been disappointed at this Outback Steakhouse. I would be stunned if you did not greatly enjoy your experience. read more

Huge portions! I hate that! I don't wanna sleep after a meal! I had a food poisoning from their Martini Pomegranate!!!!!!!!

Came here with my parents while I was in town one weekend. It's your typical outback fare. If you've been to one, you've been to them all.

The last couple times I went to eat here the food was meh, take it or leave it. however, I recently got take out from there and the food was OUTSTANDING. I dont know how they manage but the food was piping straight from the kitchen hot and cooked perfectly when I got home. Its a chain restaurant and the staff has always been super friendly. Its definitly a go to option for us. read more

Wow! As we waited for our table to be ready, we sat at the bar and got a drink, bartender gave us recipt so I figured it could be combined with our meal bill as we sat down as she didn't say it had to be paid before we sat down. The waiter said it can't be combined before we even ordered food. OK got it. He then reminded us about 5 more times throughout our entire meal. Completely unnecessary!! Then the topping OK the cake..... gave us our bill and then gave us another copy of the bar bill. Thanks as I obviously forgot the other several times you reminded us to pay it. I sat on the inside I paid the bill for mothers day, wasn't going to make the person next to me get up to go pay the bar bill. I didn't just drop $116 on food to skip out on less than a $20 bar tab. You have got to be joking!!! I'm so livid right now with this service!! read more

Had the blooming onion which was tasty, also had a special order of French onion soup with no bread extra soup and still have the cheese floating on top and they pulled it off, yummy!!! Salad as always was very simple and yummy love the ranch here, service was great. read more

We had a mixed experience but overall it was fine for a chain restaurant. I had the seafood sampler which was very small and stuffed shrimp were very fishy. Lobster was tasty but only three forkfuls. Steaks and ribs were fine, as were the apps: fried Mac n cheese bites, coconut shrimp and blooming onion. Bread is delicious with hint of honey. read more

Too much salt and pepper in everything they make. Slow service. Kind of gloomy atmosphere. Bread was super hard.

I used to love their salads which seem a little more paltry and less fresh recently. Also, craft beer in this place is a foreign concept.

Good eatings every time. Friendly staff that's not over talkative... Great place to go after a long work week.

Steak was overwhelmed by the "mild" seasoning to the point where I couldn't taste the bourbon-bacon topping that I paid extra for... and they forgot so I had to wait til it was brought about 10 minutes later. Salad and sweet potato good. Service ok. My husband rates it a 4; I would give a 3 read more

Just had dinner there. Awesome. Great service. Good food. Good portions. They gave us $10 in coupons. Will go back there again.

YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a masterful combo of service and food. Arrived at 5:15. The only downside was that it took awhile to get the salads read more

Had som problems with cooked level of food mgr took care of us will say this new favorite place great staff works hard

Good service. Good food. Had full flack of ribs. Slightly pricey but good. Subbed fries for loaded potatoes. Also good. Ok selection of draft beer. Decent house drinks. Overall a good experience. read more

Good service. So-so food. Overpriced! Very friendly waitress. The grilled salmon was hot and tasty although I've never seen a rectangular fish! Mashed potatoes were not quite as hot as I would have liked. Wife had dinner salad that was ok if not great! Potato and cheddar soup was... ehhh! Not worth the $$. read more

Would not recommend this restaurant. I had silverware that was stuck together. Service was OK, but steaks had WAY too much pepper. The drinks were too pricey. $3.00 for a coke. read more