Review of Outback Steakhouse

Sorry- I know a lot of people report that Outback is a Celiac safe restaurant, but our recent experience does not reflect that. My two Celiac children and I ate there this past weekend, each of us ordering off the gluten-free menu. I ordered a side salad with my meal, specifying "no croutons". It came out ahead of our meals, looked fine, but I found a crouton while eating it. I sent it back and they brought out another one (this one did not have any croutons). My daughter actually ordered a salad as her meal. When her salad came out, it was covered with croutons. We immediately handed it back to the waiter, who took it back and brought out another one. This one looked okay until my daughter started eating it, then realized there were croutons down in the salad. We then called over a manager, explained the situation and sent it back again. They brought out a third salad for her, which looked okay, but she was too afraid to eat it at that point. The cook staff were clearly just attempting to take off croutons from already-made salads, which is of course NOT a Celiac-safe practice.

Celiac friendly?

No