Outback Steakhouse
$$ • Restaurant, Steakhouse
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Standard Outback fare. We had to chew out our waitress a little bit to get her to understand that it wasn't a 'whatever' sort of situation when I said it needs to be gluten free but we had no issues with our meal.
They have an extensive GF menu, and while I've been in other Outback restaurants that knew how to handle GF orders, this one did NOT! Obviously they have not been trained properly. I told them up front that my order needed to be GF. Even so, I still always tell them no croutons for my salad. The salad came out with croutons. My steak came out with an announcement that it was lo-cal and when I asked if that meant that it was also GF, they didn't know. The waitress came back and said she checked and was okay because they didn't put butter on it! After calling on the manager and supposedly checking with the cook, I finally had a cold $24 steak that I was not confident that I could eat!
I've eaten at this chain before and have never had an adverse reaction. They bring a small loaf of bread and some butter automatically but you can just immediately request that they take it away. They have a clear gluten free menu that specifies how to order you food I.e. order without bun, without seasoning. At this location I got a bacon cheeseburger without bun and a plain baked potato with sour cream on the side. It was very filling and tasty. Our table was clean with no crumbs and on this occasion I did not suffer any reaction so I am fairly certain my food was not contaminated.
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Good waiter and food. Thunder doe. Under was made properly. Followed the menu and wait staff had correct answers. It was cool.
Worst gluten free dining experience I've ever had. Put croutons in my salad, I sent it back for a new salad. It was brought to me with crouton crumbs on it. Meal came with wrong sides that were not gf. Offered to give me a dessert, then forgot. When it came they forgot the ice cream. Manager was defensive and annoyed with me for some reason. Horrible! Next time I visit corpus I will cook my own meals, they're too behind the times here.
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Very accommodating with allergies just need to let the server know or get a manager to let them know and they will discuss with the cook. They have a GF menu.
I have celiac and I'm very sensitive to cross contamination. As long as you communicate, they are very safe. I've eaten here many times and have never been sick!I highly recommend the Alice Springs chicken. I've also had lobster, Grilled shrimp, house salad, salmon, and many steaks. It's my go to in any state.
Decided to come here based on other positive reviews. They have a separate GF menu, you just need to ask. It has a ton of options on there and lists out any necessary modifications that need to be made. I ordered the lunch center cut sirloin with asparagus as my side. No reaction afterwards
They have an allergy menu online and will label your order gf. We had the worst server ever (he messed up at least three different things, a few twice), and the food was almost inedible. For the prices just go to medium rare. But it is safe.
We went for dinner and when it arrived there was bread under my shrimp. They quickly removed it and put in a reorder. The waitress and manager were very apologetic and my order was remade. They kept apologizing but everything was good. Would go back again.
