Outback Steakhouse
$$ • Restaurant, Steakhouse
Most Recent Reviews
The staff was very knowledgeable and reassuring! Had a great meal and not an ounce of sickness! Definitely win! They even tell you about the separate area in which they prep.
Use the words "gluten allergy" and they will bend over backwards to make sure you are taken care of! I have celiac and have eaten here many times and never been sick from it. They are happy to re-make dishes, allow substitutions, and just generally make your meal enjoyable. My favorite thing is the mushroom marsala sauce that you can add to your meat, because it is safe and also delicious! You can't have any of the appetizers, which is sad because I love me some chili-fries, but you can get any of the salads on the GF menu instead.
Service can be a tiny bit slow sometimes, but I have only ever been with a large party and that inevitably takes a little longer, so they still get 5 stars in my book.
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Perhaps the best San Diego Outback location? Fries here are gf (some locations fries aren’t) and staff is accommodating and knowledgeable.
Make sure if you get the Chocolate Thunder from Down Under to omit the whip cream
Before arriving at the restaurant I called and spoke to the manager Matt he let me know what options I had for my allergies. He told me to let him know when I arrived. He personally managed my food and I had a great experience
Two of our party of 12 are diagnosed celiacs and one is suspected celiac. One of us got glutenned. The waiter did not correctly put in our allergy order and salads came out with croutons. We sent offending salads back and they allegedly remade them. The person bringing the food was different than the waiter, had no idea about the three allergy orders, and did not announce the stats of the food being brought. This restaurant needs a big overhaul of training. There was unsafe food being placed down at the seating of the celiacs place.
Update Nov 2024
We have eaten here several times since my first review, and again yesterday.
All still good at this location. I had the Alice Spring Chicken from the GF menu. The manager checked on us twice. No reaction a a very enjoyable meal.
Aug 2022
Happily, no reaction to a nice streak with fully loaded baked spud and asparagus off the GF menu. We all shared a chocolate Thunder as well. Our server was fully aware of the need for caution.
Next time we are in Jonesboro we will eat here again.
I love Outback. Most of the time I go, I get grilled chicken on the Barbie, with a Caesar salad minus croutons, and a sweet potato. Delicious, satisfying and I don’t feel like I ate horribly. This past time my mother got the fried blooming shrimp which I believe is a seasonal thing and she very much enjoyed it. I had no problems what so ever.
