Let's say the Bloomin' Onion is as bad as they say. Let's say the 35 oz steak is as bad as they say. Let's say even the 22 oz steak is as bad as they say. So what? There're many other options in the menu. I've been to Outback and these outsized dishes aren't the norm. Most choices on the menu are much smaller. They just picked a few menu items they don't like and then unload on the restaurant. Not to mention that some people actually like the Bloomin' Onion and 35 oz steak.
Mid range steak houses died because they were charging a crap ton for walmart quality steaks. I will gladly pay money for a top end steak restaurant serving prime in a way I probably couldnt make at home. But outback? I can make an overcooked steak myself.
It's all because of the wage rises since some restaurants don't want to raise prices they fire people but also need them so the either reduce portion size or reduce quality
I ordered a rib-eye, a very distinctive looking cut. They served a sirloin, basically the opposite looking steak. I can't stand to send food back. The manager came, I gave him the quick "ordered that, got this," and he stared at the plate. It was so obvious and he was stumped. Eventually he said "it could be a rib-eye tip," whatever that is; but he didn't put up a fight. I wonder if the rib-eye that came out next was tenderized under the shoe of the chef, or worse.
joe bob 47 - Well, short term profits are what the top executives care about. They'll make their money (including big bonuses), and they can still live very well off of the investment income if they don't get another high-paying job. The average person is woefully ignorant of the compensation these people receive. Beyond their salary, bonuses, and stock, they get vehicles and houses paid for (that's multiple houses for one executive). Plus, they get big severance packages. They can run the company into the ground, and they still walk away rich or possibly even wealthy. One would think that a lot more people would catch on after several government bailouts of airlines, auto manufacturers, and banks, where the executives used part of the money to give themselves big bonuses. But no, lots of Americans think that these people work really hard and/or really smart and deserve the money that they get. And on top of that, many Americans don't think that these people should have to pay a higher top marginal tax rate than upper middle class people or a higher effective tax rate than middle class people. Many Americans have been paying income taxes for decades, and they don't even know what marginal tax rates are or how they work. But we gotta keep them transgender perverts outta women's public restrooms, right? And we gotta stop them Mexicans (referring to all Latinos) from coming into the country and getting on welfare, right? Even though illegal immigrants don't qualify for any federal benefits, they don't qualify for benefits in most states, and most of them are hardworking and commit crimes at a lower rate than the general population.
Clorox Bleach - There haven't been wage increases across the board, and most lower level restaurant employees are exempted from minimum wage laws. It's more accurate to say that operating costs have increased for many restaurants because beef and chicken wing prices have significantly increased and the chain restaurants want to maintain or increase their profit margins. Out of all of the problems in the U.S., wages being too high for most workers is not one of them. Wages have not kept pace with inflation or with productivity, and the wealth gap continues to increase.
It's struggling for the same reason why Chili's, Applebees, Red Lobster, etc. are struggling - It's run by a corporate restaurant group that's more focused on profit margin and efficiency than it is on the quality of food, and everything you're served is like it came off an assembly line and slightly only one step above fast food.
The actually real reason; there are a lot more local restaurants and pubs these days where you can get better food for around the same amount of money. The video did mention that as a reason, but I think that's really it. All the big chain restaurants are just kinda boring and average, this works for fast food because it's fast and cheap, but if I want to sit down and have a nice meal why go with some boring chain restaurant when I can do better? Online reviews have made it really easy to find out where the good local spots are.
Yea, hardly anyone gives a crap about the multitude of other reasons this video listed (including the supposed "racism"). It comes down the the quality of the food, price, and competition.
I used to work at Outback Steakhouse in the kitchen while I was in highschool. It was a full time job that wouldn't go well in today's society. Working 40 hours a week while still being in high school wouldn't work out because of late night time restraints. But the late 90s was very different from today. I did learn a lot about seasoning meat and cooking and the bosses and managers were great people. Though the boss of where I worked went on to a better job.
Where I lived, those kind of hours for high school kids were illegal even in the 80s. I know because I worked at a truck stop in the 80s while in high school and they tried to make me work overnight on school nights all the time, and later on they actually got busted by the state for doing that. I was too naive to realize they were taking advantage of me at the time.
People who think MSG is bad, GO DIE!! The media did false stories on MSG a while back and ever since people have gone haywire! It adds flavor to food its like salt.
You're right. That was kinda my point, although I'm not ready to wish death on anyone who disagrees with me, lol. It's perfectly safe, and occurs naturally in some foods. There have been studies done showing that it is harmless. People who claimed to have reactions but ate it without knowing it was there had NO reactions. People who claimed to have reactions and were told they were eating it, but really weren't, DID have reactions. Draw your own conclusions.
do you not realize too much of anything is bad for you? its not that eating MSG is bad on its own, its how much of it exists in almost every food. it doesnt matter what it is, too much of it can cause imbalances in your body and lead to negative things its not hard.
I’ve never had a bad experience at Outback and I love it. Never got an overdone steak either, and I always order the garlic herb butter. I think it just depends on the franchise
I ate there with a friend once many years ago and got food poisoning, my friend who had what I had did too. We reported the restaurant to the folks upstairs at Outback, and local government, as well as the local paper. Outback settled with us and they were forced to close the restaurant for a month to fix what was broken. Business fell off a cliff and a year later, they closed.
@@Btt8 it was many years ago and you are much too mistrustful to bother with. I didn't say don't go there, I just offered a related incident in my life from long ago which caused me not to go there since.
Last week I walked into an Outback (because even though I love to cook I often also enjoy the "Costly Self Indulgence" of dining out from time to time) and sat at the bar. I was there for probably 20 minutes and was never greeted even once. Some of my observations as I was sitting there where 3 or 4 employees (maybe waiters) standing around the hostess talking among themselves, another 3 or 4 employees walking through the bar looking around but never acknowledging me, and the bartender attempting to help what appeared to be the only 3 tables in the place with customers other than me. So without even getting acknowledged I ended up walking out, I probably could have robbed the place and nobody would have even known as they were more preoccupied on socializing among themselves and avoiding customers that aren't in their section or whatever to even pay attention to anything else. This is why The Outback and other restaurants and customer service establishments are hurting!!!
you most likely have no idea how restaurant business works, but you most likely sat yourself and expected people to serve you. Restaurant bar areas don't work like that and you cant expect any server to just magically serve you. servers can only serve in their sections unless they are requested by the host.
@@yousawahoe6334 You are an idiot, even if a server can't serve you they can at least acknowledge you and say someone will be right with you or something... I sat there for 20 minutes and had several employees look at me and not one acknowledged me even once. You most likey have no idea about customer service and therefore have no business even criticizing me on the topic!!! Oh, and by the way - YES, I do expect that in a CUSTOMER SERVICE job for the people that are employed for that position to "SERVE ME"!!!
That sounds like the Longhorn Steakhouse near me. You go there at 5 p.m. walk into an empty restaurant and are told it will be a 30 minute wait for a table. After speaking to the manager I was told it was because none of the servers were scheduled to come in until 5:30. Never went back there again, if the staff is that mismanaged, I would hate to see the cleanliness of their kitchen.
Yet another "The real reason ___________ is failing" video. Chain restaurants are first and foremost businesses, run by businessmen, with the sole purpose of packing as many people in like cattle, feeding them quickly and getting them out of the door so the next herd can come in. Food quality is waaaaay down on the list of priorities when it comes to these places. You don't get a chef to do your taxes or go over your books, why expect decent food from people who don''t know the first thing about good food ?
There are chain restaurants that do a good job of developing a strong menu. But they're few and far between because it costs more. The bigger the chain, the less they can appeal to high-budget foodies.
I am a chef and I'm really fucking good at taxes. And I can cook every single item on Outbacks menu better than anyone there can. But honestly, that's not saying much lol.
bea Not really. It is pretty much the opposite. I mean In-N-Out is soo crowded that calling it empty is irrelevant. I mean Heart Attack Grill isn't gonna go away and they put butter into milkshakes and add lard into onion rings
Former employee here. After having talked to workers from other stores in my region, and 4 years of working there, outback was one of the WORST companies I've ever worked with. Corporate was the boogy man to the managers who knew they did a shit job most of the time, kitchen staff was notorious for failing to get correct steak temperatures, and there simply is no incentive aside from tips to be productive and a good worker. They don't care about their employees
AgentBubbles Here's what I'll say to you. I agree about not paying massive prices for steaks. However... First off, they haven't been called waitresses in over a decade, unless you're in a shitty little coffee shop or diner, and second, if you're too worried about having to pay someone for their service, then you probably should only be cooking in your home. Because you can't afford to go out and eat. Simple Logic You will be doing the rest of the world a huge favor.
@@joshuasnore3600 ive been in a restraunt worked for applebees for a while not all servers need to be tipped honestly they just need to be paid minimum wage half the servers I worked with never took out there food they just rang up the food an sat til the food was ready then did a check once or twice an if something was wrong its the cook who fixes it sorry some servers just do nothing to get a 5$ tip
We need to change the way the law is applied. Minimum wage should be minimum for EVERYBODY. Sure, prices will go up. And tips (or at least the feeling of being expected to tip) will go down. Ultimately, people will pay the same amount for their meals. The difference is that it will all flow through the employer who would then have to pay payroll taxes on it. And good servers will get tips and bad servers won't.
- - or people need to stop trying to live and pay bills on minimum wage. You accept the lowest paying job and then complain that it’s not enough money. You don’t go get a better job, it might require hard work so You bitch and cry that you’re not paid enough. 🤦🏻♂️ life is so hard 😂
Outback pulled out of Taiwan about 2 years ago. Burger King maybe has, too. I think Ruby Tuesday is gone, and Singapore/HongKong/Taipei "Dan Ryan's" is gone. Chili's, I'm not sure. TGI Fridays is probably next as they moved from "good place" to "way up on a high floor of a department store." Even local chain "Smokey Joe's" was nearly empty last time I was there on a Sunday afternoon. There are now much less expensive local restaurants that offer similar food, and geared toward local taste. Even local Taipei-based restaurant "Alleycat's Pizza" closed the Tainan City branch after only two years (but I think it's because they opened it in a stupid place--again, up inside a shopping mall. Who wants to park and go in there? Taipei people are used to that, but we Tainaners avoid that if possible. Good food, but too expensive for passers by to say "Hey, let's eat here." and too inconvenient for others to say "Hey, let's go to Alleycat's.")
The owner of Outback Steakhouse said that restaurant sales are back to pre-pandemic levels, so I don't think they're struggling at all- they're practically thriving compared to other primarily dine-in restaurants!
Lamb chops at Outback is my favorite thing on earth! Oh that cab sauce!! add that with a house salad w tangy tomato dressing and asparagus. However I haven’t eaten there in years and don’t know why...might grab some ...
I love Outback, but I’ve always wished they’d include bread, two sides, and a side salad with their $20.00 filets of salmon/steak entrees. What the heck, and a free drink! 😽🍹
That was certainly insensitive and I think they deserved all the criticism they got from that, but it was just a mistake. They apologized and they've learned from it, so I think I'll keep going there
I work at a high-end restaurant serving Lobster Thermidor, Veal Osso Bucco, Crab and Truffle Pasta, and Texas Exotic Venison. Our beef dishes include Super Prime, Wet Age, 1855 Ribeye, 60 Day Dry Age Heartbrand Ranch Strip, and Certified Akaushi Filet. I still enjoy Outback and will be sad to see them go (if they do). If you know how and what to order, you can have a great meal at a very reasonable price.
ToughGuineaPig it’s actually just called the kids Mac you can still order it just tell the server you want he kids Mac instead (: I serve there currently so I got a lot of tricks lol also as a side you can do pasta with fettuccine and Alfredo and it’ll be a full portion like the Queensland pasta but without the chicken and shrimp
You know America has an obsession with Mac and cheese not a bad way you just cannot get good Mac and cheese in Ireland I mean I got KFC in Newyork in 2016 good stuff terrible mash potatoes but good rest stuff including the Mac and cheese and the I think there called biscuit's
I tried outback in the 80's when it opened. We had to wait in the bar for a half hour or so before being seated in the one third full dining room by a surly host. The onion was cold, wine tasted like kerosene, and worse yet an over priced rare steak had the texture and flavor of a burned army boot heel.
I work for OB, and have been with the company for 13 years as a bartender & server. The steaks are cooked and seasoned to order, aren't ever frozen, and aren't prepared with MSG or any other shit like that. Not sure where you guys got your information from, but most of our food is made fresh in house daily, right down to most of our dressings. When I first started with the company in 2008, every single thing we served was made fresh in house. The company does now deliver some pre made items (like the French fries and some of our dressings), but the majority is still made in house.
I always thought it was because nobody in the kitchen knows how to cook a steak (not sure if this is true elsewhere, but LA & Orange County have a real problem with it).
this is just weird, if you're in Australia, eat a sausage in bread, don't put a 'shrimp on the barbie", if anything, put a prawn on the barbeque. (yes, we don't have shrimp in Australia, it's prawn, they're much smaller)
Yeah, I don't think anybody was ever fooled into thinking it was an authentic Australian restaurant. It was a gimmick and for a couple of decades people actually liked it. And now they can't really get rid of the gimmick. And they certainly can't take it seriously and serve Australian-style food to Americans.
Sherman McDaniel I’m from California and when I went to Texas. My family took me to Texas Roadhouse, I’m a really big fan of outback but I gotta say. I love Texas Roadhouse
I used to like Outback when the prices were reasonable... and it was an indulgence over other places with even more reasonable prices (Logan's, Longhorn, etc.). You could eat for $20 per person (alcoholic beverages not included), and that was fine for once-a-week dinner that you didn't have to worry about cleaning up afterwards. Nowadays, the dinner plate itself costs more than that for a steak that even approaches edible, and that's before any upgrades to sides, drink, or such. The quality of the steak's cook will fluctuate greatly based on the kitchen staff... I typically order medium rare and get steaks that range from blue rare to well done, but rarely (har har) manages to hit that medium rare mark. And, when it does come back with the right cook on it, it's almost certainly going to be under- or over-seasoned. So why am I going to sit there and pay $22 for a New York Strip that 80% of the time is going to be cooked badly, when I can go to Costco and pick up a package of 3 premium cut NYS steaks for $40, or 5 regular cuts for $36? Either of which are actually superior to Outback's offerings? If I'm going to pay that much for a crap piece of steak, I'll spend the extra $10-$15 per person and go to a high end restaurant. Or go to $50 a plate at a Brazilian Steakhouse, where you get bits of the entire selection of phenomenally cooked meats.
The last time we were shoved in the bar area because they didn't want to dirty the rest of the restaurant and we couldn't even hear each other talk.... Not worth the money we spent...
The last time hubby and I dined there, imagine our surprise when the manager pulled up a chair at our table and began to to interview us about our "dining experience". In the middle of a family dinner? Really? Excuse us....who are you again??? Rather intrusive, we thought. But maybe corporate was desperate for customer feedback because of sales. That didn't help.
that’s common in restaurants. it’s just to check up on customers that day & get a read on how their servers are doing so that you get the best possible service
Linda C I had a manager sit down with me and my gf at Applebee’s and ask how the food was. Than after he asked if he could try the ribs me and my gf got. It was awkward lol
Outback in my area closed... not because of poor food, nor "insensitive" issues... but simply because of terrible service. Period. Staff were quite uninformed on their menu, and waiting 1 1/2 hours to get your order, was ridiculous. When one complained, like my better half did- she was told that " you can always leave... there are many people waiting for a seat..." Of which, of course, she replied.. " .. they wouldn't be waiting if you knew how to serve your clients properly..."
I don't have an Outback here, but I wish I had a local steak house anyway, love watching BBQ Pitmasters and hearing about how most of them all have their own restaurants, THAT'S the kind of steakhouse you want :D
Will there come a time when people like Kristopher Johnson will quit bitching about other people bitching. Come Kris break the cycle of bitching and just shut the fuck up. Then maybe slowly we start can live in world without so many bitch ass people.
The last Outback I went to (now closed) started with being ignored by wait staff for 45 minutes except for getting water to the table of six. Then about a half hour later the waitress came back to explain they were out of the particular beer two of us ordered. A half hour after that we finally got food, all wrong. I asked for a manager, paid for the drinks we did get and left. Nope, I did not leave a tip.
We just got home from our last time at Outback. Everything is salty to the point it's nasty. I take a bite of burger, drink half a gass water. Eat a few fries and drink more water. Most of the offerings say "spicy". Ordered my son an entree that said nothing about spicy. It had mushrooms that tasted like dusted with red pepper. He complained so I tasted one. By the time we left I could still feel it, and I can handle some spice.
Me and the wife had Outback take out on New Years Eve, food was under cooked and I had to drive back cause they forgot a few items, fries and Bloomin Onion were also soggy and under cooked, it was pretty much a mess and a disappointment especially when we spent over 100. But it was super busy so I'll give them another chance.
I got fired bc I was being harassed by a worker there who wouldn’t leave me alone and wouldn’t stop staring at me, when I told the manager this he said I was being dramatic and that I hated men which is being discriminative and fired me on that reason. Which was never true, he even went to say that the person that was working there has been there longer than me and he knows that this man wouldn’t do anything. Absolutely ridiculous.
Don't feel bad when these faceless chains go out of business. Sorry for the workers employed there but honestly - ffs who actually goes to these places to eat?
Trying to make this out as people being more health conscious is BS. The fact is their main entrees sucked. Their steaks and prime rib were small and bland, and they could NEVER cook them correctly. Every one of them had the same line when you asked for medium..."That's a little pink in the middle right?"...Uh Yes, medium is a little pink in the middle. Then what you got was so rare it was still moving. So they didn't know how to cook their steaks at all. They were so scared of overcooking because of the bottom line of cooking a new one. You ended up having to send it back every time. That's why they're struggling.
We stopped going when we found out they were anti-gun. Also, I ordered the grilled shrimp and they brought a mayo-mustard sauce. I told the waitress we wanted the butter sauce that usually came with it. Both her and the cook said what they gave me is how it has always been served. I guess I am too stupid to know what I usually get, the same thing the Texas Roadhouse serves with their grilled shrimp...butter.
The bloomin onion was actually created at chilis. I know because I saw them introduced. Then outback launched and quite a few chilis managers became the first outback manager/investors, and some of the outback menu items were identical to chilis offerings, exactly why Im not sure. For ex, the outback burger was literally the same as chilis, same patties from the same vendor with the same bun cooked on a flat top just like chilis (however they did not sand bag them like chilis). For the bloomin onion, originally they were cut by hand but a couple years later when I worked at outback for a bit they had invented a bloomin onion punch machine, eliminating the tedious vertical cuts (that were only done by someone trained to do so, usually the kitchen manager, too easy to screw up a cut and ruin the bloom). Outback sold so many bloomin onions a night that it was one guys job to cook just those all night. Thats all he did, one menu item. Two fryers all to himself. They did have awesome caesar dressing though, loved that stuff.
I work at Outback...we're doing pretty good lol We're one of the few restaurants that has a delivery department, and little known fact we were the first restaurant chain to have a gluten free menu.
@@hamptom11 ...do you not know what gluten is. You can order a 20 oz. ribeye a loaded baked potato and some veggies and BAM you're fucking gluten free. It's just wheat silly butt.
Outback might have issues, but I like their food. Their seafood is better than Red Lobster's, and cheaper. The side dishes are good, and they have a grass-fed hamburger which is excellent. I'd be sad to see it go.
@@---cr8nw Are there any places you would recommend for seafood? I mention Red Lobster because it's popular and it's known for seafood. That doesn't mean I think it's any good.
+Mr. D. it depends where you are in the country, but local is usually better. National chains use bland flavors because they are more widely accepted. For example, down in Louisiana people are more accustomed to Creole style seasoning, which would not do well when rolled out to a national audience. Also, distribution is a factor. For seafood to be fresh and high quality, it should never go through a central distribution center or be bought in massive bulk quantities. I'm in the Midwest, just outside of St. Louis. There aren't very many places around here that have good ocean fish and crustaceans, but I've found a couple of good places. Catfish and bass are quite popular here because they're local and cheap.
@@---cr8nw That's true, flavors at most national chains are very bland. About distribution, it's not easy for the average person to figure out where their seafood comes from. It helps though if they put on their menu something like "today's catch" or "local catch." I still always have good experiences at Outback though; maybe one could do better locally but compared to other chains at least, it's pretty good.
idk I like the shrimp and crab legs at red lobster a lot but most of their other things arent that great, not as terrible as outback, but not better than most seafood places. but I guess its almost like food can be opinionated too many people think mcdonalds taste good and the only thing I could bare to eat there is maybe a chicken nugget
Guarantee you the #1 reason is the lack of quality that is common with sit-down chain restaurants. Nobody wants microwaved veggies from a steam bag anymore.
I have to say I am glad they are going away it is a premium for subpar steak, add to that the fact the bloomin onion is no longer unique and that literally nothing about it is Australian and it is rebrand or die. 5 years ago finding a place with a specialty item akin to the bloomin onion and 5+ beers on tap was rare, now it expected.
Growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, my first dining experiences included Mr. Steak, a visit to the Ensley Grill with Mema (I asked why there were bullet holes in the door and the reply was that the manager had been shot; I was 4) and McDonalds almost every day one summer because Mom knew the fish sandwich was on sale. You cannot imagine how wonderful the Outback seemed to me when it opened; it really was the bomb in its day.
Dude! I'm Aussie and how the fuck is a boomerang with beer in it racist? We love our alcohol and boomerangs are iconic down under. Stop being offended for others.
literally every fast food item is packed with a shit ton of sodium. They don't want to waste the food so they stack it with salt. You are eating months old meat. Even the chicken bake from costco has 2k sodium... that's a days fucking worth and even more when the recommendation is 1500 for some.
Our location closed down. Last time we went it cost $47 for two people. Just two meals and a bloomin onion. Prices have always been high there. But ususlly the food tasted great. Will miss the dipping sauces.
I worked there for 6 years. I quit. The kitchen(s) are messy (I worked at 4) and the managers refer to the customers as "We like them because they are fat and dumb, not smart." The managers bonuses are being witheld unless they treat servers and employees like robots. If numbers are not met, in regards to computer usage, shifts are cut and manager bonuses removed. They are ruining the company from the inside out and with the food also....
Simple. It can't compete with good, economical steak houses like Texas Road House. Men don't care about food gimmicks, we want a good steak. And not a little sliver of meat.
I was invited to go with a friend to the Outback Steakhouse on his birthday. It was the first time we had ever eaten there, and we had heard it was really good food. We asked for Lobster. We got it all right! Have you ever been served Lobster, where the meat was grey? We didn't know any better, so we ate! We found out later, after a spell in the toilet in the hospital, that it was food poisoning, be reason of frozen, possibly outdated, or contamiated Lobster! "Since the meat was grey, it most likely," the Doctor said, "had been in the freezer," and they had to get rid of it, and saw two suckers who didn't know any better. Can you believe it? They had the NERVE to serve it to their customers. I know Lobster has a unique flavor, but this Lobster just didn't taste right! The waitress said it should be fine, but we didn't finish our plate, but what we DID eat was enough to make us sick! The next day, we were both sick, puking, with the back-door trotts, for two days! We both ended up in the hospital, suffering from dehydration, because we could not hold anything down. I WILL NEVER, EVER, EAT AN ANOTHER OUTBACK, "EVER"! I'm sure I'm not the only one with a horror story! Not to mention the outrageous price they charged for the meal. $60+!! You can say what you want, but I'll NEVER go to any outback again!! This was my FIRST and LAST time EVER!! Give me Sizzler ANYTIME!!!
My wife and I ate out at a local Outback for our anniversary and it was as usual, excellent. I ordered a burger, she got a steak. I think that was literally the best burger I've ever had. Never been disappointed by going there.
The real reason, the food got worse, prices went up, and service has gone way down hill. Outback used to be my favorite when I was a kid, now it's barely tolerable.
A proper genuine australian meal wouldn't be a steakhouse but a pub where you ordered counter meals at the bar, things like a meat pie and chips, Parma and pot, mixed grill, roast of the day, seafood basket to name a few
The Outback locations have now upped the quality of their food. I have visited several recently in different States and the quality of the food I have eaten is very good value for the money. The steaks are better quality and seasoned a lot better now. I will be going back a lot more.
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Are you still a fan of Outback? If so, what's your go-to menu item?
Mashed I work at a outback, I like working there but I have a shitty ass manager.
Mashed as an employee I promise you they still make more than enough to remain profitable
Volcano shrimp
Fan for every
Uhh that steak with the blue cheese on top……^~^
Chain restaurants: exist
Mashed: *WHY THIS PLACE IS GOING OUT OF BUSINESS*
I think the bloomin onion is for 3-4 people if you are not Matt Stonie
Right !
Who can, or would, eat a whole blooming onion ?
Plus the dinner ?
You split the onion between 3-6 people !
Then its less lethal !
Yeah, if you eat that whole thing yourself you're not going to have any room for steak. It's an appetizer for the whole table to share.
what's so hard about eating it?
Let's say the Bloomin' Onion is as bad as they say. Let's say the 35 oz steak is as bad as they say. Let's say even the 22 oz steak is as bad as they say. So what? There're many other options in the menu. I've been to Outback and these outsized dishes aren't the norm. Most choices on the menu are much smaller. They just picked a few menu items they don't like and then unload on the restaurant. Not to mention that some people actually like the Bloomin' Onion and 35 oz steak.
Trospher rt
Wait.... People actually thought steaks and hamburgers were authentic Australian cuisine?
Are you honestly shocked at what people believe of true now a days?
Draycole exactly ... like no one thought you get authentic Australian good there... @mashed is reaching hard with that one
No ways, all the steakhouse recipes, you can cook home easily, it's not authentic at all.
Draycole ayy m8 the barby is ionic
Not just people. Americans ,😂
My son and I went there for lunch and it was the best "dinner" I've had for awhile!! Will go back again!!
That's wholesome
I go there every week, I usually get such a big meal, It can feed a family.
i work there it’s ass man, who paid you to say that
Mid range steak houses died because they were charging a crap ton for walmart quality steaks.
I will gladly pay money for a top end steak restaurant serving prime in a way I probably couldnt make at home.
But outback? I can make an overcooked steak myself.
Lol so true. Like if I want to go to a steak house it's because I can't make it at home and really want to self-indulge/reward myself.
It's all because of the wage rises since some restaurants don't want to raise prices they fire people but also need them so the either reduce portion size or reduce quality
I ordered a rib-eye, a very distinctive looking cut. They served a sirloin, basically the opposite looking steak. I can't stand to send food back. The manager came, I gave him the quick "ordered that, got this," and he stared at the plate. It was so obvious and he was stumped. Eventually he said "it could be a rib-eye tip," whatever that is; but he didn't put up a fight. I wonder if the rib-eye that came out next was tenderized under the shoe of the chef, or worse.
joe bob 47 - Well, short term profits are what the top executives care about. They'll make their money (including big bonuses), and they can still live very well off of the investment income if they don't get another high-paying job.
The average person is woefully ignorant of the compensation these people receive. Beyond their salary, bonuses, and stock, they get vehicles and houses paid for (that's multiple houses for one executive). Plus, they get big severance packages. They can run the company into the ground, and they still walk away rich or possibly even wealthy.
One would think that a lot more people would catch on after several government bailouts of airlines, auto manufacturers, and banks, where the executives used part of the money to give themselves big bonuses. But no, lots of Americans think that these people work really hard and/or really smart and deserve the money that they get. And on top of that, many Americans don't think that these people should have to pay a higher top marginal tax rate than upper middle class people or a higher effective tax rate than middle class people. Many Americans have been paying income taxes for decades, and they don't even know what marginal tax rates are or how they work.
But we gotta keep them transgender perverts outta women's public restrooms, right? And we gotta stop them Mexicans (referring to all Latinos) from coming into the country and getting on welfare, right? Even though illegal immigrants don't qualify for any federal benefits, they don't qualify for benefits in most states, and most of them are hardworking and commit crimes at a lower rate than the general population.
Clorox Bleach - There haven't been wage increases across the board, and most lower level restaurant employees are exempted from minimum wage laws.
It's more accurate to say that operating costs have increased for many restaurants because beef and chicken wing prices have significantly increased and the chain restaurants want to maintain or increase their profit margins.
Out of all of the problems in the U.S., wages being too high for most workers is not one of them. Wages have not kept pace with inflation or with productivity, and the wealth gap continues to increase.
It's struggling for the same reason why Chili's, Applebees, Red Lobster, etc. are struggling - It's run by a corporate restaurant group that's more focused on profit margin and efficiency than it is on the quality of food, and everything you're served is like it came off an assembly line and slightly only one step above fast food.
Citizen of Corona Applebee’s has shit food
@@NolanStadler Ruby Tuesday's is the same way. Their food is absolute dogshit.
Every restaurant is one step above fast food idiot...have you ever worked at a restaurant?
True
yeah they took away the best Mac N Cheese I had ever had. It was so good...now it’s not as good and they changed the noodles O-o
The actually real reason; there are a lot more local restaurants and pubs these days where you can get better food for around the same amount of money. The video did mention that as a reason, but I think that's really it. All the big chain restaurants are just kinda boring and average, this works for fast food because it's fast and cheap, but if I want to sit down and have a nice meal why go with some boring chain restaurant when I can do better? Online reviews have made it really easy to find out where the good local spots are.
thank you technology
Yea, hardly anyone gives a crap about the multitude of other reasons this video listed (including the supposed "racism"). It comes down the the quality of the food, price, and competition.
Whwre I'm from Outback is the most popular steakhouse. Especially when they changed location, it was always packed
Exactly!
There's a place around here that's locally famous for quality of both food and service. It's cheaper to get a meal there than at Outback.
Why are people surprised that bloomin onions have so many calories? They’re huge appetizers meant to share
I used to work at Outback Steakhouse in the kitchen while I was in highschool. It was a full time job that wouldn't go well in today's society. Working 40 hours a week while still being in high school wouldn't work out because of late night time restraints. But the late 90s was very different from today. I did learn a lot about seasoning meat and cooking and the bosses and managers were great people. Though the boss of where I worked went on to a better job.
Where I lived, those kind of hours for high school kids were illegal even in the 80s. I know because I worked at a truck stop in the 80s while in high school and they tried to make me work overnight on school nights all the time, and later on they actually got busted by the state for doing that. I was too naive to realize they were taking advantage of me at the time.
MSG isn't a tenderizer, it is a flavorizer. It adds umami.
People who think MSG is bad, GO DIE!! The media did false stories on MSG a while back and ever since people have gone haywire! It adds flavor to food its like salt.
You're right. That was kinda my point, although I'm not ready to wish death on anyone who disagrees with me, lol. It's perfectly safe, and occurs naturally in some foods. There have been studies done showing that it is harmless. People who claimed to have reactions but ate it without knowing it was there had NO reactions. People who claimed to have reactions and were told they were eating it, but really weren't, DID have reactions. Draw your own conclusions.
and then everyone says the media doesn`t make them believe things lol
@@lorajean64 I was being extremely sarcastic, but people who are against MSG say it leads to death.
do you not realize too much of anything is bad for you? its not that eating MSG is bad on its own, its how much of it exists in almost every food. it doesnt matter what it is, too much of it can cause imbalances in your body and lead to negative things its not hard.
"Ab-original" is a bad pun, and it does not mock nor is it racist. It's just a tone-deaf pun, nothing more.
Everything is racist nowadays, the word doesn't mean much anymore.
everyone and everything is racist. if your not racist your misogynist or sexist, its how this world works now lol
Tone-deaf pun is a great way to describe it, but people have a right to be offended by it
@@Atlasvibranium Are they really offended, or are they just looking for something to bitch about?
Or they can grow the fuck up?
It cost too much for what you get.
this!
$40 for two entrees, a side or two sometimes, and an appetizer isn't bad at all.
robert miller considering you are also paying someone to cook it the prices really aren’t all that bad
@@CalsGirl97 Its $40 for two entrees almost everywhere
Way too much money for way too little poorly-prepared generic steak. No thanks!
We choose a healthier option there. The Bacon Cheese Fries with ranch
with extra bacon.
D O Y O U W A N T F R I E S W I T H T H A T S I R ?
you know its not Australian when its called ranch
@@Kizyzy lol
why go out for that I can make that at home . lol
I worked at outback 20 years ago. Their food now isn't even close to what we served back then.
Yeah they changed their Mac n Cheese....had me dying inside
When I started in 2008, legit every single thing we served was made fresh daily in house!
Where I'm from, Outback is still one of the most popular restaurants. Its always packed especially on Weekends. Its my favorite restaurant
I don’t care how many calories I’ll still order 2
3080 Calories for 1 - 2 - 3 - 4+ - Share your Bloomin Onions - Enjoy Outback
Better do a long ass work out before eating there.
Darque Queen I was just coming down here to say that! 😉 The video sure makes it sound like it’s supposed to be for one person though...
Even so, that many calories divided by four people is still a substantial part of your daily allowance.
@@---cr8nw it's a treat. I had split one between 3 people about 3 years ago. It was awesome...kill me.
1000 calories divided by 4 = a substantial amount of your daily allowance. Sounds about right. If you’re a small child.
I’ve never had a bad experience at Outback and I love it. Never got an overdone steak either, and I always order the garlic herb butter.
I think it just depends on the franchise
God bless anyone that runs a public-facing business in these times.
People are socially parsnickety ninnies. Is it free range organic , did you kiss the cow goodnight when it was growing up.
How to learn to hate the public
I ate there with a friend once many years ago and got food poisoning, my friend who had what I had did too. We reported the restaurant to the folks upstairs at Outback, and local government, as well as the local paper. Outback settled with us and they were forced to close the restaurant for a month to fix what was broken. Business fell off a cliff and a year later, they closed.
Please provide evidence for your claim
@@Btt8 it was many years ago and you are much too mistrustful to bother with. I didn't say don't go there, I just offered a related incident in my life from long ago which caused me not to go there since.
"please provide evidence of your claim" its a fucking youtube comment what do you need all the legal documentation pasted here damn
S so
nobody eats the entire bloomin' onion by themselves lmao
Challenge accepted.
Last week I walked into an Outback (because even though I love to cook I often also enjoy the "Costly Self Indulgence" of dining out from time to time) and sat at the bar. I was there for probably 20 minutes and was never greeted even once. Some of my observations as I was sitting there where 3 or 4 employees (maybe waiters) standing around the hostess talking among themselves, another 3 or 4 employees walking through the bar looking around but never acknowledging me, and the bartender attempting to help what appeared to be the only 3 tables in the place with customers other than me. So without even getting acknowledged I ended up walking out, I probably could have robbed the place and nobody would have even known as they were more preoccupied on socializing among themselves and avoiding customers that aren't in their section or whatever to even pay attention to anything else. This is why The Outback and other restaurants and customer service establishments are hurting!!!
you most likely have no idea how restaurant business works, but you most likely sat yourself and expected people to serve you. Restaurant bar areas don't work like that and you cant expect any server to just magically serve you. servers can only serve in their sections unless they are requested by the host.
@@yousawahoe6334 You are an idiot, even if a server can't serve you they can at least acknowledge you and say someone will be right with you or something... I sat there for 20 minutes and had several employees look at me and not one acknowledged me even once. You most likey have no idea about customer service and therefore have no business even criticizing me on the topic!!! Oh, and by the way - YES, I do expect that in a CUSTOMER SERVICE job for the people that are employed for that position to "SERVE ME"!!!
Yeah, same sort of thing here. I always get better service at Waffle House...
That sounds like the Longhorn Steakhouse near me. You go there at 5 p.m. walk into an empty restaurant and are told it will be a 30 minute wait for a table. After speaking to the manager I was told it was because none of the servers were scheduled to come in until 5:30. Never went back there again, if the staff is that mismanaged, I would hate to see the cleanliness of their kitchen.
@@yousawahoe6334 If you sit at the bar it is up to the bartender to serve you.
Yet another "The real reason ___________ is failing" video. Chain restaurants are first and foremost businesses, run by businessmen, with the sole purpose of packing as many people in like cattle, feeding them quickly and getting them out of the door so the next herd can come in. Food quality is waaaaay down on the list of priorities when it comes to these places. You don't get a chef to do your taxes or go over your books, why expect decent food from people who don''t know the first thing about good food ?
There are chain restaurants that do a good job of developing a strong menu. But they're few and far between because it costs more. The bigger the chain, the less they can appeal to high-budget foodies.
*know
+Lanta, excellent point. One small typo clearly invalidates everything else that was typed. Now go away.
It's fixted more gooder now ; )
I am a chef and I'm really fucking good at taxes. And I can cook every single item on Outbacks menu better than anyone there can. But honestly, that's not saying much lol.
Wait there struggling the outback down the road from me is always pack and have a line of 9 to 12 people a night
Mine where i live is same way always a wait at least 30min
Not all stores are struggiling but most are
"They are" struggling......not there!
Same here in MN. You got to make reservations or you will be waiting
They make things up for videos. I.m just here to look at the food
the same reasons most basic chains with bad food are dying out
bea Not really. It is pretty much the opposite. I mean In-N-Out is soo crowded that calling it empty is irrelevant. I mean Heart Attack Grill isn't gonna go away and they put butter into milkshakes and add lard into onion rings
Former employee here. After having talked to workers from other stores in my region, and 4 years of working there, outback was one of the WORST companies I've ever worked with. Corporate was the boogy man to the managers who knew they did a shit job most of the time, kitchen staff was notorious for failing to get correct steak temperatures, and there simply is no incentive aside from tips to be productive and a good worker. They don't care about their employees
No one wants to pay for a massively over priced steak. Not to mention tipping the waitress
AgentBubbles
Here's what I'll say to you. I agree about not paying massive prices for steaks.
However...
First off, they haven't been called waitresses in over a decade, unless you're in a shitty little coffee shop or diner, and second, if you're too worried about having to pay someone for their service, then you probably should only be cooking in your home. Because you can't afford to go out and eat.
Simple Logic
You will be doing the rest of the world a huge favor.
@@joshuasnore3600 ive been in a restraunt worked for applebees for a while not all servers need to be tipped honestly they just need to be paid minimum wage half the servers I worked with never took out there food they just rang up the food an sat til the food was ready then did a check once or twice an if something was wrong its the cook who fixes it sorry some servers just do nothing to get a 5$ tip
L.A
Then tip shitty for shitty service. I sure do. Other than that, don't be an ass.
We need to change the way the law is applied. Minimum wage should be minimum for EVERYBODY. Sure, prices will go up. And tips (or at least the feeling of being expected to tip) will go down. Ultimately, people will pay the same amount for their meals. The difference is that it will all flow through the employer who would then have to pay payroll taxes on it. And good servers will get tips and bad servers won't.
- - or people need to stop trying to live and pay bills on minimum wage. You accept the lowest paying job and then complain that it’s not enough money. You don’t go get a better job, it might require hard work so You bitch and cry that you’re not paid enough. 🤦🏻♂️ life is so hard 😂
Literally got a OutBack commercial when I clicked on this video!
Outback pulled out of Taiwan about 2 years ago. Burger King maybe has, too. I think Ruby Tuesday is gone, and Singapore/HongKong/Taipei "Dan Ryan's" is gone. Chili's, I'm not sure. TGI Fridays is probably next as they moved from "good place" to "way up on a high floor of a department store." Even local chain "Smokey Joe's" was nearly empty last time I was there on a Sunday afternoon. There are now much less expensive local restaurants that offer similar food, and geared toward local taste. Even local Taipei-based restaurant "Alleycat's Pizza" closed the Tainan City branch after only two years (but I think it's because they opened it in a stupid place--again, up inside a shopping mall. Who wants to park and go in there? Taipei people are used to that, but we Tainaners avoid that if possible. Good food, but too expensive for passers by to say "Hey, let's eat here." and too inconvenient for others to say "Hey, let's go to Alleycat's.")
我家牛排 taste better lol
Hi Ray! Cool you like this channel too. :)
Absolutely!!!! "Lady Kata"!!!! :D
The owner of Outback Steakhouse said that restaurant sales are back to pre-pandemic levels, so I don't think they're struggling at all- they're practically thriving compared to other primarily dine-in restaurants!
Why go to Outback where food is expensive, salty, small and TASTELESS for $30 a plate when you can go to a Korean BBQ ALL YOU CAN EAT for $30?
Lamb chops at Outback is my favorite thing on earth! Oh that cab sauce!! add that with a house salad w tangy tomato dressing and asparagus. However I haven’t eaten there in years and don’t know why...might grab some ...
Joel Davidson They don’t serve Lamb anymore.
@@tennspeed yes they do, might be regional wherever you are.
Cam Martin Must be regional then because Sandusky, OH nor does Chicago serve it anymore.
@@tennspeed ah yes. i believe those are owned by outback corporate. our stores are franchised in az, ca, nv (nm & ut?)
Cam Martin Thanks for the info, I’m a trucker and I’ll be looking for a Outback’s in those states whenever I go again.
I love Outback, but I’ve always wished they’d include bread, two sides, and a side salad with their $20.00 filets of salmon/steak entrees. What the heck, and a free drink! 😽🍹
A cast iron pan, clarified butter and a lesson from RUclips will produce a better, cheaper steak than Outback.
It's true, but then I have to buy a cast iron pan and cook it myself instead of paying someone to do the work for me.
They're doing badly because of crappy service and worse food. Not that hard to figure out.
I’m going to Outback rn and I still love to so...
Show me one person who doesn't eat at outback because they once said "ab-original"
As an aborigine I'm offended!
That was certainly insensitive and I think they deserved all the criticism they got from that, but it was just a mistake. They apologized and they've learned from it, so I think I'll keep going there
Them just talking about the blooming onion makes my heart hurt.
I work at a high-end restaurant serving Lobster Thermidor, Veal Osso Bucco, Crab and Truffle Pasta, and Texas Exotic Venison. Our beef dishes include Super Prime, Wet Age, 1855 Ribeye, 60 Day Dry Age Heartbrand Ranch Strip, and Certified Akaushi Filet. I still enjoy Outback and will be sad to see them go (if they do). If you know how and what to order, you can have a great meal at a very reasonable price.
It’s a problem when the average grilled and Walmart steak tastes better than Outback.
Outback old macaroni and cheese is better than their new macaroni and cheese.
ToughGuineaPig it’s actually just called the kids Mac you can still order it just tell the server you want he kids Mac instead (: I serve there currently so I got a lot of tricks lol also as a side you can do pasta with fettuccine and Alfredo and it’ll be a full portion like the Queensland pasta but without the chicken and shrimp
You know America has an obsession with Mac and cheese not a bad way you just cannot get good Mac and cheese in Ireland I mean I got KFC in Newyork in 2016 good stuff terrible mash potatoes but good rest stuff including the Mac and cheese and the I think there called biscuit's
I tried outback in the 80's when it opened. We had to wait in the bar for a half hour or so before being seated in the one third full dining room by a surly host. The onion was cold, wine tasted like kerosene, and worse yet an over priced rare steak had the texture and flavor of a burned army boot heel.
I work for OB, and have been with the company for 13 years as a bartender & server. The steaks are cooked and seasoned to order, aren't ever frozen, and aren't prepared with MSG or any other shit like that. Not sure where you guys got your information from, but most of our food is made fresh in house daily, right down to most of our dressings. When I first started with the company in 2008, every single thing we served was made fresh in house. The company does now deliver some pre made items (like the French fries and some of our dressings), but the majority is still made in house.
I always thought it was because nobody in the kitchen knows how to cook a steak (not sure if this is true elsewhere, but LA & Orange County have a real problem with it).
Real reason Outback is struggling: because their service is trash and their food tastes worse than Applebee's.
You can hate whatever you want and however much you want but don't you dare say that anybody has food worse than Applebee's
And Mom hates you, too. Pansy!
Or low, depending on how you look at it. And your statement speaks volumes.
The Analytical Menace Apple bees is disgusting
Comparison to Applebee’s it doesn’t get much worse, microwaveable trash
Can you imagine if Outback was in any way Australian, there would be nothing deep fryed at all.
this is just weird, if you're in Australia, eat a sausage in bread, don't put a 'shrimp on the barbie", if anything, put a prawn on the barbeque. (yes, we don't have shrimp in Australia, it's prawn, they're much smaller)
Lol racism. Praying the next generation gets sick of all the crying and toughens up a little.
Yeah, I don't think anybody was ever fooled into thinking it was an authentic Australian restaurant. It was a gimmick and for a couple of decades people actually liked it. And now they can't really get rid of the gimmick. And they certainly can't take it seriously and serve Australian-style food to Americans.
In my area Texas Roadhouse kicks Outback's butt. Plenty of people still enjoy a good steak.
Sherman McDaniel I’m from California and when I went to Texas. My family took me to Texas Roadhouse, I’m a really big fan of outback but I gotta say. I love Texas Roadhouse
I used to like Outback when the prices were reasonable... and it was an indulgence over other places with even more reasonable prices (Logan's, Longhorn, etc.). You could eat for $20 per person (alcoholic beverages not included), and that was fine for once-a-week dinner that you didn't have to worry about cleaning up afterwards. Nowadays, the dinner plate itself costs more than that for a steak that even approaches edible, and that's before any upgrades to sides, drink, or such. The quality of the steak's cook will fluctuate greatly based on the kitchen staff... I typically order medium rare and get steaks that range from blue rare to well done, but rarely (har har) manages to hit that medium rare mark. And, when it does come back with the right cook on it, it's almost certainly going to be under- or over-seasoned. So why am I going to sit there and pay $22 for a New York Strip that 80% of the time is going to be cooked badly, when I can go to Costco and pick up a package of 3 premium cut NYS steaks for $40, or 5 regular cuts for $36? Either of which are actually superior to Outback's offerings? If I'm going to pay that much for a crap piece of steak, I'll spend the extra $10-$15 per person and go to a high end restaurant. Or go to $50 a plate at a Brazilian Steakhouse, where you get bits of the entire selection of phenomenally cooked meats.
My local Outback isn't struggling. It's always packed and quite good!
Mine too! We're ALWAYS busy!
I don't care what they say I love Outback always have and always will it's okay to treat yourself once in awhile.
Obviously you're racist homophobic islamophobic xenophobic sexist patriarchal and misogynistic ....Me too
The last time we were shoved in the bar area because they didn't want to dirty the rest of the restaurant and we couldn't even hear each other talk.... Not worth the money we spent...
You're wrong about all this..... It's a simple reason why outback is slowly going away. Their food quality went down while their prices went up.
I worked at an outback cleaning the floors. The cleanest thing in that place was the floors.
Next time I'll ask for a table on the floor
That's shocking tho Gordon Ramsey should see that i think he actually did once
The last time hubby and I dined there, imagine our surprise when the manager pulled up a chair at our table and began to to interview us about our "dining experience". In the middle of a family dinner? Really? Excuse us....who are you again??? Rather intrusive, we thought. But maybe corporate was desperate for customer feedback because of sales. That didn't help.
As long as he didn't start eating your main you should be good
that’s common in restaurants. it’s just to check up on customers that day & get a read on how their servers are doing so that you get the best possible service
I had never encountered that. I can understand the manager walking by and asking if everything is okay, but not actually sitting down at the table.
Linda C I had a manager sit down with me and my gf at Applebee’s and ask how the food was. Than after he asked if he could try the ribs me and my gf got. It was awkward lol
Wow!!! LOL.
Also, no one is impressed with the fake accents of the servers
Outback in my area closed... not because of poor food, nor "insensitive" issues... but simply because of terrible service. Period. Staff were quite uninformed on their menu, and waiting 1 1/2 hours to get your order, was ridiculous. When one complained, like my better half did- she was told that " you can always leave... there are many people waiting for a seat..." Of which, of course, she replied.. " .. they wouldn't be waiting if you knew how to serve your clients properly..."
I don't have an Outback here, but I wish I had a local steak house anyway, love watching BBQ Pitmasters and hearing about how most of them all have their own restaurants, THAT'S the kind of steakhouse you want :D
You say MSG like it's a bad thing, which it isn't.
Blah, more racial victim whining from Mashed. It's getting old and preachy.
Kristopher Johnson shut up fatty
@@sirloinsteak81 BrO iTs 2018 YoU cAn'T bE sAyInG sTuFf LiKe ThAt!!
@@sirloinsteak81 that is just rude
+Kristoher Johnson Shut up NPC fatty. Get out of your mom's basement. Discriminations exist whether your fat arse believe em or not.
Will there come a time when people like Kristopher Johnson will quit bitching about other people bitching. Come Kris break the cycle of bitching and just shut the fuck up. Then maybe slowly we start can live in world without so many bitch ass people.
The last Outback I went to (now closed) started with being ignored by wait staff for 45 minutes except for getting water to the table of six. Then about a half hour later the waitress came back to explain they were out of the particular beer two of us ordered. A half hour after that we finally got food, all wrong. I asked for a manager, paid for the drinks we did get and left. Nope, I did not leave a tip.
so a bloomin union is basically like eating 3-4 reese cups , but if you ate the whole thing by yourself. im sure thats why lol
Classic Mashed video. Just like Outback - generic and bland.
It had been several years since I had been there. Went back and they had remodeled, food size smaller, prices up but still good.
We just got home from our last time at Outback. Everything is salty to the point it's nasty. I take a bite of burger, drink half a gass water. Eat a few fries and drink more water.
Most of the offerings say "spicy". Ordered my son an entree that said nothing about spicy. It had mushrooms that tasted like dusted with red pepper. He complained so I tasted one. By the time we left I could still feel it, and I can handle some spice.
I use to love the bloomin onion when I was a kid my granny would take me there to eat when we visited the city
Crappy food, high price
Those Blooming Onions are good though. Just say'n :)
Me and the wife had Outback take out on New Years Eve, food was under cooked and I had to drive back cause they forgot a few items, fries and Bloomin Onion were also soggy and under cooked, it was pretty much a mess and a disappointment especially when we spent over 100. But it was super busy so I'll give them another chance.
I got fired bc I was being harassed by a worker there who wouldn’t leave me alone and wouldn’t stop staring at me, when I told the manager this he said I was being dramatic and that I hated men which is being discriminative and fired me on that reason. Which was never true, he even went to say that the person that was working there has been there longer than me and he knows that this man wouldn’t do anything. Absolutely ridiculous.
Don't feel bad when these faceless chains go out of business. Sorry for the workers employed there but honestly - ffs who actually goes to these places to eat?
You better not be including Wendy's in the faceless category cause Wendy's literally has a face you know the logo
Trying to make this out as people being more health conscious is BS. The fact is their main entrees sucked. Their steaks and prime rib were small and bland, and they could NEVER cook them correctly. Every one of them had the same line when you asked for medium..."That's a little pink in the middle right?"...Uh Yes, medium is a little pink in the middle. Then what you got was so rare it was still moving. So they didn't know how to cook their steaks at all. They were so scared of overcooking because of the bottom line of cooking a new one. You ended up having to send it back every time. That's why they're struggling.
Exactly, consumers are really moving toward more healthy food, McDonalds isn't struggling lol
Sounds like you don't know steak temps, honestly. If you want a little bit of pink in the middle, try medium well.
And you would be assuming incorrectly. I cooked steaks for over 10 years in a restaurant.
Scat sir medium is a warm pink with a touch of red, if you want just a little pink I would suggest ordering medium well
We stopped going when we found out they were anti-gun. Also, I ordered the grilled shrimp and they brought a mayo-mustard sauce. I told the waitress we wanted the butter sauce that usually came with it. Both her and the cook said what they gave me is how it has always been served. I guess I am too stupid to know what I usually get, the same thing the Texas Roadhouse serves with their grilled shrimp...butter.
The bloomin onion was actually created at chilis. I know because I saw them introduced. Then outback launched and quite a few chilis managers became the first outback manager/investors, and some of the outback menu items were identical to chilis offerings, exactly why Im not sure. For ex, the outback burger was literally the same as chilis, same patties from the same vendor with the same bun cooked on a flat top just like chilis (however they did not sand bag them like chilis). For the bloomin onion, originally they were cut by hand but a couple years later when I worked at outback for a bit they had invented a bloomin onion punch machine, eliminating the tedious vertical cuts (that were only done by someone trained to do so, usually the kitchen manager, too easy to screw up a cut and ruin the bloom). Outback sold so many bloomin onions a night that it was one guys job to cook just those all night. Thats all he did, one menu item. Two fryers all to himself. They did have awesome caesar dressing though, loved that stuff.
I wouldn't go there even if i hada gift card
...because I can make a better steak @ a friction of the cost.
Then you should develop a concept and make it into a multi million dollar restaurant chain.
I work at Outback...we're doing pretty good lol
We're one of the few restaurants that has a delivery department, and little known fact we were the first restaurant chain to have a gluten free menu.
Gluten free at a steakhouse?🤣🤣
@@hamptom11 ...do you not know what gluten is. You can order a 20 oz. ribeye a loaded baked potato and some veggies and BAM you're fucking gluten free. It's just wheat silly butt.
You're not meant to eat a blooming onion every day it's supposed to be a treat..
Texas Roadhouse is my favorite restaurant
Outback might have issues, but I like their food. Their seafood is better than Red Lobster's, and cheaper. The side dishes are good, and they have a grass-fed hamburger which is excellent. I'd be sad to see it go.
Red Lobster is a pretty low bar to set for seafood quality and prices.
@@---cr8nw Are there any places you would recommend for seafood? I mention Red Lobster because it's popular and it's known for seafood. That doesn't mean I think it's any good.
+Mr. D. it depends where you are in the country, but local is usually better. National chains use bland flavors because they are more widely accepted. For example, down in Louisiana people are more accustomed to Creole style seasoning, which would not do well when rolled out to a national audience. Also, distribution is a factor. For seafood to be fresh and high quality, it should never go through a central distribution center or be bought in massive bulk quantities. I'm in the Midwest, just outside of St. Louis. There aren't very many places around here that have good ocean fish and crustaceans, but I've found a couple of good places. Catfish and bass are quite popular here because they're local and cheap.
@@---cr8nw That's true, flavors at most national chains are very bland. About distribution, it's not easy for the average person to figure out where their seafood comes from. It helps though if they put on their menu something like "today's catch" or "local catch." I still always have good experiences at Outback though; maybe one could do better locally but compared to other chains at least, it's pretty good.
idk I like the shrimp and crab legs at red lobster a lot but most of their other things arent that great, not as terrible as outback, but not better than most seafood places. but I guess its almost like food can be opinionated too many people think mcdonalds taste good and the only thing I could bare to eat there is maybe a chicken nugget
Guarantee you the #1 reason is the lack of quality that is common with sit-down chain restaurants. Nobody wants microwaved veggies from a steam bag anymore.
I have to say I am glad they are going away it is a premium for subpar steak, add to that the fact the bloomin onion is no longer unique and that literally nothing about it is Australian and it is rebrand or die. 5 years ago finding a place with a specialty item akin to the bloomin onion and 5+ beers on tap was rare, now it expected.
This is somehow the fault of Millennials.
I find this fucking funny when everythings the fault of millenials, when the world was already set up for failure when we got here lmao
@@BraveCat9927 I mean, like, I'd eat out more, but student loans and whatnot. Had to get boot strappy and learn to cook.
They fuck up EVERYTHING! Lol
Texa's Roadhouse>Outback
Growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, my first dining experiences included Mr. Steak, a visit to the Ensley Grill with Mema (I asked why there were bullet holes in the door and the reply was that the manager had been shot; I was 4) and McDonalds almost every day one summer because Mom knew the fish sandwich was on sale. You cannot imagine how wonderful the Outback seemed to me when it opened; it really was the bomb in its day.
Dude! I'm Aussie and how the fuck is a boomerang with beer in it racist? We love our alcohol and boomerangs are iconic down under. Stop being offended for others.
The bloomin Onion is a dish that would be better with a lower portion
You've pretty much described almost every fast food item in America
What the shiggity!! 1,959 calories for an Onion!! That will give you a heart attack...
@Phil Fry Figuratively speaking i was.
I'm pretty sure Phil that has a lot of sodium in it. On top of being a deep fried dish. So, I wouldn't say it's not bad for you either.
literally every fast food item is packed with a shit ton of sodium. They don't want to waste the food so they stack it with salt. You are eating months old meat. Even the chicken bake from costco has 2k sodium... that's a days fucking worth and even more when the recommendation is 1500 for some.
@@dimkacracker everything from costco is unhealthy in every way lmao
Our location closed down. Last time we went it cost $47 for two people. Just two meals and a bloomin onion. Prices have always been high there. But ususlly the food tasted great. Will miss the dipping sauces.
I worked there for 6 years. I quit. The kitchen(s) are messy (I worked at 4) and the managers refer to the customers as "We like them because they are fat and dumb, not smart." The managers bonuses are being witheld unless they treat servers and employees like robots. If numbers are not met, in regards to computer usage, shifts are cut and manager bonuses removed. They are ruining the company from the inside out and with the food also....
Still has yummy food
True
Not true
Why do you not like Outback food?
Microwaved steak
Simple. It can't compete with good, economical steak houses like Texas Road House. Men don't care about food gimmicks, we want a good steak. And not a little sliver of meat.
HEY DUDE you forgot good beer to go with the steak
I was invited to go with a friend to the Outback Steakhouse on his birthday. It was the first time we had ever eaten there, and we had heard it was really good food. We asked for Lobster. We got it all right! Have you ever been served Lobster, where the meat was grey? We didn't know any better, so we ate! We found out later, after a spell in the toilet in the hospital, that it was food poisoning, be reason of frozen, possibly outdated, or contamiated Lobster! "Since the meat was grey, it most likely," the Doctor said, "had been in the freezer," and they had to get rid of it, and saw two suckers who didn't know any better. Can you believe it? They had the NERVE to serve it to their customers. I know Lobster has a unique flavor, but this Lobster just didn't taste right! The waitress said it should be fine, but we didn't finish our plate, but what we DID eat was enough to make us sick! The next day, we were both sick, puking, with the back-door trotts, for two days! We both ended up in the hospital, suffering from dehydration, because we could not hold anything down. I WILL NEVER, EVER, EAT AN ANOTHER OUTBACK, "EVER"! I'm sure I'm not the only one with a horror story!
Not to mention the outrageous price they charged for the meal. $60+!! You can say what you want, but I'll NEVER go to any outback again!! This was my FIRST and LAST time EVER!! Give me Sizzler ANYTIME!!!
They're closing. The reason? One restaurant. Sizzler.
My wife and I ate out at a local Outback for our anniversary and it was as usual, excellent. I ordered a burger, she got a steak. I think that was literally the best burger I've ever had. Never been disappointed by going there.
The real reason, the food got worse, prices went up, and service has gone way down hill. Outback used to be my favorite when I was a kid, now it's barely tolerable.
A proper genuine australian meal wouldn't be a steakhouse but a pub where you ordered counter meals at the bar, things like a meat pie and chips, Parma and pot, mixed grill, roast of the day, seafood basket to name a few
The Outback locations have now upped the quality of their food. I have visited several recently in different States and the quality of the food I have eaten is very good value for the money. The steaks are better quality and seasoned a lot better now. I will be going back a lot more.