Outback Steakhouse

We had ordered their signature Gold coast Rita and strawberry mojito for drinks. Both tasted pretty okay, nothing fancy or splendid about them. We had gold coast coconut shrimp for appetizers another signature dish which was good, slightly sweeter due to the coconut. The waitress was a little clumsy and dropped a few pieces of shrimp on the table which were not replaced. The remoulade was sweet as well and would have loved something spicy to balance off the sweet taste of shrimp. We had the Alice springs chicken as a main course with 2 sides- aussie fries and Caesar salad. The chicken felt like rubber was not at all tender with cheese and bacon. Not worth trying. The caesar salad was really good. The best part was their fresh baked bread with butter. Really yum.

Became physically ill , ordered coconut shrimp- was not fully cooked, asked for extra caesar dressing for my salad- one was as the dressing should be, the other was as if water had been added . I don't know which item got to me but I was running to the bathroom until 2 am that evening. My husband had finished my salad and shared some of my shrimp and had the same result. Such a bummer because I used to LOVE outback. My last four visits have been disappointments, time passes and I think I'll try again and end up wishing I hadn't. I wish they'd get back on their game, used to be a quality restaurant.

Appetizer was cold took almost an hour to get food then they did not bring all of it out at one time and we could hear the waitress yelling at cook staff that they shorted her food and then she came back saying sorry they didn't want to crowd her plate with to much and to top it all off the manager was at the bar eating and making and drinking a martini. We almost got a picture of him drinking it but he seen us.

First, I know it was clean, because we had to wait 10 minutes to be seated. We were the only customers waiting. Only 4-5 customers already seated. Second, male server in a ponytail was courteous and friendly. But, the loaded potatoes were cold, the steak was well done rawhide, shoe leather even though I ordered medium well. Rye bread? Are you kidding me?