I had lunch at Texas Roadhouse today. I was not impressed.
Ranking as Great, Good, OK, Poor and Lousy
Service = Good.
At the beginning of the meal, the wait staff were good. Friendly attentive wait staff who speak English. Checked on us twice. Made sure our bread basket was always full. Brought a balloon for our kid. A little less attentive near the end of our meal. Didn’t clear away finished plates without having to ask. Had to flag down a waiter for the dessert and bill.
Atmosphere: Good
Standard Texas Roadhouse chain. Not too loud or too quiet. Good western country music, clean and the entire staff do line dancing every few songs.
Food: Ok
Ordered 3 meals:
Meal 1: Steak with a salad, sweet potato and iced tea. ~800NT
Meal 2: Chicken Fried Steak with white gravy, loaded sweet potato, bowl of chili and a coke. ~600NT
Meal 3: Kids meal of fried chicken fingers, cream corn and milk. ~400NT
Dessert: Ordered the brownie with ice cream.
Meal 1 was ok. The steak was cooked well. Salad was a decent size and can’t go wrong with a sweet potato. Steak was a bit small though.
meal 2 was poor. The chicken steak was drowning in gravy and had little flavor. The chili tasted like it was out of a can. The only good thing was the loaded sweet potato piled high with toasted marshmallows.
Meal 3 was OK. The portion was way too much for a toddler. The chicken was a tad bit too peppery for a kid’s pallet.
Dessert: Never came. They forgot to write it down and we didn’t want to wait as the little one was getting fussy.
Extras: The unlimited bread with cinnamon honey butter was divine. Absolute heaven.
Overall impression:
Not worth 1800NT. We didn’t even order any alcohol. Quality of food is about the same as Chili’s. Better than TGI Friday’s. Not as good as Ed’s Diner.
I might go back just for the bread.