Outback has once been one of my regular haunt a few years back. but portion has become smaller and the deco has not been refreshed for some years thus it is looking tired and the lack-of-attention service does not help in any way.
2 friends and I decided to come back here for lunch today. One of my friends had a recent surgery and is on a strict diet thus he wanted something healthy, ie. no cream sauce and not a lot of oil. After browing through the menu, he settled on the penne pasta. My other friend ordered a steak while I was the adventurous one and ordered the fish tacos as the picture shown is bursting with colourful vegetables.
The starter of soup was extremely salty, I can bet it was a pre-packaged product or at least the stock base was. The thousand island dressing which came with the mixed salad has already changed colour on top, again, this is shop bought. I would like to remind everyone that Outback pride itself in making their own sauces when they were first open.
We were immediately looking at each other as soon as the main dishes hit the table. My friend's penne has half an inch of oil on the bottle of the pasta plate, so much for healthy eating so he left most of it.
The steak was tiny but considering the price, it was fine.
I could not believe my eyes when I saw the tacos as the taco shells were soggy, tough and inedible, they did not even hold their shape and they flopped about on the plate. The fillings were even worse, only a few strands of onion and a few cubles of peppers, a very big depart from the pictures on the menu. The salsa on the plate has no seasoning and tasted like hospital food. The rice is the highlight on the plate, it has flavour from the dry herbs and quite spicy but quite greasy.
All in all, a very bad meal. I understand people do not pay the full a la carte rate at lunchtime but the food was truly awful. Service leaves a lot to be desired too, it was rushed if you get any.
I will not be going back there any time soon.
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