Texas Roadhouse

Paul K has hit this on the head.  Texas Roadhouse is the only chain restaurant I will go to........ the one near me is great.  This one is shit.  The service is fine, the cooks are inept.  I ordered a 22oz cowboy bone in rib eye medium rare.  It was raw.  Might as well have been mooing.  The loaded sweet potato was hard.  Seriously.  WTF.

Others in our party were similar.  They removed my meal from the bill.  I did not want anything else from there.

Severely disappointed.

I have been to many Texas Roadhouses before, notably the ones in Richmond, IN and Champaign, IL. Unfortunately, this particular Texas Roadhouse has always left me disappointed, and I feel that this Texas Roadhouse is inferior to other restaurants of this chain.

The service and atmosphere are pretty typical for a Texas Roadhouse. The servers are friendly, and although the restaurant is noisy, it is not so noisy that you cannot hear yourself think. The menu is typical for others in this chain, with the standard fare of steaks, burgers, pork chops, etc., for reasonable prices.

My biggest issue with this particular Texas Roadhouse is their seeming inability to cook a steak to the proper temperature. Many times I have gone in and asked for a NY Strip cooked Medium Rare. However, the steak comes to the table Rare almost without fail. This relationship is true with other temperatures as well; if I want a Medium Rare steak, I have to order it Medium. I shudder to think about what would happen if I were to order a steak Well Done.

In summation, although you will get a good meal here, the execution of that meal is somewhat lacking. For a place that prides itself on its steaks, I would expect that their steaks would be cooked properly.

One of the only chain restaurants that we will go to - steaks are excellent and service is always good - Alex (girl) is a superior waitress and I highly recommend asking for her! Busy but the sweet rolls and cinnamon butter keep coming to keep you from starving or being bored - and you have to love the peanuts!
Had Mom's 83rd birthday there this week - filet was melt in your mouth soft, ribs were huge and very meaty, salmon was cooked perfectly and had a nice flavor - have never had anything less than an excellent meal there but my favorite is the prime rib with fresh horseradish - YUM!