So, my standard for Midwest casual dining is hot food served fast with decent vegetables. TR was able to do that. So, four stars.
Had the BBQ chicken dinner with green beans and fries under $10 (one of the early bird specials). Beans were quite good. Didn't taste like they had sat in a pot all afternoon. Bits of bacon didn't hurt. Healthy portion of chicken. Standard corn syrup-based bbq sauce. Steak fries were over salted, but crisp. Server was attentive. Seat was dirty with food crumbs when we were seated. I just flipped over the cushion. No big deal.
Overall, I have to say the meal was a bargain. The complimentary sweet rolls with cinnamon butter are a nice bonus. This TR is well managed and stays quite busy. I would be happy to return.
It is what it is. Â Decent prices for what you get. Â We had good chicken dishes, and the oven-roasted chicken was tender and yummy. Â The vegetable sides were not too enticing and the baked potato was well-cooked, but seemed like it was dipped in a salt vat. Â But for roadside food, better than the alternatives.
Review Source:So I came here for dinner after visiting RHIT and I have to say that it was pretty good. I ordered the 11 oz Sirloin Steak medium cooked and thought it was awesome. The bread that they give you as an appetizer was sweet and good (maybe a little too sweet for my taste...). I honestly thought the seasoned rice and steak fries were too salty. Other than that...I'd highly recommend this place to anyone. The service may be a little slow and there might not always be tables, but it's understandable as there was a whole lot of people there today.
Review Source:Having the need to meet up with some family for my cousin's wedding in Terre Haute, the one thing that my wife and I knew we would not be able to avoid is bad food. It is, after all, a wedding that we were going to be attending, and secondly- in a place like Terre Haute, which has a seemingly endless strip of chain restaurants. It isn't that I am against chains, but the majority of these are the types of places that offer very little in terms of inspirational food. Highway 41 is void of all creativity.
I mean no disrespect to Terre Hauteians (or is it Terre Hauters?), but I have had to stop on my way to my grandmother's house no fewer than 45 times in my life and have found that Arby's is just about the quintessential place to stop for "good eats" in the eyes of the fine folks of this small city. Just between you and me, I can share a little story for you...
My father, who does not understand the meaning, let alone the virtues of being patient, detests this town. You see, driving from the Chicago area down to Evansville, his hometown and the place that my dear, yet neurotic grandmother lives to this day, essentially forces one to drive through Terre Haute. This alone is not a bad thing- but considering Highway 41 becomes a stop-and-go main thoroughfare for the entire town- chalk full of stop lights and long waits, it quickly evaporated any semblance of calm for my father. Things weren't helped in having three anxious kids cranky in the back of his compact car all shouting out different places they wanted to eat. A stretch of about three to four miles would sometimes take over an hour to get through due to traffic, a bathroom stop, a stop for gas, and to get a bite to eat.
I believe the kindest name he had for Terre Haute was "the armpit of America," and said much worse about it here.
Which is why my wife and I were surprised to see, almost directly across the street from our hotel for the weekend, that there was a Texas Roadhouse.
Our first experience with Texas Roadhouse was with a group of French transplants who had recently moved to Toledo for work. When they announced that they had this great place for ribs and wanted to take us there, we had mixed feelings. Â What do the French know about BBQ? Â Either way though, we were looking forward to it.
Pulling up to the building though we quickly realized that Texas Roadhouse had a business plan much more aligned with TGI Fridays than with a small BBQ joint.
The Texas Roadhouse in Terre Haute really is no different than the one in Toledo in terms of looks and feel. That is the point of the business model though of a chain restaurant, right? In a way, this was comforting for us, since we were looking to get a good meal (and assumed that it would probably be our last until we got out of town), and we knew that there was one thing that we would love there.
It is hard for me to say this because while I can't lay claim to being a BBQ expert, I can tell you that the ribs at Texas Roadhouse are the best I have ever had. Both here and in Toledo, I was very impressed! At least in terms of ribs, TR is consistent.
I can't speak for anything else really. All I have ever gotten at TR, and all that I will probably ever try are their ribs. Perfectly cooked- falling off the bone, nice amount of bark, the sauce is sweet and tangy at the same time- and yet the meat is the star of the show.
My respect for Terre Hauteians has grown. Â While they still continuously add chain after chain down 41, it is clear that they know when they have something good. Â Texas Roadhouse was packed full of people- almost an hour wait for seating, and I am sure most people were there for the same reason we were: those ribs.
So next time you are in the area- probably at Boot City trying to round up a good deal on some new boots- be sure to make a stop here for the ribs. Â Sit back and be ready to wait a little bit. Â You will have plenty of peanuts there to keep you occupied!
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