Went to LongHorn's last night, looking so forward to their Strawberry Salad, but with the Peppered Steak on it. There wasn't a line, and plenty of tables, so when the host tried to sit us at the first tiny 2-person ally seat, I said no, that won't work. Instead of going back to her chart to see who was available, she huffed and took me to the first available booth. Unfortunately, that waitress was already overwhelmed with all her tables filled and we made it worse. The Hostess should have better accommodated us. I'm claustrophobic and that tiny table shouldn't exist (I believe there are only 2 in the restaurant). So I ordered what I always do, an Entree Strawberry salad with the Peppered steak instead of chicken and the pecans and dressing on side. The girl put order in, and they brought me chicken. Meanwhile, my husband is almost thru with his strawberry signature salad upgrade, and his meal just came out. I snagged the person who brought it to me and told her it was wrong. Probably should have waited for waitress, but I didn't want to overwhelm her any more. So she wanted to take my whole plate away. I opened my napkins and used the clean forks to move it to my untouched bread tray and let her take the chicken back. A female black manager came over (I only say that so they know who she is), and confused me, what type of sirloin steak would I want on it. I'm like, I don't know, whatever is suppose to come on it - the black peppered. So instead, they cooked up a really crappy sirloin with no flavor and thin. I was looking forward to those thick, but thin slices of steak that go on the salad. Not only that, I had to slice it myself, and I can't slice it thin, as I have a fractured right elbow and movements affect my wrist as well. I cut 3 slices, and couldn't cut anymore. I told the waitress it was the worst steak I ever had there, and I was upset, and I upset her, which I apologized as it wasn't directed at her. She asked if I wanted to get the manager, at that point I had lost and wasn't going to be able to enjoy the salad I looked so forward to so I gave up. Manager never came to check on me. She chose for me a crappy sirloin that doesn't taste good on a salad and really wasn't cooked for a salad. NOT HAPPY! Very bad management. The waitress tried her best and she still got a good tip. Yes, I was still charged full price, plus $2.80 for the upgrade to steak. I don't mind paying when I get what I want. They shouldn't have charged the upgrade as it wasn't worth it. Waitress offered to take care of me, but she was so busy, felt it was the manager who should have made sure I was happy. She should know better than to give a tasteless cut of steak for a salad topper.
Also, they should offer chicken, steak, salmon and shrimp as options for both of their entree salads! We don't mind paying more. This way "changes" are not screwed up! The strawberry salad itself was great. The waitress was kind enough to bring me some seasoning for the steak, but after it's cooked, it's just not the same as when seasoning sears in. I brought half of salad home and 3/4 of my steak. Photo below. read more