Received a giftcard for the holidays, and met my girlfriend here for dinner... I will never eat at a Longhorn Steakhouse again. I used to meet at your Marlborough location with clients and never had a bad experience, but that was years ago. WHAT HAPPENED?
We ordered steaks (including the most expensive steak on the menu) each of which is supposed to include "unlimited bread", a salad, and a side. We received one small piece of bread, roughly 3" by 3", never got our salads, had our waitress argue with us, and were overcharged.
When ordering, my girlfriend asked to upgrade her salad from a standard to a premium - the menu suggested this could be done for $1.99 extra. When she asked the waitress, the waitress told her that she had to pick one of the standard salads. OK, whatever.
When my ribeye arrived it was a bad cut; half was OK, and half was tough and gristly. Frankly I'm not sure that I got the 18oz "outlaw ribeye" that I ordered - I suspect I was served the smaller one as it had just a sliver of bone in it and was much smaller than my girlfriends 10oz steak.
When I asked the waitress what happened to our salads, she told me that we had ordered two sides and wouldn't get salad. I told her that we had each ordered one side and a salad, and she told me "No, you ordered two sides". I asked to clarify - did she mean that we each ordered one side, for a total of two? Again she told me I was mistaken; according to her we had each ordered two sides and that's why we didn't get any salad. She told me we hadn't ordered any salad. WHAT? I'm not a moron, lady. I got a potato, she got a sweet potato. Show me the other two sides! I think I'd remember eating them, whatever they were.
My girlfriend is a saint; truly. She told me to let it go, not to argue, and that's what I did. I didn't even raise my voice. She even made a point to make me leave a 15% tip when frankly I wasn't going to leave a thing. If it weren't for her I would probably still be there talking to the manager.
The last straw was the waitress when she took our check. As if rudely arguing with a customer about what they ordered wasn't enough... She asked if we needed change, we told her no, there was a giftcard and cash, and she raised her eyebrow and said "Well, let me double check that..." - Gee, wouldn't want to get shorted, huh? She came back after checking the giftcard, to 'let us' leave.
I have never been so insulted at a restaurant in my life. This waitress was a terror - truly. Arguing that a customer got things they never received, delivering the wrong food, telling them you want to "double check" to be sure they paid enough? My girlfriend and I were nothing but polite through the entire experience, even when essentially being called a liar when the waitress screwed up our order.
Pathetic. This is why I'll stick with Texas Roadhouse. The steak is better quality for 1/3 the price, and the staff aren't lunatics.
$75 down the toilet. read more