If you want good food at a reasonable price then this place is not for you. But if you want…read moreimitation ozzy cuisine and service with a smile then get your ass along to Outback. The food is nothing to write home about but you get free iced tea refills and for some reason - the place is always packed come dinner time. Packed with local Cariocas buying into the Australian dream of barbecued shrimp and ribs. Fingerlicking sticky ribs really hit the spot. Take your grandma here for her birthday - let her know you care.

I like the food. Outback is always great! The only problem with this one is that sometimes the…read moreservice is not so good. They are a little bit slow compared with other outback restaurants.

Outback is one of my favorite steakhouses in Rio de Janeiro and fortunately there are many…read morelocations to enjoy Ribs on the Barbie, delicious onion rings, or spicy chicken wings. One of the newest locations of Outback was inaugurated in the modern shopping Nova America next to the metro station, so easy to reach. It is especially recommended to grab a meal during Billabong hour (Mondays until Fridays from 17:00 until 20:00), because you buy your alcoholic beverages for half price! Before you have taken a look at the menu and ordered your first drink, you will be offered a tasty honey bread as a free entree. And the best part is, if you want some more, you can always ask without being charged for it. The attendance is excellent and more than friendly. It obvious that the employees are trained to treat their customers as kings. When you arrive at your table, your personal attendant will introduce him- or herself as well as the restaurant itself. At Outback you always feel welcome and its guaranteed that you leave with a full belly.

Recently dined at this Outback Steakhouse in the Shopping Nova America with my husband and our host…read morein Rio, who lives in the nearby Piedade neighborhood. Outback has been a phenomenal success in Rio and Brazil, and it's a great place to experience traditional American-style food and service in Brazil (the Australian theme is very superficial, there's not actually very much Australian about Outback). For the most part the cuts of meat served here are similar (but not identical) to American cuts, which are quite different from typical Brazilian cuts. I ordered the ribeye, my husband the strip steak, accompanied by a salad and a loaded baked potato. All very American and un-Brazilian, which is undoubtedly part of Outback's gigantic appeal for the Brazilian dining public! We were very satisfied with our food -- the salads were nice, the baked potatoes generous and loaded (although perhaps not quite as much as Stateside) and our steaks were very generous cuts (larger, I think, than at Outbacks in the U.S.) and very tender and tasty, cooked exactly as we had ordered them. We left absolutely stuffed and very happy campers! The restaurant was packed, even though it was a weeknight and Brazil is in the midst of one of its periodic economic downturns. There would have been a very long wait but for the fact that I'm now a "senior" citizen and Brazil is VERY good about facilitating things for us old codgers! At Outback that meant that there was a special, priority waiting list for seating for "idosos," and that speeded everything up, even though my husband and our friend are both far from being seniors! Even with the priority list there was still a fairly long wait, but the restaurant has an outdoor patio-style waiting area where you can order drinks and appetizers while waiting for your table, which makes the wait much more pleasant! Service once we were seated was a bit scattered, but not excessively so. Overall we enjoyed our food and had a very nice evening and we'd certainly go back! Outback is also a great place to introduce your Brazilian friends to American-style food and eating customs, if they haven't experienced them before! But given the number of Outback outlets that now exist in Brazil, and certainly in Rio, and their enormous popularity, I suspect there's hardly anybody in town who hasn't eaten here already! Português: Mais um Outback, este no Shopping Nova América. Muito concorrido! Jantei aqui recentemente com o meu marido e o nosso anfitrião no Rio, que mora perto na Piedade. Ficamos muito satisfeitos. Apesar de ser dia de semana e durante mais uma crise econômica, o restaurante estava lotado e com grande liste de espera. Descobrimos que tem uma lista prioritária para idosos, etc., e como já passei dos 60 fomos colocado nela, o que diminuiu um pouco o tempo de espera para uma mesa. Para amenizar, o restaurante tem uma boa area de espera externa onde servem bebidas e aperitivos enquanto a gente aguarda ser chamado. A comida é muito boa e ficamos muito satisfeitos. Lamento desiludir aos fregueses brasileiros, mas o Outback tem pouco de australiano -- é uma rede americana e a comida e os cortes de carne são essencialmente americanos e não australianos. A comida é muito parecida aos Outback nos EUA e eu diria que os cortes de carne nos Outback brasileiros são maiores e mais macios que nos restaurantes nos EUA! E os preços razoáveis, até em termos brasileiros. A carne chegou à mesa exatamente nos pontos que pedimos, que não sempre acontece nos EUA! O serviço foi um pouco desleixado, mas não extremadamente, e saímos mais que satisfeitos e felizes. Com certeza voltaríamos! Viva o Outback!

Outback is a very nice and popular restaurant for celebrations. It is an Australian based cuisine…read morefocus in meat, nice, by the way, but overpriced in my humble opinion. I've been to the branches in the US, Brazil and even celebrated my birthday once in one in the outskirts of London. I recommend the experience and even more, recommend that you keep an eye for their promotions and take advantage of them to go visit during these times. You can either get free appetisers or even the famous knife or cups they use at the restaurant. Have fun there but my suggestion is that there are restaurants that are way better in terms of cost benefit out there.

We had such great expectations of the food oh, and I must say, it was a little disappointing…read more Our spicy shrimp appetizer was decent. The shrimp were so small, and breaded and the breading fell off. The spicy sauce was like a remmel Aid of some sort and was moderately spicy. The tortilla chips were heavily salted with a lot of black pepper and they were tasty but it seemed like the kind of thing meant to get you to drink more alcohol. My Caesar salad was definitely not american-style, it had some other twist to the dressing. I really only wanted it for the salad part of it so while it was not the type of dressing I was expecting from an american-style Caesar salad, it was adequate enough. The baked potato was average according to my dinner mate. The rib meat fell off the bone, it was a nice quality neat and was good although not spectacular in one way or another. There were definitely enough ribs considering we had the other food. Otherwise, the small amount of ribs wouldn't have been enough. Our drinks were good, we had a strawberry and maracuja Nick and a natural maracuja with no sweetener. Both were excellent. Our server was very nice and apologize for the delay caused by a 20-person dinner table she was also tasked with. The restaurant with clean and quite busy on a Tuesday night. The food was just average but certainly acceptable, however our biggest complaint is that being restaurant with two very noisy. The noise level in Outback Steakhouse absolutely out of control and made it difficult for the two of us to have a conversation even at our booth away from the crowds.

Good steak with a ok price range! Staff spoke Englishand was very helpful with everything!read more

Hostesses are very snobby and unwelcoming, not what I'd expect from any restaurant, particularly a…read morewell-known American chain.

There's not really much to be said about Outback. It's a famous restaurant with Australian theme…read moreand cosine. Most dishes are a bit spicy so be aware of you're not a fan. You can try any of their side dishes, main dishes, salads, soups, pasta, deserts, anything: you probably won't regret it. If you're coming in a big group, make sure to book a table before you come; this branch is usually full and long lines for a table. Tip: if you don't mind getting a table, go to the bar and get serviced there. 3G and 4G don't work properly.

Pretty full after 7PM so get there early. The steaks are ok, try out the outback at Downtown…read moreshopping which has a better ambiance...