I was brought here tonight to eat at this Texas Roadhouse. The place was packed! We arrived early on a Sunday evening, before 5 o'clock, and there was very little parking! Not even one handicap parking space was available for use! I couldn't believe how many people were eating supper so early!
As crazy busy as it was, our party of 3 was seated right away! There was just enough people leaving, as there were people coming in or we got the very last table of the early dinner crowd, but we were grateful that there wasn't a long wait! We were seated toward the very back of the restaurant, in what looked like the only available table left in the entire place!
Now, I'll be honest. I did not expect much from Texas Roadhouse. We had them in California as well and I never had a good experience at any of them! I probably ate at Texas Roadhouse approximately 3 times in all the years of living in California. Not once did I enjoy anything about any of my experiences! I thought that it was a poor excuse for a steakhouse! And I hated how dirty and gross it felt to have peanut shells that people had cracked open in their mouths, just sitting in piles on the floor! I never understood the intrigue! Those of you that didn't know of this time, let me tell you. They use to have buckets of peanuts in the shell on the tables and you could pop one in your mouth, remove the shell and toss them on the floor. It was one of the attractions that drew people to Texas Roadhouse, Just for the experience! Thank goodness they no longer practice this gimmick to attract customers.
Once we were seated, our waitress came immediately to take our drink orders and just enough time for her to bring them to us and take our appetizer order, We ordered a basket of Rattlesnake Bites, which are similar to cheese curds with chopped jalapeños and Jack Cheese. They were really good!
But what was the best, most amazing, "make you want to come back for" item, which apparently replaced the bucket of peanuts that use to be placed on the tables, is...Wait for it! Yes! You probably guessed it! Texas Roadhouse basket of warm, wonderful, slightly sweet, buttery dinner rolls with a side or two of their incredible whipped, honey, cinnamon butter that makes the hot rolls just melt in your mouth! I went nuts for these rolls! These Texas Roadhouse dinner rolls with their amazingly tasty butter is now amongst the ranks of noteworthy and hard to forget restaurant bread baskets! I want to commend the person or group of people who came up with this idea! These are so much better than the bucket of peanuts that use to be left on the tables!
And lastly, all three of us ordered 12 oz sirloins and were given the choice of two sides. All of our sirloins were nicely charred and cooked to perfection! I asked for medium rare and my steak came with a beautiful color of pink with no blood seeping out! Perfectly cooked! Wow! I also ordered grilled mushrooms and onions on top! Sooooo good! And perfectly seasoned! Wow!
I ordered their house salad which was vibrantly colored and fresh with a side of honey mustard dressing. And I decided to try their macaroni and cheese. I hardly ever order macaroni and cheese out bc I am always very disappointed. To my surprise, the Mac n' Cheese was delightfully creamy and the pasta was cooked just right! It's still shocking that their Mac n' Cheese is Kraft from a box! I may have not eaten Kraft Mac n' Cheese since I was a kid, but it must have improved tremendously! I enjoyed it! But next time, I will stick with my baked sweet potato! They do it just right!
The wait staff and hostess were all on the ball! The house was packed to the brim, but they all kept it moving!
This Texas Roadhouse absolutely changed my view about this franchise restaurant! I will definitely be back! read more