I have visited this location a couple times in the past and had no issues. I am not sure what happened this last time but it was not good. I visited with my friend and his family. We were seated relatively quickly and everything was going well. Our waitress, right off the bat, was not very friendly with my friend's father. His family does not speak English (or at least not very well) so they definitely had a bit of an accent. He was trying to order and she just looked pissed off and not understanding at all. I ended up telling her what he was trying to say but she just, very rudely, moved on to the next order. English is my first language, I don't have an accent, I was raised in America and so I knew she could understand me. Which is why the next part of the story becomes problematic.
We order our food and again the same problems occur. She has difficulties understanding his family's order but she is not kind at all. She is huffing and rolling her eyes. When she brings items to our table (more rolls, drink refill) she says nothing, slammed the items down and walked off without a word. When we asked for sauce for our steak she took forever to bring it out and when she did, you could tell she was mad she had to do her job. Why do I bring all of this up? Well, because the table immediately behind and across from us also had her as a waitress. And she visited both of those tables *at least* double the amount she ever checked on us. I'm not just talking about bringing food- I had to fight to get a drink refill, get us more bread, to-go boxes. Hell, I even had trouble getting our check, which usually restaurants have no problem giving you. And the thing was...I could see her attitude change. She was friendly, smiling, attentive to these other tables. The food ended up being decent, but the service was absolutely horrendous.
I try to be as unbiased and look on the good side of people, but I was really having trouble with this. It was clear she was favoring her other tables and not only avoiding us, but being rude and giving bad service to us. I don't want to say it's because my friend, his family and I were a minority, but it sure felt that way. It will definitely make me think twice about visiting this location.
UPDATE: I reached out after they left a comment on my review. Their online forum was very quick and I believe it was the next day when I got a response. However, iIt took a bit of back and forth trying to find a time that worked best (I had called two days in a row and the manager wasn't in). I finally called back the next week and was placed on a 10 minute hold. It was not looking good. I decided I would try to reach them once more before giving up. I called back and immediately got the manager, who said that nobody had notified them that they had a call on hold. I had emailed with both Leissy and Amanda but it ended up being Leissy (service manager) who I spoke with that day. She was very apologetic and vowed to speak with her staff for proper training. She was taken aback by my experiences and promised that next time would be better. I was offered a voucher to come in again and ask specifically for her. They handled the situation very appropriately but most importantly I wanted to make sure nobody else had to go through this. Kudos to Texas Roadhouse for trying to make it right! read more