Outback Steakhouse

Outback Steakhouse

632 Blossom Hill Rd

San Jose, Ca

95123

(408)226-4922

We went to Outback on Blossom Hill road in San Jose to satisfy our craving for a bit of meat.

It was not a busy day, so we were seated promptly, usually the wait is about 30 minutes to an hour. The interior of any Outback is usually the same, white walls decorated with an Australian theme motif. If you been to one Outback, you probably been to all.

The waitress brought us some of the usually dark rye bread that Outback usually serves with a side of whipped butter. The bread was decent with a nice robust flavor, but the butter was rather bland. They either added too much air or selected the wrong type of butter. It could not hold it's own against the strong flavored bread.

We ordered some appetizers and decided to split the entree. Our first appetizer was their famous blooming onion. Of course other restaurant chains have their versions like the awesome blossom. It's basically an onion that has been cut and battered, then deep fried. Yes, it is as fattening as it sounds. Not recommended for my fellow dieters out there. It was crispy with a nice onion flavored throughout. The mayo dipping sauce accented the onion nicely.

Next came our chicken wings or kookaburra wings as Outback calls it. It has a flavored of a fried chicken mated with buffalo wings. It comes as mild, medium and hot. Since my wife as the heat tolerance of a 2 year old, we had to settle for mild. Lucky for me, even the mild version has a bit of kick. The skin was crispy and fried nicely, while the blue cheese dressing provided a nice cool sensation to those that needed it. It also comes with an accompaniment of celery but the celery is not really needed.

We had our serve split our steak in the back. We chose the Victoria's Filled cooked to a medium rare. Outback has an additional topping of blue cheese or horseradish crumb crush on top. My wife did not want my suggestions of blue cheese, she felt that she did not like the strong flavor of blue cheese. I had my reservations of a horseradish crumb crust, but reluctantly agreed. Unfortunately my fears was right. The horseradish did not combined well with the steak at all. The spicy and radish flavor clashed the salt beefy steak. I elected to scrap off the topping and just eat the steak, which wasn't bad. We selected the baked potato as our side, and that was nice prepared. Soft and well cooked throughout with a butter and chive topping. If only my steak could have tasted as well as the potato.

Our server was excellent. She check in on us multiple times and even refilled our drinks without us asking. All of our request was handled speedily. Luck for us it was not a busy night so we were able to get all the personal attention we want.

Final Thoughts: Good place to satisfy that steak craving, but stay away from that horseradish crust.

Food: 3 stars

Service: 4 stars

Price: Average

Overall: 3 1/2 stars

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