We Tried 20 National Steakhouse Chains. Here's The Best One

Back when beef prices were actually reasonable, going to steakhouses were a good thing. But nowadays, I could buy 3 to 4 prime choice cut steaks and cook it myself for the price of dining at one steakhouse restaurant. Not only that, I still have money leftover to buy ingredients for fantastic sides and desserts. For those of us who don't have Bill Gates income, grilling your own steak is the way to go.

The best steak I ever tasted was 50 years ago. It was on a chartered Pan AM airliner leaving Vietnam about an hour out of Saigon on my way home. In reality it could have been dog meat but under the circumstances it was one of my most memorable meals ever!

Longhorn and Texas Roadhouse are my favorites,👍

I have fond childhood memories of Bonanza and Ponderosa. It's long gone from my city. And maybe it's as bad as described now. But there was something about their rib eye grilled steak with a baked potato and Texas Toast. I have few good memories of my childhood and this is one of them.

In my experience, it really doesn't matter what steakhouse you dine at, all that matters is "who's in the kitchen?"

Since I've learned to make a high quality steak on my own, I've not been satisfied with most restaurant steaks

Love Longhorn Steakhouse, nice to see it was so high on the list!

I travel for work and have been to multiple Texas Roadhouse locations, and have never been unhappy with my meal. The Longhorn where I live is great too, and surprisingly our local and much closer Outback isn't bad for the price either if on a budget or just don't feel like driving. Chain restaurants can vary wildly in quality from location to location.

The sirloin my dad cooked over charcoal in my old busted wagon were the best, so were his ribs and chicken. We were poor but splurged on Sunday meals after church.

I had no idea either Bonanza or Ponderosa were still in business... YIKES!

We had lunch at Outback several times my wife and I over the years in Miami and in spite of what the lady says the food was always top notch and the price reasonable... Maybe we got lucky and we found the best Outback restaurant in the entire country 😄😄😄 As for thinking the food Outback serves is a true representation of typical Australian cuisine...Well...If some people are that naive... As for Smith and Wolensky we have one in South Beach... And yes, it's amazing...

I think it takes more than one visit to truly find the best steak house. For example, I've only been to Salt Grass once and wasn't very happy with the steak. I'd be willing to go a few more times before I'd cut them out completely. I've been to Texas Roadhouse lots of times and have been happy nearly every time.

I buy prime ribeye caps and prime NY strips from Costco. Cook them on my commercial grill on the patio. Absolute perfection- no need to dine out and pay premium $$$

Finally a honest video worth watching! I'm so tired of people salivating over foods just to be nice to the cooks!❤💯

Ruth Chris definitely doesn’t miss as far as chains go

Texas Roadhouse, Longhorn Steakhouse are both really good places no doubt about. However I do like McCormack and Schmick's in Kansas City, it's more money but dang hands down best steak I've ever had. My brother came to visit and I took him and his wife and they are still talking about two months later.

Longhorn for the win! Not over priced and always delicious!!

I have eaten at 3/4 of these steakhouses and I paid the bill at each, so I can be totally honest. The toughest steak I ever had was at Fleming's. Shula's was good but totally overpriced. Ruth's Chris was one of the best. Texas Roadhouse was not quite as good, but I can eat there 5-7 times for the price of one meal at Ruth's Chris. Order the bone-in ribeye, medium rare at Texas Roadhouse...you can thank me later.

I think it's hard to make these kinds of generalizations. I think it'd dependent on, what beef has been supplied to the restaurant, the cook who's grilling it and to a degree, the whole atmosphere of the experience. It also depends on who's dining. I have a very good friend who's upper middle class and has money, but going out to eat is not his thing. He'll complain about paying $40 for a plate of pasta when he could make a similar dish at home for a fraction of that. You can point out, that someone is preparing the meal, bringing to you and cleaning up after and be appreciative of that, and for that person, going out to a nice place will give you a reasonably high degree of a nice evening, but it's not a guarantee.

Of all these mentioned Longhorn is hands down my favorite love the outlaw ribeye!! That being said I can grill myself and prepare and season it to my perfection and it’s better than any of these places at a fraction of the cost and my family will verify that they love my grilling!!