What to order · Updated September 2026
What to Order at LongHorn Steakhouse: Every Item, Judged
LongHorn is Darden's steakhouse, which means it runs like Olive Garden with a grill: consistent, competent, priced a notch above Texas Roadhouse. The steaks are hand-cut and well-seasoned. The rest of the menu is where people lose money.
One structural warning before you order. Most entrées here come with one side plus a hand-chopped salad, not the two sides you get down the street at Roadhouse. That single difference decides a lot of value questions on this menu. Prices below are national averages; delivery menus run noticeably higher than the in-store board.
Every item, judgedThe verdicts
Honey Wheat Bread Loaf
Order itWarm, slightly sweet, and it lands on the table before you've ordered. This is not the cinnamon-butter rolls situation down the road at Texas Roadhouse — refills here take asking. Two slices, then stop. Save the room for the ribeye.
Renegade Sirloin (8 oz)
Order itFourteen dollars buys a seasoned, grilled-to-order USDA Choice sirloin with a side and a salad. At 51 grams of protein and 390 calories, it beats every burger on this menu; just keep it at medium or below, because the lean meat turns to leather past that.
Outlaw Ribeye (18 oz, bone-in)
Order itBone-in, heavily marbled, and charred hard enough that the flat-top cuts cannot compete. Thirty dollars is real money, but this is the one item where LongHorn can stand beside restaurants charging twice that.
New York Strip (12 oz)
Order itSeventy-two grams of protein for twenty-two dollars, marbled enough to survive a cook to medium, and eight dollars under the Outlaw. Eighteen ounces of ribeye is more steak than most people want on a Tuesday. This is what you order instead, and almost nobody does.
Flo's Filet (6 oz)
DecentLongHorn's signature and its best-selling cut, and it is exactly as tender as everyone says. Twenty-five dollars, though, for six ounces of the mildest beef on the menu. Tenderness is the one thing a chain grill can guarantee, which is why they charge for it.
Parmesan Crusted Chicken
Order itThe rare chain chicken entrée worth ordering on purpose. The crust is actual cheese and garlic browned under a broiler, not breading, and at 68 grams of protein it eats like a full meal. If someone at your table doesn't want steak, this is what they order.
Wild West Shrimp
Order itHand-battered shrimp with cherry peppers and garlic butter, and the heat is real rather than decorative. It's the appetizer regulars actually reorder. Split it — 970 calories before your steak is a decision, not an accident.
Baby Back Ribs (full rack)
DecentNinety-six grams of protein, tender, sauced sweet. Perfectly good ribs. But it's twenty-five dollars at a place selling an 18 oz bone-in ribeye for thirty, and ribs are the one thing every barbecue joint in your zip code does better.
Chop Steak
DecentTen ounces of ground beef under mushrooms, red wine sauce and onion straws — a good version of a thing nobody walks into a steakhouse wanting. It costs what the Renegade Sirloin costs.
Cowboy Pork Chops (2)
Skip itReviewers land on the same word every time: dry. Bone-in pork chops need a cook who's watching them, and a chain grill on a Friday night is not watching anything. Nineteen dollars for the privilege.
Texas Tonion
Skip itFried onion petals with dipping sauce, 1,180 calories, arriving right before the food you paid thirty dollars for. Nine dollars is most of the gap between the sirloin and the strip. Spend it on beef.
Steakhouse Mac & Cheese (side)
Skip itTwo dollars more than every other side and it lands gummy about half the time. You get exactly one side with your entrée here — don't waste the slot. The cinnamon-sugar sweet potato costs $2.99 and never disappoints.
Chocolate Stampede
DecentSix kinds of chocolate and 2,460 calories — the Outlaw Ribeye and the Texas Tonion combined don't get there. The menu calls it a dessert for two. It is a dessert for four. Split it or leave it alone.
Frequently askedFAQ
What's the best value at LongHorn Steakhouse?
The Renegade Sirloin at $13.99 — an 8 oz grilled-to-order USDA Choice steak with a side and a hand-chopped salad. Nothing else on the menu delivers a full steak dinner under fifteen dollars, and the lunch menu goes cheaper still with combos starting around $9.99.
Is LongHorn better than Texas Roadhouse?
LongHorn cooks a better steak; Texas Roadhouse gives you more food for the money. LongHorn's char grill and seasoning win once you're into the good cuts, but Roadhouse includes two sides and unlimited cinnamon-butter rolls where LongHorn gives you one side and a salad.
Which LongHorn steak should I order?
The Outlaw Ribeye if you want the best steak, the Renegade Sirloin if you want the best deal, and the 12 oz New York Strip if you want both. Skip Flo's Filet unless tenderness matters more to you than flavor — it's the priciest cut per ounce and the mildest.