texas roadhouse

Texas Roadhouse in the Corona Hills Plaza is now open to the public. We went for dinner on the day it opened and it was packed… even at 4 PM.

When you walk in, you notice the freshly baked bread in the service window and the display case full of steaks. A nice start.

The hostess brought fresh bread with her when she showed us to our table. A bucket of peanuts was already waiting for us.

We started off with the Cheese Fries ($6.99), which are steak fries covered in cheese and bacon. The fries were seasoned very well and didn’t last long.

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Update: 07/26/14: We went back and tried the Rattlesnake Bites ($4.99). Diced jalapeños and jack cheese. Awesome.

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Between us, we tried the 8 oz. Sirloin ($12.99), the 10 oz. Ft. Worth Ribeye ($16.99) and the steak I’ve been waiting for, the Bone-In Ribeye ($24.99). All of the steaks were tender and well-seasoned, and came out from the kitchen very quickly.

Three out of our four steaks were cooked perfectly. The fourth didn’t quite make it to medium rare throughout, but I chalk that up to it being the first night. It was still a tasty steak.

The Ft. Worth Ribeye was my favorite of the night, and my sons and I are already looking forward to going back and trying the Porterhouse T-Bone and the Dallas Filet. I also see some Rattlesnake Bites (fried jalapeños and jack cheese) in our future.

I also added a Sidekick of shrimp ($6.99).

This is a good family steakhouse. The staff was friendly, the service was very good and the building is brand new.

The steaks are good too. We’ll be back.

370 N. McKinley Street
Corona, CA 92879
Phone: 951-735-7427
www.texasroadhouse.com

Hours:

Update: It’s open. See our post about the grand opening on 7/21/14.

I’ve never eaten at a Texas Roadhouse, but I’m looking forward to trying this place when it opens in June (according to the company’s website).

Texas Roadhouse is on McKinley near Costco and Home Depot in the Corona Hills Plaza. It looks like they are completely renovating (maybe rebuilding) the building previously occupied by Backwoods BBQ and Honolulu Harry’s.

I hope Texas Roadhouse has better luck with this location.

If you haven’t heard of Texas Roadhouse, here is the boilerplate from a recent press release:

Based in Louisville, Kentucky, with more than 425 locations in 48 states, Texas Roadhouse opened its doors in 1993. The Louisville, KY based company is famous for hand-cut steaks, made-from-scratch sides, fresh-baked bread, and its lively atmosphere. In 2014 Texas Roadhouse was named one of Employee’s Choice Best Places to work by Glassdoor, in 2012 Texas Roadhouse was named Top Steakhouse in the Nation’s Restaurant News’ Consumer Picks survey, in 2007 and 2008 Forbes magazine ranked the company as one of the 200 Best Small Companies and in 2009 the company was ranked “Best Value” by readers of Consumer Reports magazine.

Steak good.

UPDATE 07/09/14:

I stopped by today and there is a big sign on the front of the building announcing that it will be opening on July 21st.