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Irving Mall Area · Irving · Steakhouse · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed June 27, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed Outback Steakhouse – Irving’s wine list and gave it The Lazy List — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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The wine list at Outback Irving arrives laminated, tucked behind the cocktail specials, and it tells you everything you need to know in about fifteen seconds. This is a list designed to not offend, not to inspire. Corporate made the picks; Irving just pours them.
There's no real regionality happening here — you get the Mendoza greatest hits, a California Sauvignon Blanc, and the rest fills in with the usual national brand suspects you'd find at any TGI Fridays or Applebee's within a five-mile radius. Alamos Malbec and Clos du Bois Sauvignon Blanc are the headliners, which says a lot about the ambition level. No grower Champagne, no interesting Rhône, no domestic Pinot that would actually hold up to a ribeye. The list exists because it has to exist.
Glass pours run roughly $7–$12, which sounds reasonable until you realize you're getting bulk-production bottles marked up well past the 3x threshold. The rotation doesn't appear to rotate — what's on the menu today has been on the menu for years. There's no sense that anyone upstairs is tasting new options and thinking 'our guests deserve something better this quarter.'
Alamos Malbec — $9/glass
If you're drinking wine here — and we understand, sometimes you just are — Alamos is the honest move. It's a real wine from a real place (Mendoza), it handles red meat without falling apart, and the price isn't embarrassing. Damned with faint praise, but praise nonetheless.
Alamos Malbec
There's no hidden gem on this list. Alamos is the closest thing to it, and calling it hidden is a stretch — it's just the one wine that was actually grown somewhere with intention. On a list this flat, that counts for something.
Clos du Bois Sauvignon Blanc
Clos du Bois Sauvignon Blanc at chain restaurant markup is just not the move. You're paying restaurant prices for a wine that retails for under $12 a bottle at any grocery store in Irving. Order an Aussie lager instead — at least that's honest about what it is.
Alamos Malbec + Ribeye Steak
Malbec and a ribeye is the most reliable combo on this list because it's basically the only combo that makes sense. The fruit weight in Alamos can handle the fat in the cut, and at a table where the wine options are this limited, going with what actually works isn't a compromise — it's a strategy.
The Bottom Line
Outback Irving's wine list is a corporate checkbox, not a wine program. Order the steak, get an Alamos if you need something in a glass, and save the real wine drinking for somewhere that cares.
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
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Rotating Cast
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
MIA
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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