Bloomin' Onion, Wilting Wine List
Central Waco / Valley Mills Drive · Waco · Steakhouse · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed June 16, 2026
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The wine list at Outback Waco arrives as a laminated afterthought tucked behind the cocktail menu — a short roster of brands you've seen at every grocery store checkout aisle from here to Amarillo. There's no pretense of curation here, and honestly, no pretense of caring either.
Twenty-odd bottles, almost exclusively California, New Zealand, and Australia — and not the interesting parts of any of those places. You've got Meiomi Pinot Noir, Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc, and Folie à Deux Ménage à Trois anchoring a list that reads like a Total Wine endcap from 2014. No independent producers, no regional curiosity, no depth beyond what corporate told the franchise to stock. The gaps aren't gaps — the whole thing is a gap.
Eight to twelve pours on any given visit, which sounds fine until you realize it's Yellow Tail Chardonnay, Apothic Red, Cupcake Moscato, and friends. Rotation is essentially nonexistent — this list does not change with the seasons, the harvest, or the decade. What you see is what you'll get next month too.
Meiomi Pinot Noir — $10
It's still a mass-market Pinot from the California coast, but at least Meiomi is reliably fruit-forward and crowd-pleasing enough to hold up next to a ribeye without embarrassing anyone. Relative to everything else on this list, it's the least bad option for the money.
Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc
Nobody orders Sauvignon Blanc at a steakhouse, which means the bottle actually turns over fast enough to be fresh. It's crisp, citrusy, and cuts through the richness of Outback's heavier appetizers better than any of the reds here. Order it before someone suggests the Apothic.
Yellow Tail Chardonnay
Eight dollars and change for a glass of something that retails for $7 a bottle — and that's the whole bottle. The math is offensive, the wine is forgettable, and you deserve better even on a Tuesday in Waco.
Folie à Deux Ménage à Trois Red Blend + Outback Ribeye
The Ménage à Trois is soft, jammy, and low on tannin — which actually works with a well-marbled ribeye since you don't need the wine to cut through fat so much as just not fight it. It's a casual match for a casual night, and that's about as high as the bar gets here.
❌ The Bottom Line
Outback Waco's wine program is what happens when a corporate chain treats wine as a line item instead of an experience — overpriced grocery store bottles with zero staff expertise and zero reason to explore the list. Order the beer, order the cocktail, or BYOB if they'll let you.
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