We tried Texas Roadhouse’s $55 ‘family pack’ deal. It was a wildly great value for the 4 of us.

I’ve always associated Texas Roadhouse with shell-your-own peanuts, loud music, and mediocre steak.

In fact, my husband, our friends, and I visited the steakhouse on a date night a few years ago and were overall pretty unimpressed, especially considering the phenomenal experiences I’d had at other similarly-priced chains like Outback and LongHorn.

But recently, I’ve seen Instagram reels posted by moms who swear by Texas Roadhouse’s “family pack” menu, describing it as a great dinnertime hack for feeding your family affordably and fast at home.

There are all sorts of family packs on offer at the chain restaurant, from chicken-tender dinners to pulled-pork meals, all of which come with a salad, two shareable side dishes, and rolls with cinnamon butter.

They’re all priced between $45 and $55, which seemed like a deal to me considering the last time my party of four visited a Texas Roadhouse, a similar meal cost three times as much.

So, on a rare weekend night when my husband and two teenagers all happened to be at home together, we picked up Texas Roadhouse’s $55 sirloin-steak family pack.

Texas Roadhouse’s family packs are for pickup or curbside orders.

To place our order, I simply visited the Texas Roadhouse website on my phone, chose the specifics of the meal I wanted, selected a pick-up time, and paid.

Immediately after ordering, I started receiving text-message updates about the status of my order, including how to pick it up.

Later that evening, my husband got our food through Texas Roadhouse’s curbside pick-up option. He texted his parking-space number to the restaurant and waited for our order to be brought out to his car.

The whole process was incredibly easy.

Our $55 meal came with four steaks, two sides, a salad, and rolls.

We chose the sirloin family pack for $55, which came with two 8-ounce and two 6-ounce steaks.

When I placed the order, the default cooking temperature was medium with no option to change it, so we went with it since that’s the way we prefer our steaks cooked.

We also had to choose between a house or Caesar salad, and pick two sides from a list of mashed potatoes with gravy, corn, green beans, and seasoned rice. The meal also came with the chain’s famous rolls and cinnamon butter.

Additionally, we could’ve paid extra to add drinks like a gallon of sweet tea or lemonade to our meal, but we stuck with the basics.

The sirloin steaks were moist and perfectly cooked.

Our four steaks were cooked perfectly with the light-pink center of a medium cook.

Out of curiosity, my husband checked each steak’s temperature with an internal thermometer and found that each fell between the range that’s considered medium, about 140 to 145 degrees Fahrenheit.

The steaks had beautiful grill marks on them and a perfect char-grilled flavor on the outside, while staying moist and tender on the inside.

We all agreed these were the best steaks we’ve had from Texas Roadhouse.

There were plenty of side dishes to choose from.

As the mom of one picky eater and one kid who will try anything, I appreciated the number of side dishes there were to choose from, from green beans to seasoned rice.

I gladly let my kids pick since everything sounded good to me. Their choices were mashed potatoes with brown gravy and buttered corn, which both came in huge, 16-ounce portion sizes.

Both sides were really delicious and simple. They made perfect accompaniments to our tasty steak, and we had plenty of leftovers when the meal was over. My kids snacked on them throughout the week.

My teenagers were thrilled by the rolls and cinnamon butter.

My kids fondly remember visits to Texas Roadhouse because of the chain’s iconic cinnamon butter and golden-brown rolls.

With our family meal, we received a dozen warm rolls and a tub of cinnamon butter so large that we eventually ended up throwing half of it away.

Though my kids downed most of the rolls during our meal, they loved having a few left over to warm in the microwave and slather with cinnamon butter later in the week.

The meal came with so much food that we saved the salad for the next night.

Our order also came with a choice of house or Caesar salad. We chose the latter since it’s among my daughter’s favorite foods.

It came in a 9-by-11-inch aluminum pan along with several containers of Caesar dressing. As I unpacked the meal, I suggested we use the salad for dinner the next day, since we had so much food to eat — my family agreed.

The following night, we paired it with grilled chicken to make it into a full dinner. The salad kept perfectly in its lidded aluminum tray and made for a really delicious meal.

Overall, the dinner was good, fed us twice, and seemed like a great value.

When it comes to this Texas Roadhouse meal deal, I truly have no notes.

For the price, we received 32 ounces of well-cooked, sirloin steak, two pounds of side dishes, a dozen rolls, and a gigantic pan-full of salad.

The $55 price tag ($58 after tax) seemed well worth it to me. Plus, some of the other meals available, like pulled pork or pork chops, only cost $45.

I honestly enjoyed Texas Roadhouse’s food way more in the privacy of my own home, away from its loud music and bustling bar scene.

I’d absolutely order this deal again to feed my family, and I’ll also keep it in mind the next time I get a meal train sign-up email for someone in need.

It would be perfect for dropping off at a friend’s or neighbor’s house, especially since everything was packaged up so well with coordinating, air-tight lids.

The pack contained so much food that a small family could easily stretch it for a few days.

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