Texas Roadhouse Caesar Salad

Texas Roadhouse Caesar salad is chopped romaine tossed in creamy Caesar dressing with parmesan and croutons. It works two ways: as one of the two included sides with any entree, or ordered a la carte, where side salads typically run about $2.99 to $4.99 depending on your store.

What the Caesar salad actually is

The Caesar salad is a cold side built on chopped romaine, tossed with Caesar dressing, shredded or shaved parmesan, and croutons. It is listed among the standard side choices at most locations, which means you can take it instead of a potato or vegetable with a steak, chicken, or ribs plate at no extra charge.

Because it sits in the sides section rather than the entree salads section, the default portion is a side bowl, not a dinner plate. If you want it as a meal, you ask for the entree-size salad or add a protein, and the price changes accordingly.

Caesar salad price and sizes

There is no single national price, and the menu data we can verify does not print an exact figure for the Caesar. What is verifiable: a la carte sides at Texas Roadhouse commonly run $2.99, and salads sit in that same side list. Entree-size salads cost more.

Treat those as ranges, not quotes. Regional pricing swings 10-15%, and airport, resort, and high-cost-metro locations sit at the top of every band. To confirm before you go, pull up your specific store on the official location finder or open the Texas Roadhouse app, which prices to the restaurant you select.

Calories and nutrition

Texas Roadhouse does not print calories for every side on every regional menu, and we have not verified a figure for the Caesar salad specifically. Rather than guess, here is how to get a real number: check the calorie column on the in-store menu, ask for the nutrition binder, or look at the nutrition page on the official site.

What you can reason about: romaine itself is negligible. Nearly all of the calories in a Caesar come from the dressing, the parmesan, and the croutons, in that order. Ordering the dressing on the side and using half of it is the single biggest change you can make. Skipping croutons matters less than people assume.

Also worth knowing if you are counting: classic Caesar dressing typically contains anchovy and egg, so it is neither vegetarian-safe by default nor allergen-free. Ask before you order if that matters.

What’s in it: dressing, croutons, cheese

Three components carry the salad. The dressing is a creamy Caesar, not a thin vinaigrette, so it coats heavily when tossed. The parmesan is shredded rather than powdered. The croutons are seasoned and dry enough to stay crisp for a few minutes after tossing, which is more than you can say for most chain salads.

Romaine is the base and it is chopped, not whole leaf. That is good for eating with a fork alongside a steak and bad if you were hoping for the composed, whole-leaf presentation you get at a steakhouse charging three times as much. There is no anchovy fillet on top and no soft-boiled egg.

How to order it well

The best move is to take the Caesar as one of your two included sides and pair it with something starchy. A Caesar plus a loaded baked potato covers cold and hot, crunchy and soft, and costs nothing beyond the entree price.

• Ask for dressing on the side. Tossed Caesar arrives heavily dressed. On the side, you control it and the romaine stays crisp longer.
• Ask for extra croutons or extra parmesan. Both are usually free and both are the parts people actually want more of.
• Time it early. Ask for the salad to come out before your entree, so it is not sitting warm next to a plate straight off the grill.
• Do not double up on cold. Caesar plus applesauce plus rolls is a lot of cold-and-sweet with a hot steak. Pick one cold side.
• Remember the rolls. Free unlimited rolls with honey cinnamon butter arrive at the table for dine-in, so you are already getting bread. Croutons on top of that is a bread-heavy meal.

Caesar vs house salad vs grilled chicken salad

The house salad is the safer pick for a mixed table: mixed greens, tomato, cheese, and your choice of dressing, so everyone can steer it. The Caesar is the better pick if you actually like Caesar, because a house salad with Caesar dressing poured over it is not the same thing.

Against the grilled chicken salad, the math is simple. The Caesar side is free with your entree. The chicken salad is a full entree in the mid-teens. If you want salad as your meal, go chicken salad. If you want salad as a course, take the Caesar side and spend the difference on an appetizer.

Is it worth ordering?

As a free included side, yes, easily. It is a competent chain Caesar and it costs you nothing over the entree price, which makes it one of the better value slots on the plate compared to seasoned rice or applesauce.

As a paid a la carte item at $3 to $5, it is fine but unremarkable. As a $10-plus entree salad, it is a harder sell at a steakhouse where a 6oz sirloin with two sides sits under $20. Order it because you want a salad, not because you expect it to be the memorable part of the meal.

Where this page is uncertain

This is an independent guide, not the restaurant. We have no verified printed price or calorie count for the Caesar salad specifically, so every figure above is presented as a range built from the side-pricing structure, and we have said so rather than inventing a number.

Three things genuinely vary by location: whether an entree-size Caesar is offered at all, whether a side salad carries an upcharge over the standard $2.99 side price, and exact dressing and crouton suppliers. Franchise, international, and non-traditional locations differ more. Confirm with the app or by calling your store, and treat the in-store menu as the final word over any third-party page, including this one.

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