Steakhouse Chains With The Absolute Best Mashed Potatoes, According To Customers

If you're craving steak and potatoes, you want the potatoes to be as luxurious as the steak, especially if they're of the mashed persuasion. And if you're paying steakhouse prices for the two, there's no wiggle room when it comes to quality. Mashed potatoes should be an equal partner to a filet, ribeye, or whatever cut you prefer. While it may seem like there's only one way to make mashed potatoes, diehard spud lovers know this dish can be prepared with finesse in both flavor and consistency, characteristics that can take this humble root into the realm of sublime dining. Yes, mashed potatoes can do all that.

Some steakhouses understand just what it takes to pull off magnificent mashed potatoes. Using reviews offered by satisfied customers as our guidepost, we scouted out the steakhouses serving up the best mashed potatoes. Though unadorned mash of the proper texture can be a delight on its own, we found many versions that include additional elements to reveal how versatile and elegant mashed potatoes can be. Our list peels back the skin to explore the finest examples of steakhouse mashed potatoes on the market and how customers feel about them. Behold as this unassuming side dish steps into the spotlight!

Maybe Morton's The Steakhouse knows something about mashed potatoes that the rest of the restaurant set hasn't cottoned onto yet. It's not complicated calculus; whipped potatoes plus generous quantities of sour cream equal one delicious dish. Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes a la Morton's puts indulgence at the end of your fork, with a formula that copycat recipes have decrypted to include generous amounts of sour cream, heavy cream, and butter. This creation is nothing like the mindful mashed cauliflower replacement Morton's tried a few years ago. This one is pure, silken decadence.

These pleasing potatoes are potent enough to become the hero of a diner's entire Morton's experience. Take Yelp reviewer Creshenda M., for instance. Her group had an extended wait for their less-than-satisfying order. "The sour cream and mashed potatoes were the only thing that saved the bland steak," she explained. It's a rare occasion when the side dish outdoes the main course, and worth taking note of when it happens. Many four- and five-star write-ups on Open Table also heap praise on Morton's mash, proving that exceptional sides can earn their place at the table.

You won't have to ask for garlic mashed potatoes when you head into Serra Gaucha Brazilian Steakhouse; these potatoes come to your table unsummoned! Mashed potatoes are one of only three sides listed on the menu, and serving them on repeat is standard and a feature few diners will be mad about. The blank canvas offered by unflavored potatoes provides a perfect opportunity to introduce the aromatic appeal of garlic and get mouths watering. Serra Gaucha is named for a mountain range in Brazil, which is pretty much your invitation to enjoy mounds of mashed potatoes as a tribute to the landscape. It's also known as a wine-growing region, but whether you pair your potatoes with wine is entirely up to you.

The fun surprise of finding garlic mashed potatoes on your table at Serra Gaucha is a delight for customers unfamiliar with Brazilian Steakhouse culture. Yelp reviewer Nancy G. explains, "The biscuits, garlic mashed potatoes, and bananas were a big hit, especially with the newbies in our group!" Food blog The Forking Truth found this table food enchanting enough to qualify for a photo and a mention in its write-up.

Homestyle mashed potatoes at Outback Steakhouse buck the upscale trend of other establishments, keeping the experience simple, familiar, and thoroughly delicious. Our team ranked this flavorful mash as one of Outback's top side dishes; only two other selections came in higher: baked potatoes and sweet potatoes. The mashed potatoes have inspired home gourmets to create their own recipes, proving this chain seems to know what it's doing when it comes to dressing up tubers for the table!

What makes the difference for Outback's specific spuds? Several years ago, former Outback employee and Reddit user pauly13771377 posted a description of how the restaurant prepares its phenomenal recipe. As with some of the most delicious things in life, butter is a key ingredient, as is half-and-half. "And 80/10/10 seasoning which was 80% salt, 10% black pepper, 10% garlic powder," the user explained, which sounds like a savory balance that spices up the pot without overpowering the simplicity of the main ingredient.

"What exactly is Pomme Purée?" you ask. Why, it's the glitziest name for mashed potatoes you're likely to hear during a steakhouse visit. Order this sleek side dish at Shula's Steak House and you'll receive a plate of perfectly blitzed potatoes. This steakhouse stalwart is clued into the fact that roasted garlic and butter are all it takes to turn plain produce into potatoes so posh, they warrant a new name with French flair. The restaurant itself calls out the inclusion of heavy cream on its site, showing it knows exactly how to please its clientele.

With a location at Walt Disney World, Shula's serves Mickey's biggest fans some of the best mashed potatoes in or out of the park. The richness was lauded by Gluten Free & Dairy Free at WDW, a resource for helping Walt Disney World visitors with dining restrictions find great fare around the park. The site notes the dairy content but urges gluten-free eaters who can tolerate dairy to order a serving of Pomme Purée. Touring Plans notes that yes, there are some heavy ingredients in the dish, but the enjoyment is what counts most here.

As the name suggests, the Château Mashed Potatoes at Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse are an elegant affair. You'll find them located directly in the center of the side selections menu, though they're anything but low-key. According to the restaurant's Washington D.C. Facebook page, you can even order a version called Uptown Del's Potatoes, an opulent upgrade topped with Fontina cheese, chives, and truffles. These extras are boujee enough to make ordinary mashed potatoes question their place on the food pyramid.

Mashed potatoes with such a fancy name are destined to earn a reputation among discerning diners. As Yelp reviewer T L. puts it, "OMG these potatoes were cooked perfectly and flavorful." Recipes trying to capture the château mystique call for heavy cream, cayenne pepper, and skin-on potatoes. But enjoying real Château Mashed Potatoes calls for a visit to Del Frisco's Double Eagle; as is true with buying real estate, dining on luxury mashed potatoes is all about location, location, location.

To compile our listing, we scouted out the steakhouse chains around the U.S. that had potatoes on the menu, then filtered out only those serving mashed potatoes in some form. Then, we searched for customer reactions on social media and review sites to find out which potatoes diners preferred most.

The garlic mashed potatoes at The Keg aren't actually served in a keg, though they're delicious enough to wish for a possibility like that. Even though the menu lists them as singular "garlic mashed potato," you really do get an entire order. Whew! This skin-included red potato mash gets a healthy dose of flavor thanks to the inclusion of garlic in the mix, while the skins are a tasty textural surprise hidden among the satiny smoothness of the starch. The end result is a potato that sets itself apart from versions of mashed potatoes found at other steakhouse chains.

This mashed potato selection is also competing against its own menu mates. Of the six items on the Accompaniment menu, four are potato-based, which makes it necessary for this dish to assert itself. Customers seem to think it does a splendid job. Yelp reviewer Haley D. professes her devotion to this zesty accompaniment, saying, "The garlic mashed potatoes will keep me coming back to this place. They had so much flavor!" Fellow Yelper Liana M., who wasn't thrilled with the texture of her steak, was still dazzled by the mashed potatoes she'd chosen. In a Reddit thread, commenter Jaydog0910 says while discussing a potential home version of the recipe, "These are literally the only mashed potatoes I even like and I can't get enough of them." Serving them in a keg doesn't sound like such a wild idea now, does it?