Longhorn Steakhouse server says lamb chops are back—and customers are insufferable about it: ‘I’ll be there for my crusted cheese water later’
Early this month, Longhorn Steakhouse brought back its beloved lamb chops to the menu, also available with a Parmesan crust option.
TikTok immediately jumped on the trend. Not just for the lamb chops themselves, but for the possibility of parmesan-crusting almost anything on the menu. While the crust option is intended for certain mains and a few appetizers, customers are reportedly requesting it on just about everything.
This, of course, has begun to frustrate some servers.
One Longhorn Steakhouse server decided to speak up about it.
In a short clip posted to her TikTok account @raspberrykiwi_, the server sits at one of the restaurant’s booths looking visibly exhausted.
“All I been hearing since we got lamb chops back,” she wrote in the video’s text overlay, as a high-pitched sound plays in the background.
“I’m getting my [expletive] handed to me EVERY SHIFT!!” she added in the caption. Her video has garnered over 916,700 views at the time of writing.
Commenters Are Split
In the comments section, viewers had mixed reactions to the server’s complaint. Some expressed sympathy, others joked about the trend, and a few felt the frustration was unwarranted.
“I’ll be there for my crusted cheese water later,” one commenter joked.
Another said they had their own request ready. “I’m sorry sista I need that broccoli parm crusted too!”
Others sympathized with the staff dealing with the sudden surge in orders.
“I cant wait til they gone,” one viewer wrote. “i miss being able to go into longhorn and get my favorite servers, now they be runnin like a headless chicken.”
Not everyone agreed with the complaint, though. “God forbid yall do your job,” another commenter wrote.
Are Other Servers in the Same Boat?
According to a post on the Reddit community r/serverlife, other Longhorn Steakhouse workers say they’re experiencing a similar wave of requests for parmesan-crusted items.
One server wrote that the trend has escalated to the point where customers are asking for the topping on things that were never meant to have it.
“Have even had people asking to parm crust their complimentary bread,” the original poster wrote.
Another commenter, who said they work in the kitchen at the chain, described just how widespread the requests have become.
“You think you have it bad as a server?” they wrote. “I’m in the kitchen at Longhorn and every [expletive] thing is getting parm crusted. [expletive] I even had to parm crust ribs yesterday.”
Some users also connected the trend to the broader impact of viral food hacks circulating on TikTok.
One commenter recalled a similar experience while working at Starbucks during the early days of the platform’s viral menu trends.
“In 2019–2020 I worked at Starbucks, right as TikTok was becoming whatever it was or is and started having the ultimate chokehold on everything,” they wrote. “I swear, half the orders were people just showing me some Starbucks TikTok ‘secret menu’ drink that contained like 40 ingredients.”
The commenter added that many of those drinks included seasonal ingredients that the store didn’t always have.
“Man. Those were the days. My heart goes out to you,” they wrote.
@raspberrykiwi_ I’m getting my ass handed to me EVERY SHIFT!! #lamb #longhorn #fyp #saxophone ♬ original sound – A.J.A
The Mary Sue has reached out to LongHorn Steakhouse via email and to @raspberrykiwi_ via TikTok messages for comment.
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