Texas Roadhouse Early Dine Menu Prices 2026

What Is Texas Roadhouse Early Dine?

Early Dine (sometimes called an Early Bird special) is Texas Roadhouse’s recurring value window for dine-in guests who arrive before the dinner rush. Rather than a discount code or coupon, it’s a set of specific full-size entrées offered at a lower fixed price during a limited afternoon window, each still served with the standard two made-from-scratch sides and a basket of fresh-baked bread with cinnamon butter.

It is not available for To-Go or delivery orders in any source we reviewed, and it is not part of the online-ordering menu at any of the three restaurants this cluster is built around (Fort Worth TX, Orlando FL and Columbus/Reynoldsburg OH)—it’s a dine-in, in-restaurant program only.

Entrées Commonly Included in Early Dine

Across the sources we reviewed, Early Dine’s entrée list is reported consistently enough to summarize, even though none of them is an official Texas Roadhouse page. The entrées that show up repeatedly are: 6oz Sirloin*, Grilled BBQ Chicken, Country Fried Chicken, Chicken Critters®, Pulled Pork Dinner, Grilled Pork Chops, Country Fried Sirloin, Chicken Caesar Salad, Grilled Chicken Salad, and a Chicken Critters® Salad. Some sources list 10 entrées, others 11—the exact count and lineup can vary by restaurant.

Every one of these is also a regular-menu item at Texas Roadhouse, which is useful: even though we can’t verify the Early Dine price or portion for these dishes, we do have verified regular-menu prices and calories for the same dishes from our three-city research, shown below for reference.

Regular-Menu Reference Prices for These Dishes

These are NOT Early Dine prices. They are the verified regular-menu (full price, any time) prices and calories for the same dishes commonly named on Early Dine lists, observed at our three checked stores on 25 Aug 2026. Early Dine’s actual price is lower than these figures and may use a different portion size—use this table only to see what each dish normally costs and how many calories it normally carries, not as an Early Dine price.

Hours That Are Typically Reported

Reported hours are inconsistent between sources, which itself is useful information: no single nationwide schedule is publicly documented. What shows up most often is a weekday-afternoon window before the dinner rush—commonly cited as sometime between 3 and 6 PM on Monday through Thursday, with some sources describing limited Friday participation and others describing Friday and Saturday afternoon windows at select restaurants only. Weekend evening participation is rare in every source we checked.

Because the window and days are set per restaurant, the only way to get an accurate answer for a specific visit is to check with that restaurant directly—see the confirmation steps below.

Why There’s No Single Early Dine Price Table Here

Every other page in this Texas Roadhouse guide—menu prices, Hand-Cut Steaks, Family Meals, Kids Menu—shows exact prices we personally observed on Fort Worth, Orlando and Columbus’s official online-ordering menus, city by city, never averaged or estimated. Early Dine doesn’t appear on any of those three menus at all, so we have no first-party data to report in that same format.

The alternative would be repeating a number from a site that doesn’t cite an official source—several of which disagree with each other by as much as $3.00 per entrée. Presenting one of those numbers as a confirmed store price would risk being wrong in exactly the way this guide’s methodology exists to avoid. Instead, this page reports the range that’s actually being reported, says clearly that it isn’t independently verified, and points you to the fast, reliable way to get a real number: your restaurant.

How to Confirm Early Dine at Your Location

Call your local Texas Roadhouse directly and ask whether Early Dine is offered, on which days, during what window, and at what price—restaurant staff can answer this in seconds and it’s the single most reliable source. You can find your local restaurant’s phone number through Texas Roadhouse’s official locations page.

If you’re already planning a weekday visit before 6 PM, it’s also worth simply asking your server or host when you arrive—many locations post Early Dine signage or mention it at the host stand even if it isn’t listed on the digital ordering menu.

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