This is definitely a Darden restaurant.
Much like Olive Garden and Red Lobster, you know walking in exactly what you're going to get.
The bread is fresh, warm and tasty. The salad is fresh, cold and crisp.
The entrees are the Central Casting version of what they should be.
Nothing we had was bad, the steaks were cooked to the desired temp and were perfectly mediocre.
The decor was Texas steakhouse appropriate in the same way Olive Garden is stereotypical Italian appropriate and Red Lobster is stereotypical seafood appropriate.
There was nothing at all wrong with being there - but I'd rather have a less "scientifically proven" chain and a better steak.
At least the beer was cold and frosty. That makes a big difference on a Phoenix summer day, and that alone is the reason for the third star.