Description of Business (Details)	Dec. 28, 2021 item restaurant	Dec. 29, 2020 restaurant item
Description of Business
Number of states in which restaurants operate | item	49	49
Number of countries in which restaurants operate | item	10	10
Company-owned
Description of Business
Number of restaurants	566	537
Company-owned | Wholly-owned
Description of Business
Number of restaurants	546	517
Company-owned | Majority-owned
Description of Business
Number of restaurants	20	20
Franchise
Description of Business
Number of restaurants	101	97
Franchise | Domestic
Description of Business
Number of restaurants	70	69
Franchise | International
Description of Business
Number of restaurants	31	28
Franchise | Unconsolidated
Description of Business
Number of restaurants	24	24
Non-Texas Roadhouse restaurants | Unconsolidated
Description of Business
Number of restaurants	4	4