Red Lobster

Note that I am not a seafood person — but my husband has always wanted to try this place! I didn’t order seafood but I will try to comment for both of our meals.
I was expecting it to be pretty tacky inside and I was pleasantly surprised that I didn’t see any plastic lobsters or anchors on the wall! The décor was what I would think a captains cabin to look like — lots of wood accents and it was actually really nice. All the staff were dressed well in black pants and dress shirts as well.
We both ordered the four course feast which is only available Monday to Thursday and is $ 21.99 for soup, salad, main and a brownie with ice cream for dessert. You also get unlimited biscuits with this meal. It was a really great price for all the food.
I have to say I am SO IMPRESSED with how quickly the food came out. The starters didn’t take any time at all plus as soon as we were done our starters our dinners were ready.
The staff were very friendly.
Our server (I believe her name was Dolly) was always right there to refill drinks and those amazing biscuits.
The starters were great. We both had Caesar salad which was similar to Panera bread’s salad with real cheese.
I had the potato and bacon creamy soup which was very nice and my husband absolutely loved his clam chowder! So the starters were definitely really good.
The mains…
My husband ordered the garlic shrimp. It came with two skewers of shrimp which he said were awesome, he was surprised with how many they gave him. His came with rice as well as broccoli…
The broccoli was just normal broccoli but the rice, he said the rice tasted like microwave uncle bens. Granted he really only cared about the shrimp so he was happy!
Now I ordered the Cajun chicken Alfredo (I know… Chicken not seafood lol). It was decent… Normally this item is around $ 18. It definitely wasn’t THAT good. It wasn’t exactly restaurant quality pasta or chicken — it was something you could easily make at home.
The dessert was so good! It was a nice hot brownie with vanilla ice cream covered in chocolate and caramel sauce. The serving size was perfect and the fact that the brownie was hot with the cold ice cream was awesome.
Overall I would definitely go again — probably order the exact same thing as well because you can’t beat that price for everything you get plus the experience was overall really good. I would give it a 4.5 if I could.

I had heard mixed reviews about red lobster, and finally we decided to try it out! I love lobster and it was a rainy miserable day so we wanted to warm our stomachs with some delicious food! I wasn’t wrong!
The waitress we got was so polite and lovely, and it was busy, yet we weren’t waiting longer than the ordinary time.
The selection on the menus was really good, and the drinks selection looked delicious! Pictures too, to help visualise the dishes, which is always a help
The food was so fresh and mouthwatering! Myself and my fiancé ordered clam chowder and they brought out what looked like scones, but it was garlicky bread which was so soft and fluffy! The clam chowder was so rich in flavour! I only ordered a cup portion and himself ordered a bowl, which had biscuits with both.
Next we ordered a trio with a side of lobster mash, and I ordered garlic lobster linguini
All in all, amazing!
My fiancé ordered 2 mojitos and I ordered a spiked strawberry lemonade, which didn’t taste much like strawberry but was so refreshing nonetheless and you get to keep the glass afterward! (Which has the red lobster logo across it)
Our bill came to $ 112 which wasn’t bad considering we ordered lobster, alcohol and I asked for a portion of lobster mash extra cause it was too nice
Would recommend it and will go back

Food was ok… my snow crab was dry and lobster was a bit over done. The battered shrimp was mushy… which was odd. Garlic shrimps were good. Portions were not as good as I remember. The waitress was pretty attentive so that was good.
It seemed to be quite busy here. The booth seating was a bit tight for the other 2 friends of ours… bigger set couple. The table was small for the plate sizes they brought.
Parking was limited even with the parking in the back. Perhaps the pub next door had an event going on.

What a fiasco! Ok, granted, my fault! When they said a 45 minute wait — we should have gone to the keg or elsewhere but we waited… As entertainment, I held the door for people coming and going and was red lobsters greeter (brought me back to my retail days lol)
We were seated and served by Stephanie. Table of 4, by this point we have been at red lobster for an hour. We all ordered drinks and our meals as the restaurant was very busy. ²⁄₄ drinks came to the table. Waitress stated that they had to go to the store to get ingredients to make the other two drinks. 20 minutes pass and no Stephanie. She comes back and asks how everything is going and then remembers the drinks, goes back to the bar to get the other two drinks. Waited another few minutes and we asked if we can have some biscuits as its 8:45 and we got to the location just around 7:30. She said we were on the waiting list for bread… She brought out our salads and then the biscuits shortly after.
We waited another 20 minutes for our food to come out. The food at red lobster is good but we left at 10:15 pm! Almost 3 hours! I don’t think anyone in the restaurant was upset, rather iterated to even care of the lack of efficiency of floor staff. Customers were not impressed and the servers looked tired.
I don’t think the general manager scheduled enough staff. Maybe take one of the three front greeters off the desk and have them talking to customers because there is no need for three people at the front!
I know it’s not fast food but 3 hours, really? The server even mentioned it was a fast night for service?! What? It is sometimes worse? Ps they charged for my birthday cake because my table said it was my bday lol $ 7.50 ! Haha please notice there is minimal mention of food. I love waiting, said no one ever!
#operationalfail

Best pina coladas I’ve ever had, the seafood platter was amazing! Excellent service as well, came here on a busy night and our waitress was very busy but still managed to service us in a professional manner. Can’t wait until my next visit :)

Party of two … Was welcomed by the greater and shown to a table… We waited for about 15 minutes to be served, finally had enough and had no choice other than to get up and leave. It wasn’t so busy, it just seems the help in more and more inexperienced.

Finally decided to give this place another try! I literally just came back from this restaurant. it was good today, compared to last time. I had the sunset Piña colada and lobster tacos. The lobster tacos was Okay, I would not order it again. My sister ordered the Caribbean pineapple salmon with mash and shrimp and her food tasted AMAZING. That’s the only reason I’m giving it 4 stars or else it would of been 3. I told myself I have to come here either next week or the other and get the same thing she ordered! Yes, that’s how good it was. I love the biscuits. Nothing new, always did. I’ll be back for that, she said it’s only for a limited time so I definitely will be here sometime next week or the other for that tasty salmon!

My mom and I went for an early dinner on a Saturday around 5:30. Completely packed with a 30 min wait. We thought it wouldn’t have such a wait at this time but oh well.
Our waiter was ok. He started off kind of rude but had an issue with the table beside us so his behavior kind of changed because I think he got in trouble with the manager.
Initially I asked for him to tell me which menu items were gluten free. His response? Nothing. I’m gluten free myself and can’t eat anything here.
Huh, really? Then why does it say in the menu to ask your server for an allergy menu? So he goes to get it, while stating, you won’t be able to eat anything here anyways.
So he brings the menu, which was essentially a large list of the foods and the allergens in them. It also had a indicator if cross contamination was a possibility (such as with the same grill being used for gluten foods, etc). Lo and behold, there were foods I could eat. Interesting that he didn’t know this, seeing as how he works there and apparently eats gluten free.
Anyways, once he actually came to our table the first time– which took a good 10 – 15 mins after being seated (for initial introductions and drink orders) the service was pretty prompt. We didn’t have to wait a particularly long period of time for anything after that.
I ordered a caesar salad (sans croutons) which was okay but a little on the blah side. For my entrée I had lobster with potatoes and corn … I can’t recall the name. It was good but very, very salty. I feel dehydrated just thinking about it. My mom also felt that her food was very salty. That kind of took away from the experience since it had such a intense effect on how the food tasted. They need to lighten up on the salt for sure.
Overall the food was just okay for me. I don’t know if I’d spend the money to go back unless mom wants to go again (Mother’s Day gift ;)). They definitely need to work on their server knowledge of gfree options as well as their oversalting of food.

I had a pretty undesirable experience at this particular establishment. The atmosphere isn’t very inviting. My wife rated her experience there with me as decent whenever we talk about it, but as mediocre as she makes it sound, I seem to have had a vastly different experience that same night. I’d like to say however that our waitress was A+. She was tremendously professional & inviting. Everything else is downhill. Before I get into the food, the family that was sitting somewhere close to our table seemed to have had a problem with the restaurant’s allergy accommodations. That actually got my family’s night off to a bad start because it made for a very tense and noisy ambiance; since there was a loud controversy insuing. As for the food of course… horrible! I think this was my first time eating at «Red Lobster» and I can say that it will probably be my last. I was expecting so much more but this experience left me damningly disappointed. We ordered calamari as an appetizer. This calamari did not taste anything how it’s supposed to taste, especially from «Red Lobster». It was way over-​cooked and tasted very dry & bland. My wife said her fish dish was very mediocre at best. As for my seafood linguini, it may very well have been the most disappointing part of the whole evening. Picture a young baby vomiting up half puréed seafood. Now pour that substance on to the linguini. I’m not even exaggerating. That’s how bad the dish was & the best way I can explain it. It was very mushy food & didn’t taste the greatest neither. The pasta was decent I suppose, but it’s pretty hard to screw that up right? Oh I forgot to mention the biscuits. Chewy like gum and tastes awful. This entails my personal experience here. Like I said, I expected so much more from this place and it didn’t come even close to meeting my expectations.

I come here once every few years. Always a huge line up and long wait to be seated. Good food though

I just came back from the Endless Shrimp promotion. I was with my wife and 4 friends so we had to wait a while for a table. The food was very good throughout the night. I am writing this review though, for the service. Our waitress was Merna and she was top notch. She was very friendly and always made sure our party had everything we needed. She was always ready to take our orders for more shrimp even after she had just put shrimp on our table. She kept our glasses full of drinks the whole night and made us feel very welcome and comfortable. The best service at a Red Lobster that I can remember!

Let me start by saying every time I come to this location I have amazing customer service. Secondly, the food is well priced for the portion size. I love their complementary biscuits (don’t taste as yummy the following day). I always get the same thing (build your own combo): garlic shrimp, coconut shrimp with piña colada dipping sauce (amazing heavenly goodness) and shrimp Alfredo with a side of mash potatoes and a Caesar to start. My meal usually comes up to 30 bucks, like who is complaining?! Ill admit they don’t have the best Alfredo I’ve ever tried but I still like it.

I went to eat at this restaurant for dinner and had high hopes for this restaurant. Unfortunately, it falls short and fails to deliver. When I walked in, I was greeted and quickly bought to our table. The restaurant décor is nice but boring. The server was nice, friendly and always ready to take an order. For apps, I had a New England Clam Chowder and a Fresh Ceasar Salad. The New England Clam Chowder had a good texture to it but was nothing special. It was not seasoned well and could be done better. The Ceasar Salad was not consistent. It is bland and not seasoned well. The bread crumbs were extremely hard and it was like eating a bullet :(. For my entrée, I had the Shrimp and Scallop Alfredo. This was a mediocre dish and could be better if I liked Cheese. The dish was filled with a cheesy sauce that overpowered everything. The taste was overwhelming and I could not finish my dish. For dessert I had the Key Lime Pie. It was delicious. However, the dessert took a long time to arrive but it was worth the wait. Overall, this restaurant has major flaws that really makes it a restaurant not to go to. I will give it a 2 out of 5 stars.