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Red Lobster

2.9 (80 reviews)
ModerateSeafood, American
Closed • 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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Samuel P.

Met with some friends for a Friday night which they already had a table set up once I'd arrived. I ended up getting the Ultimate Feast with a side salad and crab topped mashed potatoes. The mashed potatoes taste like it was instant mashed and didn't have much flavor. I asked for my steak to be cooked medium and surely enough, it was medium and the taste was delicious with the perfect amount of seasoning. The grilled shrimp was ok, but nothing to brag about and the rice wasn't all that great either. I enjoyed my lobster tail along with the coconut shrimp that came with a pina colada sauce. As I was signing my name on the receipt, I scramble the section of the tipping since I was giving my waitress cash. What turned me off is she'd asked me why I scramble that part off. I gave you cash tip, so why are you asking me about that? I felt like she's wanted to add her on tips onto her copy of the receipt. I wasn't born yesterday for you to play this game with. I did speak to the manager about the situation and he asked me her name which surprisingly, I remember. He apologized for the inconvenience and that's the only reason why I'm not rating this place a 1 star.

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Jalexus H.

I wanted to come in and give Red Lobster a 5 star review for old times but unfortunately the quality just wasn't there. We arrived and the restaurant was pretty dead so there was no host. Our waitress ended up seating us near the bar. I believe she was seating, working her section, and bartending. I completely get it and I won't ask for much but an okay attitude is expected in a service job. She was just not the nicest the whole time. We ordered our food. It took a while to come out. She asked if we needed any steak sauce. She got busy and forgot to bring it. When my boyfriend finally cut into his steak it wasn't really cooked. Just charred on the outside. Granted he did order medium rare, this was almost blue. We asked her if she would warm it up and she took the plate without saying a word. We just decided that we didn't want the food and got our check to go

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Nikki C.

It seems this place is under new management. Joe Moore greeted us at the door. We felt welcome immediately as we walked in. Honestly, the whole experience was better than we've ever had at this restaurant . They definitely stepped it up a notch.

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Jennifer G.

We wanted to go to RL since we heard it'd be shutting down and I remembered going with my Grandma to the one off Crestwood Blvd as a kid in the 90s and always was a treat. I now understand why these are getting shut down if most experiences are like the one we just had. We came in and the restaurant was about half full and clean. We, as a family of 4, with little kids were sat,(plenty of open tables in dining room) were sat in the back booth in the BAR right by the waiter station/kitchen/cleaning supplies. Unacceptable and plan weird to sit us in the bar area with little kids. So we politely asked to be moved, to which they obliged. We were greeted and started our orders. The mozzarella sticks were cold not a cheese pull to be seen at all. The kids could barely even eat them and they love them anywhere else. Then we all ordered and there was no flavor. My grilled shrimp were barely edible due to being so dry and tasteless. My husband got the surf and turf with fried shrimp that were OK but was not even asked how he wanted his steak cooked and he said it was so hard to eat. He had a hard time finishing it. The kids got chicken fingers that tasted like they were out of a bag, which is fine. It's kids food. I guess and two orange slices as a side. the popcorn, shrimp kids meal was probably the best thing that any of us had and my daughter enjoyed it. All in all we spent a good chunk of change and had to ask for refills our drinks, among other things, and the waitress even asked us if we wanted more biscuitsto which we all said yes, very excitedly and she could not remember to bring them after reminding her again. Hopefully this was just a isolated incident, but the food was just got awful and expensive and service was a catastrophe. You win some you lose some. We tried and this was a fail.

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Russell G.

I have been aware of the Monday through Friday special. Felt that Wednesday $25 steak and lobster was a good deal so I went for it. I got the baked potato with it. Surprising that the steak was cooked to perfection. I ordered the medium rare and it was just right. The lobster was good as well. The curbside worked out well. Server came out pretty decent time. Had only a short wait to get my food I may try another dish out one day

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Carlissa S.

The service was good and the staff was very friendly. The garlic biscuits were freshly baked and were delicious. The ambiance was very relaxing and we had a nice evening.

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Waiter John was absolutely terrific!!! He has great personality and is hilarious he made a absolutely magnificent spicy steak sauce.

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Food was wonderful and our server was very friendly and courteous. Very relaxing dining experience.

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