I went just the other day and I had Brandy as my waitress. I loved her service and her personality, she really made my experience. The food was great, I got the seafood boil. Would go back just to have Brandy as my waiter, she was very attentive. read more

This is what $17.99 ($23 after tax and tip) gets you for fish and chips at Red Lobster. 1 piece of fish and a scant amount of chips. Fish was under cooked and very oily. In fairness, the cheddar biscuits were spot on but on a value level was low. Could have gone to Cheddars Scratch made restaurant and got 3 pieces of fish and chips ( no coleslaw or biscuits) for under $10. Btw, i had water for the beverage. Long John Silvers also less than half price. Kinda bummed. Went there thinking might be my last chance to eat at a formerly premier fish place. If Red Lobster is going ro make it out of bankruptcy they are going to have to do much better than this. Very disappointed. read more

Red Lobster - Fish and chips - Seafood Near Me - Joplin, Missouri

This is my 2nd time dining at this location. Both food and service were really good. Nice and quiet on a Monday evening passing through on I-44. My only suggestion is please do something about the coleslaw-- the recipe is the worst ever. Many years ago it used to be good. Everything else was hot and fresh. I do recommend this location. read more

I decided to go to the locally abandoned red lobster in Joplin which unless it's a Friday night with your friends it's never busy. I'd say the food came out fairly quickly which was nice on a Monday afternoon after work. Are sever was nice asked if everything was good which it was the usual meh but still better the the Miami ok woodys quite atmosphere same old same old. If you're looking for a mildly good crab I'd suggest here. read more

The drinks were awful, but this food was so damn good. I really had low expectations, but we were very pleased. We will definitely be back read more

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Good foood and great service! I eat there a lot. It's one of my favorite restaurants.

We dined at this Red Lobster on Friday afternoon. Our server, Jennie (I think,) was outstanding! She was very attentive and sweet. She asked if we were celebrating, which we were, and she surprised us with a sundae after our meal! We had the endless shrimp and really enjoyed the shrimp Alfredo, which was quite tasty, the coconut shrimp with an unexpected Pina colada sauce that worked very well with the shrimp. We tried a new cheddar bay shrimp that was delicious! The other flavors were good too. Lobster bisque was not very good, pass on that next time but the lobster cheese dip was excellent, nice chunks of lobster in it. Overall great experience.. we will go back again. read more

WOW! I STILL LOVE RED LOBSTER!! ESPECIALLY... JOMO's RED! Im a JOMO - hometown girl! HEY!! - BIG - BIG - SHOUT OUT !!! TOOO - ROYAL HEIGHTS & KELSEY NORMAN!!! I really cant believe how long ago it was! That we all watched that sign go up and knew we were REALLY - headed for that "city" eatin n feelin! NOT TO MENTION (but I'm goin to, anyway) New Jobs!) RED LOBSTER - WAS COMING! (Hey! Better late than never! RIGHT? ()....yummyeee!) Then "Ground was broke"... and then all of JOPLIN and all our friends watched and waited with gleeful anticipation! But not for long (as construction and then the staffing and training were fairly quick! Yes! I nailed the interview n got me a job there! It was the most - extensive, intense, and detailed - training - for any kind of service work - I'd ever - in my young life - at the time or ever since! THE COOKS WERE IN TRAINING TOO! OMGosh! These guys seriously train their staff! Lol We ATE IT ALL!!! Point is...(sorry - I o'd on nostalgia a lil for you there!) that YES - RED LOBSTER is what's known as Chain Restaurant - with that you USUALLY get CONSISTENCY LOL. Here at ours? We've had to update n remodel our look a couple or more times! I mean WHO HASENT LOL- it's been like 40 years lol But the QUALITY AND TASTE AND EXCELLENT FOOD AND IN JOMO we got great N EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE WORKERS!!! read more

This was by far the best Red lobster I have ate at . The food was amazing the cheddar bay biscuits were hot and fresh and they kept the cheddar bay biscuits coming we never had to ask for any thing the drinks were refilled . Our waiter was amazing and packed up some biscuits for my son to take back to the hotel with him read more

Red Lobster is expensive, no way around that. Our food was good and we had a great server. The biscuits did not seem to have as much cheese and the size of each biscuit is smaller. I don't mind a smaller biscuit, but I am missing the cheese. read more

This restaurant is a rip off. You can earn points so they say but but then they don't show up in your account. I recently emailed Red Lobster that I haven't received my points. They replied on Tuesday that I would receive my points with in 48 hours. It s Sunday and I still haven't received my points. No wonder so many place go out of business. They can't honor what they tell you. CarolRand read more

Nice place to take someone special We had excellent service and excellent food. Succeeds all expectations read more

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Not only did Red Lobster Joplin provide very bad service to me and family on Sunday April 23rd they actually changed my tip amount that i signed for on my receipt! This is CREDIT CARD FRAUD! STAY AWAY FROM RED LOBSTER JOPLIN read more

Went there Friday evening during the middle of a major rainstorm the place was kind of empty waitress was friendly as good day ordered the all-you-can-eat shrimp fest. And tried their Rangoon stuffed shrimp. Would not recommend this dish couldn't find any of the crab they stuffed it with and it seemed to be overcooked. The food came fast and furious for the all-you-can-eat shrimp. Had a hard time keeping up. A couple of the shrimp dishes were not up to par. The fried shrimp was greasy. And the coconut shrimp was not chewable it was that hard. The garlic and shrimp was absolutely delicious as was the shewed shrimp. All in all not a bad evening read more

Took 1 1/2 hours to get food and it was cold, the place was very empty, should have been a clue.

Again we went to Red Lobster because this is my favorite place to eat. Our dining experience could not have been better than excellent which is what ours was that evening. Everyting was dead on right. No waiting for food. Wait staff was showing excellence at every table. I was watching. Cooks did my special order with a 5 star rating. Everything was just so good from the food to the staff to the cooks. There was nothing the matter with our dinner and we will continue going here. Since they have no cheddar cheese biscuits for gluten free dining I sneaked my own baked ones inside with my handbag as cover. We will go back again and more frequently. Since this restaurant is about a 3 hour one way trip there for us and our drive is not an easy drive but our dinner made our Red Lobster dining all well worth the trip. We always leave our tip on the table and are more than generous with our tip and do not want our tip added to our credit cared bill and do not want the server to have to wait for their tip. read more

I feel that this Red Lobster is very hit and miss with both food and service. It is one of the few places in Joplin where you can find decent seafood, but overall it's definitely overrated and overpriced. In regards to the food, it is okay. The fried and coconut shrimp are decent, however, not much better than store bought. Their Shrimp Alfredo is terribly bland every time I have it. Their saving grace is their Shrimp Scampi as well as other grilled shrimp they provide. Don't forget the Chedder Biscuits as they are a staple. In regards to the service, I have had both very good and bad. It really just depends on the night. It has never been consistent. Overall, decent food but not worth the price. read more

Red Lobster - Tomato mozzarella caprise - Seafood Near Me - Joplin, Missouri

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Sweet LAWD I have not been here in a while and it appears they changed some things. Even the coating they cooked the shrimp in tasted new and improved! I had the shrimp trio sampler and hubby had the steak and lobster. He wanted to congratulate the cook personally since his steak was so perfect! He is very picky about his steak. Kind of surprising for a fish place to do a decent steak. We might come back sooner than we did this time. Good evening, good food! read more

Red Lobster - Seafood Near Me - Joplin, Missouri

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went to Red Lobster for a birthday celebration,the food was disgusting.the lobster was fried crispy and totally overcooked the same goes for the shrimp clearly the cooking temp was totally incorrect,what a total disappointment and waste of good money even the hush puppies were tasteless,dry and hard read more

Always a positive experience. Food is always good and well prepared. You can usually depend on them for good seafood.

Only go here if you want to pay too much for mediocre seafood; and if you enjoy waiting forever to be seated in one of the several empty booths available. The best part of our experience here was the excellent waiter that we had. He knows what excellent customer service looks like and should probably be promoted to management immediately. He could definitely do a far better job of running that circus, as opposed to the clowns currently in charge. read more

Cleanliness is important!!! The food was good (they were out of the first two items I tried to order). The drinks were great. The service was awkward....but not horrible...he was trying. I think our waiter was new and nervous so he tried too hard and it was a weird awkward experience...for him. When he carried out our salads he had his thumb in our bowls (yuck) and he just seemed like he needed a bit more training. The inexcusable part of this dining experience was the uncleanliness of the restaurant. It wasn't like they had been busy and hadn't had a chance to clean up....it was old filth...like they just NEVER cleaned. The wall in out booth was nasty. The floor was disgusting. The cracks and corners looked like they hadn't been cleaned since it had opened over 20 years ago. I would expect more and would have thought the chain would require higher standards. We wouldn't eat here again. Save your money and eat somewhere else. There are plenty of other places in Joplin to eat and are WAY cleaner and the food is as good if not better. read more

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Service: Michelle was a great waitress who alway check on us and the Lady Manger stopped by and made sure everything was ok. Food: Endless Shrimp is Back After 6 orders, i was satisfied read more

My boyfriend and I go here about 4-5 times a year. I love this place. We always go all out when we visit. The lobster dip is really good. I suggest the Caesar salad as a side as well. read more

Myself and 5 friends went for their endless shrimp tonight. I will start by saying they were VERY busy. That is no excuse for the experience we endured. 1. The service was not very good. We had to flag down the waitress for coffee refills a couple of times. 2. When the plates started coming out, 2 were served. Then several minutes later another 2 were served. The next person their plate. Finally, close to 10 minutes after the first one was served, the last person received their food. 3. Of 6 baked potatoes 4 were not cooked through enough to eat. 4. I ordered the broccoli which was cooked but ice cold(not even room temp)! 5. Someone ordered grilled shrimp on a skewer. Barely heated RAW shrimp was served! I cannot say for sure but the texture was that of rotten fish. Everyone who tried it had to spit the bite out into a napkin because of the awful texture and putrid taste. At that point we were done! While we were waiting for the bills to be processed the manager came by and asked how the meal was. We told her all of the above. She said she would reduce the bills to compensate us. It took them roughly 15 minutes to mess that up. There were 4 bills: I paid for mine with a card. Another paid for hers with cash. Two others paid for themselves and one other with cash. Bottom line my card was charged for two meals. When we left I had the manager called out. I told her how unhappy I was about everything. I also pointed out that I was charged for someone else's meal. Her first response was NOT to apologize but to say it was not her fault. She didn't know who paid for what. She did them offer to split the bill off the card. I told her I did not want to waste any more of my time. I would NOT be coming back and I would most certainly YELP the experience. I have always had a very high opinion of Red Lobster until tonight. read more

Expensive laxative. I had Cajun chicken Alfredo. My mother had scampi, one dish had no garlic, we were then told by the non personality waitress " It comes pre made, and frozen , we just heat it! " If I wanted frozen dinners I'd spend $3 at Walmart. Its no wonder the shrimp tastes like Rubber in butter. My lands wtf happened to this place Sad. read more

My wife and I went to Red Lobster back in December for a date night, first night out without kids in almost 14 months. I couldn't describe to you how terrible and repulsive this place was. From sitting for 30mins before getting drinks, then the food (ordered 2 steak and shrimp scampi dinners - first, out of asparagus when placing order, tuna poke took AN HOUR (explaining that the tuna was still frozen... but get this - they used a defroster or hot water to thaw it as it had begun to turn white and had no flavor at all), our medium rare steaks were cold, tough, and STEAK ONLY COOKED -well done at that- ON ONE SIDE??? Then they flipped it over so it could warm a little on the other and still stay red in the middle?!) being awful, hospitality (overly rude, and rarely saw our waiter) , cleanliness (the same three tables surrounding us remained covered with dirty dishes from prior customers and were still there when we left 2 hours later - even a half hour AFTER we informed the manager!!!), and I could go on. The waiter agreed to how bad our experience was and apologized. Then the manager still had the nerve to bring our ticket with a full $56 price on it! We were livid! I advised that I understood bad days happen, to which she replied nothing was out of sorts but that there was a "HUGE party in the back that came in at the same time," when the lot had 3 cars in it when we got there, and 4 when we left! Needless to say, the manager comped our inedible dinner and gave us a $50 gift card to come back for a "better experience." Fifty bucks wouldn't cover what we ordered (waters, mind you!) even WITHOUT the asparagus! We have purposely avoided that place and didn't want to go back. So we tried to give it another shot and tonight we ordered to go. Well... to make it short, they confirmed exactly how terrible they really are. The shrimp alfredo tasted pretty much like a seafood microwave dinner, my kids were given dried up oranges, soft, mushy cheese sticks and so on. This is a SEVERE management problem!!!! Never going back. WAY over-priced for the instant garbage that they really serve. Only because I have to, 1 star instead of no stars because of the extra biscuits. You're welcome. read more

Certainly, you cannot expect a life-changing experience at this chain, but in Missouri one just has to be grateful seafood is even on the menu. This Red Lobster had a very attentive staff that was always making sure nothing ran out and keeping the place clean. Despite dining alone, I was offered about seven cheese-garlic biscuits before my entree arrived. I had popcorn shrimp and fries, with a salad. Popcorn shrimp is probably the least interesting dish offered here and has a tendency to fall apart in the cocktail sauce. The best line I overheard was from another server, who had spent a slow night organizing crayons by color. read more

Ordered dinner tonight from Red Lobster. My husband ordered a steak. Worst mistake ever. Completely inedible. Totally raw. Not even warm. My fish and chips turned out to be one sad piece of fish. One. For the amount I paid I expected more. Almost $20 for fish and chips I thought at least two pieces of fish!!?? I so won't be ordering from there again any time soon. Disappointing!!!! read more

Food was awful this was second try still terrible food had water in plate from frozen and cooked in microwave the worst at these prices it's been going down hill for a long time. read more

This Red Lobster is quite gross. Came in on a monday with the wife for endless shrimp. The bread tasted like dish water, and the shrimp was horrible. Hands down the worst I have had. This isnt even the first bad experience we have had here. But this time was over the top terrible. I do like Red Lobster.. but not this one. Worst sea food I have had in my entire life. I tried each type of shrimp once.. and then felt sick because it tasted so bad. Wasted 50$ on that terrible experience and wont happen again. read more

My little sister works at this location and she said that the staff cuss while at work. Highly unprofessional.

Troy was fabulous! Food was great but if in the area again would not stop here simply because the smoke is overwhelming. read more

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Great food excellent service by the daytime server Tammy!!! Walters platter is awesome as well as the Chicken Caesar salad.

I dined at 3pm so I can't speak to the wait time. My entree was good and hot, ceasar was good, biscuits were good (not fresh but at 3 u can't expect them to fix a new batch for you) my service was perfect and she was very sweet. I really wanted to get one of the sampler platters like the fishermans delight or whatever the name is. but at 30$ a plate i guess not. Maybe it costs that much to put that on a plate but more than this working man wants to invest in a late lunch. I'll still drop in from time to time but price will hold me back from coming more often. read more

Don't bother calling in a to go order. It goes to a call center that does not have a clue. Now if you want to go online and order while you are going down the interstate at 70 mph they can take your order read more

Ugh. Salmon was good and that's about it. Service was good but the poor woman was bar-tending, expediting and serving. Shrimp app was soggy, and salad was wilted. Should have gone to Waffle House down the street. Would have saved about 20 bucks and could've walked from the hotel. I was hesitant to come here because of the bad reviews I read. However, seeing some good ones, I thought i'd give it a try. I gambled and lost. read more

You know this place needs a little clean up. Hey mister manager guy, instead of walking around showing off your new tie-concentrate on the customers.The table that is right in front odf the kitchen door where all the waiters yell, 'COMMING OUT!!!', is probly not the best place to sit a group of four there to celebrate my friends 65th birthday. And then sit us next to a family that just finished bucking hay with all their screaming half dress rug rats probly wasn't real smart. And for our waitress to walk up to the table and over the din from the rugs rats behinds us ask if we were ready to order. Who are you? How are you? good evening? COME on food servers!!! Your rent, car payment or next tank of gas might come from the table I am sitting at!!! Great me, look at me when taking my order, ask me If I would like to move tables??? Resturant or fast food joint with table cloths? I think I might have to start going to the expensive joints to get the service I desire. I'm sure the waiters know how to earn the good tips we give out when we leave happy! read more

Blah. Not a very impressive place. Lighting could be improved because it somehow makes the place a bit "shabby". In need of slight brightening. And it needs to look clean -- seriously. A face lift is overdue. Food was a bit salty. Our food attendant was nice and friendly though. read more

Haven't ate at red lobster in 20 years and there's a reason. This food is horrible. I have had better seafood at long john silvers which I hate also. Will never be back in my life read more