This visit I noticed a real decline in food quality as there were some significant differences. I have been eating at RL for at least 40 years, way back when they served a sourdough bread basket. This most recent visit was a rather disappointing 2 star review instead of prior solid 5 star reviews standard of locations on the West Coast. I am wondering if it is just a MidWest thing but there should be consistency across the board. The first notice was the cheddar bat biscuits were a different consistency and not a speck of cheddar. They were tasteless and really seemed to resemble a flavorless Bisquick biscuit. I asked for a fresh basket and the next batch was the same flavorless biscuit taste, even dunking them in my shrimp scampi juice did not save them. I ordered the classic seaside shrimp trio which is shrimp scampi, shrimp linguini and waltz traditional fried shrimp. There was very little shrimp in the pasta, a lot less than portion of pasta as before as well. The prices have increased by 40% but the quantity and quality has decreased by the same. I had a rude awakening as now RL is charging for a side dinner salad that used to be complimentary with meal. The only thing that was really good was the Jumbo Coconut Shrimp, they were tasty with the dipping sauce so very fortunate for that. We won't be back to RL for many reasons. I did provide some low-key quiet feedback of our meal experience on the way out but the Manager didn't respond as if he cared as he stated "I have been a manager for 5 years now and nothing has changed". read more

Red Lobster - Jumbo Coconut Shrimp - Seafood Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

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We love going to Red Lobster but the minute you walk in you can smell the mildew then mix that the lobster tank I almost lost my appetite. Which ruins the mood. read more

The service is the reason why this got a 5 star instead of a four star great amazing service lobster tail was great not my think but was good for a person who never had a lobster tail the corn on the cob was cold but tasted great the sirloin tasted plain with little to no seasoning with only pepper though cooked to perfection the burger was great as well and the bacon mac and cheese was amazing would recommend this side to everyone! I never had anything this good the wait was a little long but that's alright i was sad about not seeing any lobster in the lobster tank as someone who's never been to red lobster before was looking forward to it read more

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Server, Gram, I believe, was exceptional. Steak was tasty, though dry and overcooked. Wife and I placed order for medium. Both came out well done. My lobster was under steamed or boiled and was somewhat mushy. They gave be another. Same as the first. Cole slaw was underwhelming. Baked potato was quite small. Overall, a disappointing meal for my wife and I. Previous trips to Red Lobster, our meals were pretty good. Five stars for our server. Two stars for meal. What's happening with Red Lobster? read more

Seriously rundown, unchanged since the 70's and the old musty smell proves it. I will not return. Staff friendly and professional!

Good food and great service. This may not mean much to you, but the tea was wonderful very good.tea!

4/10/26: We celebrated 4 birthdays for 2 brothers and 2 sister-in-laws and we had great service by Mariah F. She was able to answer all of our menu, food and beverage questions. She was so friendly and showed patience with a table full of "Seniors". Food & Service was great! Everyone was very pleased with what they ordered. I had the Lobster, Shrimp & Salmon meal which had all my favorites and enough to take home for an additional meal! Plus, Everyone loved the light tasty biscuits!! Each Birthday person got free scoop of ice cream with topping. The deep flavor Chocolate Cake was the best we had ever had! read more

this restaurant is absolutely horrible. it's smells like filth when you walk in the door. i ordered something & asked the portion size & when i received it there was nowhere near the portion stated. we got the seafood boil for our daughter because she has always wanted to try one . $50 & the crab was so over cooked that it was chewy ! there was barely any potatoes & about 4 small pieces of sausage. i ordered a mixed drink that when i got it was key over 1/2 full ? they acted put out that i requested a full drink? airways read more

Our server was Justin- zero personality, wanted my husband to distribute our food to myself, and our kids- the plates came out PIPING hot! and he threw down the straws in the middle of the table kind of rude-like -It wasn't that busy, so we just didnt understand why the service was slow and just overall not good. Food was okay- just was really looking forward to good service for the money we just threw down on our Sunday lunch. read more

My Alfredo seemed to be made without cheese and the boiled shrimp in it lacked taste. The service was terrible. The seats were torn and ratty. Sitting on cracked vinyl is not comfortable. This was once a good place but no more. read more

Well we came back after a few months. We were stuck in Justin's section again. Well there was an improvement with his service. A lot more people and yet he was quite better this time. But he is a little rough around the edges for a nice restaurant like this. Also my father had the clam chowder. According to him there was actually more clam this time. I had the salmon. Really good. read more

Where do I begin? We had made reservations for five people tonight to celebrate our anniversary. When we arrived we were seated at a booth in the bar area. This seemed to be a booth in the north pole because of the cold air blowing right down on us. I went to the front to ask the hostess about another table because of the cold air, but a server had asked her about moving a table of five to a different table and the hostess snapped at her saying "no, there is nothing else ". I was standing there and overheard all of it. I then asked about another table and explained the conditions. I was told that they could put a chair at the front of a table for us but that was all. We should have left then. The server had not even been back to the table by the time I returned and had not even brought out waters. When the rest of our party arrived they even mentioned how cold it was before we said anything about it. We were finally brought biscuits and waters and after another five to ten minutes our server returned to take our orders. We ordered the crabby mushrooms to start and one of our party ordered the chowder. When our server brought out the chowder she mentioned that they were out of the crabby mushrooms and offered to bring us the seafood stuffed mushrooms instead, since they were already prepared, or she could remove them from our bill. We agreed to the seafood stuffed mushrooms instead. She came back to our table with the Crabby mushrooms. Wow. She said a manager fixed them for us after telling us they were out of the crabby topping. As far as the entrees are concerned I would like to know what happened to the flavor, temperature and presentation of your food. The lobster was grayish, rubbery, and tasteless. The sirloin steak had so much gristle that it ended chewed up in napkins and on the plate. The bacon mac and cheese was flavorless and bacon was to chewy and cold, also, was never told about the extra $4 charge for this side. The baked potato that was ordered with no sour cream, had sour cream on it. The broccoli was steamed and brown, no flavor or color. The fried food had no flavor except for the grease it had been fried in. The crab legs had no snap to them, just bent when they were trying to crack them. What has happened to Red Lobster? The staff was barely present and not once did I see a manager. For a holiday evening, the patron capacity was very low, 6 to 7 pm. The amount of food for the price paid is ridiculous! Not one item that we ordered tonight was worth the price we paid. read more

Our experience was horrible. Decided to go there Christmas day. The food was awful! Our dogs had a good Christmas dinner. I will never recommend Red Lobster again!!! Take care of the customers. I am always nice about it because I was a waitress over 30yrs ago. Hate that I had to put this on here. read more

Been here three times in three years. This time was by far the best. Biscuits brought to table ordered appetizer crab queso lots of crab very good. Split the "create your own feast" with my husband. Picked 2 lobster, coconut shrimp, shrimp Alfredo, mashed potatoes, hush puppies and added bacon wrapped scallops for 7.99. The lobster tails a little chewy but tasty. Shrimp Alfredo very creamy,delicious. Coconut shrimp good not better than the frozen we buy Costco. Add on Bacon wrapped scallops came with a handful of lettuce greens the dressing was yucky, disappointed on the small size of scallops but tasted good. Hush puppies blah to me but husband loved them. Brought home leftovers as it was a lot of food for 2. The waiter Sean was great and knowledgeable about the menu items and attentive without being annoying. Great overall experience read more

Red Lobster - Appetizer Crab queso - Seafood Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

I'm very pleased with my experience today. I ordered surf and turf, it is combination of lobster tail and steak with 2 sides. Service was great. It was not crowded since it was a cold Tuesday evening. read more

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Had not eaten here for a year, until this past week. Was disappointed, but not surprised that menu and pricing had changed. Hardly any sides are included with lunch specials anymore. Then most sides with other meals are suddenly considered "premium" and cost extra, including a salad. But the thing that actuallt ruined the dining experience and left a bad taste in my mouth was the way my very expensive Admirals Feast was served. This meal cost $28 with regular sides. They brought it out on an aluminum pan covered by a flimsy piece of paper with the red and black logo. First of all, it felt unsanitary since the red and black logos were soon coated in sauce and butter. Then when I tried to cut my food with a fork or knife, the paper tore. Who know when they last washed the aluminum pan. Besides the unsanitary issue and the inconvenience of trying to eat on paper and aluminum .... it just felt rude to serve what was to me an expensive meal on paper and metal. Why couldn't I have a nice plate? They said it was company policy and the CEO. What??? read more

Remember when Red Lobster was a place you went to celebrate special occasions? I would've been better off celebrating my son's 21st birthday at McDonald's. At least there you expect substandard service, you're not surprised when your food order is wrong. or that you practically have to be ready to walk out before you get a manager's attention. read more

Wife and I had lunch there today.Service and food was excellent.I had Admirals platter and my wife had the Spend Less shrimp special. We were both very satisfied. read more

My son ordered golden fried fish off the kids meal. He said it tasted off so we pulled the batter off and it was green. My wife said something to the server who told us it was from the scales and that it was normal to be green. She returned with our bill and I asked if she let the manager know and she said she did and that the manager said it was normal to be green. I have never been served green fish that tasted nasty and been told it was normal. On top of that to be argued with after telling them it didn't taste right with no alternative to fix the issue. No wonder the place is struggling! 100% wouldn't recommend read more

Pros: Service is friendly Good food; popcorn shrimp, calamari, Walt shrimp, broccoli, Pina colada sauce, shrimp scampi, plain cheesecake & of course the cheddar biscuits! OK food; cheese sticks The shrimp for the cocktail were a Beautiful size but very little. Cons: The restaurant smelled Bad. We think it is time for that carpet to go because it must be holding odors & it has obvious water damage at the entrance. The restaurant is in need of an UPDATE. The ultimate feasts are over $42 each. The lobster was not a favorite either. I would not order it again. The person repackaging the colors in the boxes for the kid's menu may need a little help. The same colors are put in the box, not different colors. read more

Chose dual lobster option as recommended by the lady at the bar . But obviously lobster size in the picture and reality is quite different and they use cheap & unfresh asparagus also. I told the girl about this & she acknowledged the difference but no action. No wonder Red lobster is bankrupt read more

Red Lobster - Seafood Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

Awesome experience. Our server David was so helpful. Our meal was so tasty. We order the 3 for $20.00 shrimp. Great choice. I give them a 5 rating. Not busy at all around 1:30 and we got a booth which is very important to us as we get older. The young lady who seated us was very nice also. The only thing I would change is hot butter and warm honey for their delicious biscuits. Who know maybe they will add this extra touch. Also I would like to see fresh or thawed strawberry For their drinks. It's all about the look. The drink tasted ok but it looked like a Bloody Mary not a fresh Margarita. Thank you Red Lobster we will be back!!! read more

I have gotten good food and service at all Red Lobsters but this time I'm writing a review due to the following: I ordered lobster dip to go. It came in a container used for soup but was only half full. I was so disappointed because I knew it would be yummy but this is not worth $13. It's only a few bites. I am terribly disappointed and feel that I was ripped off. The way it was presented is nothing like the photo on the menu. Don't order this item. read more

Red Lobster - Half container of lobster dip. $13 !!!!! - Seafood Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

Went to Red Lobster in Springfield tonight. They took Walt's Favorite Fried Sprimp off the dinner menu. Not going back.

Service was impeccably slow, over 30 minutes to get our food, but after getting our food, we wish they would have kept it,! I ordered fried shrimp, horrible. It was not fried but tasted and looked like it had been warmer up in an oven.. Each piece coating was even the same texture. You couldn't fry that and have each piece look the same. It tasted very old as well. Luckily, they took it off my bill. My wife had a steak, and it was ok at best.. no flavor and very dry read more

WTH?! it took more than an hour for our food to arrive. I went to the hostess twice. The manager mumbled something about the kitchen. I felt bad for the server at first, but she pretty much had shut down and was just going through the motions. The patrons around us were commiserating about the abysmal service. I get things happen, but let customers know and show some empathy. We will not be going back EVER! read more

Shoutout Justin for the excellent customer service! Me and some friends stopped by for endless shrimp and all of it was amazing. Justin kept our basket full of fresh biscuits, so that's 5 stars in my book! It's definitely the small things that really are important and I think he got them all to a T. read more

Red Lobster - Triple Berry - Seafood Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

There weren't many people in there and service was extremely slow. Our waiter only visited our table to take our order and bring our food out. We had empty drinks. We had ordered side salads and they came out still frozen and had hair in one of them. When the food came out, it wasn't even what we had ordered. We got lobster instead of crab. Food was undercooked and tasted bad. Food quality was overall terrible. Management is awful! Manager called about this review and was extremely rude on the phone. Shoutout to Sarah Dudley! Worst location I've ever been to read more

The food was good. The server was very polite and attentive The restaurant itself needs to be updated brightened up. But that would not keep me from returning. read more

I went there to eat Saturday evening about 6 pm. not many cars in lot and we were the only two people in the lobby. Dinning room to right was closed off and dark. Hostess started to seat us when this older waitress came up and said there would be a ten minute wait as they were full. I went back to dinning room to check it out and it was hardly full at all. We started to get bad vibes. Place was like a tomb and we were being lied to. If they can't hire enough help they should say so. I didn't have much confidence in getting a good meal. I used to like this place back in the day when it was better managed. Since the bankruptcy, it has gone down hill. Save your money and go elsewhere. read more

worst experience just now. Terrible customer service and starts with the manager. We called and set a reservation on 12/20/24 for 12/25/24 at 11:00 am. Just got a call from an employee at the restaurant telling us it would not be honored. Said all reservations had to be set up online, but they were full now so we could just show up and hopefully get in as a walk in. we asked to speak with a manger. after more than 10 minutes on hold, a manager came to the phone. told me a corporate order came down that all reservations had to be done on line. offered to "help me set one up for a different time if available. I started to explain that because of the problem and the wait on the phone, we were not going to be coming to the restauranT. was interrupted and told I did not know how a restaurant business was run and she snarkily told us to have a Merry Christmas wherever we decided to eat and hung up on us. read more

This place is pretty good. Had great service and good food. The only reason they didnt get 5 stars is because i had to send my steak back once. I ordered medium well but wasnt even close. Second time was good so not really a big deal. read more

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The service was good and so was our food, the staff (the manager Megan and our server Gabe) were very friendly and accommodating. The overall atmosphere was very peaceful and it seemed everyone around us was enjoying themselves, I would come again. Their cheddar biscuits were delicious per usual. read more

Red Lobster - Cheddar Biscuits - Seafood Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

Red Lobster was always our favorite place to eat for special occasions. But I have to say as someone previously commented it is sinking. Nothing was good except the bread. They must have changed their seasoning because nothing tasted the same. So disappointed. Don't mind to pay the price for good food but this was definitely not worth it. We have been going there for over 40 years but on 11/02/22 in Springfield, Missouri that will be the last and any Red Lobster as far as that goes. We did not complain to the management because were just not complainers, but will just never go back. Even the sodas weren't good and wow the price of those. read more

Well in my view the Red is sinking, we arrived before 3pm after looking at the menu we were hoping to buy off the lunch menu but after seating no one came by till after 3 hum. That was fine but we ordered mix drinks and they took 35 minutes to show up, during that time we were given biscuits but nothing like water or tea to wash them down. The staff was in a haze and seemed to not want to be there. The shrimp were good but my steak was not tender at all even though it was cooked perfectly. I remember this place as being way happier before the covid, not so much now. read more

The first problem was that I didn't receive my drink from the bar. Told that she was backed up, but the restaurant was not anywhere near full and no one in our room was having a drink. Cancelled that because do not want a drink with dinner. The service was abysmal. Our meal took more than an hour to arrive while all seated after us had been served. When we asked about our meal, we were told there was a "slow grill" that wasn't cooking the steak. My crab meal was room temp warm on top and cold on the bottom as though it just came out of the fridge, so I assumed it had been sitting under the lamp quite a while. The steamed crab had no taste at all. The broccoli was actually disgusting. I didn't even touch it. Red Lobster has a lot of nerve to charge the prices they do for what we received. We will not be back! read more

I ate here a while back and dropped by twice. For my first visit, I ordered the crab legs with a bread bowl. The crab legs were pretty good, but the bread bowl filled with some kind of cream soup was only average at best. When you're hungry, you're hungry, so I ate it anyway. My second visit was much more depressing. I ordered the shrimp salad since I was on a diet, and because the crab legs are far too expensive. When the dish got to my table, I was in awe of how bad it was. The "salad" was a plate of shredded iceberg lettuce with no other greenery, and 5 pieces of small shrimp. The lettuce itself was wilted and some pieces had turned brown. For the high prices in the restaurant, this was unacceptable. Unfortunately, I never went back. read more

I ordered a Caesar salad with salmon. I was so disappointed. The dressing was poured all over the lettuce and the salmon was super salty. Horrible meal! read more

My family stopped by recently with half of our group there for the endless shrimp at a bit past normal lunchtime and it was such a bad experience that none of us plan to go back anytime soon if ever. We waited for about half an hour to get seated for 5 people with groups of 2-4 getting seated right and left of people that got there after us. We heard the host people talking about trying not to overwhelm their server and not wanting to put us in any open section and finally after many questions and complaints we made it to you guessed it, a big room nobody else was in that we could've been seated at the half hour we waited. It took quite awhile then just to have someone come talk to us, even longer to get drinks and biscuits and much, much longer to get the meals. Mind you, my father in law is diabetic and nearing 80 and my sister in law worked all day and has MS so it can be rather difficult to wait a long time to eat especially when it's already quite late for their normal times to eat. The timing was our fault as we were waiting for someone to arrive from work, the wait however was all the host. The biscuits are absolutely nothing like they used to be, I'd guess 6 cheese shreds go in each one at best, my husband and I both got silverware with clumps of food glued to them and my sister in law got a not only burned but rotten baked potato. They cut it open prior to serving it so they saw it but it took her calling over the server who called over a manager to agree it was really bad however nobody offered to do anything but get her a new one she didn't want. The food was mediocre especially for the prices and I was talked into ordering 2 sides of something that is a huge portion and left with a portion and a half I never finished, total waste of time and money. I'd suggest not wasting yours there personally. With a big name place and prices I'd expect a much better experience. read more

Came with my daughter for dinner last sunday and the service was okie! We waited for the server to take our orders and he finally came. There were a big party group so i guess that's why our service was slower. So after the food order was taken, they usually bring the biscuit to your table right away. Waited bout 10 Min for it and my appetizer already out first ( I got tuna poke) probably was quicker to make. How funny that my food got out before her! she Waiteddddd for another 10min so like total 20min-ish!! My daughter got mac and cheese, took longer to come out and i got the pick three combo. Anyways, food was okie that night. Mayb just the rush. We will try again next time. read more

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