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Red Lobster

3.1 (207 reviews)
ModerateSeafood, American
Open 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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Moderate noise
Casual
Good for groups
Good for kids

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Gayan P.

Hanging by a thread. Red lobster once a attractive place for seafood has slowly fallen down the wayside. The service was great, I even like the charm of the slightly old decor... It's the food and presentation that have just not kept up the quality or the changing times. The price point doesn't match the experience and it's no longer an easy choice... It's at the bottom of the list.

Biscuits very dry and flavourless. Lots of salt
Golds V.

We visited the young and Dundas location where the service was great. We thought the restaurant was clean and the ambiance I think is the same as any other red lobster location. The food, we stuck to endless shrimp and tried everything offered. My favourite has to be the coconut shrimp, it came with the pina colada dip, which I thought was really creative and works so well with this dish. The garlic shrimp is unchanged since the dawn of time, a never fail recipe! We also enjoyed dessert, the chocolate cake with ice cream. The scoop I think is a little small and I wish the same was a room temperature because it was super melted and way too soft for me to enjoy... but some ppl like this I guess. I wish they would ask us next time if we wanted the cake warm. Red lobster response after contacting them as per their request: Thank you for the information. We do rely on guest feedback and will forward your comments to our internal team. Thanks Angelica for reaching out.

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Kervin H.

Food: 4 Stars Service: 5 Stars Ambience: 4 Stars Fill Factor: Satisfied To me, Red Lobster is like that old friend who doesn't change much and that you can rely on when you need comforting. My experiences dining at Red Lobster have been fairly consistent over the years so you usually know what you will be getting everytime you visit the restaurant. During my latest visit, I ordered the shrimp and lobster linguini Alfredo. The dish came swimming with shrimp though they were much less generous with the lobster. The linguini and Alfredo sauce were solid and overall really nothing to complain about. Of course any review of Red Lobster without mentioning the Cheddar Bay biscuits is not complete so as usual they started us off with some biscuits which are as enjoyable as ever. I do not remember his name but our server was amazing as he made sure everything was good with us from answering our questions about the menu to checking in on us regularly and topping up our drinks. The experience was that much better due to his attentiveness so thank you for that. In my recollection the restaurant looks and feels the same from my first visit years ago. There is plenty of seating, seats were comfortable and everything seemed clean. The environment overall was comfortable to be in. The best word to describe Red Lobster is consistency. The experience each time I visit is fairly consistent so if you are looking for seafood in a familiar and comfortable environment then you can't go wrong with Red Lobster.

Ultimate Endless Shrimp
Lily Z.

Had to come for endless shrimp - the dishes were simple but very satisfying especially since you can order 3 types of shrimp at a time for the ultimate variety Service was also amazing

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Alex C.

Came here for the Endless Shrimp ($28.99 usually for the special, but they were having a promo for $20). The way the promo works is that you first order 2 of the shrimp dishes and a side. After you finish the shrimp dishes, you can keep ordering other shrimp dishes. You are limited to 1 side however. There are 5 different shrimp dishes. Pros: - Good service - Nice ambiance, seating is spacious, and restaurant is not too loud. - Biscuits are good - Ranking the shrimp dishes: Grilled shrimp is by far the best, followed by Walt's, Garlic shrimp (but it's very oily), Shrimp Linguini, then the Coconut shrimp. Cons: - The need to hire more wait staff. Place has lots of seating but no one to serve the customers. - Food is generally very heavy and oily. - A bit on the pricier side if you're not getting the specials. - Shrimp is not the best quality.

SIGNATURE BISCUIT
Marcella Q.

The food is soooo tasty! The service super friendly and the ambient is nice and spacious! Their signature biscuit with cheese and garlic is to-die-for!

Hisham S.

I went to red lobster about a month ago at young and dundas and had a terrible experience. The bartender gives your your food at takeout. She often pampered with my food one time she put hair and dirt in my food . I had to start ordering my takeout buy phone with a bogus name so she didn't know it was mine. I would always give a ten dollar tip but one day I felt she deserved nothing since she put hair and dirt in my food. The last time I ordered she seen me coming in off the sidewalk and she ran into the kitchen to retrieve my order. She gave me a box of 20 biscuits as a joke to substitute the garlic bread I ordered . And my food looked like it was in a hurricane and my order was not correct. She once again tampered with my food. I work hard for my money and I spend a lot at red lobster and I should not be treated like garbage. This bartender at red lobster at young and fundas should be fired. If it was my restaurant I would fire her . She would stand there thinking she deserves to be tipped for takeout food because of her poor service and receiving dirty food with hair in it I never tipped her so she retaliated and tampered with my food and gave me a box of biscuits as a joke.Red lobster also deleted my negative reviews instead of reaching out to me and apologizing for her tampering and purposely contaminating my food. I feel they should reach out to me concerning her behavior. Seafood can be contaminated very easy. One would think that her deliberately contaminating my food would Aldo be a criminal act. Red lobster should take responsibility for this idiot bartender and young and dundas location.they have lost a lot of business because of her

Garlic shrimp
Wai L.

Restaurant I went to Red Lobster restaurant for dinner. Red Lobster is located in a mall on Dundas St. It is a large restaurant with many tables. Food I ordered the endless shrimp special. For the endless shrimp special, I can order two initial shrimp dishes and then afterwards I can order additional shrimp dish. I started with the garlic shrimp and shrimp linguini dishes. It took a while to get my shrimp dishes so I ate the delicious biscuits. The garlic shrimp dish was tiny shrimps in garlic sauce. It was good. The shrimp linguini was okay. Afterwards I ordered the sesame ginger grilled shrimp. You get 5 shrimps on a skewer. It was not very good. Service The service was slow and took a while to get my food. It took an hour to get three shrimp dishes. The waiter was not very friendly. Value Would I go back? No. I have not eaten at Red Lobster in the last 15 years due to poor food and service.

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