Red Lobster

I’ve been to this location a few times now. We ordered Chicken linguini and create your lunch. it was actually well made and good. However portions are a bit on the smaller side.
My biggest issue is with the one of the waitress. I ordered a «Create your lunch» and then the waitress asked me what kind of salad did I want. I assumed it came free with the meal i ordered. (Red lobsters from my past experiences used to include salad, soup for free. I dont know if it changed or its just this location). After we got the bill I saw a separate charge for the Salad. Not too happy about that.

Location: close to the highway with an available free parking lot.
Atmosphere: very dark
Food: delicious! However they should lighten up on the salt they put into the food along with reducing the amount of butter. Still very flavourful regardless of the dish choosen, however reducing the butter amount would not take away from the taste.
Their complimentary buns are also delicious, but you can taste a bit salty as well.
I do like it that they give you a salad along with your entrée. At least the entrees we choose. There menu has a good selection of items. I did notice the price went up from the last time I was there, but I suppose that’s inflation for you.
Service: impeccable!!! I was genuinely pleased with the attention and friendliness that the waitress gave us. You could tell she enjoyed her job and gave 100% attention to detail and customer service. I wish I could recall her name. It is not common to find people who enjoy what they do and do it with a smile on their face even if it is late. We were there at 8:30 pm.
Overall: great service, great food, a bit pricey but everything else balances that out.

The amount of fat and sodium in everything we had was ridiculous, and with all that the food was still bland. I haven’t been to this restaurant in years and now I remember why. Waste of money and calories

1) Place-​4
2) Food-​4
3) Service-​4
4) Light-​3
5) Price-​4
Total PFSLP=19
Good place for lunch.
#pfslp

My first visit to this location. Like any typical Friday night you have to wait for a table. Once seated we were served fast & received good service. Would re-​visit this location.

The server was fantastic. The restaurant seemed a little overwhelmed on the rush for a Saturday night. The food was the standard for Red Lobster. So really it’s the restaurant’s atmosphere and service that make everything different. Here, it was definitely the server, he was attentive even when the room was overwhelming.

Red Lobster has become a bit of a New Year’s Eve tradition with the family and bf. We’ll also come for the odd birthday too. We’ve been coming to this location specifically for years and have never had any issues. I’m surprised by the low Unilocal rating. The service is always great and we’ve never had problems with the food being anything less than yummy and fresh. We went tonight (another New Years Eve) at around 6:15pm and the place was rammed! We were quoted 30 minutes but only waited 15 – 20. Can’t complain. I think that’s the only time we’ve had to wait at this location but we usually come earlier to avoid the crowds.
If you’re here, might as well get the «Ultimate Feast» which comes with a lobster tail, crab legs, breaded shrimp, sautéed shrimp, rice and a side. Depending on how gluttonous we’re feeling, we’ll sometimes opt for the creamy lobster mashed potatoes for an extra charge. So worth it though… Don’t count the calories and just do it!

Went there for my hubby’s birthday and we both ordered the four course meal:
Clan chowder (tasted like the can ones)
Caesar salad (my hubby liked it a lot)
I got the Cajun chicken linguine (a little to cheesy and salty)
Hubby got the grilled shrimp and lobster poutine (he was disappointed with the portion size compared to my main course.
Double chocolate brownie & cheesecake (had to pack it to go cause we’re really full).
(Unlimited biscuits) really good and filling
Plus escargot (pretty good especially with garlic bread.
Only problem with the food is that everything was super salty! Sodium overload!
Peach lemonade — wished they out more ice to make it colder but Overall it was pretty good.
The main entrance smelled really bad (we wanted to leave but ended up waiting in line to be seated cause we wanted to try red lobster).

Went on Friday after seeing endless commercials. Obviously my expectations were too high.
Poor management, the place was dirty, there was no apparent team work within the staff, the food was so high in sodium, the server was fine but the food took almost an hr wait. It wasn’t that busy when we went… So really… There is so excuse.
Will not return. Especially not to this location.

So the corporation is circling the drain in terms of gust attendance and income, so what do they do: Shrink the size of their signature food item. Went to this location for a small birthday celebration and ordered the Fishermans Feasts which usually has a large size lobster tail as part of the feast. These tiny crustaceans must have been a special order at the wholesaler, because I would assume maritime rules would require them to be thrown back to grow some more. Typical commercial economics, when sales are down, become lethargic to your customers and wait for some hedge fund to buy you out and resell it to some unsuspecting wank who knows how to declare bankruptcy. Whatever happened to taking pride of ownership and super sizing the offers to retain customers and have those customers invite their friends. Definitely the last time I will hit this location, which I have only done in the past dues to the availability of parking. Previously hit the one on the Queensway, which I thought was an anomaly in the chain, it was o bad, compared to the Bay Street location, which I sure will be the last one to hit the drain.

Food is yummy, but I find that in general you have to order one of the more pricey dishes in order to get the best that the restaurant has to offer. Mmm… Lobster.
Last time I dined there, it wasn’t very busy, but the service was somewhat slow. Very odd.
A little devastated as to the fact that they no longer sell crab cakes or biscuits anymore. Not sure if this includes all locations, bit it is indeed quite disappointing.

Went here again the other night after a bad experience last year, with my friends Dora and Mark. Maybe they had listened to what people had to say… NOT. Went for the «All you can eat Shrimpfest». What they didn’t tell you is you end up waiting 45 minutes for your first plate, so rather then feast on an all you can eat you end up full of bread while waiting. You have to order two shrimp dishes (not for the regular menu) and after the two you must order little dishes one at a time. They also don’t tell you that Shrimpfest shrimps are not the regular ones but shrimpier shrimps. This was pointed out by our server who was completely unattentive or empathetic. Yet again Red Lobster is a NO GO.

Everything is good as long as your standards are set too high.

Ordered Lobster Lovers Dream for 2 but neither of us like broccoli. Why always undercooked broccoli, RL? I exchanged for green beans (not fresh) & daughter asked for asparagus & they charged 2.99 extra! I’m diabetic so now I can’t order the sweet cocktails or sugary desserts. How about a fresh fruit offering or sugarless ice cream for dessert, RL? Ordered seafood stuffed mushrooms, but they’ve changed the recipe. Hardly any seafood, cheese melted in the dish instead of mushroom. A disappointment. The 3 stars are for their always great lobster, crab legs and shrimp. Other things need a little work.

Place was more than half empty. Ten minutes before a server took the drinks order. Another ten minutes and the drinks were nowhere to be seen. So we left.

We came here a few times by ourselves and with other guests. We usually only visit Red Lobster if there is a deal going on, like endless shrimp or the 4-​course meal. It gets extremely busy at night and they don’t take reservations, so expect waits of 20 – 30 minutes (this is the same at any other location).
For the 4-​course meal, I had:
New England clam chowder (yum!)
Caesar salad
Shrimp alfredo linguine (very yummy because the alfredo sauce was very rich)
Key lime pie (yum)
I was stuffed halfway through the linguine, but needed to make room for dessert. Needless to say I was uncomfortably full.
For endless shrimp, I tried 4 options: garlic, garlic and cheese, teriyaki, and breaded. The best was the teriyaki. On reordering, we asked to skip the rice that comes with the teriyaki. Although you probably can consume more by only ordering the garlic, I thought it was too garlicky. The breaded shrimp was also tasty. Skip the shrimp linguine, since the carbs will make you full. I have heard of people consuming 100+ shrimps, so I kept a count. I was defeated at a paltry 53.
Service was okay for a Red Lobster, given that they’re very busy. We had to ask for some basic things like utensils and water.

Red Lobster is great for big box chain food. Above-​average quality ingredients, huge menu with fresh fish always available along with the standard fried food fare. Friendly staff complement huge portions. The place does need a renovation as it seems dated (as are many of its clientele — definitely not a young crowd at this location).

I had lunch here today with three colleagues.
The hostess (an older woman) needs to be replaced. She was slow, abrupt, blah and not friendly at all.
Wendy, our server, on the other hand, was great. We were hungry and she kept us in those yummy cheesy biscuits. None of us had been to a Red Lobster in years and devoured the biscuits. Wendy brought us two baskets. Plus she kept our glasses full of pop.
I’m not a fan of seafood so ordered the Cajun Chicken Linguini Alfredo. Other than the parm cheese they put on top (I’m not a fan of parm), it was good. A couple of my colleagues ordered the lobster rolls with chips and said they were good.
I’d go back.

This just reminded me of why I don’t go to Red Lobster.
They microwaved one of the dishes… End of story!
Food (and I use the term loosely) was terrible.

So I haven’t been to Red Lobster since… since I used to dive into that little toy treasure chest and fish myself out a plastic knick-​knack to keep my entertained on the ride home to play my NES. But its safe to say when I think of Red Lobster, I don’t really take it too seriously as a quality restaurant. When I was younger I used to think of it as high end seafood, but as an older gent I think of it as more low end seafood. Like a Long John Silvers inside a Swiss Chalet shell.
Why would I go to Red Lobster if I don’t hold it in high regard? Well the mrs. got a gift card from her parents and we figured «what the hell». There was one where we were going that day anyway.
The staff was nice, the food is gross. It lived up to a rep I had not experienced first had.
The biscuits they bring to the table are ok at first, but you realize just how salty they are.
The Caesar salad was passable, but forgettable.
Them the main course, king crab legs and garlic butter shrimp. The shrimp were slimy. Essentially served in a dish of butter and water, not just butter. The crab, boiled to shit! I always thought it was hard to screw up crab, but they did. When you snapped a crab leg, the meat snapped too. There was no firmness to it, which mean ripping the whole shell apart to get to the meat (which was flaky and stuck to the sides of the shelf).
On top of this, all this food was super salty too.
Bottom line, Red Lobster made me want to barf, as did the fact I had to pay $ 37 on top of the $ 25 gift card for what is one of the worst meals I’ve had.
Now I understand there might be die hard Red Lobster fans out there who hate what I’m saying but trust me, if you want great seafood skip RL and head to Rodney’s oyster house downtown. The lobster is the same price, and done right.
God that meal was gross. Bleh.