Red Lobster

Wait was long because of being short staffed. Like everyone these days. Our waitress was super nice and did a really good job. Food was hot and correct. We froze because of how cold it was inside! But overall it was a good night. I think almost $4.00 for a soda is ridiculous.

This use to be our "go to" chain restaurant. Due to Covid we hadn't been to Red Lobster in 3 years. What happened? Today we stopped in at around 4pm. There were maybe 6 cars in the parking lot, not busy at all. It took 5 minutes for anyone to acknowledge we were there. Another 10 before a waitress showed up. Again there were only a handful of customers in the restaurant. Another 10 minutes went by before our drinks arrived and maybe 25 minutes before we got our food. Garlic rolls use to be piping hot and moist, these were dry and lacked flavor. Shrimp scampi was nothing like I remember it being. It was also flavorless and undercooked. Our baked potatoes had obviously been cooked during lunch. Dry, wrinkled, and barely hot enough to melt butter. My wife ordered scallops and received fish. By the time she received what she ordered, we were done eating everthing else. We didn't raise a fuss about it. We just won't return. Too many other options. Hope things get better.

So I feel bad about writing a negative review especially about a restaurant I have been going to since I was a kid. Red lobster is one of my favorite places to eat and I have never had a bad experience at any of their restaurants in the last 30 years until tonight. One of my favorite meals is the all you can eat shrimp and when that isn’t available I get the Seaside shrimp trio and each dish has always been better than expected except for the one I was served tonight. The Walt’s Shrimp was the only one of the 3 options you get with the trio that tasted fresh and I was able to eat. The other 2 options (shrimp scampi & shrimp alfredo) were awful and tasted old and rubbery and I legit about puked after one bite I took of the scampi. Also I have always loved the ranch Red Lobster used on my salad on past visits but the ranch on the salad I had to night had a odd tang to it and tasted like a cheap ranch that sat in the fridge opened for the a few years. I feel sick now but pray this experie