Red Lobster
Reviews
I am not big on leaving these negative reviews, but tonight's dinner was less than acceptable. It was Saturday night, so I expected a wait. The hostess said it would be 20 minutes (not bad). We were seated within 20 minutes, but waited another 10 before I flagged a food runner or server (not sure) to ask him to please get someone to help us. He was very nice, he took our drink order, brought it out right away. Server did show up a few minutes later, but the entire experience was just sad. Never cleared plates, never offered to refill drinks, a runner or perhaps another server brought out the food, which is fine of course, but it shows she was not on top of anything. The biggest issue for me, that not once did I see a manager walking around or checking to see how the floor was doing. Restaurant managers make really good money, you'd think they would earn it. We will never go back there again.
Very pleased with everything
The service was good. The appetizer-stuffed mushroom with lobster and cheese were very small. You could not taste the lobster. Seriously, right across the way, Olive Garden serves stuffed mushrooms with crabmeat and you can taste the crab and the portion is better served. The dinners-not good. I asked the server what was recommended and it was not articulate. I feel a server should be able to be able to make at least several suggestions off the menu. There were suggestions but nothing that registered, "it's great, try it!." The shrimp were baby shrimp that I could find in a local supermarket. The lobster had no taste. Extremely disappointing and doubtful of any recommendations or return to eat. Also, the restaurant is starting to look run down. We had dinner there approximately a year ago and it was a completely different atmosphere, food and service.
