Red Lobster

Every dish we have tried has been delicious! Servers are generally very attentive. We have received excellent service is the bar area even though it tends to fill up quickly during busier times. The managers go out of their way to make sure the guests enjoy their dining experience.

One star and that star will go to the server. He was the only redeeming quality. Went to sit at the bar, dirty dishes piled up. One of the bartenders walked by 3 times and never cleaned them up. After a 10 minute wait we left and ran our errands. Went back waited 30 min to eat in the dining area. Dining room needed to be swept and had to ask them to wipe out the seat because it was wet. Felt dirty after holding the menus. Went to wash hands. Bathroom smelled and was covered in paper towels and water. Trash overflowing. Ordered lobster bisque and had to send it back. It tasted as if it was warmed in the microwave. Had the seafood feast with mashed potatoes and Brussel sprouts. Sprouts were decent. Crab legs were bone dry. Meat was almost cooked out of the crab legs. The shells just crumbled. Lobster tail was obviously frozen and rice was clumpy and hard.
Throughout the meal the server remained calm and pleasant. Checked on us and did an outstanding job, just wish the rest of the experience was up to par. The manger was also very pleasant. The restaurant as a whole just seemed very chaotic and unorganized.

Recently had late lunch here while on trip to bham. RL remains a favorite of mine since the first one opened over by Brookwood. All you whiners and complainers are just like 99 percent of people that leave reviews, you feel you got disrespected by a waiter, you didn’t get your water glass filled or tea, you generally are people that wake up jerks and you remain a jerk throughout your day and life. Oh, and Most of you don’t even know how to use proper grammar. RED Lobster is a great place to eat. Family friendly, you can bring the kids and enjoy fried seafood. It’s not Fine Dining and if you want Fine Dining, go to a mega bucks Fine Dining restaurant. I once spent my birthday which was also Mother’s Day at a local RL here in San Antonio and the entire time I had a sick baby boy in one arm. Wailing away, even once threw up on me, I did not let it deter me from enjoying the company of my Mom and my birthday. The place was so loud my wailing baby didn’t interrupt anyone. Most of you are just nitpicky folk that have nothing better to do than post a horrible review. Hey dimwits, guess what? RL has been around since 1968. They’re doing something right, till this day. Wish I could eat there every day. I enjoyed my visit here, my fried shrimp.

If I could give no stars I would. The food is terrible and my mom and I got sick. Diarrhea City population 2. Hahaha… I can laugh now but last night… The $h!t was no laughing matter. Pun intended. Just don’t eat here.

This is our second visit. I enjoyed the food and service both times. This is the average Red Lobster. Unfortunately, Red Lobster has gone down over the years. These days, it’s just OK.

The first time I went to this place, it was fairly new, and I had high expectations. After all, how can a place that serves cheesy garlic biscuits be bad? Well, it can. The shrimp dish I ordered was mediocre. What it lacked in flavor, it more than made up in saturation of butter and oil. Biting and chewing that shrimp needed an extra set of canines and molars. That was tough. (Pun intended.)
The service was lackluster. It was like they advertised for the most apathetic servers. I guess they don’t rely on tips. We couldn’t get refills on our drinks without looking like we were drowning in that booth, flailing our arms. It was a waste of time and money.
So, because we are gluttons for punishment, we decided to try it again — this time with the whole family. We were told that we would have to wait for one of the bigger tables to open up to be seated. Mind you, half the place was empty. We asked if we could just sit in one of the empty booths, and we were told «if you really have to» we could.
So we bid farewell to Red Lobster and its 84 Health Inspection rating and probably saved ourselves a nasty bout of food poisoning.

So disappointing! The food was horrible. I don’t know what you people think seafood is like but this ain’t it. The shrimp had the constancy of rubber.

This is a fairly new location in Trussville and it gets pretty crowded as do most restaurants in Trussville.
I usually prefer to go to Red Lobster for the endless shrimp because I love their scampi and whatever they have grilled.
But to be honest, I really only wanted to review this so that I could put the Cheddar Garlic Biscuits as part of my list. yummm for those biscuits.
The reason it’s on my Little Things list:
Cheddar Garlic Biscuits