Red Lobster

Okay you all, I am going to get right down to it. I don’t know about Red Lobster.
The last time I ate at a Red Lobster my Aunt threw an adult tantrum about spilled water, and I left mid-​meal. Like, I had better company this time, and it’s a totally different location, but somehow this place still feels like an appropriate place to have an adult tantrum? I don’t know. I can’t really explain it.
I can just imagine a fussy, dystopian reality where I visit a Red Lobster and whine all about the food and service, my cheeks stuffed full of multiple cheese biscuits probably. At least one crying baby somewhere in the room. The lights are dim, yet somehow intensely focused. Crumbs everywhere. Some royalty-​free soft rock plays just loud enough to noticed, but not understood. Tingle of pain behind my eyes. Red lobsters gathered from an ocean thousands of miles away are killed and cooked in the next room. And somehow, a scene similar to this, yet slightly different, plays simultaneously at every one of Red Lobster’s 150+ locations across the United States.
I got rainbow trout this time, though! It was the wood-​fired grill preparation, which was okay I thought? Kind of tasted like a grilled fish. It’s a grilled fish, guys! Maybe I ate it wrong. I didn’t eat the skin, because I thought that kind of sounded like it could be an ingredient in a witch’s brew (Skin of Trout). Just your classic half of a fish really.
Your classic fourteen dollar half of a fish! Holy heck, the prices here were pretty bad. My half fish and a drink ended up running me around $ 25. The sides were like a small serving of steamed broccoli and some WiiIILLllddDD rice pilaf. The drink was fancy. It was a «Lobster Punch», which is also the name of my Special Attack. My friend got some kind of crazy Fish Feast that was like $ 35 at the end of the ride. Your prices are killing us, Lob. I have foregone at least one other Unilocal review while my wallet recovered from this experience. Put off buying groceries for a week, hah.
Server was friendly. She put up with my dumb jokes and maybe even enjoyed them TOO much? She was a great server, gave us a lot of recommendations. I think her name was like Shelly, or uh, Sheila, Sue maybe? Shelly is a good Lobster Name, so we’ll go with that. The manager asked us how our meal was and he did not understand my jokes at all. Shelly was way more chill than the manager; give that lady a raise!
Fun times here, though. The interior looks like an Applebee’s but maybe if one of the Applebee’s managers recently won an Ebay auction for some bulk nautical décor and needed a place to store it for a few days. Like, really, it is a token nautical theme.
Alright, here’s the moral. So, the restaurant is located just across from a dirty motel, and the window at our table was facing the motel. I ended up making a jerk of myself when I commented on the appearance of a lady outside the motel. I mean, she was acting real funny, but let’s just say there was a twist… Better to leave that stuff in grade school, guys.
2 Lobsteeeerrr PUNCH!!! out of 5

Really excited to go to Red Lobster as an adult because I had never been before and am a HUGE fan of seafood. Their biscuits were delicious as everyone and the TV let me know and I still think about them sometimes when I really want something seeping with butter. However, the main dishes were so-​so. I couldn’t help but to think, «…Where did these shrimp come from?» It makes me slightly nervous to ponder. Just like Texas Roadhouse, come for the biscuits and you’ll leave happy.

Everything is delicious on the menu. Waiters are friendly and kind. Huge portions so be sure to go there hungry otherwise order to share!

Even after moving to New York, with it’s millions of amazing dining options, I still get really excited about Red Lobster.
Service was a little spotty this visit. We didn’t get their famous biscuits until the salads came and we asked the server. Croutons were on a salad that was supposed to be gluten and dairy free. A few sides were incorrect.
But, everything was corrected and the meal was great.

All three of us were happy with our meals – Walt fried shrimp, bar harbor combo plate, and salmon topped with shrimp and Cajun spices. This place knows how to cook fish and even did a good job on the side dishes. The biscuits are delicious. The service was excellent.

Great food great service. Steak and lobster was signature good. Manager and server, Heather were amazing. Will come back to enjoy again.

I have been here twice, their crab chowder soup is good, and they have special course including soup, main entry, salad and desert, which is in reasonable price, although not everything in the course are great^^

Came here with my wife for her birthday. Great service and good seafood given that it’s located in the Midwest. Will it be as good as a Chinese seafood restaurant in LA? No. But it’s good given the location and I’ll take Hoosier hospitality over the HK-​style service of nearly tossing the dishes on your table and the «I can’t be bothered by you peons» attitude of Chinese servers in LA any day.

Love love love!
I love their lobster soup as well as free bread before the main entrée.
I also tried their soy sauce salmon, which was better than I except.
The appetizers: lobster pizza and garlic oyster (cannot remember the name) were good to try!
If you want some fresh seafood, try there!

Red lobster is one of my favorite places to eat! I really like both types of lobster. The Cajun Chicken Alfredo is to die for!!!

It is the first time to Red Lobster! It’s an amazing experience! But I thought the seafood is a kind of salty.

Yes, you serve seafood. Yes, lobsters live in ocean. And yes, ocean water is salty. But lobsters should not be salty as ocean water!
If this is because you cannot preserve seafood in the midwest without using excessive salt, please don’t serve it in the first place. I would rather not having this ocean-​flavored dish to increase my risk of getting hypertension.

Food was cold, and took forever to get to the table. Waitress was nice, however the hostess was impatient with US.

Our waiter was awesome. Super calm and was never frustrated with us. The food was great. The 4 course meal for $ 15 was something new to try. Had to take the dessert home. Yummm.

I have visited this location a few occasions and always enjoyed the food and service. While some of the prices are maybe higher than you’d expect I feel that in most cases it’s reasonably priced for what you get.
This establishment, on my visits, is always clean and orderly. If you’re looking for seafood options in Bloomington Red Lobster is worth considering.

Red Lobster — Bloomington, Indiana … 4 stars: If you have someone at Indiana University, you’ll eventually be touring through the Bloomington restaurants… here is a good one on 3^rd Street just by the College Mall. The location of this little gem is perfect… just off campus, right in front of a Travelodge Motel, and near a mall… it is easy to get to for both students and the city peeps.
Went on Good Friday looking for some nice seafood and found it here. One of our party had the lobster stuffed mushrooms (mmm…that was mine); another in our party had the shrimp linguini alfredo (very nice… didn’t leave a morsel); and the last in our party had the create appetizer of calamari, cheese sticks, and fried clams (large portion and pretty good… this was the weakest offering being that it was all fried food). All in all this was a nice stop.
I try not to review a lot of the national chains, but this one deserved the shout out. The nicest thing here was the wait staff… they were uniformly clean, competent, and chipper. Our waiter was Asser and he was a five star guy. We’ll be back.

Keeping in mind this is located in the midwest so the food won’t be as fresh or tasty as some other red lobster locations, the food was pretty average. I’ve been here three times and I can say now I don’t think I will be coming back just because the price does not match up to the quality of food you receive. However, the service is amazing here. They really are kind and genuine and will help you with the menu if needed. Great service, meh food.

The staff here is very nice. The place is never too crowded, even on Friday nights when you can’t get a parking spot within a ½ mile of the rest of the chain restaurants in the area.
I really like getting a lobster, and then they «stuff» some stuffing in the body cavity and bake the already-​cooked lobster for a dollar or two more. It’s quite messy and takes a while to eat, but delicious as well.
Everyone raves about the salty/​buttery biscuits. They are pretty good I must say. But if you listen real carefully you can hear your arteries clog & harden with each one you eat. Bad for your developing case of hypertension as well. But what a way to go!

First and foremost, let’s remember — this is a RED LOBSTER. And it’s located in the heartland. We aren’t setting the bar very high when it comes to fresh seafood. If you want it fresh, find a place with an ocean!
Generally, this Red Lobster is above par, with great service and an extremely friendly staff. Again, you aren’t going here for fresh oysters and the like. BUT if you’d in the midwest and have a hankerin’ for some seafood, it will get the job done.
They also do a great job on carryout — quick and nice packaging.