TGI Fridays

The drink specials are great, food is good, host and server were very friendly. Overall good experience.

Overall I enjoyed my visit to this restaurant. The boneless buffalo wings are amazing as is the blue cheese
Mozzarella sticks — ⁴⁄₁₀
Marinara sauce — ¹⁄₁₀
Buffalo Wings — ⁹⁄₁₀
Blue cheese — ⁹⁄₁₀
Jack sliders — ⁵⁄₁₀
Burger meat — ⁷⁄₁₀
Refill speed — ⁶⁄₁₀
Loaded potato skins — ⁷⁄₁₀
Pb&j wings — ²⁄₁₀
Overall I would recommend trying this restaurant… It’s as expected
Good but not great
Ill most likely return in the semi near future

If I could give zero stars I would. The server was great but the food was neither terrible nor excpetional. Our meals came out and had to be sent back due to over seasoning. Even though it was a screw up we were only given half an apology and no credit towards our bill. Will not be coming back to this location again.

My friend (Miss Sky High Maintenance. lol) and I went here a couple of weeks ago. No wait. The endless appetizers promotion was happening. My friend ordered those and you can order different apps with each refill. I got a special that included an app and entrée. I had chips and artichoke dip. The chips tasted very fresh. My friend knocked over the chips accidentally and they helped us clean it up and brought me new chips. They were very polite about it. The waitress was great. The food was fresh. The drinks were ok… as good as restaurant drink is. Tasty, skimping on the alcohol, it’s to be expected. I used my stripes points and the next day lost 1121 points, which by the way is the dollar amount I’ve spent at Friday’s, because it had been over a year since I used the stripes account. That’s discouraging and obviously if I knew that I would have used them sooner. It definitely has discouraged me from visiting anytime soon, even though my experience was good. There are way too many options of good restaurants and I realized I subconsciously frequented (at another location) because of I was a stripes member and stacked my points. See in my mind if I am ever broke. I have Starbucks, dunkin donuts, subway, and stripes rewards hoarded up the wazoo should I ever go hungry. Let’s face it, I can’t be both. All in all I prefer this location and had a great experience.

This is, hands down, the worst TGI Friday’s service experience I’ve had in the country. That’s not to say that the server went out of his way to do anything bad… he just didn’t go out of his way to do anything at all. My wife and I spent almost two hours at noon on a Saturday at this TGI Friday’s location. Two hours for an appetizer (came out after about 50 minutes or so) and our main courses, a salad (!!) and a chicken sandwich. The place had about 5 other occupied tables at the time.
The appetizer, the tostado nachos, seemed flimsy and poorly constructed by TGI Friday’s standards and a result of which was a few parts of it ending up on my lap and the floor. Thank goodness for napkins!
Speaking of napkins, I asked our server for more. 20 minutes later, he came back with one. One more napkin. I know there’s been a shortage of bacon… and eggs… and a few other things lately, but I didn’t realize NAPKINS were a part of that, as well.
Our entrees arrived about 15 minutes after we finished the appetizer. Once I realized that multitasking wasn’t our server’s strong-​suit, I decided to forego another soda and just grab one at my next destination. The entrees were sub-​standard (again, for TGI Friday’s standards.) With so many chain restaurant options available in the Clifton Park, NY area, please do yourself (and this waiter) a favor… go elsewhere.

Even if u like tgif don’t go to this Clifton Park NY location. Ordered a burger and it came on a very small cheap bun. Bottom of the bun was basically disintegrated mush. The meat was the bottom of sandwich. Complained and asked if they ran out of buns? Waitress sad no same bun as always. When she brought the burger back on the same kind of bun she apologized «yes we did run out of buns sorry». Me too, how could she not have known? Poorly managed location. Stay clear!

Went there today and they had no water! We ordered a diet coke and it tasted like salt and soap combined. After ordering food, I found a piece of hard plastic in my 4 yr olds macaroni and cheese. The waitress was very nice and replaced the meal, but the manager never came over to say anything. The mac and cheese was taken off the bill, but the manager left his waitress out to dry. Will never go back for fear of eating something non-​food like.

If your looking for horrible bartenders please stop by this Friday’s location. I tried to stop in for a quick lunch and sit at the bar and wow the bartender working the lunch time shift was pitiful. I highly recommend going elsewhere.

I usually really enjoy Fridays but today my friend & I went in & we sat there for 20 minutes before she had to get up & ask for a server. Our server came over & he did get our food quick.
But I ordered a chicken Cobb salad. C’mon nothing complicated. But it was soo bad. The tomatoes were gross, chicken was nasty, the ranch dressing tasted watered down. No good.
They never sent a manager or anyone over to apologize. I don’t think they care about their customers. Idk how long before I go back there… :-/

As a change of pace I ate at the bar this time vice sitting at a table. This was also my first time taking advantage of their half prize appetizers which they do on Wednesdays. Frankly, this is how their apps should be priced, and this is where they really make their money since the margins on entrees are smaller. Once again, the food was fine, but the service kinda sucked. I thought maybe the bartenders, Sarah and Carol, were having an «off» night, but they seemed to be more interested in conversing with the regulars instead of serving everyone equally as a customer service-​oriented person should. I definitely wouldn’t consider myself a regular here since it’s the fifth time I’ve eaten here in the 1.5 years I’ve lived in Clifton Park. What bothered me were the lack of standard procedures that one would expect most servers to follow. When I sat at the bar I was there for several minutes before I got my drink order taken (a single Miller Lite, no other beverages that night), and the bar wasn’t busy. Including myself there were eight people, and everyone else appeared to not be in need of anything at the moment since they weren’t ordering. Normally, servers will check on you in 5 – 10 minutes to see if you’re ready to order your main food, but neither Sarah nor Carol did that. I had to flag them down to get my order taken. After my food arrived they didn’t do the standard courtesy checkup like most servers do to ensure you’re enjoying your meal.

Went there yesterday for lunch. Have eaten there a few times and never had a bad meal or poor service. However, yesterday we were seated in the bar area which didn’t bother us. But the «waiter» was also the bartender and seemed inconveiced that we were there. After ordering just a burger and potato skins (with no bacon), our food took quite awhile to come out. Eventually the food did arrive and the potato skins were very dry and lacked enough cheese on the top. When we picked apart the potato skins, the potato itself was black in color and very dry. I asked our «waiter» to come over and told him they were not good. His manager came out and said he would figure out what was going on with the potato skins and offered to take them off our bill. I appreciated it and the offer to get another meal. However, We just wanted to pay our bill and leave. However, our waiter, with no personality, just threw our bill down and seemed annoyed that I had a 20% coupon. He didn’t say anything when I handed him the cash to pay and then returned my cash back less .02 cents. No biggie but I had planned on giving him $ 4.00 tip (on a $ 10 meal) but when he just threw the money back on our table and walked away without saying anything or goodbye or thank you or I’m sorry your meal wasn’t good. Very rude. Would think twice before eating there again. Poor service.

Never been to a TGI Fridays and wanted to try something different. Big mistake girl at the door really didnt greet us and was never smiing, she acted like she really didnt want to be thre. We sat down and was looking around and didnt realize how dirty this restuarant was. sat in booth and there were crumbs on the table and bench. the light above my head was gross. was looking towards the bar and even the beer tab was dirty. No i dont think i will ever go back to this restaurant. This topped everything when i was looking for my waitress she was in the bar texting and eating and drinking a drink from ducan donuts. Maybe i should of went to ducan donuts. problually alot cleaner.

So… yeah… well, it’s a TGI Friday’s. You’re not going to get much here that you can’t get at another TGI Friday’s, or any other general chain restaurant like this, for that matter. This particular location took some flak a few years ago regarding a snake head that popped up in a dude’s salad, which probably turned a lot of people off from this particular TGI Friday’s location. I don’t know that I believe the guy’s claim, and I haven’t had a snake head pop up in my food yet, so I’m not really worried about that.
But I digress.
Yes, it’s a standard TGI Friday’s. I rank it higher than Ruby Tuesday, which used to be awesome but lost that status long ago. You’re not going to get anything amazing here. The Jack Daniel’s sauce is OK but overrated (a lot like Jack Daniel’s in general). Appetizers are nothing special. Entrees are your standard not-​great-​but-​reasonably-​edible chain entrees. Pricing isn’t terrible, but is a bit on the high side considering what you get.
The one thing I dislike about this place (and other places with this same policy) is their policy on cooking beef. To reference the South Park Ski Instructor guy: If you like your burger rare or medium rare, you’re gonna have a bad time. Friday’s apparently has a policy against cooking less than medium well (at least this is how it’s been explained to me at the TGI Fridays in both Clifton Park and Saratoga). Often times, they won’t even advise you of the policy when you order. They’ll just cook it medium well and bring it out to you without explanation. It’s annoying, although sometimes you luck out and they’ll cook it as requested for you.
It’s not a place that’d be among my first, second, or even third tier of choices, but when the options are limited, TGI Friday’s is a decent enough place to go for some drinks and some pretty average food. Don’t make the mistake of going to TGI Friday’s (this one, or any other one) with high expectations.

A friend and I were out shopping last evening and stopped in TGI for a burger. Started with a Sprite and an ice tea. My Sprite arrived and had to be returned because there was a straw wrapper floating on the top. Oh yes, that glass was washed. On return, waitstaff disapperared. In the glass was nothing more than carbonated water. Unfortunately, I was thirsty and chose not to make a big deal out of it. I ordered French Onion soup and a Kansas city burger cooked medium rare. Seems the only phrase the female wait staff knew was «sounds good» and «that’s great», French onion soup consisted of beef broth with a cheese topped slice of bread on top. And without any taste. It is rare for me to have to salt French onion soup. The burger that arrived was far from the menu description. A well done burger topped with bacon and cheese, lettuce and tomato. No «chow chow relish» and with a side of the worst BBQ I have ever tasted. Ok… ketchup will work. Sadly the bottle was empty on the table. Meager amount of fried. Total disaster. I got a refill on the Sprite and explained the problem. Response was «oh, is the tank out again?» Refill… CARBONATED WATER. I left half the burger and half the fries to be trashed. What a waste of time and money! Perhaps it was because we didn’t go on a Friday?

2 stars this time, because they can pour a proper Guinness. Now I realize its not a Michelin restaurant, but:
If you deep fry the sesame chicken to a dark brown, its usually overcooked.
If you forget the other appetizer, «Oh, would you like me to order it up for you now?» is usually a no.
Medium rare beef does in fact require a hint of color other than gray.
I will say the manager did take the cost of the chicken app off the bill.

Drinks, wings, JD flat iron steak all outstanding for the money. Service very good tonight. Atmosphere good TV, good music however a little to busy. Over very good American chain.

I know what you are saying why is this guy writing a review for a basic change restaurant, I know I am going to get rag on but here goes. Every time I go to Friday’s I have never had a bad meal. The wait staff is always pleasant and the food it always hot. Every time I go I order the jack daniels flat iron steak and it comes out the way I like it every time. Their potatoes are always good and vegs are always fresh. So take it the way you will but Friday’s is always a solid place to go in my book for some cheap change restaurant food.

TGIs are by far my favorite of the «casual American» chains. Snobs everywhere go eeeek, whatever.
The jack daniels flat iron is always tender, beefy, and the sauce is great. I’ve paid more for worse cuts of meat at dedicated steakhouses… give it a try you might be surprised. One time it came and was kind of tough and fatty, and the manager immediately appeared, got a new one out in minutes (that was perfect), and got us a free dessert in apology. Service has always been great, never been disappointed with the food (I really feel their offerings are a step above typical family chain fare), and they always have some sort of 3-​course deal going on.
I always skip the bar which is usually stuffed with obnoxious 30something businessmen yelling at football teams on tv. The décor is the typical cheezy yard sale crap, but I don’t go to restaurants to eat the décor.
It’s a reliable, consistent place to eat. Fancy night out? Hardly. A surprisingly decent steak for a couple bucks more than a big mac? Winner in my book.

I stopped here on my way up north. First, most TGI Friday’s establishments are similar. Food, décor, whatever. You can’t except much. Except this one particular visit made me change my mind.
We decided to sit at the bar since we didn’t want to wait for a table. The bartender, sorry I forgot his name, was the most courteous attentive fella. I usually come across folk who pretend to be busy, try to avoid you by standing on the other side, or make it seem like it’s a hassle to get you your beer. Not this guy, he provided exceptional customer service, kind, and chatty.
I ordered a steak (I know a steak from Fridays? Really?) medium rare. Well it came out well done. I wasn’t expecting much from this place so it’s whatever. However the bartender asked me how our meal was once we gotten our food. I jokingly admitted that the steak was too well done for me. Without me knowing he immediately went to his manager who came over and apologize to me. I was shocked. The manager insisted that they cook me another steak and let me keep the old one which I just gave to my boyfriend. A few minutes later the manager came with my new steak, cooked near to perfection. I mean, as good as it can get at Fridays He made sure I was satisfied and asked if I would like another side dish since my previous dish had gotten cold. Later the bartender came over and insisted we get a complimentary dessert courtesy of the manager. Heck yeah. That brownie obsession is an orgasm in every bite.
Too bad I’ll probably won’t ever come back to Clifton Park, NY. But bravo to you.

Friday’s is a nice place to go out to eat, especially when they’re running their 3 course combo special. It’s an awesome deal. The thing about this Friday’s (and maybe others) is they no longer use the jtech buzzers to alert you when your table is ready. They give you a number that you have to keep constantly checking a board for, so if you want to go out and lose yourself in a conversation amongst friends, it’s very possible to miss your number as the hostesses sometimes won’t even call you. I saw a few people miss their tables because of it.
Also, in past 3 months the wait staff has written down the wrong number and assigned it to us twice. This stopped us from getting a table in any reasonable amount of time and it just really sucks to have that happen because they’re not being careful.