TGI Fridays

Ordered the Bourbon Barrel Mahi Mahi. Requested for spicy & blackened just like it was shown in the picture in menu. But got it as if it was just boiled not well done. Asked the server to take it back & blacken it but he said it was all they could, and just added some seasoning to it. The beer however was nice & flavorful.

I’m not expecting gourmet quality when I go to a chain restaurant but I expected more. Ordered their «Sedona Black Bean Burger» and was given Morningstar Farm’s black bean chipotle burger, the same exact kind I have at home with some fancy mayo. Really happy we used a gift and only spent money on a tip.

Good value for an airport! Got the wedge salad which was delicious. Also the flatbread which was not very crispy but the flavour was excellentl. 10.50 for a 9 oz glass of nice wine. My 2 starters were 12 bucks total. In and out fast. Super friendly service. I don’t know everyone’s name but Dante was my server. I asked to split my check *after* he’d already run the bill and he was all «no problem!».
Now I (finally!) know where I can go to eat when flying through Pittsburgh. So long, horrible «the Burgh bar» or whatever it’s called.

Had lunch with girlfriend. They have lunchtime specials where you can pair a meal for a reasonable price. I had a coupon that entitled us to either 20% off meal or get one entrée free with purchase of two drinks and an entrée.
We had French onion soup along with a turkey sandwich. Food was okay. Our waiter was kind and helpful but failed to tell us that the coupon doesn’t work on meal specials. He did however, give us the discount to make up for the error.
Food is okay and average. Great spot to go to for informal gathering of friends. Will come again next month and will abide by coupon rules.

I was actually surprised to see that this location didn’t have a good rating. After looking at some reviews, I realized most were older (only 1 being in 2013)
We didn’t have a bad experience at this TGI Fridays. We were greeted promptly by the host as well as the manager. The manager seated us. Bobby ended up knowing the host and stayed back and chatted with him for a second.
Our server was Dominic (although for some reason Daniel is also sticking in my head. I was recovering from a cold & filled with medicine so I can’t remember) We ordered the spinach dip as an appetizer. It was tasty. The chips had a refreshing lime taste to them.
Each day of the week, TGI’s has specials. On Thursday, it happened to be «$ 3 Thursday». Select margaritas (regular, strawberry or «skinny blackberry») as well as select appetizers were $ 3. Their daily deals seemed great. I also noticed entrees for around $ 10 on a certain day. although I can pinpoint which day, sorry! Bobby ordered the regular margarita on the rocks and I ordered the strawberry. Our server mentioned mine came frozen, but he would gladly put the order in as on the rocks and actually recommended it that way. They were tasty!
I ordered the sizzling chicken & shrimp entrée. The chicken was tasty & laid in onions, red peppers & possibly a cheese sauce (not sure?) and the shrimp had a nice, little spice to them (to my taste buds, but i’m a weakling) It came with mashed potatoes which were extremely creamy & seasoned well. You can’t always find tasty mashed potatoes!
We left satisfied, except for the fact that we are making a daily habit of eating out– lol but that’s our own problem, not TGI Fridays.

As soon as I walked inside, my friend and I were greeted instantly with a smile and friendly conversation.
Our server was very friendly and polite. The appetizers were delivered quickly and tasted delicious. Check was pricey but you get what you pay for.
This is a restaurant you go to when you’re trying to enjoy yourself and receive great food with friendly service. I would gladly come again.

It is what it is. A corporate joint with decent food. They’re a bit on the pricey side, but the food is better than your typical corporate place.
Service was nothing special.
I didn’t like how loud it was inside. It made it hard to talk with your party.
I don’t typically like to go to these kinds of places because it feels like an even trade. You pay the price, you get your food. It fills you, but you’re not better for it. There’s nothing here that makes you say wow.
I’m not going to say it was a bad time, and I’m not going to say that I didn’t enjoy my evening, but I’d rather be at a place that has a better overall value.

I used to love TGI Fridays, and more than likely had I gone to the one up by my parents’ house or the one up in State College this might have been a 4 STAR affair, however it is not and here’s why:
Right off the bat, the greeter might as well have hung a sign around his neck saying «I Hate My Job, Possibly My Life, Ergo I am a black-​hole destroying all signs of positivism». I had to open my own door, which isn’t a big deal except HE WAS HANGING AGAINST THE OTHER DOOR. Duuuuude, get out of the way if you’re not going to open the door.
The shame of it all is that I entered hungry the restaurant hungry. So after the door debacle my spider senses are going haywire, further confirmed by being greeted with «Is It Going To Be Just You Three?» What?! Who talks like that? With a slow gait of a walk and a disconnected facial expression were taken to our table … oh and it wasn’t cleared. We got an exasperated (oh yay signs of life!) «hold on just kidding let me clean this» and after about 5 minutes of him running around looking for a «rag» as he asked the wait-​staff, we sat in a lysol-​like smelling table – heck! at least it was clean.
Now the purpose of this trip was simple. Get an appetizer, eat only half, then indulge in one of their larger desserts. Well at this point the whole just being seated experience had thrown me for such a loop that I wasn’t hungry. I got their potato wedges… usually a pretty safe bet… but WRONG. Apparently loading them with cheese cuts too much into profit margins or something because it was potato plus a table spoon of cheese and a table spoon of bacon bits. So a tad on the bland mostly potato side of things.
Our waiter/​server/​dude was more alive than the greeter, score! But still the entire staff just didn’t seem be all OK with being at work, which heck I get it, but in the service industry you suck it up and move on.
In the end I was so bummed that I skipped dessert and called it a night. The whole thing was forgettable, so it might be a while before I return to Fridays.

Good service but not so good food. I already ate on many tgi Fridays and this is the first one where the food was not good. Will not come back again.

Tried it twice and shame on me the second time. Both times I was there with a friend/​friends for Happy Hour. The bar was not crowded either time and the service was still terrible. Our wings were overdone and the bread on the sliders was stale. The real turnoff was the bartenders setting drinks out for the waitstaff and putting the sales slip on top of the glasses. Can you say nasty? I have had good experiences in other Fridays here in the Burgh as well as in other cities and will continue to visit others. Just not this one ever again.

This Fridays was clean and the service was OK. When we asked to see the nutrition information they wouldn’t provide and when we ordered the server seemed confused that I wanted the sauce on the side. Overall it was nothing impressive.

Thank God It’s Friday, indeed! Our calamitous week was over, and weary from the possibly demonically-​influenced chain of events that plagued us, we decided to play it safe and dump one of those birthday gift cards my father (and his sense of humor) gave me.
Kay claims that this is the hipster’s preferred chain. Pop culture memorabilia fills the walls. To my right I could see a mint condition Gold Key Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids comic book
(it’s worth over 50 bucks!) next to a blown up photo of Archie Bunker. Irony: It permeates the joint.
What also permeates TGI Friday’s is competent food and service.
Kay had her heart set on the Sesame Jack Chicken Strips, which come off as redneck Asian fusion, like Maylene and the Sons of Disaster jamming with Sigh, those sesame seeds and Panko crumbs marrying that Jack Daniels glaze and chicken in a double shotgun weddin’.
It was the equivalent seeing a goateed kid in a trucker cap and Alabama Thunderpussy shirt and finding out he’s actually pretty cool and not fronting in the least. I mean, he really likes suvvern metal, and he wears the trucker cap because that’s what he truly does for a living. Yee haw and hell yeah!
In fact, I was so enamored with that scene, I got the Captain Morgan Caribbean Conga-​Line Chicken Sandwich. Ya get a chicken breast slathered in Captain Morgan’s rum, which is put it in a brioche bun along with avocado, sour cream, pineapple pico, and… holy cilantro Batman! Cilantro’s becoming my favorite herb, I swear. It does not taste like soap. I mean, these haters need to start speed dating or volunteering or something…
Enough about them. Instead of sweet potato fries I got the Loaded Mashed Potatoes. I dunno, I like cheddar and bacon in my mashed taters. If my mom made them this way years ago, I might have learned to like mashed potatoes at a much earlier age. I didn’t know they still had them (it’s been a few years since I’ve been to TGI Fridays). I had to ask for «those mashed potatoes» and nod a certain way. Our burly and very cool server Brian got the picture.
Kay got a beautiful steak that looked like a brick shithouse and tasted like a dream.
Dessert then commenced. I got the Oreo Madness which is just a big Oreo cookie with ice cream in the middle and hot fudge and caramel on an oblong plate. I picked it up and ate it as Kay and Brian chuckled.
«That’s the way to do it, man,» Brian said.
I don’t dismantle my Oreos either. You people who open them, eat the cream, and discard the cookie are misguided, man.
Kay got the Brownie Obsession, and I hadda help her out with it, and it was good enough that I didn’t mind.
Kay also ordered a Pink Punk Cosmopolitan drink, something that involved cotton candy and was very girly.
She accuses me of hating on chains just because they’re chains, but she’s wrong because if a chain’s good, I won’t hate on it, and TGI Friday’s is pretty damn good even if they remind me of a certain classic of 90’s comedic cinema…
Brian didn’t have any flair yet, but the flair was elsewhere fer sure.
Hails…