Red Lobster

Overpriced, bad service, and crappy food. Totally dissatisfied and I will never go again.

This is pretty average, it’s nothing super spectacular they do a few things that are pretty good though, I recommend the fried calamari and the lobster pizza appetizers, they are both pretty good. The shrimp scampi is pretty good and has a decent portion. There isn’t many great seafood options in Medford and I do think this is a little over priced for the food.

We generally do not lean towards franchise types of restaurants, but were hankering for seafood. I don’t know if I ever been to a red lobster, but we loved it. The service was excellent and quality of food was great as well. Everything we ate tasted fresh and was delicious. We were very surprised by how organized the service of the restaurant was and that the food was superb. The prices are up there, but the portions are generous and the fresh seafood is worth it!

Last night, Friday, 11−20−15. We were going to another restaurant, and it was packed, so hubby detoured to Red Lobster! YAY!
Figured we would have quite a wait, it was near 7pm on a Friday. Arrived to an empty waiting room, and a five minute wait for a table! YAY!
Seated at a nice table in the first area off the lobby, my ONLY problem the whole evening was cool air from the overhead vent, I will bring a jacket in next time.
Our waiter was Rob C., and he gets credit for the five stars. He is an awesome, personable waiter, and accommodated my strange dinner order without batting an eye. Prompt, courteous, and SO apologetic for not having the wonderful biscuits at hand — but it’s WORTH waiting for a new batch!
My order: (from sides menu) Skewer of Garlic Grilled Scallops $ 7.49 — the sweetest, most wonderful scallops I’ve had in a long time. Could use a little more garlic. Skewer of Garlic Grilled Shrimp $ 5.79 — yummy, but could use more garlic as well. Baked Potato $ 2.79 — good spud, with butter and sour cream. Hubby did not want soup or salad, so I also took his Caesar Salad — really nice fresh greens, with cheese shavings, but I found the dressing lacking somehow. My skewers and potato were plated with a bed of the most wonderful wild rice pilaf under the skewers. I brought home leftovers. :)
Hubby had Crab Alfredo $ 19.99 — he is not one to rave about food, but he cleaned his plate, which is a good sign, and never offered me a bite, which is another good sign!
Thank you, Rob!

came here on my visit to Medford. it was my first time going to a red lobster!!! I had the chicken Parmesan Alfredo and my boyfriend had the sirloin steak with shrimp. the food was amazing. since it was lunch time our meals were extremely cheap. $ 11.99 for the Alfredo and $ 19.99 for the steak! the biscuits they give are also really tasty and they’ll keep bringing them to the table. such a good experience at this red lobster, definitely going to visit again and hopefully have this good of service at my local red lobster.

Decent service, decent price. You get what you pay for. Nothing more, nothing less. Worth it in my humble opinion.

After thirteen years we decided to try the Red Lobster franchise again. We may do the same thirteen years hence. It hasn’t changed much. Basic uninspired seafood at mostly reasonable prices. Good service at this location.

As always wonderful food and service. Finally was able to have a drink made with grapefruit juice! Nick our server was knowledgeable and answered questions.

Went for Hubby’s birthday and had an excellent time! food was great and server give Ken extra clam chowder and brought back ice cream with a candle in. great job!

Out on Saturday night and decided on Red Lobster because of crab fest. Anthony was our server– and he was outstanding and so very attentive.
I decided on something I’d never had called salmon New Orleans — holy cow this was good! It is Cajun grilled salmon with shrimp on top with a yummy buttery sauce– then fresh pico de gallo on top of everything– I expected too spicy, but got perfect seasoning. The pico was the hottest part (and that wasn’t that spicy), the rest was just tasty!
Partner had lobster and garlic butter shrimp– of course the lobster was excellent — he even got to substitute a second lobster tail for a small charge which was totally cool with us.
Over all this was a really enjoyable meal and I will definately order this salmon dish again. The cheddar bay biscuits were divine as usual, but the seafood was amazing.
By the way, every server here is great at customer service– we observed several and they obviously have a standard of customer service that has a high bar! Kudos to the general manager for taking pride in their staff.

I don’t often find myself in seafood restaurants and I haven’t visited Red Lobster in over a decade, but tonight’s dining venue was a favor to Mom.
I couldn’t be happier with my experience. Not only were the food and service great, but the friendly staff went above and beyond this evening in a way I would never expect from a chain restaurant.
During dinner, I was given a gift of a two night stay at a resort in Bend by my mother and forgot it on the table when we left. After calling and speaking to the manager, Debra, she and David spent over an hour digging through the trash to find my lost gift certificates.
I felt terrible for losing them and was elated when they turned up. I couldn’t be more grateful to the staff for putting in the extra effort.
Now I can take my girlfriend of eight years on our anniversary trip! :)

Good service… (though we stayed 40minutes past closing time).
Well maintained restaurant.
Liked their crab legs and lobster tails.
Their shrimp dishes (wood fired shrimp, coconut fried shrimp) were so so.
Salmon cajun (new orleans) dish was just average.
Rice pilaf was okay… green beans were good, fries were good (though no salt).
Chocolate Chip Lava: it’s a cookie (with lots of chocolate chips) warmed up and served with vanilla scoop: still very good [not my wifes favorite]
[had the misconception from the pic that it had only chocolate in the center]

Went for the first time last night with a girl friend. Great service, location and food was excellent. It is everything you want in a very good restaurant. The food was piping hot when it came to the tables. I will go back again.

Went back again last month for Lobster Lovers –food quality was poor and service was average at best. Made us think it may be under new ownership/​management :-(. Prob won’t be back.

Amazing service and great food. Our servers (every single one) has always been amazing! Nicole is exceptional. Always impressed right when we walk in the door, starting with the host.

We can’t seem to stay away from this place, not that we want to. Since my first review, we have been back three different times. I must be trying to find something wrong with the Bar Harbor Lobster Bake, we’ve ordered it three times and can’t get enough. It is so very good! Driving the 70+ miles to eat dinner here is worth the time and effort. All I can say is Good Job, Red Lobster!!!

My parents and my husband and I came here to Red Lobster right before catching a flight. Since we were headed to Europe, we wanted something satisfying and filling since we knew the next 20 hours were going to be peanuts, stale bread, and tins of half-​cooked mystery meat. Well, I have to say, Red Lobster did not disappoint!
After being seated, our waiter Eric asked us if we had any time constraints, and we said that we had to be at the airport by 2pm (in an hour). He said that wouldn’t be a problem, showed us the specials, and got our drinks… BRAVO!!! What a novel idea… come to think of it, that’s the first time I have ever been asked that at a restaurant… if we had any time constraints… YES!!! SUCH A GREAT PRACTICE! I know this would have been a Godsend if I heard it on my lunch hour when we are trying to drive somewhere, eat, pay, and get back to work all in an hour! THANK YOU! I really appreciated him asking us this!
So after the revelation, we decided what we wanted, and after taking our orders, Eric brings us the best part about Red Lobster… their most amazing, delicious, perfect cheese-​buttery-​garlic biscuits! I could seriously just eat these and be happy… they are soooo goood!!! So we had plenty biscuits, and then our food comes. My husband and parents all had their 3 entrée deal for $ 15.99, its a great value and you get a lot of food for the price. They all had lobster mac n cheese, and some other shrimp dishes that looked good as well, everything was spot on and they were happy! I got two of their appetizers, the stuffed mushrooms and calamari, and both were very good! I also got a cup of their lobster bisque, which I actually got clam chowder, but it was good so I didn’t mention the switch up. We were all happy with the food, it was good, hearty, and a lot of it for the price!
The service was great too, Eric our server was great and attentive, and like he said before, he had us out of there within our hour time limit, with 5 minutes to spare! We were impressed, and he was definitely a delight.
We visit Medford on the regular, and definitely wouldn’t hesitate to return to Red Lobster again! Good food, great service, and prices that don’t break the bank add up to a winning combination!

Ok, let me start by saying I rarely ever give a chain restaurant a 5 star review. But this one… now this one was definitely deserved!
We went to this Red Lobster as a little celebration dinner for my wife and I. Surprisingly they weren’t to busy for a Saturday night. The waitress was super friendly, and brought us out some delicious fresh baked pieces of heaven… I mean cheddar bay biscuits.
Both my wife and I decided on this new little menu they have, 3 entrée’s for $ 15.99, comes with biscuits and a salad. I got the Almond crusted Salmon, Garlic/​Herb Shrimp Skewers, and a Spicy Shrimp marinara pasta. My wife got the Salmon, Coconut/​habenero shrimp, and Lobster Mac and cheese.
For me the Salmon was awesome, the shrimp were very tasty, and the pasta packed a nice little bit of heat. My wifes coconut/​habenero shrimp were AWESOME, easily my favorite thing. She loved the lobster mac n cheese, said it had some good size lobster chunks in it. Though it could use to be a little creamier.
You can tell they are very interested in Customer Service, the manager spent a few minutes at our table just asking us how things were and chit chat. When we were done we had a TON of left overs, we asked our waitress if we could get a couple biscuits to go. She went and grabbed a few fresh baked biscuits for us.
I have never been more impressed with a Red Lobster, we will definitely be back!

This is the worst restaurant I have ever visited!
While I used to love this restaurant, the food was amazing and I loved the bread. But recently me and a few friends went there to have dinner. We all know a guy who works there and we were hoping to see him. He wasnt there that night but we decided to stay and eat anyway. It took over 45 minutes for them to take our order and another hour and a half to get our food, our drinks were only filled three times (during our 3 hour stay). I could understand the slowness if it was busy, but we were some of the only people there. We ate (with no silverware) and even complained to the manager who just told us to leave. The next day after our friend got off work he told us the manager told the staff to give us bad service because we didn’t look like «good tippers»

Lets be honest here, I get the same thing every time. Since we were traveling M came with me to dinner here, usually he refuses and I go alone while he is out of town.
I had the Shrimp Scampi, coconut shrimp bites, fried shrimp and fries. It was the Tuesday shrimp promo for $ 15.50, my fave. M got the mahi mahi & shrimp skewers, he said his fish was overcooked. Mine tasted like it always does, hot and tasty. Plus I love the Cesar and cheddar bay biscuits.
Our server Megan was super sweet, and admittedly new since M was asking her lots of questions about the menu and portion sizes. I thought she was lovely and did a good job, she even chased us out since I forgot to take my credit card.