Red Lobster

Their clam chowder is nasty and gritty, Outback and even old country make better chowder. The service is mediocre. The food is nothing special. They’ve gone hill significantly since moving from their previous location.

Red Lobster has always been one of my favorite places to dine. The service is great, the food is great and the setting is comfortable. There are always some kind of deals and specials going on, so you don’t have to worry about your wallet or purse being broken.

Num, num, num! Holy cow, I mean crab! The service was good, the food was amazing. We had to wait a little while to be seated but it was worth the wait.
I whole heartedly recommend the stuffed mushrooms and the crab alfredo pasta. A little pricy but I believe most people expect that with a seafood restaurant.
So go. Have a couple Cosmos and tell Teresa sent you! (Joke)

Had the Sailor’s Platter. Also had the cole slaw which had a sweet taste to it. Before the main meal we had the shrimp appetizer. Everything was very good. Add on outstanding service by Brad our server and you have an outstanding lunch. Highly recommend this Red Lobster to everyone.

It has taken me a bit to find the time to write this review. However, considering that we are five months on and I still remember this experience like it was yesterday says something. Anyway, on to the review…
My wife and I went on Valentine’s Day. Got there, was told it was a 2 hour wait, and got on the list about 5:55p. Since there was virtually no room in the foyer to stand and wait, we decided to wander the mall for a while to kill some time. By the time we got back from the mall, we still had about 75 minutes left to wait according to the original estimate. There was still no room in the foyer to wait and so we ended up having to stand in between the two sets of doors. By this time, management had posted an employee by the name of Chris between the doors and tasked him with keeping the doors shut because people had previously been keeping both sets of doors open, causing a chill wind to blow into the dining room. Since Chris was there and we were there and none of the three of us had much to do other than mind the doors, we and he got to talking and we decided to help him mind the doors on our side of the entry. This helped pass the time quite well, which we really appreciated since it worked out we still had about 2 hours to wait even once we got back from the mall.
My wife and I both ordered a steak and lobster meal, as well as the crab-​stuffed mushrooms for an appetizer. The food arrived quickly, which was amazing considering the dining room and bar were both still packed and the foyer was still standing-​room-​only. All the food was cooked perfectly and was absolutely delicious. As a thank-​you for helping him mind the doors, Chris had actually comped us a dessert, as well. We appreciated that and his affability and company so much during the wait that my wife insisted I leave him a tip (not that this took much convincing since I was already seriously considering it) in addition to the tip we left for the server.
The only thing I could think that Red Lobster could have done better would be to set a time limit for people who called ahead (or got on the list and then left) to remain on seating list and, if they haven’t arrived by that time, remove those people from the list. For some reason, the manager who had decided to take charge of this decided to never remove anyone who failed to show up from the list. The primary problem caused here is that managing the list and finding people who are actually present in the restaurant and ready to be seated becomes very difficult. She ended up having more than one hundred parties at the top of the list who either never arrived (if they’d called ahead) or had already left without having themselves removed from the list. This seriously slowed getting seated because she had to check if those parties were present every time a table came open.
Still, this was one of the best Valentine’s Day dining experiences we have had in some time and we will be going back again.

Matt and the entire team here have the patience of saints. Our table was quite and we were able to have a nice conversation. Food was great and the soup was fantastic!

I’m writing this review mainly for my husband, like someone else said… it’s a Red Lobster. I am not a seafood person. I will say that I worked at 2 different Red Lobsters for 7 years in high school and college.
We went because my husband wanted to go for the all you can eat shrimp and he loved it. He also likes the stuffed mushrooms and he loved it. The only thing he didn’t like was that he got the strawberry lemonade and we had to pay for refills.
I got the steak and it was ok… I don’t like any fat on my steak. I didn’t have much of a choice as far as that goes. The mashed potatoes and veggies were yummy! I love th biscuits… I dip those in French dressing.
I’m sure we’ll be back… for my husband!

It’s a Red Lobster. I don’t so much like chains, but I DO love crab legs. So… my tummy led my mom and I here while we were visiting!
We decided to split the meal where you create your own meal. We got the shrimp alfredo and the crab legs (and extra $ 2.50). It also comes with a side (we chose the baked potato) and a salad and all the cheddar bay biscuits you can eat.
Let me be perfectly clear: I am a total fatty when it comes to those delicious little cheddar bay biscuits. I have made some comparable ones at home, but nothing compares to those garlicky morsels of awesome. They come hot and fresh to your table. The are buttery and they break apart so easily. The seasoning is perfect inside and out. It also does a great job to sop up the alfredo sauce that missed the noodles. Not that I would have any experience with that… :digs toe in the dirt:
Moving on. Our meal came with some alfredo (noodles cooked really well), ample sauce, and LOTS of delicious little baby shrimp on top. YUM. There were three crab legs for my mom and I to fight over (and fight we did).
Our total including tip was $ 27 which was a really good deal for lunch for two. It was the right amount, and our drinks were always quickly refilled. Our waitress was awesome, and she was also tending the bar at the same time.
We didn’t drink, but they had some amazing looking drinks in their little booklet. I would love to try one of those next time. There were a lot of other wonderful-​looking entrees, but the food we got was definitely enough for the both of us to leave satisfied.
So yes, it’s a chain, but it got the job done!

Other than Unilocal can’t get the business information right for this place, this Red Lobster is the best one in the nation I have been too. Don’t let Unilocal fool you that the restaurant is closed. It actually moved about a year ago from downtown to out by the mall, so use the map location not the address supplied above.
This was the first time I have been to this location, but had been to the other location several times when in Rochester. I’ve always had fast, friendly and fun wait staff. They are always on top of filling up the biscuits and the drinks. Food is always really good and comes out hot. Only one small complaint is they recently started chopping up the cucumbers in their salad so they are harder to pull out, but I guess such as life.
This past trip we had a party of 8 and everybody had a good time and enjoyed the food we had ordered. We got everything from fish, shrimp, chicken, steak, crab and nobody had any complaints. Great trip in.