Red Lobster

Not a fan of this place. I find red lobster food overly oily and salty. The wait staff is nice though so I still come here periodically.

What can you say? It is frozen seafood from a large chain restaurant. It will never be horrible but it will also never be outstanding. We got a gift card to them for Christmas, so we went for a seafood fix. We both got the Admiral’s Feast, which has all fried seafood (fish, shrimp, bay scallops, and clam strips). It also comes with a salad, a side dish (we both got baked potato), and their signature cheddar bay biscuits. I love their biscuits and they never disappoint. The salad was a salad, nothing special. The baked potato was fine and they gave me enough sour cream when I asked for extra. For the main dish, the fish was nice, the bay scallops were quite good, and the shrimp were also quite good. I didn’t care much for the clam strips, they were overcooked, dry, and tough. Our server was efficient and we never felt we needed to ask for anything before he was there to take care of us.
All in all, I would go back as I love seafood and it is hard to find decent seafood here. I grew up on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico so I miss having good, fresh seafood readily available.

I don’t usually review restaurant chains, but I was very happy with my recent visit here. We were a group of 6 and our server, Bianca was absolutely wonderful. She was a patient, attentive, helpful and thorough.
As everyone knows, the biscuits here are delicious, fresh, warm and abundant. The garden salad was very plain and simple and nothing special, but I am glad they put the dressing on the side.
For appetizers we had the lobster pizza, the mussels, and the seafood stuffed mushrooms. Two of the three starters were free using the coupon from their website with the purchase of two adult dinner entrees. The lobster pizza looked a bit sad and the dough wasn’t cooked enough, the mussels were just okay, and the seafood stuffed mushrooms were as good as always.
I decided to make my own combination plate consisting of a maple and bacon shrimp skewer, a garlic-​grilled shrimp skewer, and the coconut shrimp. All for $ 23.99, not bad at all! I really enjoyed the maple bacon shrimp the most, I highly recommend trying this new menu item! The coconut shrimp was my second favourite and then the less flavourful garlic-​grilled shrimp. I also wish they had a mango chutney or something else as the dip for the coconut shrimp instead of their signature piña colada sauce which I don’t care for because I don’t like pineapple. I also quite enjoyed their rice which I happened to get a lot of so no complaints there.
Some other entrees included: popcorn shrimp, the ultimate feast, salmon new orleans, fire-​grilled tacos and a stuffed sole, coconut shrimp and garlic shrimp combo.
Overall, our server made the experience great! It was my Mom’s birthday so she brought her a free dessert and they sang Happy Birthday. And she even gave us a separate bag of fresh biscuits to go with our take home boxes and not the extra ones we had leftover on our table!

What can I say? It’s Red Lobster. It’s been around for decades and it seems like they are trying hard to catch up with modern restaurants these days, but just can’t seem to do it right. I’ve been here a couple of times in the last two years and I’ve ordered a seafood pasta dish and fish and chips. Both were not memorable, greasy, and not flavourful. It seems like their fish and chips may have been frozen. It didn’t taste crispy and it was quite disappointing. The only thing this place deserves possibly four stars for is their biscuits.
The service is decent. The servers are friendly, but the service can be a bit on the slow side especially during the lunch hour. The prices are also a bit high considering the quality of food you get.

We went to this Red Lobster on Wed Nov 4. I wish I had my $ 57.60 back! First the waiter messed up my order and brought a cream sauce pasta and told me to just each part of it until my right order came… what! Then he kept coming back to the table to say how sorry he was. Fine I accepted the error now move on. When my right food did come it was like a meal from a cardboard box. The Coconut shrimp were like cardboard. Disgusting!!! the only thing that I knew was real food was the broccoli. Never, ever again. The restaurant has gone so far down in quality I think they should close the doors. I remember when we used to go to Red Lobster 10, 15 years ago and we enjoyed it. My husband felt sorry for the guy so he gave him a tip. The quality of the food is not the staffs fault. It is management. WAKEUP! because you are probably loosing a lot of customers. Never Again for us!!!

Let me start by saying I wish that I can put –5 stars
My wife and I went to celebrate our anniversary, so we both ordered the shrimp feast. The waiter was very very rude even though we told him it’s our anniversary.
We are still waiter provide us with his recommendations, his response was you have five choices pick any two.
Few minutes after he came by and asked us to pick one choice, so we picked one choice each. He came by again and asked us for one more choice, we picked another.
Again he came by and asked if we have another choice, we told the guy that sits for us.
Few seconds after I found that he brought the cheque book without asking us if we would like desserts or at least because we are celebrating our anniversary to promote something else. I got upset so I pulled my credit card and I put it on the top of the cheque book. He brought the credit card machine and did the transaction again without asking us if we would like dessert or coffee.
I finish the transaction and I gave the guy 20% tip.
In my way out I told him that he should have asked us if we would like desserts or coffee and his response was oh and I forgot to ask you.
From this experience I will never go again to Red Lobster, this is really upsetting.

The service was great!
Since my family and I have been coming here for years, we decided to bring my mom here for her birthday, we enjoyed the Ultimate Feast, shrimp trio and some steak with lobster that my dad really enjoyed. The desserts were great, I’ll be back.

Nothing especial. experience for nothing, food was okay, portion is kinda small. would I try it again? No

I’ve only been to Red Lobster a total of two times since I immigrated to Canada 18 years ago. I’ve never been much of a seafood chain person, and usually if I end up eating seafood I would choose a local establishment over a chain place. However, the endless shrimp offer was quite enticing to my parents and I, so I decided to give Red Lobster another try.
There’s surprisingly not a lot of Red Lobsters in the GTA. This branch serves most of Scarborough and virtually all of Markham, so it’s not surprising that it was a 45 minute wait on a Saturday evening. Eventually my family got a table and we were given menus.
Our server took quite long to come, but eventually she did. We were quick to order endless shrimp for 3, choosing the habanero coconut bites, teriyaki grilled shrimp, shrimp linguini alfredo, and garlic shrimp. We also ordered a lobster bisque for starters.
The server initially gave us biscuits as an appetizer. My tip for people coming here is to have ONE only and pack the rest home. Those biscuits really fill you up, and if they do the endless shrimp deal won’t be worth it for you. I’ll give some credit and say the biscuits were very delicious… but very addictive.
The lobster bisque was quite good for a chain restaurant. It’s obviously not west coast/​east coast quality, but there were definitely actual lobster pieces inside, and the bisque was creamy as well.
As for the endless shrimp, we reordered the coconut bites and teriyaki grilled shrimp, as we found those two to be the best of the four (not fried, but both had their own unique sauce which was tasty). The shrimp linguini alfredo was too thick and filling, so if you want to maximize the endless offer I would skip that option (in addition to the breaded shrimp).
Service was hit and miss, especially in the first 10 – 15 minutes where we were left without a server. Eventually she apologized and did frequently return to refill our waters and asked if everything was alright.
Overall, this place was okay. It’s not a place I will return immediately, but it does its job for a low-​end price chain seafood restaurant.

We came here for Endless Shrimp and the service was painfully slow compared to other locations. I’d take my business elsewhere.

Let me start by saying the biscuits here are so good! I came here for the shrimp festival a few months ago. It was decent. Nothing too special, I happened to not even get anything from the shrimp festival cause nothing was appealing. My friend did however get the items and they were decent, nothing fantastic. I wouldn’t really recommend this, it was your average place.

The stuffed Maine lobster is great, highly recommend
The food size is huge and great for big stomachs

Came here for my birthday (however did not specify it to the staff beforehand) however, felt my server had a weird attitude problem at times. Towards the end I could feel her warm up (as if I guess she knew she was looking for her tip just saying). Don’t remember her name, although I do remember she was an elder woman (possibly spanish) with an accent
Anyway, aside from the weird vibes, I find the food was delicious — our waitress also offered a second round of buns ugh I love their biscuits lol but I ordered from the $ 8.99 special for lunch which were 3 shrimp taco’s with a side of rice. Mine was without the red onions and I enjoyed the taste thoroughly so I highly recommend that lunch entrée. Please note it also comes with coriander (yum)
I will say this location before also told me after seating a guest and I that the kitchen was closed, so when we left, I guess the manager overheard us and tried to give us a gift card which we kept insisting was fine but he wouldn’t let us go without it. I don’t remember his name either but he was Asian lol

I usually like coming to this location because I feel the servers and chefs are better. This location is pretty busy as well, usually have to wait for 15−20mins for dinners on week nights.
The newly revamped menu is a little awkward to look at, especially when I see the first half is filled with alcohol options! Whatever makes the highest margin I guess.

Service was great. Food was great. Huge portions, except I got ripped off on the amt of fries they gave.
Lots of refills on those tasty buns. Yum!
I would recommed this location!

Just kind of your standard Red Lobster/​chain restaurant. Didn’t have to wait too long for a table at like 9 PM on a Saturday night. Our waiter was super keen and friendly and accomodating, and made our dining experience very pleasant. Unfortunately, the food was just mediocre though. Two of us ordered off the Lobster Fest menu (i.e. lots of lobster tails) and one person got a set dinner with seafood spaghetti. This wasn’t my first time at a Red Lobster (but my first time at this particular one), but everyone in my family noted that our food was EXTREMELY salty, I don’t know what the cooks in the kitchen were doing, but they were super heavy handed with the salt/​seasoning. Quite honestly I would say the best part of our meal was probably the biscuits we got at the beginning (they were amazing and unlimited), which is kind of sad.

Love sea food? Love variety and getting more than your money’s worth? Then you need to check out Red Lobster. It always has great service and meals that are filling and delicious. Be careful not to fill up in their garlic bread (they’re so tasty) or you won’t have to on for the entrée.
I love the coconut shrimp and the fettuccine. Oh and the clam chowder, stuffed mushroom caps and mozzarella sticks. Enjoy!

I’ve been coming to this location for over 20 years and the service and food have always been fantastic.
We came here the other night because I had a craving for crab legs. I had the 1lb snow crab legs but instead of having the corn and red potatoes that come with the dish, I opted for the roasted mixed vegetables and a garden salad. My husband selected from a four-​course special they were offering and chose cheese and broccoli soup, a caesar salad, shrimp and scallop linguine and the caramel cheesecake for dessert.
Everything I’ve ever had at this restaurant has been delicious and tonight was no exception. The service was quick and friendly. The atmosphere is relaxed and comfortable albeit quite a bit more dimly lit than it used to be… you can still see your food, just not the person you’re dining with (I kid!) and although the restaurant was relatively full, it was surprisingly quiet.
Overall, a wonderful dinner and I will continue to come here.

I haven’t had Red Lobster since my first year in college. I learned there are more awesome restaurants out there than to pay $ 30+ dollar on entrees in a chain restaurant especially in the city. Perhaps the rest of the America is learning too which explains why Red Lobster is closing its door soon.
After hearing the news that Red Lobster might be no more in the near future, we decided the cheddar by biscuits were enough to worth one last visit. We arrived around 9PM and although the restaurant was half empty, the manager came to the hostess and specifically requested her to make our party wait because the kitchen was backed up. So our party waited by the freezing entrance for a good 15 mins — not quite sure why they couldn’t just seat us and perhaps allow us to order drinks. And when it was finally our turn — although my soon mother in law was in crutches hopping through the dining room and there were many available same size tables towards the front, they decided to seat us far into the back corner. (On management alone, no wonder they are closing.)
The working environment seemed quite hostile. Our table could hear workers bickering over who should get which table and manager talking down to the servers. Our poor server seemed extremely anxious/​nervous. From explaining the specials to pouring our water, he seemed very fidget-​y.
4 of the party went with the $ 18 four course special (soup choices of clam chowder, broccoli + cheese, minestrone, house/​Caesar salad, the Habenaro fried shrimp, 2 shrimp + scallop linguine, and chicken in mushroom sauce, dessert — 2 caramel cheese cake, (traded the last 2 desserts for 1 molten cookie a la mode), and an added side of snow crab legs. I love my share of seafood so I went with the fire grilled seafood entrée (lobster tail, garlic shrimp, and scallop).
Our basket of warm, buttery, fluffy biscuits was served soon after. They were much better than I last recalled (more herb, less salt)… And that was basically the highlight of our meal. Soups– the clam chowder and tortilla chicken were overly salted. The cheese and broccoli looked much more like a dip. Salad — thank goodness I asked for my dressing on the side, everyone else was drenched. Entrees — should come with a warning of hypertension — what? there are other seasonings aside from salt? someone should inform the chef. $ 30 dollar seafood entrée, I was only able to eat the roasted veggie medley, steamed broccoli, and 2 scallops. None of us could even stomach the lobster tail. Desserts — my fiancé and his brother shared the molten cookie but were quickly sweetened out. The cheesecake was your generic store bought cake. Overall a very disappointing meal.
I guess I didn’t miss out much the last 7 years; there are many many much better seafood restaurants out there. Also, I recently learned that you can actually buy the cheddar bay biscuit mix from the grocery store! Now I definitely don’t see why anyone would want to dine in Red Lobster. Food? service? ambiance? it offers none of the above.

Can I please rave about the impeccable service here? I am often disappointed with the terrible service at other restaurants. But I’m never disappointed with the service here at Red Lobster.
The servers here are trained to provide good customer service and tend to our needs, making the experience even more amazing. Moving onto the food, accompanied with the complimentary cheddar biscuits. Am I the only one that is addicted to these? I limit myself to maximum of 3 but really it is good!
I ordered the following:
lobster artichoke and seafood dip
stuffed sole w/​mashed potatoes (lunch)
Maple glazed chicken
Triple berry sangria
Strawberry daiquiri
The food arrived in a timely manner and the food arrived hot. The dip was creamy and packed with flavour. The stuffed sole was fresh and it’s still one of my favourites at Red Lobster. The drinks were perfect and arrived prior to the food. After receiving the food/​drinks we were approached to make sure all was good and again can I say amazing service!
Come here! You won’t be disappointed, at least not with the service. The wait can take awhile since they don’t take reservations, it’s first come first serve.

Wow, so i have never been to the red lobster and now, I wanted to finally go and try it for valentines day. I just called them to book a table, and the guy told me they don’t accept reservation. And it’s not because i asked for valentines day. Apparently, they never accept reservation :(it’s 20 minute drive from my place, and there’s no way I can drive that far to be told we have to wait one hour to have a seat… It’s a shame :(and on Unilocal,it was said they take reservation, this is wrong!