Red Lobster

This location on yonge street was good. Fast service and good food. The only thing Saskatchewan a delay in getting the bill, but it was late and we were a distant corner seat. Didn’t bother us to much.
Bread was to die for. Had the fish and chips, couldn’t go wrong.

When we first arrived it was a little busy but we were seated within 5 minutes of arrival
When we were seated our waiter Edwin took our drink orders and after about 10 minutes brought our biscuits and drinks
I ordered Cajun chicken linguini and it was brought out 20 minutes later
Chicken was a little salty but not overwhelming linguini was creamy, portions were kinda small.
My favourite thing was that our waiter would refill our biscuits as soon as they were finished, thank god for that because let’s be real, more than 80% of the reason we go to Red Lobster is to eat their biscuits!
Overall good experience, and I would recommend the Cajun chicken linguini

Order Ultimate Feast and Fire Lobster. Also mix drink Bahama Mama. Lobster is what you want.

Once in a while when my family is craving a nice seafood dish close to home, we will go to Red Lobster in Thornhill. We’ve been going to this location for as long as I remember, and their renovations in the past few years has really modernized the place while still keeping true to the brand.
They have many different selections in their menu. I always prefer their «Ultimate Feast» dish which includes crab, lobster, garlic shrimp, & etc. I always swap «Walt’s Favorite Shrimp» which is basically popcorn shrimp, to their delicious coconut shrimp. There is an extra charge, which I found unnecessary.
Steer clear from their lobster linguine, I had mine and it was absolutely soaked in oil. The plate wasn’t hot, and tasted like it was left under a heater for a while.
One pasta dish that is good is the lobster bake! It’s filling, and has a variety of seafood in one dish. If you’re craving mussels and scallops, this should be your go-​to!
One of the best appetizers to get is definitely the stuffed mushrooms, you will not be disappointed.
With the appetizer, salad, and main dish, you’ll be lucky to get to the dessert. I haven’t had dessert at Red Lobster in a very long time because I’m always full.
Though it’s your typical chain restaurant, you always leave with a full stomach.
My only critique, is that I wish the hostess was more friendly. She had zero energy, and looked like she didn’t care about her job. Also, the waiters were not taking dishes away and clearing the table. I understand its usually busy, but it’s nice to be checked up on, and not always having to flag down a server.

Went here with my family. As usual, we always have a pleasant time here. Service was excellent and our waitress was very courteous and helpful.
Food wise, it was just about average as you would assume for a chain restaurant. The complementary garlic cheese biscuits has gone downhill since the good old days. They used to be more cheesy and garlicky. Now they are just too bready (if that is even a word). They need to use more butter/​garlic on top.
I ordered the create your own combo $ 21.99 (picking two from a list). I chose the coconut shrimp (there were 8pcs) & the shrimp linguini alfredo. It comes with a salad & choice of side. I’ve always enjoyed those selections, especially their linguini alfredo. That has always been very tasty. After the 4^th or so coconut shrimp, I grew tired of it. Perhaps next time I will try something else!
No hassle with reservations just a few days prior. Lots of parking in the parking lot. Good for large groups.

Food was great. Nice staff and lovely service. I highly recommend this place if you like sea food

Well, me and Red Lobster go way back to childhood. Not this location but different ones around town. Then we stopped going for lots of reasons. Well, we passed by this location few days ago and my husband loves seafood so we checked it out.
Upon arrival, the server sat us right down and gave us the specials. Then came back promptly to check up on us despite it being super busy on a week night. There’s an excellent selection of cocktails here. Nothing high end but if you love cocktails, there menu is extensive and I was just thinking, this place would be perfect for a girls night out dinner!!! The drinks were ordered and came out probably less than 5 minutes later. Honestly the service here is so good and friendly.
The menu is also extensive. Seriously… hard to choose…
but my husband ended up getting the seafood feast and I got the seafood bake with linguine. His was $ 30, mine as $ 29 and i was expecting average tasting seafood but my meal was so goood! The bake comes with one lobster tail split into two, 5 pcs of tender succulent scallops, lots of shrimp, and some mussles in the shell. The portion was large and I had a nice lunch the next day as well. It’s not high end by any means but it’s better than average home cooking and definitely a nice treat for someone who likes seafood.
Obviously no stomach left for dessert but they look good on the menu :)

Went on a busy Saturday evening, but the decision to go was a huge mistake. After finally deciding what to order after flipping through the menu 5 times trying to make sense of the large and unorganized menu the waiter was extremely pushy to me and many of my party members. The waiter told us the portion for one item was too small and we should go for the larger, more expensive option. He consistently tried to push another item for $ 3 more for double the food, until another party member told him to stop that we didn’t want it. When I ordered, I thought to make it simple, list what I want and the side. I didn’t realize in the sea of confusion that the crab cakes + salmon dish it comes with a salad (since it lists it nowhere on the menu), and when I tried to substitute it with a side dish, the waiter said «you already have broccoli» and wouldn’t let me check the menu again, just reciting the sides. So I guess I just have to take the sides he has by his word. It’s ok though, they completely forgot the third side I ordered anyways. The food was mushy and honestly just what you expect from a chain. When I was finished, the waiter tapped my shoulder and just picked all my dishes, not even asking if I was done. I found the unpleasant pushiness of the waiters to order dishes and leave such a turn off that I will never eat here again.

Went here with the family got the seaside shrimp trio and it was ok at best. The fried shrimp was ok with the shrimp sauce nothing special. The garlic shrimp was probably the best feature out of the three options it was nice and buttery and garlicky you can’t go wrong. The pasta and shrimp were too creamy to appreciate anything else. The highlight of my dinner was half of my husband’s lobster tail which was fabulous!!! So overall I gave 3 stars based on my experience.

The service here is outstanding and if you are not satisfied they will make sure you come back. Won’t go anywhere else for fish and our family go mainly for the shrimp. Renovated not that long ago and the place is big. Worth the drive from anywhere in the GTA.

TERRIBLE, food poisoning!
Ive been here a couple of times the last couple of years, more recently, a few months ago at around 4PM
Cocktails taste nice but really weak…
Service is akward, food is terrible and tastes reheated, portions are small for the quality of seafood they use.
My brother had their chicken fingers from the kids meal, and at around 11PM he starts complaining about his stomach, and throughout the night he went to the washroom to vomit.
I went in the next day to talk to the manager (literally just to get a «Im sorry», was not looking for a free meal at all). The manager has the audacity to tell me «Oh the effects of food poising only happens 24 hours later, so it must have been something he ate the day before», I go on explaining that that’s complete nonsense (as some one who’s experienced food poising 3 – 4 times in their lifes, more recently from the EX). Then he goes on explaining how the chicken strips were cooked in oil over a certain temperature for a certain amount of time to ensure they were cooked.
Knob head maybe didn’t get this lesson, but just because you cook the item for so and so minutes and temperature, doesn’t mean the protein itself is completely sterilized. If you cook rotten/​old chicken, you will get sick regardless. When I tell him this, he then asks me for my brothers name and contact number. I then have to remind him hes only 9 years old.
What a shame. Not even a «Im sorry». Its sad to see these chains fall apart, because of the memories I experienced there as a child. weather they last another 5 – 10 years, I will definitely not be returning, and letting any one know who ever mentions their name to stay away.

Not too bad.
Service was decent, waitress came by frequently and re-​fills the biscuit promptly.
The food was decent as well. The lunch specials were pretty standard. We also ordered the lobster tail, salmon and shrimp plate that’s apparently new, and it was good but I wasn’t sure if it was worth the $ 30?
Overall a good experience.

We ordered 2 big combination dishes and let me tell you, TONS OF FOOD, even for 3 people and we couldn’t finish it.
The dishes had a lot of either butter or oil in them so be prepared to go into cardiac arrest.
Cesar salad was simple –nothing to talk about. Spring Rolls were ok.
I give it 4 star for the crab !!! YUM I will go back and only order crab legs… that’s how good it was.

Fantastic! Tonight was my second visit at this location. Food quality was perfect, just like last time. Service was great as well! Ask for Teck if you want polite and welcoming service! I had the Lobster bake with linguini pasta. It was. DELICIOUS! If you get a chance, make sure you try that! The butter was a little over the top, but that’s how Red Lobster makes it. Not saying it’s bad, I just prefer the way Asians make it. It’s not as fatty, but still. Tonight was too good to be true! Sometimes you have to live life all out, and eating is the best way to do it! Lol

Ugh. I came here with family, but not by choice. There’s something about big chain restaurants like these that I feel like it’s a waste of money, and better value going to a local place that serves actual quality food.
It was lunch on a Sunday, and I was surprised that even with our party of 12 people, we could not make a reservation. Instead we got there 20 mins earlier to ensure we had a table. Got a nice spot, in the quieter area in the back. Surprisingly the restaurant around kept getting fuller from 1pm onwards. When we left at 3:30pm it was full and there was a line up! Why are people’s eating schedules so strange in north york?!
We had two servers at the table, but both didn’t seem to do much. I found it weird that they asked us (after 20 mins) whether we wanted drinks or not, when I believe they should have just taken our order, no need to ask. Our plates were never cleared properly or in time. After our meal, and when dessert came, our plates from the main were still on the table. They were never around either, I don’t know what was the point. Not to mention, our soups and salads all came at different times.
The menu at Red Lobster is huge and confusing. There are 3 different menus, regular lobsterfest and specials. There is also a lunch special for $ 8.99 plaque somewhere as well, not mentioned anywhere else. You can get a variety of things like fish, pasta, crab and lobster. But hard to find is anything not covered in butter or cheese. The hubby and I shared the Fire Grilled Lobster, Shrimp and Scallop ($ 28.99) that comes with a side or salad. Somehow we got them to add a cup of soup for $ 2.99 as well.
For something like this, the portion seemed huge in the photo, but actually was quite small. But easy to fill yourself up with the never ending buttery biscuits. Other family members got some of the other $ 20+ platters that just all looked cream covered with butter and sauce.
It all tasted okay, but can’t really go wrong with it. The lobster tail was teeny tiny and not anything like the photos in the menu.
I just feel that money would be better spent on quality food at the same price for a more fulfilling meal that doesn’t put you to sleep afterwards.
One of the main reasons we came here is that they have a an extensive allergen list for those who need it. But personally, I think if you just use a little brains you can figure out what you can and cannot eat and verify with the chef.

HYPE HYPE HYPE WHITE PEOPLE HYPE
That’s all I knew about Red Lobster before going in. My friends have been talking about going to this place for agggggggges (they’re really susceptible to marketing lol) so finally last week, we decided to go.
We got there around 7 on a Friday night, and this place was empty! There was like one other table there.
The first thing we noticed was the lobster tank… now I’ve seen lobster tanks before, but never have I seen a tank where they looked soo… unhappy.
Anyways, I look through the menu and saw that they had a 18.99 4 course feast… and I was like DAMN LETS DO IT!
So here’s what we got:
1. Chicken Tortilla Soup — actually really good. Nice broth with LOTS of chicken and tortilla pieces. Totes warmed me up after coming in from ICE CUBE NATION.
2. Ceasar Salads — Standard fare, just parm, lettuce and croutons. No lemon on the side, but whatevs.
3. Spicy Habanero Coconut Shrimp Bites and Sweet Citrus-​Grilled Shrimp (yea i just copied that from their menu) — I swapped out the rice for fries. The bites were SUUUUUUUUUPER sweet, and not my favourite. Tiny too. The Grilled Shrimp Skewer was mad overdone, and no hint of citrus at all. The coleslaw was super great though.
4. The Cheese-​Crusted Tilapia — my friend henna got this. It looked like a small piece of fish hidden under a huge ass pile of tempura bits or something, served with brocolli. The brocs was good, the fish had no flavour whatsoever, and it was super over done + dry. Soz.
5. The Ultimate Surf and Turf (Lobsterfest special) — My 2^nd friend Umair got this. This looked beautiful. A sirloin steak smothered in a lobster hollondaise with a lobster tail with a greenish cheesy sauce on it with mash. The steak was okay (my friend got it medium well, so its not their fault) The lobster on the steak was relaly really bad. It was super chewy, and it was like the worst bits that you get from the claws and the body. My friend pushed all that to the side. Even I didn’t eat it. The lobster tail was super overdone too, and so hard to remove from the shell. The sauce on top was great though.
6. Shrimp Tuesdays — Garlic Shrimp, Handbreaded Shrimp, and Shrimp Linguine –My third friend got this. The garlic shrimp were swimming in some sort of watery-​butter liquid. Not appetizing at all. The Handbreaded shrimp was yummy though. The Shrimp Linguini was just alfredo with some tiny shrimps on top. Super dissapointing.
7. The Key Lime Pie — I got this, and it was pretty delicious, standard fare though. Looks like it was premade.
8. The cookie-​molten-​pie thing. A huge ass cookie that spews chocolate when cracked into, with a scoop of vanilla. I was too full to try this, ut my friends say it was burnt or something. Looked yummy though.
Notes:
So the 4 course feast was not the est, but it was certainly a good deal.
The portion sizes here are huge for everything though. We ALL had leftovers, and we’re all huuuuuuuuuge eaters. Well except Henna. She’s tiny.
I did think all the other items were suuuuuuuuuper expensive, and not really worth it.
For tthe 4 of us, it came to 150 + tip, so yea
Pros wont be back here, it’s too plain for my liking.

I can’t say anything bad about this restaurant. 1) i love LOVE seafood, 2) i used to work for this chain — yes i was the bestest biscuit girl 3) my post root-​canel lobster bisque made everything better 4) my wedding dinner was in a redlobster.
so here we go: it’s endless shrimp season for 19.99!
friday dinner plan + endless shrimp = happy camper. Too bad we only had four different shrimp dishes to pick from. the wasabi grilled shrimp was new — i tried it but it’s more like terriyaki sauce and a bit too sweet for my pallete. And shrimp alfredo had only teeny tiny baby shrimps… so naturally i was sticking to the garlic shrimp and hand breaded shrimp. Both are sooooo good. I had plates upon plates of those. won’t eat another shrimp for a long time i think.
salad was very salty, buns were fresh, red skin potato was flavorless, but shrimp made everything better!
i love red lobster

This is my third time at this location and I was quite pleased with the service of our server — Christina. She worked hard all night to make things right even thou we didn’t get our orders after waiting for more than 1 hr as they ran out of salmon and the kitchen didn’t notify her until later. She made it up by buying us Lobster bisque and a dessert. On top of that she came by to check on us and gave us more amazing biscuits.
On to the food… everything we ordered were either super salty or overdose of butter. It was pretty nasty and I do not think I can eat the rest of my meal. We got the 2 can dine for $ 30. Meal came with 2 salads — Garden or Caesar (it was pretty big). And you get to choose 1 App or 1 dessert. We got the spicy Chicken bites. The sauce was very very spicy. Our server was kind enough to let us know so we got the sauce on the side instead. And we get 2 entrees. I got the Crispy fried shrimps with rice and the Shrimp pasta.

I was at Red Lobster yesterday for lunch with my mother for a «late» mother’s day outing. The place was quiet on a Friday afternoon with seniors and some families.
I got my mum the «create your lunch» special for $ 9.99 (pick two — My mum picked garlic shrimp and breaded shrimp) and I got the lobster and shrimp pasta. For drinks my mum got a hot tea and I got the Long Island Ice Tea (2.5oz)
Our waitress Lisa was very friendly and attentive to our needs. The food on the other hand was mediocre at best. Red Lobster to me felt like the Swiss Chalet for seafood. My pasta was way too greasy and the plating for the «create your own» looks like something out of a cafeteria in high school.
Having been to Red Lobster before I know I shouldn’t expect fancy 5 star food or anything. but I simply feel the presentation could use some work. After all they did re-​brand their logo (its black background instead of the navy blue), so why not give a little bit more attention to your food?

I came to Red Lobster for their Four Course Seafood Feast! For $ 18, you get a soup, salad, entrée, dessert, and best of all– unlimited cheddar bay biscuits! Yum! There was so much variety and food for such a good price. I personally don’t love red lobster’s quality of food, but those buttery biscuits really tug at my heartstrings. I just can’t stop eating them!
You can choose between New England clam chowder and their soup of the day. We went with the chowder, and it was pretty hearty. There were a lot of potato chunks and vegetable, so I didn’t feel like I was just eating cream. I wouldn’t expect a really refined clam chowder from red lobster, so this more than met my expectations.
Then, you get your choice of fresh Caesar or Garden salad. My boyfriend got the Caesar, and I got a garden salad. Again, nothing too special, but it’s nice to have some veggies with the meal. I also liked the large variety of salad dressings available to go with my garden salad (I went with Thousand Island, my favourite).
There are 7 choices for the entrée, unfortunately none of them involve lobster. Our choice was the hand-​breaded shrimps, which came out a little too greasy for my liking. I also did not enjoy the pairing with the cocktail sauce at all.
My boyfriend went with the «create your own feast» option, and chose peppercorn-​grilled sirloin and island jumbo coconut shrimp: hand-​dipped in coconut batter, then fried to a golden brown. The coconut shrimp was served with a piña colada sauce. The steak was pretty mediocre to me, but my boyfriend was satisfied. To my surprise, I really enjoyed the coconut shrimp! I could actually taste the coconut bits in the batter, and its subtle sweetness was wonderful with the crunchy texture. It wasn’t any less greasy than the hand-​breaded shrimp, but in this case, I didn’t mind it at all. The piña colada dipping sauce was also a great complement to the coconut flavours.
Our dessert from the four course feast was triple-​chocolate brownie à la mode. It was unbearably sweet for me. I had one bite and that was more than enough. Luckily, the portion was quite small, so my boyfriend had no difficulty finishing it by himself.
We had a lot of leftovers to pack home. I barely touched the hand-​breaded shrimp and packed most of it to go. I would certainly come back for the jumbo coconut shrimp, since that is one of the 7 options for the entrée. Even though not everything was fantastic, this $ 18 four course seafood feast undoubtedly has great value!