Ruby Tuesday

I received a coupon to celebrate my birthday for a free burger up to $ 9. Sure why not my husband said. Off we went to the mall to receive my «free» burger. They’re also running a salad/​lunch combo for $ 10.
Looked at their selection and figured what’s healthy and still delicious for me. I ordered a grilled chicken with bacon and avocado with applewood bacon. No bun but I’d like a lettuce wrap please. A what?! Oh never mind. Grrrrr. I’ll just have extra lettuce on the side. My husband ordered a flat bread BBQ chicken with a salad combo.
Let’s just say when his meal came out, it literally looked like an appetizer portion. Thank goodness for the salad right? Nope. They’re scaling back on beans, no cottage cheese, no beets, some of the mayo salads too. Wow, perhaps it’s because it’s lunch time? Any ways, husband was still hungry after he finished his lunch. I gave him my two slices of bacon and some of my chicken with avocado on top. Also gave him half my spaghetti squash. We are home now as he’s eating a turkey on rye bread sandwich. In other words, eat before going there for lunch.
Last time there. No thanks.

After our trip to Six-​Flags we were in disparate need of non-​ridiculously priced food.
We arrived at about 10:15 and where the last 2 customer to be served. What I really appreciated was our server Lindsay. Even though she was a short time away from being off work she gave us great service and was not annoyed by our presence. She was attentive while also helping to do her closing duties.
I had a turkey burger which was nice and juicy. My guest had steak with mac and cheese. Though the steak was not cooked to her liking she did enjoy the mac & cheese

I have never been the biggest fan of the food at Ruby Tuesday. I am a pescatarian, but I try to stick as closely as possible to a vegetarian diet and there aren’t many options on their menu. However, I ate there out of convenience on Sunday and was so pleasantly surprised at how nice the experience was. Our server was friendly and considerate. He made sure that we always had anything we needed and was genuinely kind. I would eat there again simply for the service, even if the food wasn’t phenomenal.

Good was good. Service very mediocre. Had the chicken tacos. Very good and the salad bar is always good. Service was not great. Doubt if I’ll be back anytime soon.

OH! This place is absolutely horrible. I NEVER write bad reviews because I get it people have a bad day, things happen and I am a complete believer in Karma. BUT,. my boyfriend and I came here on a Sunday night before catching a movie that was showing at 9:30. We got to the restaurant at 7:45. We figured hey let drink eat hang out enjoy dinner then get to the movies at 9. It said at the door at Ruby Tuesdays that the last table they sit is at 8:00. I even asked the hostess when we came if it would be problem if we sat because we have a movie and don’t want to be rushed. She said nope and even sat two tables after us. ANYWAY. The waitress came off took our drink order. Drinks came within like 2 minutes. After that she took out food order and the food came in literally within five minutes. I had a great view of the kitchen where the cooks were all arguing. My boyfriend got a burger with mashed potatoes and I got the shrimp trio. As soon as it came out I was worried. I tried one of each shrimp the bbq shrimp was latterly just shrimp with bbq sauce on top. it was DISGUSTING. the coconut shrimp was soggy. I ate my French fries which had seasoning on them. I believe they were supposed to be crab bay. After that the cook from the kitchen came out and actually told us that the cooks were getting lazy because they are closing soon so they only gave my bf one scoop of mash potatoes. So the cook brought him out another plate. How the hell do you admit that we are being rushed. I tried to get a another drink and I was told the bar was closed for the night. Then the waitress dropped off our check. All I ate was the French fries and I tried one piece of shrimp. We were back out to our car by 8:15!!! The movie started at 9:30! So instead of sitting in the parking lot we just went home. So much for dinner and a movie. The Staff, The Food, The Environment HORRIBLE. Which brings me to the cleanliness. We both got food poisoning that night into the next day. I was sick for about a day since I did not eat that much. Since my bf ate some of my shrimp and his rushed burger he was sick for about 3 days (constantly in the bathroom) if you know what I mean. DO NOT grab a bite here spend the extra ten bucks and go to PF Chang’s where they have class and food standards. Ruined our whole date night and appetite for the following week. HORRIBLE!!!

Love love love this location!!! Some RT’s dont meet the professional, food quality this one has but if your at the mall please stop in! Good food and great salad bar!

Ok, let me start by saying I’ve been here several times before. However, this was my worst visit yet.
We went in a little after 5pm for an early dinner. We were seated right away. The place was just getting a little busy by then. The waitress promptly took our orders and brought our drinks to the table. It was about a 7 minute wait for the appetizer to arrive & about a 12 minute wait for the main course. The waitress forgot to bring plates for the appetizers. We just ate them on the one napkin they gave us (more about the napkins later).
I ordered a raspberry Iced-​tea which was way too sweet so I exchanged it for a diet coke instead (only the waitress kept the more costly raspberry Iced tea on my bill). To eat I ordered the spicy Jalapeño pretzel burger with sweet potato fries (sweet potato fries cost $ 1 extra). The burger was light on the spicy (actually it wasn’t spicy at all) and heavy on the salt! They should change the name of the burger to the non-​spicy very salty pretzel non juicy burger (yes, it was also very dry)! To top it off, the entrée was kind of small. I could’ve got a better tasting burger and a better bang for my buck at Wendy’s!
Not only was the food a disappointment, but after our entrees were brought out the waitress pulled a disappearing act on us! I asked her to bring more napkins and I never saw her again until we were ready for the check! Not to worry though, I left her an appropriate «bad» tip to match the bad service we received!
Lastly, The ambiance is a tad too dark!

If I’m hungry and I’m at the mall, it’s either RT or Nordstrom’s Café. I love their salad bar and their changing menu.

Great food, good pricing, NEVER a wait like the other places! That’s a bad thing for most places, but here, NO! Nice staff.

Salad from salad bar smells like mildew. When we told server, she said a manager would look in to it. Offered another side. That was it. Sucked. e

We went here for dinner around 8 pm and were seated immediately. But, we had to wait 10 mins for our waitress, Michelle, to show up. This was unusual because the place was not packed. I was going to give it another 5 minutes and get up and leave when she showed up. My daughter and I shared the shrimp fondue and buffalo chicken sliders. Hubby ordered the French Quarter Gumbo. His gumbo was good and spicy. The shrimp fondue was ok. The buffalo chicken sliders were pretty good but the fries on the side was cold. After placing our orders, we went to the salad bar. That was very disappointing. None of the food was replenished. Everything at the salad bar was practically drained. I don’t know why they didn’t replenish. Maybe they were getting ready to close for the evening? They shouldn’t be because it was only 8 pm on a Thursday night. Service was not even there. Michelle only showed up to take our order. Daughter ordered the strawberry lemonade and I ordered the Peach Splash. Hubs ordered a glass of water. They brought the lemonade and the splash but never brought the water. That took about 20 mins before we were able to flag Michelle down. Her bullshit reason was that she had the glass of water ready and waiting for the bartender to bring our drinks over. Haven’t been here for a while. Always wanted to come back here. Not likely to return unless I am desperate for food!

Salad bar was just okay, seems like a chain restaurant that if you have to stop in, try to stick with the safe stuff like Chicken Strips and French Fries. Nothing green or gourmet is recommended.

I actually like this Ruby Tuesday a lot. If you go to this mall almost all of the other eateries are filled with long waits and for some reason you can almost always walk right into this place usually a bad thing but here not so much. They have redone the place a few times and it’s pretty nice inside. Always pretty clean.
This place also has a full bar that is small but they honestly have the best beer selection in the whole mall as far as I know. They might even have the best beer selection in the whole area outside of the mall as well. I have to admit too this is one of the few places that I will get the same thing a lot of the time. I really like the Boston Blue Burger which has onion rings with bbq sauce as well as blue cheese crumbles on top of a burger and comes with your choice of two sides off the menu. I’ve had other food before which is good but I always just like to get this burger here since it’s pretty good. The service here is also usually really good too so no complaints there.
I would have given this place a five but there are two things that just irk me about Ruby Tuesday. For one I always get fries as one of my sides. For some reason this place just gives you a little tiny side of ketchup. If you ask for more they will bring you just one more. I use a lot of ketchup and this place is really cheap with it they will not give you a bottle of the stuff. The other thing is that you can’t get your burger medium rare. I think this place doesn’t have a terrible burger for a food chain and it would be nice if you could get it cooked how you want.
Overall when PF Chang and Cheesecake Factory tell you that they have a two hour wait this place is more than worth it to stop in and get something to eat.

The salmon was tasty and seasoned in a way I enjoyed. The rice pilaf was so-​so and a bit of a chore to eat. The broccoli was adequate.
What I liked about this place is there was no wait. Last Friday when I was there the nearby Cheesecake Factory had a 55 to 70 minute wait. It was a similar situation at PF Changs, even though it was like 8:30pm. Since I hate to wait, those two places were not an option.
My dinner companion was not impressed that we were eating at Ruby Tuesdays, but I said let’s give it a try — you might be surprised.
Hmm… Well, we were given menus that had outlived their lifespan by a few months. These were beat-​up menus. This was not helpful in raising my companion’s expectations.
The booth seats were worn and tired… Reminded me of being on a no-​frills bus seat. But everything else was really fine. The atmosphere was comfortable. It was much, much quieter than those other two restaurants, which enabled better conversation with my guest, and in the end we left satisfied. My guest liked her dish and the tiramisu. I think in that area, this was the best place we could have eaten, because it was quiet compared to the other nearby choices.
Would I go back? Hmm… Yes, but not with her.

Chains aint my thing, but Ruby Tuesday’s was OK. The salad bar has drastically improved and I like it now. The free biscuits were good. My main course was OK as well. My wife’s fish was mad salty but i finished it for her.

Great tasting food, buy the only thing that kind of ticked me off is the amount of food your given for the price. The first time I ate here, I noticed the size was small. I just thought that it was just the dish i ordered, but after eating here a couple of times, I realized that the serving are small. This place has a good taste here, but the portions are too small for me. The last time i ate here at Ruby Tuesdays, I ordered the crab cakes because the description said «jumbo crab cake patty». When I actually got my order, the crab cake was smaller than a Burger King beef patty. The crab cake came with broccoli and cheese. The whole dish was tasty, but my problem was with the size and the price you paid for it.

Stopped in Tuesday night, 12/​22, with Melissa Leigh, Joey, Emily and Keith. This RT is at the Raceway Mall and we needed a break from our Christmas shopping, some chow and cocktails.
We had two apps: Spicy Beef Queso and a Wing Sampler. Both were really tasty and plentiful, we were all feeling full before our main dishes arrived.
I was drinking Sam Adams Seasonal draft and as usual that was a tasty brew.
The food here is always excellent, I had a great Bacon Cheese Burger made with prime beef, really a steak burger, and it was cooked medium, just as I asked. Now that is a tasty burger!
Went back on weds. 12/​23, with Debbi Faye, it’s the only place at the mall to get an adult beverage. I had a Ruby Relaxer that did just that and Debbi Faye stuck with one of her «usuals», a White Russian. I had a steak that was once again cooked to perfection with a baked potato. I traded my broccoli and onion rings to Debbi for her rice. She had a Salmon dish that she really enjoyed, and I tried a little bite but Salmon is not one of my favorites.
I know it’s a chain and that’s a turnoff for some, but this RT is well run, with consistently excellent food. I’ve sat at the bar a few times as well and the barkeeps are always nice and attentive, it’s a small bar but that gives it a local kind of flavor even though it’s a chain at the mall.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

I like the new Ruby’s, they’ve sucked me in. My favorite things? The homemade (in the restaurant?) avocado ranch dressing in their salad bar — oh yum! And, the bacon avocado turkey burger. Ruby’s has the tastiest turkey burgers I’ve ever had. I’ve ordered the same thing the last 3 times I’ve been there.

(**Note: I just noticed that this review is my 50^th for Unilocal — sort of milestone, don’t you think? I really should’ve have reviewed something a wee bit better than a Ruby Tuesday for my 50^th… oh well… Live and learn…**)
This is the only Ruby Tuesday Restaurant anywhere that I truly enjoy. What sets it apart? Well…
— The Food — For some reason (the cooks, the manager, the distributor… I dunno…) the food here tastes better and is presented better than any other Ruby Tuesday that I’ve ever been to.
— The Service — Ok. The Ruby Tuesday Restaurant at Freehold Mall is always crowded. So, my wife and I sit at the bar. The service there is, nine times out of ten, excellent. Good on them! Because the service we’ve received at other restaurants in this chain has been awful.
— The Bar — This is the only Ruby Tuesday that I’ve been to that actually offers all of the different beers that I like on tap.
So, it’s a Ruby Tuesday. You more or less know what you’re going to get. And, here at Freehold Mall, it’s usually pretty good.

Yeah yeah, I know.
Still, I like Ruby. Their burgers are pretty damn tasty. And the salad bar is a great add-​on for only $ 2.95 more. Sure, it can be noisy at times, and the service isn’t always up to par. But hey, the food makes up for it. I usually walk out of there happy… most of the times.