Me & my boyfriend went to Red Lobster to eat last night (Saturday) & he ordered the all you can eat shrimp scampie. Well he is big eater when it comes to shrimp & our waitress was extremely nice. Well he was on about his 6th bowl of shrimp & as he was eating it he just so happened he turned over one of the shrimp & it was completely RAW. EWWW.....we told the waitress, the manager came over & gave us a free coupon & sum percentage off our meal. Of course she apologized. No big deal. Then in the mean time we were finishing up our Pina Coloda's & all of a sudden he thought he chipped a tooth but as he spit it out of his mouth it was pieces of glass. There was glass in his Pina Coloda! Can you believe that, needless to say I didn't finish mine either. Now we got our Pina Coloda's before we told them about the shrimp so it wasn't in retaliation. We got our meal for free, very dangerous & we should have gotten our meal for free. All in the same night! Any other horror stories out there?
2006-09-17 10:54:45 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
I stopped going to Red Lobster years ago - never got our order right ..TWICE they spilled either our food or a pitcher of water on us...and one time my friend became so ill that night after eating there I was certain it must have been the food.
I'm not fond of too many chain restaurants like that...too much going on at once...and things like a raw shrimp, spill, broken glass, etc. going on. Plus noisy and crowded, etc, etc.
We go to privately owned and operated restaurants now..like family owned places...much calmer and less busy atmosphere..and so those kind of boo-boos don't happen as often.
2006-09-17 11:01:03 · answer #1 · answered by svmainus 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh yes I have had a bad experience at Red Lobster. My friend and I were eating a plate of crab legs (they had an all you can eat special) when she looked at it and said "OMG there's a fly in that". I called the waitress over to show her, and she accused us of putting it in the food. I asked for the manager after that.... he was pretty rude, but gave us the meal free. He said "we can't make this a habit though". It's not like me and my friend look like bums either. We are both businesswomen. I will NEVER eat there again.
2006-09-17 11:10:53 · answer #2 · answered by Just Me 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a vegeatrian, and going to Red Lobster with coworkers is a horror for me every time. Is that what you are asking for? You are lucky that you got your meal free. I never do :-)
2006-09-17 11:07:11 · answer #3 · answered by Sam the Man 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hrm... it made me vomit once when I was a child.... pretty scary stuff. And recently I went and ordered the lobster bisque in a bread bowl... that was pretty scary as they doused the whole bread bowl with fake butter/oil. There was just about as much oil as soup, really. It's certainly not one of my favorite places these days. I really prefer smaller, independent restraunts that change their menu regularly.
2006-09-17 11:11:22 · answer #4 · answered by iennifer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, unfortunately, we had to leave because in the doorway people are allowed to smoke and I have severe breathing issues, so we had to go elsewhere. Did not even get to eat there.
I am sorry your experience was so bad. Hope that never happens again. Maybe it is good we did leave. :)
2006-09-17 11:04:41 · answer #5 · answered by spiritcavegrl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're allergic to seafood ... DON'T eat at Red Lobster. Even if you order chicken or something, they prep everthing on the same tables, and cook everything in the same oils, and on the same grills; so food to food transfer is very very real... This place almost killed me!!!
2006-09-18 05:58:53 · answer #6 · answered by daytonalily 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was in Harrisonburg VA....near Massanutten resort....and I ordered one of thos apple turnover thingys...and the waiter gave me two them frozen on the inside, hot on the outside....with melted ice cream. The third one he gave me was too hot to eat for at least 10 minutes. The ice cream wasn't even ice cream any more...it was just "cream".
2006-09-17 11:04:50 · answer #7 · answered by zeta121 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at Georgian red lobster the service was bad. brought us the wrong food then argued with us about it. finally got food wrong kind of steak over cooked. over charged then to top it off they put the tip in way more than was put on charge card to bring our bill up over $25 more than it should of been
2006-09-17 10:59:55 · answer #8 · answered by Irina C 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Damn.... not that bad, but the last time we were there, the deep fried shrimp was terrible. I should have complained but I didn't. Not going back anytime soon.
2006-09-17 11:24:09 · answer #9 · answered by bugear001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i never go there because i hear all the bad stories, plus i live in charleston SC and we have great individually owned seafood restaurants
2006-09-18 03:31:46 · answer #10 · answered by AFwife 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋