Reviews Red Lobster

I love seafood but let's face it: finding good seafood in this COASTAL state is like finding a unicorn. It's always overcooked and rubbery, like eating an old tire on a bed of regret. Enter Red Lobster, the reigning champ over TIRE-inspired cuisine. But, with their recent revival of Endless Shrimp, the hubbs and I decided to give them one more chance to prove us wrong. In the past, when we've gone there to indulge in their bottomless enticement of shrimp, they were always out of most varieties. This time, however, they utterly bounced back from the 7th ring of overcooked seafood h*ll. Their lobster mashed potatoes was the stuff of dreams. Creamy and tasty, but sadly, not much lobster and the little bit it did have was chopped so small it could have been mistaken for leftover crumbles. But the sauce on the potatoes was amazing, so I looked past the lobsterless promises of lobster. We also had the seafood stuffed mushrooms. WOW!!!! If you like...no, no, if you LOVE mushrooms, you have to try them. I mean, even if you don't, you HAVE to try them. Then there was the shrimp. One of my RED LOBSTER favs has always been their coconut shrimp, so when the server told me they were out, I almost left. But, I had her ask to be sure, and after a ten minute trek to the kitchen, she told us they'd just gotten a shipment of my favorite oceanic friends. Naturally, we ordered them, along with the the dragon shrimp and the tequila lime shrimp, which left us asking if they'd forgotten to add tequila, lime and salt. The coconut shrimp and the pina colada sauce were amazing! The sauce made me a little sad that the condiment cup was so small because honestly, the sauce so good, I wanted swim in it. The dragon shrimp was outstanding, a little spicy, sweet and outrageously incredible. Of course there was their cheddar bay biscuits, which need no description, only moans of joy and pangs of carby guilt. My one complaint was that the server, though nice, was so slow in getting to us for anything that I truly felt like we was being served by a sloth, which was frustrating because it was just after 2pm, and the place was nearly empty. That said, we loved the food so we will definitely be going back to the Pines location. On another, both the sauces were so incredible that the minute I got home, I looked up copycat recipes, AND FOUND THEM!!! YAY!

My friend and I had taken my dad there to celebrate his birthday. Red Lobster is one of his favorite eatery. He ate grill salmon, lobster and shrimp platter. The atmosphere was great. The people were very attendative to all our needs. They were polite, the love was there. The food was excellent and on point.

Food and services was pretty good, I wouldn’t recommend the lobster bisque and have to say the lobster tails are smaller than they look, but the taste was really good the shrimp made it for everything, the garlic butter that came with it, is good with all the the dishes. We also enjoy the crab legs. Only for the biscuits is worth it to come, and the other sides were very good as well. So, even tho I’m not a fan of typical American chains, I consider #redlobster a very good one and I completely recommend.

Couldn't pass up the endless shrimp ... they were delicious... scampi and the linguine with shrimp were excellent ... I love the mango ice tea .. service was excellent too

Enjoyed dinner last night in Pines for a party of 10. Our waiter Jordan was very attentive and the manager Mr. Washington ensured our experience was stellar! The food was yummy and will go back again!

Jamie was our server on this evening. We had just come from a bad experience at another location. We were sat upon arrival and seen by our server within 2 minutes. We had explained to her our experience at the other location just 20 minutes before. She assured us that would not be an issue with her. Our order was taken and all deliveries of food, drinks and additional requests were met with promptness and a delighted smile. Jamie is an asset to your company.

I'm not a big fan of seafood but I do eat fried shrimp when I'm in the mood. I had the coconut shrimp and it was done really well. They were out of some of the sides I wanted so that was disappointing but the service was good and the food did taste good.