I just find it hard to get my money’s worth there..
Sorry HuffPo, but that ain't true.
People can't afford to eat out anymore thanks to Obama and Obamacare.
Even the local taverns and mom-and-pop family diners are suffering.
Both OG and RL are glorified fast food purveyors.
When I worked for a telecom and had to go through both kitchens I saw enough to tell friends.Stay away
Red Lobster and Olive Garden always seem busy, and in my neck of the woods, family groups are the norm.....
Not to mention far cheaper. If we go out, it is for something we do not know how to cook ourselves.
Their food is crappy!
The reason why Red Lobster is dying is due in large part to HORRIBLE service. Last time we were there, it took over 10 minutes for a waitress to come to our table to tell us someone would later be our waitress. Another ten minutes and I asked if we could at least have menus to look at. Minutes pass and I again ask for menus and am told they are still looking for them. At that point we split, NEVER to return.
Too much salt in frozen food?
Some people who study lobsters say lobsters are as intelligent as octopuses, which I find hard to believe.
We use to love going there, but something changed (food quality), and got more expensive, so don’t go anymore.
Seems like the same is happening with Olive Garden, too.
We have this about once or twice a year, so we just look for more mom and pop type outfits; cheaper and more filling.
I have eaten out 2 times that I can recall in the last 20 years. Once was at Red Lobster for my Brother-in-Law’s retirement meal.
I ordered everything I could think of that I wanted and it was great. About 5 years ago, I was moving and had to eat lunch in town. I tried McDonald’s and it was awful. Nothing like I remember it being when I was young.
Oh yeah, the food is second rate too.
I thought posting from this publication was completely banned?
The article offers Chipotle as the new way diners dine. No thanks!! Chipotle makes everyone in our family have a sick feeling, even when eating super light.
Grilling at home is best ;)
There is a Cheddar's in my town that has an 8 ounce piece of salmon with two sides (the steamed broccoli is fabulous) for $9.99 and it is excellent.
If Red Lobster (two blocks up from Cheddar's)had equivalent entrees I'd go there, but they don't.
The fact that 99% of casino buffets feature unlimited crab and shrimp, along with a huge selection of other foods including desserts and a drink for one price isn’t mentioned for some reason. Almost everyone in North America is now within an hour of a casino.
Darden has been infected and dying since the day they joined arms with Moochelle. I know people who will never go there again because of her meddling with those restaurants.
I don’t know about the rest of the country, but here in Tucson RL’s prices are right in line with some of the best restaurants, almost the same as Cafe Poca Cosa, slightly cheaper than Kingfisher. Problem is the food at RL isn’t in that league. If you’re going to charge best restaurant in Tucson prices you need to actually be one of the best restaurants in Tucson. If they dropped their price 25 or 30% they’d be equitable.
In Huntsville, Alabama the Red Lobster and Olive Garden are always swamped with business. Prime meal time waits are routinely 45 minutes to 1 hour.
The big reason that these restaurants are suffering is the economy SUCKS! Inflation has run about 8% per year for the things I buy. I have not received anywhere near the raises to keep up with inflation the past 5 years.
I enjoy the occassional “expensive” dinner out as it gives me the rare opportunity to switch out of barnwear for a favorite dress and necklace. Sorry to say at Red Lobster last year, we were the only patrons that bothered to dress for dinner. Shorts and t-shirts seemed the trend of the day; I could just as well have come straight from the barn. I have to admit I felt a pang of resentment, maybe because the casualness of the other patrons had robbed us a bit of that specialness of ‘going out.’ I wonder if sit-down restaurants would have better success if they enforced a dress code to discern themselves from say, McDonalds.