Red Lobster

I mean when your kids want to take you to enjoy seafood for your birthday... You can't say no. This place is quite a commute for my family, but it was 100% worth it! We arrived just before 8, but the staff gladly found us a seat. Our waiter was a wonderful young man that knew the menu spot on. Considerate, and patient. He was able to get us all what we ordered quickly, but let us take our time to enjoy our meal. It was a blast.

The waiter was very friendly and knowledgeable of the menu and was able to make recommendations for us. The price was on the high side for the quality of the food. I wasn't very impressed with what I ordered (fish, popcorn shrimp, and regular shrimp) the fish was boring and the popcorn shrimp were the equivalent of Walmart deli. The overall atmosphere felt dated. I wouldn't recommend eating here unless you're going with the group and maybe can order a platter. Olive garden remains our SF favorite.

I had never been to Red Lobster before but I wanted to take my nephew for his birthday to have fresh lobster. They were out of live lobsters when we got there, but decided to overlook that and just get the lobster tails; they were very small tails and my nephew's was hard and burnt in a few spots. We ordered two appetizers, but the seafood spinach dip came practically with our food, loterally a minute before our entrees arrived and it did not get eaten because the flavor was off. Needless to say, we weren't overly impressed with our overall experience. However the biscuits and calamari were exceptional and almost made up for the other disappointments. I would say the value and quality was not on target. Not sure that I'll return again.

I really wish we had some other options for seafood in this town. This was the second try I've given red lobster in about 90 days or so. The first time was pretty much a disappointment. Under cooked scallops, over cooked salmon and mediocre service. But it was halfway busy right before Christmas and I thought maybe it was just a fluke. On Tuesday I gave them another chance. It was completely dead. I think I only saw 2 or 3 other customers in there. We ordered the "date night" dinner for 2. Steak, lobster and shrimp and some sides. The steaks were ordered medium rare. But when they arrived were very clearly medium well or maybe even past that. The grilled shrimp were over cooked and dry to the point that the tails has started to burn. The lobster was relatively fine considering what happened to the other entree's. I'm having a hard time thinking of a reason to ever come back.

My sweetie and I love a ways from here so we don't make it to Sioux falls often. We try to eat here at least 2 times a yr. I can HONESTLY say that we have NEVER left here feeling dissatisfied or disappointed. We generally go for a late lunch and I can't remember the waiter's name, which is horrible!, but we actually have had him take care of us at least the last 3 times we dined. Anyways the waiter was/is a DAMN GOOD server! I highly recommend a lunch visit to anyone reading this! 👍😃