I may be turning into a Chili's fan. For years, I would have rated Chili's as thoroughly mediocre, with any other nearby restaurant rating higher than what it could bring. Today I had a mesquite chicken salad sans tortilla chip shreds. They kept the chips off (which was sort of surprising to me) and it was pretty good tasting.
The server offered to split the checks which is nice and the server who brought out the food brought out the checks at the same time in case we were in a hurry. My drink was kept filled without me having to ask for it and I think everyone else at the table enjoyed everything they were eating.
We did seem to have to go through a gauntlet of servers, hosts and managers lining the exit on the way out , but overall it was a good experience.