As a rule I generally try to avoid chain restaurants and I generally only frequent Red Lobster during AYCE shrimp. But one night (a Sunday night) my husband and I were out walking just looking for a place close by to eat, and we succumbed to our desire for Red Lobster (it had been a few years). It was Shrimpfest. Not AYCE but we figured this would do.
Looking in from outside (and given the time - 9:00pm) we figured there would be no problem getting a table for two. We waited about 5-10 minutes for a table, not bad for Red Lobster.
The food was as we expected it to be. We had a pleasant time here. Because we were in no rush we didn't let the exuberantly slow service bother us too much. Our waiter was VERY apologetic at the end of our meal explaining that he was given our table even though it was outside his section, which we figured, since he was rarely around for us to catch his attention when need be. He thanked us for our patience and then asked where we were from. He was shocked to learn that we were from Toronto, and then said he has never served such polite Torontonians! Compliment?! I'll take it. What does that say about Torontonians though? Are we rude? Whatever, as I said, I'll take the compliment. I just hope the next time I'm there the service is a bit faster.