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| - It's been years since I've been to Red Lobster.
But with TV commercials running to advertise "Endless Shrimp" festival, as well as talk that this is the last year this is on offer, we felt a visit was in order.
We purposely went at an early hour (445pm) to avoid any waits in line (I've heard that Endless Shrimp brings in the crowds). It was explained to us that there were about 6 varieties of shrimps that you can order "endlessly": two entrees at a time:
- Grilled garlic sriracha
- hand-breaded
- parmesan peppercorn
- garlic
- shrimp alfredo
The price for Endless Shrimp is ~$23 per person.
The order came with their basket of biscuits (yum!) as well as a side. Two of us ordered roasted Brussel Sprouts (+$1.99) as our side, while another added a cup of soup (+~$3?). We ordered a variety of shrimps to share, but ultimately settled on the parmesan peppercorn and garlic shrimps as winners. I felt that the sriracha on these shrimps had a funny taste (and I put sriracha on most things that I eat), so asked for the refill to be just grilled without the extra sauce, and they were happy to comply.
Our server (Barb) was great - the minute she put our plates down, she asked if we'd like another order. The first order came with 6-7 shrimps; the "refills" were a little smaller (the shrimps were fairly tiny - small to medium in size). So the wait between refills were minimal, and she told us we were pretty lightweight when we stopped after 3 or 4 orders. She mentioned that there was a reservation for a group in the dining room that evening, with a trophy to be given out. The winner apparently doesn't pay as the others in the group foots the bill for the winner - too funny! She said they come every year, and there are folks who have 20+ orders. I think it was with that thought that we suddenly felt very full!
We asked if it was true that this is likely the last year of Endless Shrimp and she said that's what she heard too. (I'm thinking a few of these parties ordering 20+ refills per person would do Red Lobster in!) So for those of you who have nostalgia about Endless Shrimp, run to Red Lobster!!
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