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| - My husband and I went to Red Lobster to try the endless shrimp promotion they were having. We made a huge mistake...
To be clear- this review has absolutely nothing to do with the staff- they were all very courteous and nice. This review strictly has to do with the "Endless Shrimp" experience.
There were only 5 or 6 kinds of shrimp available at this location for the endless shrimp deal. The pineapple habanero, fettuccine linguine shrimp, and coconut shrimp bites were the tiny kinds of shrimp used in shrimp salads- about the size of a quarter each, HUGELY disappointing...the fried shrimp, teriyaki shrimp, and the shrimp scampi were the only items that used shrimp that came close to the size of actual shrimp and not plankton or shrimp larvae, which is what the other items seemed like.
The truly maddening part of this experience is not Red Lobster's attempts to fill you up with biscuits, salad, cole slaw, etc...that's to be expected and that's up to each diner, whether they choose to fill up on other things. Can't blame RL for that. What I did not appreciate was that they do not let you put in more than 2 orders at a time, and they make sure to make you wait about 15 mins or so in between each order of shrimp just for added assurance that you'll fill up sooner, and on less shrimp...again, not our server's fault, I know it's just what they tell her to do. We ended up eating 191 shrimp between the two of us, as we felt compelled to get our money's worth given RL's shamelessly overt attempts to cut corners on this offer. There will not be a second time for endless shrimp for us, for how much they charge and how they limit your orders, it's totally not worth it. Most of the night was spent waiting for the next round of shrimp, as we crushed each order in about 45 seconds, and then spent the next 15 minutes waiting for more food...
The last thing that was irritating was the "suggested tip" calculations, where it includes the tax for the tip. Not many people understand the rigors of the job that these servers go through, as my husband and I have both worked in similar capacities. But consumers are the ones paying the tax- we shouldn't have to tip on the taxes well...
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