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| - The three star consensus seems about right, but there are some positives to note.
The petting zoo! At least that's what we'll call it. Don't be shy. Ask the receptionist if your little ones can touch one of the lobsters in the tank in the waiting area. On our way in, a bold young woman pulled out the largest lobster in the tank and held it for us. On our way out, a less bold young woman placed the smallest lobster in the tank on a tray. Fun either way. We decided to leave a discussion of the fate of these lobsters for another day.
The kids menu. Most items are about six bucks, including a drink and your choice of broccoli or orange slices. Drop ten bucks on snow crab for your little tyke if you must.
Birthday songs. Servers will sing for your birthday. Not the most inspired happy birthday renditions ever heard, but there were three birthdays being celebrated this night, so it must be enough to keep people coming back. Note, however, there are no free birthday treats. You must buy a dessert to hold the candle. We opted to share a Chocolate Lava Cookie (about seven bucks), but you can go with a $1.99 kids sundae if the celebration is for a young one.
The bread. The warm cheesy bread is awesome. And replenished without apparent limit.
The rest of the food? Everything we ordered was fine, from $20 samplers to the $6 kids meals. The adult entrees were not all that expensive, but seemed kind of pricey for what they were. Mostly a lot of bland fried food. Perhaps just mistakes ordering. Service was friendly, but very slow this night. Felt we could have gone to Pete's Fish & Chips and seen a movie with the time and the money saved. The atmosphere, however, would not have been nearly as nice as Red Lobster for the six year old birthday girl who was craving shrimp (and who loves the petting zoo).
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