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| - Wow...and I don't mean that in a good way! It's hard for me to write a review about a business like this as my experiences are typically not this bad, but here we go: My first review that is really bad. I visited this Chili's today because I had a couple of gift cards received from the holidays and lunch was still marinating at home. I previously heard that they had a menu of 550 calorie meals. I'm not really a calorie counter, but I'm definitely health conscious and I looked at what the offerings were from the website and was impressed by their 550 calorie meals. They seemed really appetizing and filling and for the most part used unprocessed, unrefined ingredients.
Well, I arrived for lunch as aforementioned and there was no greeter. Okay...that's fine. I just waited a little. It gave me time to view the interior to get a feel for it before I go any further. I didn't like the environment. It was really dark; a lot of that of course had to do with the cloudy weather we had today. This was lunch time though and I wasn't looking for any mood lighting. The next thing I didn't like was that it felt like a bar. Now I know this wasn't a fancy restaurant, but I didn't come here to be at a bar! So minutes passed and I was getting incredibly impatient because there was still no greeter to offer me a seat. Was I free to sit anywhere I want? Defintely, NO! I was about to leave, but my companion didn't want to go and walked a little further into the restaurant to look for a server. I was facing the door at this point and someone near the bar area asked if someone was helping us. Of course, NO! We were seated. I agreed with the first seat we were offered, but after sitting there for a few seconds I realized it was just too dark. I asked if it was okay to sit by the window and was allowed to sit elsewhere.
Alas, I sat down again and looked through the menu. Where is the 550 calorie meals? I don't see it on the menu or anywhere on display at the table. I looked through the menu to see if there was anything at all that I could replace that whole idea with and the answer was NO! I wonder if the 550 calorie meals were only offered for dinner. I don't know. I didn't bother to ask either so I just walked out.
I assume this Chili's isn't always a bad deal and bad expierience, but I have to rate this visit according to my experience. ONE STAR!!! Hey, Chili's at Shea, it hurts me as much as it hurts you.
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