For the record, I am a seafood snob. I was lucky enough to grow up on the coast and spent most of my life eating "caught today" seafood. I have been here for the last 9 years and accept that what I get here is not the same as what I get there. That being said, I still don't get why people think that Red Lobster is GREAT seafood.
The first thing to the table is always the biscuits and they are the best part of the meal. I usually choose some kind of combination meal but it depends on what the promotion is at any given time. Tonight I had a Lobster-Fest meal with rock lobster, maritime lobster and shrimp with lobster pasta. The pasta was ok and maritime tail was ok. The best part (besides the bread) was the split rock lobster tail. It was cooked well and worked with the drawn butter dip.
The prices seem to have gone up over the last few years and the quality has gone down or stayed the same. The food is edible but generally lacks the deliciousness required for us to wait in line for 50 minutes for a table.
I know that I will go again as my father-in-law likes to go there when he visits, but it's not going to be a place I choose when it's my turn decide where we should go.