My second trip to Red Lobster happened about 2 weeks ago but it's just been crazy past 2 weeks. To be honest I wasn't even going to blog about this place but I found 3 decent photos on my phone so I thought I might as well share these.
My first trip to Red Lobster was about 4 years ago in New York. This much hyped up (in Vancouver cause we don't have Red Lobster there) franchise restaurant pretty much disappointed me with pricey yet big portions of bad quality seafood. Price-wise, I believe it was almost 30-40% more expensive compared to regular Red Lobster cause it was located in Time Square (tourist trap, duh). The food was mediocre and it's their fault they make their advertisements look so good :P
However, I gave it another try with my family in Toronto and I am glad I did. Whenever you order a main dish, it comes with a salad and some biscuits to start off. You get a choice between caesar and garden salad, and the biscuits are re-fillable. Caesar salad was well done but the biscuits were a bit salty.
For the main dish, I had the Shrimp trio (deep fried shrimp, butter shrimp and shrimp fettuccini) that came with baked potato (there is an option of baked/mashed/scalloped/etc). It is def big in portion and I would recommend getting 3 main dishes for 4 people. Deep fried shrimps were a bit on the dry side but it went well with the cocktail sauce that came with it. Butter shrimps were my favorite but the shrimps were kind of on the small side- and the shrimp fettuccini was decent.
I would def go back and try one of their famous lobster dishes if I had the chance.