Red Lobster being cheap!!!!

[maxiesmom]

Is it really so hard to ask for more biscuts if you want them? It is much smarter to serve only a few at a time and know they are wanted then to have to throw a ton away.

I don't see how Red Lobster is being cheap in any way. They are being smart!

 

[mhsjax]

Be careful - I got flame-toasted roasted on the CB for pointing out how many calories were in something recently. People don't like to be told that some food items, while they may be tasty, are not good for them.

Oh I know, but I do have to tell you that as we were scarfing down our 4th one, she told me this. lol

 

[allison443]

Is it really so hard to ask for more biscuts if you want them? It is much smarter to serve only a few at a time and know they are wanted then to have to throw a ton away.

I don't see how Red Lobster is being cheap in any way. They are being smart!

I agree. How many biscuits do people eat with a meal anyway? I also don't get why the OP referenced the size of her relatives in her post.Was the waiter supposed to bring more automatically because of their size?

 

[ShellyLynn3630]

I just reread this post. Are you saying that the waitress should have known to bring them extra because they're heavy?

Can you imagine what would happen if servers were to start determining how many biscuits to bring out based on the customers' weight?

No, not at all. Just trying to get across just how much this family loves those
cheese biscuits. My husband instant fat, just a big man. Hes 6'1'' and is 240lbs. In the gym three times a week with his buds. But his sister is well, big.

 

[ShellyLynn3630]

I think that waste may be playing a hand in it, but I also think that the people who end up taking them home at the end of the meal may be playing a part in it as well. I usually always take home some of my meal with me, as my husband did this past week, and I suppose they did'nt want him to be able to take home a few more biscuits as well.( I did forget to mention that the waiter himself addressed the issue of only two biscuits, and told them he did'nt know what was wrong with RL.) But I am sure if they would have just ask one more time they would brought them out two more biscuits.

 

[andrews_dad]

The biscuits are not nearly as good re-warmed as they are the first time. I still always take 2-4 home with me, but they just aren't quite the same. Everyone here might be anti-RL based on the posts, but considering that you have to wait for a parking spot at my local RL and usually wait 30-45 minutes for a table, there are plenty of folks who still love it and disagree.

By the way, I went to use a $10 off $10 purchase coupon. It is for Discover Card users only. Came in the Discover statement. A few more are out there online to purchase, but they are going for $5 on Ebay right now. Sign up for the email club and you''l get $4 off 2 entrees all of the time in emails.

 

[richs52]

I worked as a server at Red Lobster for seven years. The corporate policy was always to give one biscuit per person, plus one extra. If you were getting more in that past, it is because the server was not following policy.

 

[andrews_dad]

No, not at all. Just trying to get across just how much this family loves those
cheese biscuits. My husband instant fat, just a big man. Hes 6'1'' and is 240lbs. In the gym three times a week with his buds. But his sister is well, big.

6'1 and 240 ain't small, that is for sure. I am 6'3" and 205, and I could stand to lost 5-10 pounds right now (pregnant wife = pounds on me, to!).

 

[dizneechic]

None in MA, but there's several near my MIL and she always wants to go there for the shrimp. I go but oigh! I don't like it.

Actually one is being built in MA right now. I was talking about RL with my mom a few days ago and in Millbury apparently they are building a new Walmart and a Red Lobster right next door.

 

[ShellyLynn3630]

6'1 and 240 ain't small, that is for sure. I am 6'3" and 205, and I could stand to lost 5-10 pounds right now (pregnant wife = pounds on me, to!).

Believe me, its more muscle than fat. Hes rather lean for the most part, but he is in the gym every week for vanity! And
you can see the results.

 

[2005s4]

going to red lobster was probably your first mistake

 

[ShellyLynn3630]

We'll we like RL every now and then. But we really like Texas Roadhouse even better!!!

 

[EKW]

That happened to us the last time we went...in August. We would have asked for more, but after dropping off our meals the waiter didn't come back until he was bringing the bill.

The restaurant had just opened that week, so I thought maybe it was poor training.

Whatever it was, we haven't been back since then. It makes me very uncomfortable to have to track down waiters and beg for things. If they treat us that way once, we just cross the restaurant off the list.

My family only goes out to eat once a month, so it's not like there aren't other places that we haven't gone recently.

As to the question of how many biscuits people need with their meal, don't get judgemental. One of my sons will tell you quite honestly that his favorite food is bread. We go out to eat, as I said, once a month. If the restaurant has good bread, he will order a small entree...usually off the kiddie menu...and eat bread. Before anyone gets all huffy about how we're out to do-over corporate America (like it's going to break Red Lobster to give the kid a couple biscuits...)I always offer to buy the bread (Fazolis, Olive Garden, etc.) I have, every single time, been told that the bread is truly complimentary. I still offer to pay.

If I had the option to buy more at Red Lobster, I would. But, I am not going to chase a waiter all over the restaurant to get a roll. My younger son ended up taking his cup to the bar to ask for a refill on soda because our waiter disappeared.

 

[cm8]

Speak for yourself.

I'm 5'7" & weigh 118 pounds.

, I haven't been that small in years......... But my niece is 5'9 and is only 15 and she weighs 98lbs......... I'm 5'7 and weighing in at 185.............., Must be those cheddar biscuits from RL

 

[arielsleepingbeauty]

I love bread more than anything, but I don't mind them bringing only 2 per person initially. It is perfectly understandable with all the waste that gets thrown away. You can always ask for more. Just because it is unlimited doesn't mean that you should't have to ask for more. Can you imagine all the waste if wait staff assumed you would eat more than 2 and didn't? I think it is very understandable, i don't think that it is being cheap.