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3/21/2013 6:00:05 PM

Don't tip when you go to Red Lobster

3/21/2013 6:01:17 PM

Mmmm, fast-casual seafood.

3/21/2013 6:02:45 PM

i don't think whether or not a tip is expected has ever once influenced my choice of dining establishment

3/21/2013 6:05:08 PM

like the people who go to Red Lobster tip anyway...

3/21/2013 6:07:55 PM

how many free biscuits can you get to go?

3/21/2013 6:12:46 PM

3/21/2013 6:12:49 PM

I haven't been to a Golden Corral in at least 10 years, but do they still expect you to tip there? For setting a basket of bread on your table and filing up your drink at a drink station you walk by to get to the buffet?

3/21/2013 6:16:11 PM

Red Lobster is the bomb, and we all know it. I go at least twice a year and never regret it.

I'm looking forward to trying out the new concept cause it looks good:

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"The menus differ from that of Red Lobster's main restaurant, with entrees ranging in price from $6.99 to $8.99 and including dishes such as a shrimp salad sandwich and a lobster grilled-cheese sandwich. One way the chain is cutting costs, though, is that diners get only one Cheddar Bay biscuit each instead of a basket of them, the newspaper says. "

Next time I'm on the road and don't feel like Cracker Barrel, I will be enjoying the lobster grilled-cheese sandwich.

Now...can we start calling it The Lob?

3/21/2013 7:04:38 PM

^^^^You only get one Cheddar Bay biscuit per diner at the Express locations (currently both are in the Orlando area), and the menus are a bit different too.

[Edited on March 21, 2013 at 7:07 PM. Reason : ^BridgetSPK wins this thread.

3/21/2013 7:06:38 PM

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"Red Lobster calls the new service "Seaside Express" and is testing it in two locations near Orlando, Fla., from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily."

I wonder if/when they'll decide to expand it beyond 2 locations in Orlando for 4 hours a day?

3/21/2013 7:06:41 PM

One does not simply eat only

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"one Cheddar Bay biscuit"

3/21/2013 7:08:59 PM

^

3/21/2013 7:13:17 PM

ooooh awesome! let me go ahead and continue not eating there.

3/21/2013 10:38:26 PM

I only go when they have the endless shrimp.

I loves me some skrimps

3/21/2013 10:41:55 PM

My most recent red lobster venture was going there with 3 very large suitemates and maybe one other normal dude, and we abused the hell out of the free delicious bread they give out. Something like 14 rolls per person, I can't remember.

It was brutal.

[Edited on March 21, 2013 at 10:46 PM. Reason : Yeah, cheddar biscuits ]

3/21/2013 10:45:32 PM

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"i don't think whether or not a tip is expected has ever once influenced my choice of dining establishment"

This.

Also, I don't think I've ever been to a Red Lobster.

3/21/2013 11:50:31 PM

more like

don't put the tip in

amirite folks

3/22/2013 1:06:48 AM

UJustWait won the thread

3/22/2013 2:53:14 AM

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"like the people who go to Red Lobster tip anyway... "

those crazy canadians

3/22/2013 6:23:36 AM

It's more or less Red Lobster's way to compete during the lunch hour. Less and less people are willing to sit down for a meal and even then over the years, I've never seen lunch hour ever busy at a Red Lobster or Olive Garden; they've always been a dinner establishment.

Although, I do think of tipping cost when I decide to eat out, but that's usually already tabulated into the cost of the meal already. I also tip very well because serving is a crappy job (most of the time) and I rarely eat out so the cost doesn't really impact me that much.


If I had to choose between Red Lobster and Panera Bread, I'd go to Kroger, buy the ingredients and fucking make shit myself for 1/3 of the cost.

3/22/2013 8:56:38 AM

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"If I had to choose between Red Lobster and Panera Bread, I'd go to Kroger, buy the ingredients and fucking make shit myself for 1/3 of the cost."

During your lunch break?

3/22/2013 9:27:59 AM

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"those crazy canadians"

3/22/2013 9:34:10 AM

I was seeing a girl who bartended there a few years back. She'd make booty calls and bring cheese biscuits. More than made up for her personality.

For a time.

3/22/2013 11:32:30 AM

yeah, while absolutely scrumptious, cheddar bay biscuits will tire faster than a terrible personality

3/22/2013 11:34:32 AM

They are going to water down the brand by doing this inside of existing red lobsters.

Why not launch a new concept that could fit in a smaller restaurant (say the size of a Moes or chipotle)

3/22/2013 1:00:24 PM

nice concept

3/22/2013 1:02:18 PM

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"My most recent red lobster venture was going there with 3 very large suitemates and maybe one other normal dude, and we abused the hell out of the free delicious bread they give out. Something like 14 rolls per person, I can't remember. It was brutal. [Edited on March 21, 2013 at 10:46 PM. Reason : Yeah, cheddar biscuits ]"

Good times, man. Good times. Why did we end up going there in the first place? Did one of their girlfriends work there? Davey's gf (now wife)?

There was much

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"CHEDDAR BISCUIT DESTRUCTION"

3/22/2013 1:04:25 PM

this is bullshit unless you can order a whole basket of the buiscuits

3/22/2013 1:06:29 PM