Rachel B.
Yelp
Wow. Flat out - the other reviews were right! Quite possibly the worst Red Robin I've been to. Maybe even one of the worst restaurants I've been to, as well.
For starters, let's agree most adults go here for the kids. Am I right? Kids love this place. Well, even ours were disappointed.
4 kids, 3 adults visit for dinner. Walk in, no one else is in the lobby, we see empty (albeit dirty tables everywhere), and are quoted 20 minutes. (Rudely, I might add. 2 people and it took some back and forth from them to come to this 20
Minute guesstimation). Anyway, it took closer to 6 minutes for our table. A smaller group came in after us and did get a table quickly.
Our server brusquely introduced herself and I kid you not, robotically took orders. No inflection. No banter. It was "You?" "Thank you." "You?@ "Thank you."
So we wait. Too long. We hear servers and cooks yelling at each other. Apparently, according to one server, you practically have to kill someone to get garlic fries in the window. Pretty sure I hear an f-bomb, as well, which is always awesome in a family restaurant with an open kitchen.
Then the orders come out. Well, kinda. Kids meal with a wrong side item, adult meal with the wrong side item, side of ranch missing, my meal COMPLETELY MISSING. Had to remind the server what it was. Pretty sure it was never entered, as I then had to wait another 10 minutes for the Southern Charm burger and cole slaw. (Which, not so charming after all. Although cooked to temp, it was oozing in too much bbq sauce and the toppings weren't even crunchy at that point. So much sauce, even the presentation was lacking and t came out with sauce on the top of the bun! Like someone's hand had gotten in it!) My cole slaw tasted good, but was presented oddly. It looked like it was pre-scooped into the dish and was kinda wilty and flat on top.
Also at our table was a teriyaki Chicken Sandwich, on lettuce instead of a bun, that fell apart it was so saucy.
One of the adults had a plain burger with fruit salad. It was the weirdest fruit salad ever. Missing strawberries (so not really a freckled salad after all) and oozing in juice. Soaked. Even the apples had turned a kinda pinkish juicy color.
Our server did bring more servings of bottomless fries and Mac and cheese for the kids. Of the 3 refills, one of the bowls of Mac was cold. Flat out, when the child complained and for some reason I didn't take her word for it (crazy I didn't assume t was wrong, right?), I actually stuck my finger in the bowl. Cold. Awesome. Told the server, no "I'm sorry" or "Wow, let me fix that for you." She literally looked at us and said "Ok." Trust me, we laughed about this in disbelief the minute she walked away. One of the kids also ordered a second helping of bottomless salad. Wound up getting an adult side salad with tomatoes on it. Of all places, Red Robin, who specializes in reeling in the kids, should know tomatoes is a no-no.
Soon after this, we heard another patron yelling at the manager. Something about waiting too long for a table and looking around and it was empty. Honestly, one of us should have walked over to her and told her to just go somewhere else - save her sanity and her money.
Our server did bring out complimentary birthday sundaes to all the kids as an apology. Gotta say, would have preferred a comped check instead of that.
I'm giving this location 2 Stars out of 5 simply because I reserve 1 Star for places that make me sick or have health violations. Save for the fact that there was no food poisoning involved, this would have been a 1. Seriously. That. Bad.