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| Jeff | Sep 30 2009, 08:17 PM |
Lord of Pie & BBWs
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The irony astounds me. One day, I get a request to review TGI Fridays. Guess where I went to dinner tonight - without ever having said a thing? Today's restaurant: TGI Fridays We ended up going at a late, busy hour. However, we were seated after a moment or two and had our drink orders taken in a pretty short time, so it was a surprisingly good start. I'll go ahead and say here what put me in a bad mood was a nearby table full of drunkards who were loud, obnoxious and wouldn't shut the hell up and leave. But I can't fault the restaurant on this count, except that the manager should have gone to say something to them. Anyways, the waiter wasn't exactly quick. We had to wait for drink refills multiple times while I watched him wait on neighboring tables, almost as if he was deliberately skipping over mine. Say what you will, I sensed douchebaggery afoot. I also will take this moment to say that my Dr. Pepper seemed somewhat watered down. Didn't stop me from drinking it, but it still would've been preferable right from the can by comparison. We got our food in reasonable time, and he had the orders perfect in spite of not writing them down, so I couldn't complain. I had a large lunch, so I tried one of their sandwiches and sampled from my parents' plates (this being the first time I've openly admittedly to reviewing restaurants to them. Not that I have a reason to hide it, it just never comes up in conversation, usually.) My sandwich was really good though I found the fries to be rather mediocre. My mother ordered a ribs/shrimp platter which was not only huge but quite good and my father tried one of the burgers which I opted to pass on since he drowned the poor thing in ketchup. So, the food was good, however, the service at this point took a hit for the worse when the waiter became even SLOWER and the drunks got even LOUDER, which pretty much shot any chance of trying dessert during this sitting. Eventually, after my dad had to hunt down and drag over the guy just to get the check, we bolted to get away from the raving morons a few tables away. With the exception of the service, the biggest complaints I could issue really weren't the restaurant's fault, per se, but, again, my complaints could easily have been addressed some time in the duration of our visit. We were there for an hour and twenty minutes - which is TOO FUCKING LONG - courtesy of slow service at first and terrible service later on, and never once did I even so much as see a manager on-duty. All-in-all, the pricing is reasonable and the food ranged from decent to good, but all I can say is if you're going to go to TGI Fridays, don't go during happy hour and you're set for a pretty good experience. |
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