A restaurant review.

We'll be moving in about a month, I figure that a new town means a new start.  One of these new starts will be more writing.  I'm going to try writing for a local newspaper and what's my background?  I'm going to try and write restaurant reviews.

As my faithful reader(s) know, I went out to eat with part of my family on Sunday.  We went to the Red Lobster in Burleson.  I didn't think about writing this review until about two hours ago so I didn't take notes about what everyone had or the menu except my normal Food and Beverage interest.

We went to Red Lobster because they were close and three of the five people love to eat shrimp.  Two of my kids wanted the Popcorn Shrimp ($5.50) one with broccoli one with oranges.  The third isn't to the point of really ordering her meal so I ordered the Garlic Grilled Shrimp ($5.50) with green beans for her.  All three kids meals were a good size, I think that if my kids didn't like shrimp so much they wouldn't have finished it all.  In the menu it said oranges, I mistakenly assumed it meant "mandarin" oranges, half an orange cut into three wedges was the reality.  The only thing I didn't like about the kids part of the meal was the waitress automatically assumed I wanted fries for the kids.  Nope.

My sister had the Sailor's Platter ($9.90), a selection of fried shrimp, shrimp scampi, broiled fish and a side.  Again, big portions, big enough to share with the kids if needed, you could probably order it for two kids and split it between them.  She had no complaints with the flavor, presentation, and selection.

My brother had the Garlic Shrimp Scampi with green beans.  It was served with a cocktail sauce which my brother ignored because that would have slowed him down from eating shrimp.  That should tell you what he thought of the shrimp.

I ordered the Grilled Southwest Chicken Sandwich with fries, tasted good, I would have preferred it with a little more kick but my tastes are not the standards of the nation.  The chain must go with the tastes of the nation so I understand.  I wanted something basic and it was perfect for that.

We didn't order an appetizer, apps can be problematic when you have kids, too much of an app and they don't eat the meal.  Plus, my children love breads and we were served a couple of baskets of Cheddar Bar Biscuits.  One kid loved them so much that she wouldn't stop talking about them.

The service was...decent.  We had a short wait at the door for a table but it was Sunday on Father's Day at 1ish, the wait was about 15 minutes not the 45 or so I was expecting.  The waitress was very nice, I already mentioned the fries faux pas, she delivered the meals to the wrong people at our table and tried to give me my brother's salad but those were the only technical mistakes she did.  She kept our glasses full without being reminded.  She brought us to-go boxes quickly when we asked for them.  She brought us a bag of biscuits wrapped up to go because she knew my children loved them.  One child needed to go to the restroom and since it was in line of sight I let her go.  My children said that the waitress saw them in the restroom and held them up so they could wash their hands.

Would we go back?  Yepper.  The waitress made a few simple mistakes but they were noticed and fixed quickly.  Why do you go to a restaurant?  The food.  The food was good and the waitress was friendly enough so we will ask for her if we go back and forgive her mistakes.