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You have to eat at one of the chain restaurants what do you pick?
- Thread starter Vanillalite
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Of those in the poll I'd pick Red Robin first, then Outback.
I'm in Louisiana, nobody here is picking Red Lobster.
I'm in Louisiana, nobody here is picking Red Lobster.
I had a Fuddruckers nearby, across from a Red Robin. The Fuddruckers has closed in the last year, but the Red Robin is still there. And I'm fucking bitter that the superior burger place is gone.
I haven't had Fuddruckers in years since they closed the ones in the Denver area.
I'm good with all of those except Olive Garden. The day I step inside an Oliver Garden again is the day I put a bullet in my head.
Cheesecake. They have a stupid big menu and there's something for everybody especially if someone in your group has an allergy.
The bbq chicken salad is pretty good tbh.
The bbq chicken salad is pretty good tbh.
All the Fuddruckers in my state apparently filed for bankruptcy during COVID. Really bums me out.
close call, but i have to go with outback. the one we had close to our house got flooded a couple years back so i havent eaten there in FOREVER
Out of the list, either Outback or Cheesecake Factory, depending on what I'm looking to get. Voted Cheesecake Factory because my girlfriend likes the cheesecake, menu is alright, so I'm fine going there. Outback for an alright steak, even if it is overpriced compared to a good steakhouse and the bloomin onion. Then Red Lobster, mainly for the rolls and if they are doing an all-you-can-eat shrimp deal.
Really cant stand PF Changs, everything tastes too sweet and is pretty expensive.
Really cant stand PF Changs, everything tastes too sweet and is pretty expensive.
There's no California Pizza Kitchen, P.F. Chang's, Red Lobster. or Cheesecake Factory anywhere near here, so I have no idea what they're like. I'm just gonna go with Red Robin.
I've eaten at 6 of 7 on the list
Don't think Red Robin or CPK has ever had a Canadian location
Outback near me closed quick - Always enjoyed going when in the US
PF Changs didn't last long - Had one location in Toronto
Olive Garden closed decades ago
Red Lobster is still around but I don't eat seafood
Cheesecake Factory opened last year and has cheesecake so it wins :p
CPK was always a disaster when my family went while on vacation in Florida, way too busy
Don't think Red Robin or CPK has ever had a Canadian location
Outback near me closed quick - Always enjoyed going when in the US
PF Changs didn't last long - Had one location in Toronto
Olive Garden closed decades ago
Red Lobster is still around but I don't eat seafood
Cheesecake Factory opened last year and has cheesecake so it wins :p
CPK was always a disaster when my family went while on vacation in Florida, way too busy
Red Robin. Its fairly decent for the price.
I haven't been to Cheesecake Factory, so I don't know how that compares.
I haven't been to Cheesecake Factory, so I don't know how that compares.
The thing for me is that there's a wide range for prime rib where I can't really tell the difference in quality, and Outback's falls somewhere in there. Like, their $25 prime rib tastes as good as, say, a $60 one from Fleming's. Just make it rare and give me some au jus, and I'm solid.
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Red Robin by a mile. The last time I had Outback it was maybe the worst steak I've ever had. I'd go to Texas Roadhouse before going back there. Red Robin has a decent variety, great shakes, and it's really easy to get burgers and stuff for free for birthdays and such.
PF Chang's is just a giant ripoff. I miss when they had Pei Wei as their cheaper but generally same food other option.
But if you're in Minnesota and you want a burger at all, you go to Red Cow.
PF Chang's is just a giant ripoff. I miss when they had Pei Wei as their cheaper but generally same food other option.
But if you're in Minnesota and you want a burger at all, you go to Red Cow.
Most likely Cheesecake Factory, they have the most variety of menu, so everyone can get what they want. Plus cheese cake
special mention to red lobster and cheesy biscuits
special mention to red lobster and cheesy biscuits
Olive garden for the all you can eat pasta and breadsticks.
Last time we went the waiter sent us home with 12 breadsticks and 8 extra bowls of pasta +proteins and a salad lol
We only ate 1 1/2 bowls while there too...had some good leftovers for a while.
Last time we went the waiter sent us home with 12 breadsticks and 8 extra bowls of pasta +proteins and a salad lol
We only ate 1 1/2 bowls while there too...had some good leftovers for a while.
The only time I've ever been to a CPK I really liked it (especially the butter cake dessert), but I fucked up the take-home pizza really bad by not letting the oven get hot enough.
Cheesecake factory was my pick b/c it's so shamelessly white and bourgeois in an enjoyable way.
Red Robin is fine.
I could probably tolerate going to an olive garden.
Cheesecake factory was my pick b/c it's so shamelessly white and bourgeois in an enjoyable way.
Red Robin is fine.
I could probably tolerate going to an olive garden.
Depends upon my mood and what I want, those chains offer a wide variety of food types and I'd be compelled to go to one or the other on any given day. Right now Red Lobster calls to me for those amazing biscuits.
CPK, please.
They have a diverse amount of options on the menu, pretty much all of them are good. It's a great place.
Haven't been impressed with Cheesecake Factory's main courses.
I go there for the cheesecake!
They have a diverse amount of options on the menu, pretty much all of them are good. It's a great place.
Haven't been impressed with Cheesecake Factory's main courses.
I go there for the cheesecake!
I've been to OG, and Red Robin. I forget which chain steakhouse Outback is. Is Outback the place that has the honey butter for the rolls?
Most people who go to Cheesecake Factory don't actually get the cheesecake.
Also, I have been to two CPK's in my life. Two different locations. About 5 years apart. Both times there was a bug in the pizza. Yep. No thanks.
Red Lobster for their biscuits and then Cheesecake Factory would be my second because they have mostly better food and tons of cheesecake.
Olive Garden - Haven't eaten there in 19 years. I got nothing besides salad and breadsticks.
Outback - Childhood staple, have gone there a few times in the past couple of years with friends and family. Love their Caesar salad (their dressing and croutons are the bomb) and, of course, the Bloomin' Onion. Quality hasn't really changed much overtime.
Red Lobster - I've only gone there once or twice, though I've enjoyed the take-home mix of their Cheddar Bay Biscuits on more than one occasion. Sad, since they're really the only thing worth getting there.
Cheesecake Factory - Gone here more than Red Lobster, less than Outback. Expensive (and most often, crowded) as hell, but I haven't yet had a meal there that I didn't like.
PF Chang's - There was a point where I really liked this chain; then they must have switched suppliers or something because all their food got really subpar in terms of both portion size and overall quality. There's better (and cheaper) Chinese-American places in my area.
California Pizza Kitchen - Really love their frozen pizzas, but I haven't stepped foot within one in at least a decade.
Red Robin - My feelings on this chain are the inverse of PF Chang's; they were pretty mediocre when I was a kid, but in the last few years they completely reinvented themselves, improving the quality of their food in a major way. Recently, they've taken off an item or two that I really enjoyed (Marco Pollo ;_; ), but overall, Red Robin is still the best burger chain around for its price point.
Of the seven, I'd go with Outback just due to the uniqueness of some of their offerings, and how well they've held up over the years. Red Robin comes in at a close second.
Outback - Childhood staple, have gone there a few times in the past couple of years with friends and family. Love their Caesar salad (their dressing and croutons are the bomb) and, of course, the Bloomin' Onion. Quality hasn't really changed much overtime.
Red Lobster - I've only gone there once or twice, though I've enjoyed the take-home mix of their Cheddar Bay Biscuits on more than one occasion. Sad, since they're really the only thing worth getting there.
Cheesecake Factory - Gone here more than Red Lobster, less than Outback. Expensive (and most often, crowded) as hell, but I haven't yet had a meal there that I didn't like.
PF Chang's - There was a point where I really liked this chain; then they must have switched suppliers or something because all their food got really subpar in terms of both portion size and overall quality. There's better (and cheaper) Chinese-American places in my area.
California Pizza Kitchen - Really love their frozen pizzas, but I haven't stepped foot within one in at least a decade.
Red Robin - My feelings on this chain are the inverse of PF Chang's; they were pretty mediocre when I was a kid, but in the last few years they completely reinvented themselves, improving the quality of their food in a major way. Recently, they've taken off an item or two that I really enjoyed (Marco Pollo ;_; ), but overall, Red Robin is still the best burger chain around for its price point.
Of the seven, I'd go with Outback just due to the uniqueness of some of their offerings, and how well they've held up over the years. Red Robin comes in at a close second.
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I've never been to Cheescake Factory, but if we take price, shame, and judgement out of the equation, that would be my choice. I would just buy a whole cheesecake and dig in at the table.
Probably Outback. Only time I went to Cheescake Factory and got a steak I thought it was ok I guess. Outback is only like 5 mins away though.
Baby Back ribs are my goto at Outback, love those.
Baby Back ribs are my goto at Outback, love those.
I voted Cheesecake Factory only because Olive Garden got rid of their braised beef bolognese which was literally the only thing on the menu I'd eat since my wife fucking loves the OG when we have 3 solid italian restaurants in town that are comparably priced.