cybercat said:I had never eaten here before, and it was pretty good. The atmosphere
is not bad for a chain--nice lighting and roomy booths!--and although
the ribeye was thin and clearly garlic salted to the gills, it tasted
good and the potato was good too--hot and velvety.
I ordered a side of portobello mushrooms and a salad (I was hungry!!)
and the server very considerately pointed out that side orders were
$2.29 and the salad bar was $2.99. I ordered that instead and found
that it was really nice--lots of fresh vegetables including big
portobellos (raw but what the hell, I like them all ways) and all the
usual things one expects on a salad bar, but very fresh and
attractively presented. Prices were average for this kind of chain.
The bar was very pretty, and though we had lunch there, I think if I
liked RT enough to wait for a table at night, I might enjoy having a
drink in the bar while I wait.
We have found that Ruby Tuesday's restaurants vary. The one local to us,
has teenage servers who care more about which member of the waitstaff is
dating whom, than serving you your meal. We've also witnessed the manager
sticking his ungloved fingers into a plated burger to test to see how hot
the meat was - and this was on two subsequent vists! On a side note, we've
seen servers picking fries off of the plates before handing the plates to
the customer. Neither disgusting episode was a one-time occurance, either -
god only knows what happens in the kitchen. Ugh. We've sworn to never go
back.
OTOH, we've been to a Ruby Tuesdays down in Brandon, FL that had the most
fabulous salad bar - way more "fixins" than the one much closer to home. We
ate our salads up at the bar due to lack of seats because the place was
busy. I commented to my husband about how much better the salad bar was
compared to the one at home. There was fresher lettuce, more variety, REAL
bacon bits, a few selections of olives....etc. Our friendly bartender
overheard me, spoke up, and proudly said that it was due to the fact that
that particular Ruby Tuesdays was indpendantly owned and not corporate. In
other words, they had more leeway in what they could serve and what they
couldn't.
We've since banned our local Ruby Tuesdays and keep talking about going back
to the Brandon one. I'm not kidding when I say the difference between the
two restaurants was phenomenal.
kili
