Board 8 > Going to Endless Shrimp at Red Lobster tonight. First time. Advice?

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Yeah, I feel fat and sad making this topic, but I think this might be a one-and-done lifetime experience, so I want to do it right. To that end, I'd like to pick the shrimpy brains of our experts (I've seen this brought up on B8 many times).

My fat ass would love advice on the following:

Do I order one thing at a time, or is this like an AYCE sushi joint where I can order multiple things at once? How many shrimp typically come with a single order, do they come with a carb-heavy side, and am I obligated to eat that side before ordering more? Is there one flavor that's generally considered their best among aficionados?

Guide me to victory.

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You can order a couple plates at a time. It depends on the order for how much you get. It's like 8 shrimp for Fried/Scampi, like 5-6 on a Skewer, like maybe 10 pieces of shrimp in the pasta and a lot of noodles. I don't think it comes with a Side. If it does no your not required to eat the side.

Shrimp Pasta is a trap so you can eat less. It's all Carbs.

The Biscuits are also a trap but a delicious one. Everyone loves Red Lobster's Cheese Biscuits. It's like one of the main reasons to give them business in the first place.

Fried Shrimp and if they are doing a Skewer are the easiest to rack up a high plate count.

Scampi and Fried are what I mostly recommend honestly. I think if Popcorn is there you get a lot of pieces of that.

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Also while Lobster might be fresh and most of the fish and shrimp will be fine. The Crab is never fresh and if your west coast. It's 100% a mistake to get the Snowcrab from them. It has to travel a pretty long way to get to you.

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it does come with sides. i think 2? but yeah just get fries or something and get a togo box for them and some biscuits and any shrimp you dont eat

fried is the best imo but if theres a new one i get one of it to try

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SythaWarrior posted...

Shrimp Pasta is a trap so you can eat less. It's all Carbs.

but the shrimp alfredo is the biggest dish, and also excellent

they let you box up your last order so I'd recommend getting shrimp alfredo last to maximize your take-home
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Thanks for the advice, team. Arrived and oddly nervous.

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Wow... I wasn't expecting this to be actually good (it's delicious).

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This is the content I come here for

How large are the shrimp. There's a massive shortage of product right now due to the job market being hit especially hard in food services so I'm kind of impressed they are doing this

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Fuck I feel myself getting full after the first 18. I shouldn't have starved myself all day.

Aecioo posted...

How large are the shrimp. There's a massive shortage of product right now due to the job market being hit especially hard in food services so I'm kind of impressed they are doing this

The coconut shrimp are really robust (and really good but so sweet with the Pina colada sauce that they could serve as a dessert), but that could just be the breading/coconut giving them a larger appearance. My grilled ones are kinda tiny, though my gf's are bigger. I tried one of hers and could not do anything else until I gave her one of mine so I wouldn't throw off the count.

"This is who you're dating babe"

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Ctrl + F "garlic"

No matches.

Unacceptable. If Shrimp Pasta is a trap, frankly the heavily-breaded shrimps are trap-lite. Garlic Shrimp is always the best, even if they're the smallest...!

I can get the Garlic Scampi (there are only four options today) - hopefully it won't come with pasta or rice.

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Red Lobster is so fucking gross guys

CaptainOfCrush posted...

I can get the Garlic Scampi (there are only four options today) - hopefully it won't come with pasta or rice.

It shouldn't, it should just come in a tub of garlic butter.

Hopefully you have a good server too. There's been times where it's like pulling teeth to get them to take your refill order, long waiting periods without eating, too much time to digest... but I remember one time having a server who was not only quick on the draw but was actually goading my friend and I to get more rounds, lol. That was a high-quality AYCE experience.

Honestly the monday endless shrimp isn't as good as when it was seasonal a year or 2 ago. They used to have the same options plus 2 more that changed every year.

It's also very waiter dependent. Some will let you get extra with a to-go box and some won't even let you get popcorn shrimp (since its technically not an option).

My personal favirote is getting the scampi and then some of the popcorn and dipping the popcorn in the scampi sauce. If you want alfredo (and they do it which im not sure if they do) get it last

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ChainLTTP posted...

Red Lobster is so fucking gross guys

it's really just a huge variation from one location to the next. I've had delicious Red Lobster and I've had disgusting Red Lobster

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also yeah endless shrimp nosedived when they got rid of nashville hot shrimp

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oh is this the baby Endless Shrimp thats there every week or something?

I thought this meant they brought back the big one

Johnbobb posted...

also yeah endless shrimp nosedived when they got rid of nashville hot shrimp

Yea, I nad NO idea I was gonna love that one so much

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Punnyz posted...

oh is this the baby Endless Shrimp thats there every week or something?

I thought this meant they brought back the big one

My emotions from seeing this topic to realizing it's the weekly one were a real rollercoaster.

I missed the big Endless Shrimp event last year

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44 for me, 22 for her

Based on the numbers I've heard mentioned here before, I feel kinda pathetic.

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The breakdown for me was:

Coconut Shrimp x8
Garlic Scampi x6
Walt's Favorite (Breaded with cocktail sauce) x6
Grilled Skewer x24

I didn't like the garlic as much as I thought, and may have enjoyed it a bit more if it wasn't swimming in butter. The rest were at least really good, but the standard grilled was less overpowering (that coconut with the pina colada sauce was something else) with the right amount of char, so it became my favorite. If I had that alone, I could have probably done 60+.

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CaptainOfCrush posted...

I didn't like the garlic as much as I thought, and may have enjoyed it a bit more if it wasn't swimming in butter

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............is ..there any other way?

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Tips for maximal shrimp consumption:
-Unhinge your jaw to increase shrimp bandwidth. Elective surgery is available to split your mandible at the mental protuberance and attach hooks at the mental foramen, allowing you to pull your jaw apart like the predator
-Engage in stomach stretch exercises for at least 3 days before you go to shrimp. Best practice: drink several liters of gatorade at once, take 75 mg tapentadol to slow gastric emptying. Continue drinking until you become nauseous (but not violently nauseous, you need to hold it. Patience!) Repeat 6x per day
-Bring along 80x size 300 canisters of compressed oxygen, seal up windows and entrances, and release gas. This will pressurize the room to ~5 atm (assuming average Red Lobster dining room volume of 30x20x10 feet, adjust depending on local specifics). After pressurization, the shrimp will blow right into your mouth as soon as you open it


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