Red Lobster Ottawa Seafood Restaurant Review

We visited Red Lobster early one Friday evening.

We were greeted pleasantly and immediately shown to a table for four.

Our waitress arrived quickly and explained a few daily specials including the fresh catch of the day.

She took our drink order and recommended an excellent non-alcoholic drink, the Sunset Passion Colada, for my husband and my son. I ordered a Triple Berry Sangria.

She returned in a reasonable time frame with our drinks and took our orders.

My son and I both ordered Wood-Grilled Lobster and Sweet and Spicy Shrimp as shown in the video. This meal included a grilled lobster tail, a skewer of sweet and spicy shrimp and jumbo coconut shrimp served with pina colada sauce.

My husband ordered the Peach-Bourbon BBQ Shrimp and Scallops.

Our meals came with a salad -- tossed or Caesar. My husband and I enjoyed our tossed salads with balsamic vinaigrette although the salad would be my one disappointment of the evening since it consisted only of iceberg lettuce and a couple of tomato slices and cucumber slices. My son's Caesar salad looked and was delicious. Obviously, he knew what he was doing.

A basket of fresh bread was delicious, if a touch salty.

All three of us thoroughly enjoyed our seafood. It was every bit as scrumptious as it appears in the video.

Our sweet and spicy shrimp had a nice bite, the coconut shrimp was delicious as was the accompanying sauce and the lobster tail was good, too. I enjoyed the grill flavour of the sweet and spicy shrimp and the lobster although I couldn't help wondering if the lobster was a little overpowered by the grill.

My husband said his bourbon shrimp was just 'peachy.'

All of our meals were served with rice and broccoli which both my son and I thought were 'okay' or 'all right' but not great. We didn't care for the flavor of the rice and the broccoli simply wasn't particularly flavourful. We could have substituted a variety of items for the rice, next time we will. My husband's rice was fine but it enjoyed the benefit of the bourbon-peach sauce.

Overall:

Red Lobster Earned A 9 Out Of 10

And Yes, I Would Go Back Again!

(That is the ultimate test, isn't it?)

We really wanted dessert but alas, we were simply too full to eat another bite. I had my eye on the key lime pie which sounded and looked delicious.

My son recommended we come back another time for dessert. If we do go back, you will be the first to know.

Susan52 recommended take out for our dessert. Now what a brilliant idea that was...the key lime pie would have been just as tasty at home! Too late this time but next time, we'll keep her suggestion in mind!