T.G.I. Friday’s

CLOSED — I know I’m risking my street cred by giving Friday’s 4 stars, but they deserve this posthumous review. Yes, the restaurant SUCKED. But the bar… Oh, how I will miss the bar. The people watching was amazing — a mix of the regular cheesy Friday’s crowd, business travellers who walked over from the Renaissance, Cheesecake factory waiters stopping by for a drink after work, and people (like me) who just wanted to grab a drink close to home. The bartenders were friendly, they had NTN trivia, cheap draft beer for reverse happy hour, a good price for a glass of La Crema Chardonnay, and if you did get hungry, the food wasn’t that bad for bar food. So long, farewell, TGIF!
Hopefully this means something better will be opening in its place? Can we get a decent bar in Great Hills please?

OK… dont judge me for going to TGIF!
I went to meet up with some friends I haven’t seen in a long time. I can pretty much agree with most of the reviews; the food it par to sub par and the service can be improved.
So why am I giving it 3 stars… because I had a fun time catching up with friends during happy hour and I realized, you don’t need to go to nice restaurant to have a happy hour (emphasis on the happy). So my 3 stars is for my good company because they turned a 1 star joint into 3!

Summary: The food here was disappointing but their Brownie Obsession dessert is to die for! Try out Chili’s for a better alternative.
(6÷10) Sizzling Chicken & Shrimp
This dish is on the «Best of Friday’s» section of the menu but it could have been better. It comes with one medium sized chicken breast, a handful of shrimp, onions, peppers, and mashed potatoes. The chicken is tender and flavorful, however the shrimp is chewy. The mashed potatoes come without gravy, but goes well when dipped in melted cheese (what doesn’t go well with melted cheese?!).
(5÷10) Southwest Mac & Cheese
When we saw the picture in the menu, we knew we had to get this one, especially since we love macaroni and cheese. The delicious description made our mouth water — juicy fire grilled chicken with creamy white cheddar jalapeño sauce. However, this this dish did not come as described and was a huge let down. First of all, T.G.I. Friday’s uses penne pasta instead of macaroni. Secondly, they left the chicken in the fire-​grill way too long. The entire piece of chicken was dry and half of it burnt to a crisp. There is no hint of jalapenos and the cheese is not «cheesy» at all.
(4÷10) Fiery Chicken Popper Sandwich
This sandwich is neither fiery nor popping, and did not live up to its name. Its described as a crispy chicken breast, smothered with cream cheese & jalapeño habanero jelly and topped with jalapenos. Naturally, one would expect a spicy sandwich but there is no jalapeño kick to it. They skimped on the chicken and the ciabatta bread was dry and hard. Stay away from this one!
(8÷10) Brownie Obsession
T.G.I Friday’s finally got something right! If you are a chocolate lover, then your mouth is in for a treat. The brownie is served warm and drenched with Ghirardelli chocolate-​fudge sauce and topped with a delicious scoop of creamy ice cream. We’ll use three words to describe this dish: rich, chocolaty, fudgelicious. It doesn’t get any better than this!
(6÷10) Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie
If you are a fan of peanut butter desserts, then this is for you. The pie has a graham cracker crust, a thin layer of chocolate, peanut butter mousse, and topped with whipped cream. It is rich and fluffy, but if you want more substance, get the brownie.
Service (⁵⁄₁₀)
It was a slow night when we went so we were seated immediately. The service is mediocre. The waiter checked up on us once or twice, but never refilled our water. Also, since he rang up the bill incorrectly, we were overcharged.
Ambiance (⁶⁄₁₀)
T.G.I. Friday’s amibiance is similar to that of Chili’s — very casual. The restaurant is large and has plenty of seating in the dining and bar areas. Parking is sufficient because it is located in a shopping area. If you are looking for a restaurant with a huge variety of food that is good for families or friends, we recommend Chili’s or Bennigans.

Well, my friend, L., finally heard back from TGI Fridays. They had agreed to comp the meal (that we had already paid for), and apparently, in their moronic, microscopic little brains, they did. They sent L. a $ 40 gift card. Are you kidding me? First of all, we had 8 PEOPLE. We spent over $ 100, and that was with the coupons. So no, you didn’t compensate us. And second of all, after the experience we had, are they really stupid enough to think that we would ever even CONSIDER eating there again? NOT A CHANCE IN HELL, FOLKS.
Stay far, far away from this one– the food is horrible, and the customer service is even worse.

Well let me start off by saying I am «P» as mentioned in Laura T.‘s review, so yes my experience SUCKED.
My girlfriends and I went out for a friend’s birthday and we were intrigued to go to TGI Friday’s because they had BOGO Entrée Free coupons. Yes, I brought my newborn who is nursing. and the waitress nearly elbowed him in the head when setting down my food in front of me. I wont repeat what Laura T. said because she’s already said it about C’s burger, A’s «gourmet 5 cheese mac n cheese» and her mojito… But I will tell you about my pork chop.
My pork chop was pink and undercooked. Anyone know what the risks of eating undercooked pork are? «Trichinosis, also called trichinellosis, or trichiniasis, is a parasitic disease caused by eating raw or undercooked pork «not to mention Tapeworms. Come on guys, simple sanitation and food safety rules!
I am a stay at home mom, meaning I provide full-​time care to my children (1 month and 21 months) throughout the day. I cannot afford to be sick! Imagine having food poisoning when you are breastfeeding an infant every 2 hours, and taking care of a toddler with the terrible two’s. I will spare you the TMI details and just describe it as HELL.
Now there are other people in our party who ate completely different foods yet still ended up getting sick. My bess guestimation would be this is the result of CROSS CONTAMINATION.
And come on, how hard is it to keep our drinks full when we are THE ONLY TABLE IN THE BACK. Seriously, the automatic 18% gratuity they tack on to a bill for a party of 8 or more is FAR too much. I wouldn’t even tip the normal 10% for satisfactory service. When I sent my porkchop back, the waitress asked if I wanted another one. Yes, please give me another uncooked porkchop and the opportunity for some cook to spit in my food. Honestly, I should have had a manager check out my food so they are aware that their cooks aren’t cooking the meats completely.
Ugh, I feel sick just remembering it. Never will I go back to Friday;s and I will try to save everyone I can by spreading my terrible experience. And instead of comping my meal… I would just like for the health department to shut the damn restaurant down. It will happen sooner or later I’m sure.

For my hundreth review i decided to review the only restaurant i put on my personal boycott list. TGIF. If i was a pimp and you was my hoe, i would of pimped slapped yo’ ass back in 1999 and kept it up until today. This review is for all TGIF’s. I might go off to some other specific TGIF’s and give the rundown on why i hate that actuall TGIF, but i just have to say that TGIF did win one award from me, the worst service in the World.
Here i give you the award button for crap. pin it on your flair vest or something.
I have been to five TGIFs and they all sucked. The ones in Austin, the one in Seattle, the one in Dallas, and the one in Tacoma. U all suck. I would rather vote for Mccain and be his bitch boy before I ever step foot inside a TGIF again.
I gave you one star because they wont let me give ¹⁄₇₅₆ 875 687 of a star.
(maybe not that extreme on the Mccain thing. Its not that serious. But you got my point right?)

I used to love Fridays. The sizzling chicken and cheese was delicious at one point, and i loved getting my favorite server ever, chris. went a couple weeks ago, no chris in sight, and the sizzling chicken sucked. Needless to say, i was very dissapointed. Maybe it was an off night, I will probably go back.

I went to a chain restaurant last night. So, sue me! I wasn’t going to turn down my friends just ’cause I’m generally opposed to feeding corporate America. And to be completely honest, I actually enjoyed my meal.
It took me about twenty minutes to look over their menu; I think it was around eight pages long! I was hoping to find something on the lighter side of life but when I saw the word ‘pasta’ I got the urge to splurge and knew nothing would be able to pull me back into the light. I was thrilled, however, to see this section they have on their menu called «Right Portion Right Price» because it was exactly that. My plate of Cedar-​Plank Salmon Pasta was only slightly larger than my head and was priced very reasonably at $ 8.99. Better yet, the salmon was delish and the pasta had a tasty sauce.
My friend ordered a salad. When it arrived with tomatoes we all freaked because of the recent Salmonella scare but the waiter made no bones about taking it back. And when the new salad arrived it looked better than the previous one with extra cucumbers etc to make up for the missing tomatoes.
The shots we had to accompany dinner (what can I say, I’m a booze-​hound) were awesome! I asked for my tequila chilled and boy was it! The glass had a nice frost on the outside when it arrived. The price, yikes, but it was higher end Tequila so I guess I set myself up for that hit. This is Friday’s so I can’t say the ambience was great, but it wasn’t terrible either.
My Thursday night at Friday’s — not bad at all.

this is part three of the four part series titled «the worst tour». please see my review of bennigans for back story.
we visited the tgif’s on town lake under the radisson. so guess what, there were tourists everywhere. the beer selection was subpar and we were surrounded by tourists. that doesn’t deserve two stars does it? i said it previously, that good service can even make a dump bearable and our server brittany did just that. she took care of our birthday boy in tow that was not having a good time since we had just been to bennigans and hooters (part one and two of «the worst tour»). she brought out shots at her discretion and was very prompt and friendly. she gets the two stars, not the establishment. typical chain bullshit. stuff thrown up on the wall to give the impression or originality, radio quality music, etc.
well, jake almost thought «the worst tour» was over as we headed into downtown, but he was mistaken. time for the worst of the worst. hello coyote ugly!