TGI Fridays Complaint - Over Priced For Small Portions

Posted by jktshff1 on 2009-05-27:

Good post, short, sweet and to the point.

Posted by Wally86 on 2009-05-27:

From my experience going to Fridays I agree with everything the poster says. (VH)

Posted by littleyaya on 2009-05-27:

Why were you taking pictures of the ketchup bottle?

Posted by Ben There on 2009-05-27:

I would not expect much of a steak for $14.

Posted by Wally86 on 2009-05-27:

I have had good steaks for that kind of price before.

Posted by littleyaya on 2009-05-27:

Forget the steaks, what was so fascinating about the ketchup bottle?

Posted by justthefaxx on 2009-05-28:

Buy some nice steaks and cook them at home. They're much better that way.

Posted by DRVROFRED on 2009-05-28:

That's interesting, I usually take pics of the salt and pepper shaker :-p . Sorry for the bad meal experience but I like the post.

Posted by Ben There on 2009-05-28:

Find a proper steakhouse and spend the extra money. Not only is the food normally much better, but the service is on a totally different level. I would much rather spend $40 for one steak at Ruth's Chris's than eat at TGIs or Outback 3 or 4 times.

Posted by Stew on 2009-05-28:

TGI Fridays is just another big corporate plastic casual dining joint serving warmed up food straight off the sysco truck. I'm sorry but plastic burns my eyes and sysco is the devil.

Great review!

Posted by jimboshippos on 2009-05-28:

We enjoy other chain restaurants and cannot afford 40 dollar dinners. Yes we buy steaks and cook them ourselves we also do pork chops and country style ribs. But some times I don't feel like cooking so we gi to applebees or chilis. As for the ketchup bottle the camera was new and we couldn't see the game that was on the tv. Not their fault though.

Posted by justbcuz on 2009-05-28:

Not everyone can afford places like Ruth's Chris, in fact the majority can't, that doesn't mean they should have to settle for slop somewhere else, and it certainly doesn't mean that they should cook at home instead.

Posted by BokiBean on 2009-05-28:

Ben is right though, I'd rather go to Ruth Chris once than TGIF 5 times....

Crabbie, Sysco is ruining American food.

Posted by Stew on 2009-05-28:

I was very unimpressed with Ruth Chris the one time I dined there on somebody else's dime of course. The meat tasted like corn fed feed lot cow. Personal taste I guess.

I make it a point whenever I can to spend my eating out bucks at locally owned and operated restaurants. You get better food, service and value. Also, it's good for the local economy and good for your restaurant owning neighbor.

Posted by BokiBean on 2009-05-28:

I get spoiled at home with such good steaks that I rarely order them when we go out. I MUCH prefer local restaurants...seafood is king here.

I do think that if a person orders a $14 steak, and believe me, the pictures they show on the menu and advertisements make them look good, they should get a good steak! Not top of the line, but dang good nontheless.

Posted by TheNewSheriff on 2009-05-28:

I refuse to dine at Ruth's Chris because the name is so hard to say.

Posted by BokiBean on 2009-05-28:

Haha@Sheriff! Say it 5 times fast with your mouth stuffed fulla steak...

Posted by DRVROFRED on 2009-05-28:

Never heard of Ruth's Chris. When I first read it above I thought someone was referring to 2 different places.

The best time to have home cooked steak is when you smell one of your neighbors BB-Q ing and you get the craving. Time to spark up the BBQ. Geez, now I'm hungry