Ruby Tuesday

I usually love going to Ruby Tuesday but today the salad bar seemed a little less cared for. Nothing bad, just not great. Normally this location is right on top of everything. Even my ribs, which usually are perfect, were a little dry. Still tasted great and the service was top shelf. I will be returning, if for nothing else, to see if this was just an off day.

This is the worst experience I've ever had at a restaurant and I've had some pretty bad ones. First things first the staff was incredibly rude and lazy. There were 5 servers standing at the bar just having their own conversations. The restaurant was dead and we went in during lunch time. However the people who were in there kept looking back trying to get their servers attention but they were all so incredibly "busy" that tables weren't being attended to. The server recommend that I try the new chicken quesadilla so I did. I asked for no tomato and got a plate full of tomatoes and the dish was covered in tomato juice and the cheese was barely melted. Gross. Then I asked for a new one, no tomato's but the cheese was barely melted. To make matters worse I'm pretty sure the owner or something was there and when the servers weren't at the bar they were hovered around his table and they were all talking together. There were inappropriate conversations going on in the bar, the male bartender was talking pretty loud about being arrested, what all happened. He was also walking around giving dirty looks. We finally got the bill and it came to $30+ and we only ordered 2 entrees and one soda. PLUS the bill fold was covered in grease, there were fingerprints all over it. Disgusting, the servers werent doing a freaking thing the most they could have done is wipe down the bill folds. Come on. NEVER coming back and I'll be contacting corporate as well. Garbage DONT EAT HERE!!

So there's a few things that went wrong here. First, the service was slow and uncoordinated. We had to remind the server twice for straws and to refill our bottomless drinks. Staff was very unknowledgeable about the menu, (said triple prime was prime rib when website states tenderloin, sirloin and ribeye) as well as about gluten free options (told us to look on the website)!Gluten free bun on a burger ($1 upcharge) was stale and completely worthless, ended up throwing it away, the burger also came with the wrong cheese on it even. Other burger (triple prime) was dry and overcooked, sent back and the second try (pictured) came out exactly the same, just a tad less like a hockey puck. Staff removed the burger from the check to "make it right" but since we gave up and one member of our table didn't eat at all I would have expected a comp for the entire check. The fries were hard, and being a chef myself I can say with almost complete certainty that they were at least an hour and a half old. The pimento cheese chicken sandwich was okay although I can't really call it pimento cheese, it's more of shredded cheddar with a little mayo and a few peppers. It was very bland and was even cold! And the server said this was their"best cook". Laughable. Bad service, bad food, bad management, I would strongly recommend going somewhere else.... Bad Daddy's Burger Bar is right down the street.

Great variety in the salad bar. Dinner for two starting at 13.49 is a good deal when the salad bar alone is 9.99. Everyday of the week is happy hour from 4 to 7. Be careful as the relaxer was weak. The salad bar is constantly being resupplied. I think there were two people working on it the entire time we were enjoying our dinner.