Chili's

What can I say?  Meh!   We get there and notice that the bar area is pretty full, but there are several tables open. The hostess said it would be 20 minutes. Really?  Why?  I am a firm believer that any restaurant which has a lack of servers should leave open tables in the BACK, not near the front by the door.
About 5 minutes after we started waiting, she said she could seat us. Instead of taking the silverware and walking us to the table, she merely pointed to the table and said, "You can sit at that  table."  Ok.... that was weird....and rude.
Our waitress came and it just got weirder.  She introduces herself, tells us she will be taking care of us, and then makes a comment about the game score. She kneels down and pulls out her phone to pull up info on the game.  REALLY?!?!?!  She talks about the game score and then puts her phone back after she couldn't get a signal. Then she reintroduces herself again and tells us she's going to be taking care of us.
She takes our drink order, water and water with lemon, and forgets the lemon. She even wrote the order down.
She then came back to take our order. This whole time she was hyper-happy. Kinda like Barney-happy.   The fake kind of happy.
Our order came out ok; which was a surprise after all the weird stuff that happened earlier. I wasn't impressed with the service from the beginning. The service can make or break a company, especially a restaurant.  For the times we go through Maryville and eat there, I'll go somewhere else.

It being "prom" night for several High schools, our party of 10 was seated within about 15 minutes. We were not of the prom crowd but enjoyed seeing the young'ins coming in. After being seated our drink order was quickly taken. Food was typical of Chili's. Our bill was rather pricey, $57 for 3 adults and a child. The atmosphere was darker than we like due to several blown lights above our tables and throughout the dining area. Other than that, the experience was satisfactory.

My boyfriend and I went here for dinner one night. They actually forgot one of our orders! haha The waitress felt so bad she brought us out a free dessert, so I couldn't be too mad at her. She was so apologetic. Anyway, the food was good, pretty much what I expected from previous visits, and this location is clean.