This location -and the food - used to be a lot better. But things have gone downhill and never recovered.
The last time I was here, I ordered a mix-and-match pre priced combo meal and soon realized that you get what you pay for. The burger tasted tough and flavorless, not like ones I had previously at the location. The people I was there with all found their food mediocre as well. And that was the last straw in a longer list of events that culminated in us never going back.
The only thing enjoyable on the menu? The Oreo® Madness. Yeah, its a decent dessert that might be worth coming in for if you're hungry for dessert, but so far it has yet to tempt me to do so.
TGI Friday's is mediocre no matter which way you cut it. We knew that going into this dinner.
But, my brother was in town for one night and staying down the street so we came from VA to meet him (big mistake, Maryland, as far as states go, is mediocre itself) for a quick dinner. There were 6 of us ... myself and my husband, my sister and her friend, and my brother and his coworker. Â
Everything was fine aside from the fact that they were out of pretty much every on-tap beer (literally, we requested 3-4 and somehow, they had "just run out in the last few minutes," yet it was a Sunday night around 9pm, and there weren't that many people there ... but, I digress). Â We ordered, got our food ... my brother's coworker finally settled on Mich Ultra, because they were out of a bunch of bottled beer too (seriously!?), and it only took about 20 minutes to get each of his two beers.
When it came time to pay our bill, I told the waitress one check was fine, we could split it (as my husband and I were together, my sister and her friend split something but were paying separately, and my brother was paying for his coworker). Â She insisted on splitting it for us, and came back with 6 checks. Â No big deal, I gave her my credit card wrapped in both my husband's check and mine.
When the checks came, everyones appeared to be correct, we signed and left.
Well, today, it looks like that waitress didn't charge me for hubby's meal, and wound up closing it out on my sister's credit card (sister is a broke college student who works hard for her money) ... AND she tipped herself MORE than I tipped her. Â So, essentially, at the end of the night, she decided she wanted to make more money and tipped herself and extra almost $4.
So, my sister, in essence, paid for her meal and my husbands, and tipped this idiot waitress double. Â She's disputing the charge with her bank and we've both called the restaurant and spoken to the manager, Amanda (who was very nice and helpful), and she's looking into it.
Either way. Even if this WAS a mistake and she did accidentally close out the wrong check on the wrong card, the waitress tipped herself and I'm sorry, but that's shady, dishonest, and frankly ILLEGAL.
We've been assured that it'll be taken care of, sister will get her money back, and the waitress will be "handled." But, for what it's worth, stay far away from this place.
Came here with the boyfriend on a Sunday night (which happened to be game night, so we ordered from the Game Night Menu - appetizer and entree for $15). I was surprised that our dishes were so flavorful. I can't recall the names of the dishes, sorry :( . We had an flatbread appetizer and a chips and dip appetizer. The flatbread was pretty good, IMHO. My entree was a pasta dish with cracked peppercorn and chicken. The chicken was a bit dry, but I wasn't really expecting too much anyway. I can't really recall my boyfriend's meal, but he seemed to like it a lot.
The service was pretty good. Our waitress was really attentive, but treated us as if we're regulars which was a nice homey feel.
I also ordered a Peach Margarita and it was pretty strong, which definitely isn't a bad thing! So thanks for that one.
Overall, it's not too shabby.
This place okay grab some appetizers and a drink they made some good amaretto sour and yummy mozzarella as well nachos I askI tried there salads and there good. I was upset they don't have the grilled shrimps anymore I use to get that all the time but glad they have my nachos I will update more when I try other food but so far this place ok. An use a lil clean up and with service is a hit or miss!!! Â :-/
Review Source:I know it's a large chain, so take every experience with a grain of salt. Even having very low expectations, they still managed to surprise me with how terrible they are.
Because we had read the reviews about this location, we did not go until recently. One evening, we just wanted drinks and dessert. We heard if we sit at the bar the service was much better, so we did follow that advice.
Let me just preface this, with whoever is in charge of writing the menu descriptions at corporate headquarters, wherever they are, is the only one doing their job right apparently. This is what we read online (viewed on our phones so images did not load. you know, flash...) "Oreo® Madness
Cookies and Cream ice cream sandwiched between layers of Oreo® cookie crust with caramel and fudge."
Okay, that sounds pretty good.
Here's how our experience went down:
Sunday afternoon, and while a football game was on, it was neither Redskins nor Ravens, therefore, really wasn't that busy. And there were 3 bartenders.
We were there 10 minutes before being acknowledged. We asked what the drink specials were, the only thing we were told was $3 Budweiser/Bud Light. My boyfriend settled for Bud light and I just ordered bottled beer.
But then we read the specials menu, and sure enough, there were rail drink and cocktail specials they did not tell us about, that were still going on for 2+ more hours.
We ordered our desserts.
And my boyfriend's "Oreo Madness" came out, and it was simply a Klondike Oreo Ice Cream sandwich, with some hershey's syrup drizzled on the plate. The same exact ice cream sandwiches that you can buy by the 6 pack for $2.50 at the grocery store.
So much for "layers of cookie crust with caramel and fudge" because there was not even a hint of caramel anywhere on the plate. Lesson learned won't do that again.
Despite this, we decided to stay for another drink or two.
THIS WAS BY FAR THE WORST PART
Of the THREE bartenders working, every single one of them was completely IGNORING us.
As soon as we would make eye contact with them, they instantly turned around and walked the other direction. All of them did this at least 5 times.
Then, when we ordered the rail drinks that were on special, they rolled their eyes and acted like it was the biggest inconvenience in the world for them to make them.
It was 15 minutes before we got our second drinks.
Then it took 20 minutes and more than 5 more times of getting ignored after making eye contact, that we could get our check.
I'm even surprised my boyfriend left a tip, because the service was so terrible, if I were the one that picked up the tab, they would have gotten a big fat ZERO.
I will never go to another TGI Fridays in my life.
Im laughing out load at all the negative reviews about this place. Â Come on, Â its TGI Fridays, Â Â what do you expect? Â Ive been to this place several times and have never had a problem. Â Drinks are good, Â Â food is good, Â youre in your out. Â If you want a 4 star restaurant, Â try elsewhere.
Review Source:Our server was awesome.
I sat in the bar area and had a peach long island ice tea. At first I was skeptical because it looked like a glass of water with a peach stream going through it, then the bartender let me know they use sprite instead of coke for this particular version. This drink was a mouthful of deliciousness.
I ordered loaded fries to absorb the loaded drink.
Bland food, average service and dirty restaurant.
You get what you pay for, very cheap bland food.
Been here for dinner a few times as it is right near where I live and I have never left here feeling satisfied. Â The tables and silver wear are always dirty or sticky, always loud and poor service. Â
Go to the Silver Diner next door over this.
This last visit actually pissed me off as it's a moment, a memory that can never be had back.
Scenario: My son turned 7 and wanted to TGI Fridays to celebrate his birthday with family because he loves the birthday song and dance they do. Understood, it's a packed Saturday night, lot of people waiting for tables, lot of orders being prepared in the back, etc. The food in itself was pretty good (go with triple play), but what pissed me off is the lack of common sense by people.
As OUR server, KNOWING it's this boy's birthday...
How do you start the birthday song and ice cream delivery SEEING that:
1. Birthday boy is still eating his dinner! NOT READY for desert yet.
2. Not everyone was at the table OR done with THEIR dinner!!
COMMON SENSE!!!!!!!! HELLO?!?!?!
THEN!!! OMG, THEN just drop the check on us...
Were you rushing us because you had people waiting?? WTF?! You serious?!
This visit pissed me off, and as i'm revising my review, i'm getting me even more pissed off remembering that night!!
I am usually a pretty forgiving person, but service here is pathetic. The 2x I have been in I have eaten at the bar. Each time ordering dinner, having to stare down the bartender to actually place the order. Â As soon as they drop a beer in front of you, they disappear. Â They seem to be more interested in talking to each other than the customer. Even leaving tonight there were 2 employees at the exit when leaving, talking to each other, failing to offer the standard 'goodbye' one would get at other locations. Â
The place (bar area) is dirty and in need of someone managing the building who cares. Â The food is consistent with other Friday's, so at least they have that going for them. That gets them the 1 star. Â I guess if you are looking for a great place to socialize while working with no accountability, you should definitely get a job here. Just don't come for the food or drink. Â I will go to Ruby Tuesdays across the street or Chili's from here on.
I love Fridays but this location is miserable. Â The food is rushed. Â The place is dirty and the quality is sub standard. Â You normally know what you are getting with a chain but not with this one. Â
This one time I sent back some pot stickers because they were burned. Â They immediately brought them back out re plated with fresh greens and flipped over to hide the burned food. Â It was then I just begged to leave but had to endure them trying to make things right. Â My burger with management attention came out wrong and my wife's food was wrong as well. Â
This place herds you in like cattle which is fine but it can't handle the crowd. Even when I left hungry it took 20 minutes for the manager to comp our check so we could leave. Â This is not the first time we have been miserable here. Â Go to a different Fridays.
This place stanks!
How much does it stank? Â Like a boss.
I ordered the sirloin steak with fries and roasted veggies. Â The steak was cooked a whole lot on one side and a whole lot less on the other side. Â The meat itself was okay and could've used a little more seasoning. Â The funny thing about this entree was that the sides filled up most of the dish making the steak look like a side.
At the end of the meal, my friend's $15 meal turns into a $30 meal. Â It turns out his salmon wasn't included in their combo meal and the waiter either didn't notice or bother to say anything when he ordered. Â I tasted his salmon and it wasn't even worth the $15.
After we pay, we get back our paper change minus our coin change. Â If they asked, I wouldn't really care if they kept the coin change, but the presumption that we wouldn't care irritated me.
I'll never come back to TGIF for their overpriced microwaved food or apathetic, incompetent service.
Four years ago, that place was much better and I was a regular there. Something happened in that specific store of the chain and I have no clue what it is. The place literally stinks (upstairs) and the food is blend and lacks a... taste! A month ago I was there and it took the server 20 minutes to come and serve us. ever since I decided not to go back. Well, I'm not regretting.
Review Source:The bar honestly saves this place. It's everything that's wrong with the big box places. The service is decent depending on who you have.
The food is what bothers me the most though, Premium prices for a non-premium product. Wish they had better and smaller bar foods/ prices.
Anywho, as I said before the bar really saves this place. The bartenders are pretty friendly and attentive for the most part. This place is open later than most bars in the general area so you get a ton of regulars late at night. The drink specials are why I'm giving this place a higher rating than I should. Pretty good, though the best beer they have on draft is the magic hat. Overall the bar area is wayyyy too small, especially compared to the one in Tech Road in Silver Spring. That place is huge in comparison!
what can i say, service is ooookay and it's decent if you're lucky.
the food, edible, not great.
the prices, pretty high for the quality
there's typically no wait no matter when you come here
they are pretty good at reserving a large party for you, service may not be great (not like it ever is...) but if you want to set up a casual gathering, they have a separate area that is reserved at no extra cost.
it's convenient to me, so i manage to come back once a month (at max if ever)
Not a bad restaurant, but too much money for what you get. Â If the price point were a few bucks lower, then it would get a higher rating.
That said, the service was good, the atmosphere was good, the food was all right, but it was just a bit more expensive than it should be for the type of operation being run here.
In short: not bad, but overpriced.
This is one of the restaurants that I frequently visit due to its late hours and convenient location from my residence. Â First the service is virtually always consistent. Â The server will attend to you soon after you are seated, get your drinks, take your order, come back to check on you, take refills, etc. Â This place is also noisy and can become very loud when its crowded. Â The food is what you would expect at other chain restaurants. Â I find the portions satisfactory. Â Get the the Stripes card (which is free) and the discount coupons you get are pretty good deals, the only thing is that the expiration date is alway really short.
Review Source:Now anyone who knows me knows I don't do the chain restaurant thing if I can help it but I have one good friend who feels a certain sense of security in sameness so I always end up at a chain restaurant with him. In addition, this person does not see the lure of DC night life so we always end up in the 'burbs. Please trust that this person has some redeeming qualities.
Anywho, Friday's is getting a solid three stars because they have some pretty awesome late night deals for those people who don't value sleep and don't mind going to work drunk. Its like a happy hour for the despondent. $2 Oktoberfest and something like 25 cent wings is worthy of something, isn't it?
Invited 20 co-workers to Friday's after work. I told the hostess I'd expect between10-20 people. She told me to wait so they could push some tables together. I was there 40 minutes. There were many empty tables. The man who came in before me laid down on the couch and went to sleep. Service was somewhat slow. The Bacon Cheeseburger was positively the best I have ever had. Extremely flavorful.
Review Source:I came here last Thursday to get a snack while taking a break from Reading at the nearby Barnes and Noble. I ordered the Key West Shrimp, which consists of two skewers of marinated (but it still was a bit bland) shrimp and a side of steamed broccoli. The meal was tasty enough, but more importantly fit within the parameters of my diet (something along the lines of a paleolithic diet). The service was pretty decent as well; I sat at the bar and the food arrived within ten to fifteen minutes.
The place was packed even on a Thursday Night, so I'd come here for lunch if I'm coming with company and anyone in my party is not in mood to wait in line to be seated.
i live right across the street from this Fridays so i like to frequent their happy hour specials but cheapness comes at a price.  there is ONE bartender that's warm and friendly...the rest look absolutely miserable.  on more than one occasion, the bartenders  have walked right past my empty glass to just go stand somewhere else and continue doing nothing.
i've had various serving/bar jobs over the past 10 years so i'm a pretty understanding and low maintenance customer but i don't think i've ever seen such apathetic service.
unfortunately, i can not deny myself 2 dollar happy hour beers so i'll continue to go.
to the one Friday's bartender who actually smiles and shows acknowledgment when we sit down at the bar: kudos!
I like to find the good in almost any restaurant I go to. However, this TGI Fridays is the nastiest place in the area. The waiting staff is TERRIBLE, the food is TERRIBLE, it's not very clean, and did I mention how terrible the food is? Yes, I have been to TGI Friday's and have had some ok experiences. But having gone to this one I have pretty much sworn this place off forever. FOREVER!
This is a chain restaurant at its WORST. After waiting forever for our waitress, who didn't seem like she even wanted to be there, I made the mistake of ordering fish and chips (I was hungry dammit!). What I ended up receiving were larger than average fish sticks that were dark brown and looked like they had been soaked in oil accompanied by soggy fries. Notice I said "soaked" and not "fried". Despite how disgusting they were I actually took a bite. Bad idea. As much as I hate doing it, I sent the food back and decided not to order anything. Another bad idea since the waitress proceeded to beg me to order something else. So I ordered something else, which was better but still less than adequate. I didn't even finish it, and when I don't finish the food it's BAD.
The moral of this story is, if you like chain restaurants, live in a double wide and think Old Country Buffet is fine dining, go to this place because you will feel right at home. If you like food that is a.) edible and b.) edible, you definitely want to look elsewhere. Just keep driving down Rockville Pike until you see another restaurant. There are so many around here you will forget about this one as soon as you pass it.
I'm giving this place 2 stars as we were seated fairly quickly at 9PM. Â
Our waitress took forever to come -- we waited nearly 10 minutes for her to show up, and her service was lackluster at best. Â
I ordered the half ribs/shrimp combo - she never asked me what sides I wanted. Â Â The shrimp was way too salty and the ribs were great.
Beverage service sucked - we had to wait 10 minutes for a refill, even though she kept passing our table.
I have never been a real fan of TGIF's and continued mediocre experiences will not make me return anytime soon.
Save your money for a rainy day and go somewhere else. Â Not worth it.
After writing several restaurant reviews, I began to wonder whether there was any restaurant that deserved a ONE STAR rating. I thought about this for some time before coming up with TGI Friday's in Rockville. The place is clean enough. The food is passable (in more than one respect). The parking is fine. The atmosphere is what you might expect. The one thing this place lacks that eclipses all else is the service. The service sucks. I had a bad experience here several years ago during a family event (bad service, long waits) but decided to give it another chance. That second chance was worse.
The hostess sat us around the corner in a quiet booth, seemed nice. As we waited for a waiter, an employee kept walking by, disappearing into a rear stall, reappearing a few minutes later to return to work. This happened a few times over 30-40 minutes. Yeah, we waited to long but after a while it became a question of: "How long can they really ignore us?" Finally, frustrated that no one had even taken our order, I went to inspect the stall and found that the employee was visiting the rear stall to hork down a few quick bites during downtime. We then tracked down a different host (the first one had vanished) and discovered that we'd been seated in a "closed area" and the chowing employee never thought to alert someone that we were there.
This review might be a bit unfair. The restaurant management has likely changed in the last 5+ years since this event. Regardless, I have not been back to a TGI Friday's since and I doubt I ever will. You can't pay me (well, maybe you could) to deal with that sort of service. I didn't deserve it and they don't deserve my business. Maybe if they could give me a 40 minute life refund...
Its a good place to meet friends after work for cheap drinks, decent bar food and watch the game (with pop music playing over it). The bar runs a happy hour from 5 - 7 and 10 - close. Beers are either $2 or $3, a few of their mixed drinks were $4 (long island ice teas, margaritas, mojitos, and a few other drinks that I can't remember), and all appetizers (excluding the samplers and sliders) are priced half off.
Wings were good, the Sesame Jack Chicken Strips tasted better than they looked, and the Loaded Potato Skins were satisfying. Service was good, although we're pretty sure they haven't learned all of their signature drinks (those overpriced girlie fruit drinks) since one of them didn't look anything like the picture in the menu. BTW, the pumpkin martini & punk pink are both very good.
You're not going to get anything extraordinary here, but if you want just a cold drink and a quick bite, Friday's is a safe option.
You know what to expect from Friday's. Â Oversalted fries, they cover everything in the Jack Daniel's sauce, and all you can think of is the amount of "flare" that they have (aka Office Space).
Although I do miss the days of Bennigans right across the street, I feel that I would be betraying my beloved passed wife every time I step into this place. Â I'm not going to rate the food since you've all been to a Fridays, but I will say I had a pretty decent conversation with one of the managers behind the bar. Â Very friendly.
what can you say. Â it's fridays. Â it's not the best... but it aint the worst. Â honestly though, i wouldn't come here if i didn't have a coupon.
the drinks are okay, but i feel some are overpriced. Â the wait is sometimes really long because these chain type joints get ubercrowded on the weekends in middle america (rockville is definitely middle america).
THIS PLACE IS BUSY for a Sunday, therefore everything else is lacking. We came we entered we stood we were seated we ordered we waited and waited and waited and waited and waited and waited and waited some more...the waiter dude finally brought us our drinks so we continued to wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait...Waiter stopped by "Sorry guys for the wait but the kitchen is really getting backed up please bear with me". Explained waiter dude. Okay fine so we wait and wait and wait...Waiter dude finally comes with our food, YEAH!!!! ohhhhh after all that waiting the food of course was a let down. But hey in here it's Friday's what did you expect. Fiancee saw an TV ad and the food looked so good to her that she was thinking about it the entire day. Even the picture in the menu looked delicious. When chicken and shrimp dish got in front of her it looked nothing like the TV ad nothing like the picture in the menu. Not over cooked, not spectacular just okay. Oh No, fiancee is now disappointed, "Don't worry dear just turn that frown upside down with another drink" but now she had developed a headache. So no more drink only dessert latter yes that'll made her feel better a little. Me now, I know better. What you see isn't what you get when it comes to pictures and TV. My steak was a smallish cut suitable for children really. No vegetation served with lots and lots of sweet potato fries. Everything tasted okay but just small in size. Steak cooked medium they way I like wish there was more of it. I don't like filling up on fries alone. As always had to polish off fiance's left over chicken. Desert time ordered coffee. What colour is this coffee looks like tea uugh it's neither "I apologize" said waiter dude "I'll get a fresh pot for you" thanks waiter dude. So now coffee is right umm that's good coffee I'll have a second cup. Vanilla bean cheese cake is here umm umm real good.
The kitchen was backed up for about 30-40 mins. but waiter dude was good about it and gave us a free desert/appetizer voucher on our next visit. He was cool he did his job well it was not his fault the kitchen was slow. Maybe they were on there break back there. Food was good for what it is. This is Friday's not Mortons or anything like that. It supposedly a quick meal and hangout for people on their way to or from someplace. Portions could have been a little more generous. I'm not expecting Cheese Cake Factory size plates but just a little more to fill in the cracks. Check that Merlot a little too acidity but then again it's house Merlot ???? My Mojito was nice and strong a little too strong maybe. Or it could have been just the long wait and no food but anyhow I had to take my time to let it wear off before leaving.
I've been eating at these types of places for years now. They are all the same just different names Ruby Tuesdays, Bennigans, Applebees, Chillies and so on. But all in all in here it's Fridays.
Heavy in calories, salt, and fats --
it's Americana for the masses,
styrofoam packed
and celophane wrapped. Â
The service here was better than most,
but that hardly negates the thrust of this post...
Eat if you must, you won't feel ill--
But remember my friend, it's still better than swill!
:)
Since all the cool kids are doing reviews in ASCII art, I thought I'd give it a try...
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Update: 4/27/08
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I know better than to go to TGI Fridays for a drink (or for food, for that matter). Yet somehow one fine evening some of my wonderful childhood friends and I ended up here.
Although we KNEW we were making a VERY BAD DECISION before we headed in, we weren't really prepared for how flippin' awful this bar "scene" is. Think back to every awkward social moment you witnessed in high school. Then add overpriced, weak drinks. And then realize that sitting on the curb at the corner of your block drinking beers (like in high school) is a much more appealing option than spending any time or money at TGI Fridays.
The service at this Friday's has always been fast and friendly, but the food has been inconsistent. Sometimes it is excellent, with crisp chicken tenders and fries (what I generally get when I come to Friday's), sometimes the chicken tenders have been soggy and nigh on inedible. I'm not sure I would come back to this location because of the uneven quality of the food.
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