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Skip it.........
If you like being crowded into a tin can being beat on my monkeys, and you enjoy a steak cured in paint thinner, go.
Oh my God, one time was enough for me! Like someone said, people packed in like sardines and waitresses dancing at your table. A redneck mecca, not for me!
Logan's is much better.
TOO CROWDED and LOUD. I have a problem with waiting on a table in a joint like TR. I even prefer Outback to TR. Food was OK but not special.
Too loud!Great if you dont want conversation during dinner. Logan's or Outback much better.
Haven't been here all that long, but we can't believe the crowds at LOGAN's? Living near there we tried it, and was pleasently surprised that the food was outstanding, the service was reasonable, and the cost was as expected (mid to high range) I would recommend it also!
After this thread I'll pass on the Texas Road House!
Semper Fi,(carry on Citizen's!)
After this thread I'll pass on the Texas Road House!
Semper Fi,(carry on Citizen's!)
I have had good food there and the service is ok, I agree with imax71 a little to loud for when i like to eat. Probably more of a party atmosphere. good food though.
We didn't enjoy it. We were seated in a table that was stuck out in the middle and the whole time eating was like a fish bowl experience. Didn't like the rolls or tater (had the sweet one). Steak was just .. eh.
The first two times I went to TRH, I was impressed. The last two times I went ruined it, though. Both times the service was awful and they were out of Prime Rib once. The last (and final) time we went, we waited 15 minutes when they weren't busy for a server. No one ever came, so we flagged down the closest waitress. She said she would find our server for us. She never did and she took over our table.
We talked to the manager later and we found out that this girl was our server from the beginning and had lied to us! She would have gotten a much better tip if she was honest and tardy instead of a liar. Anyway, their food is ok, but their service has gotten increasingly worse. I guess that's what happens when you focus more on the line dancing than the customers.
We talked to the manager later and we found out that this girl was our server from the beginning and had lied to us! She would have gotten a much better tip if she was honest and tardy instead of a liar. Anyway, their food is ok, but their service has gotten increasingly worse. I guess that's what happens when you focus more on the line dancing than the customers.
Logans is much better, I like the steak salad.
Food at TR is so so at best. Service the last time I was there was lousy. We were seated almost an hour before we got our order, and it was wrong when it came. I'll go to Logans from now on....
I absolutely LOVE TR. Most of these people just want to sound like connosoieurs. I like the 10 oz. ribeye (medium-rare), mushrooms on the side, and a salad. TR absolutely murders Logan's. I feel like I'm eating shoe leather at Logan's.
Bleccch, I hate Texas Roadhouse. Like most others, I vastly prefer Logan's.
chili's, atleast the one in florence, has gotten worse everytime i have been and o'charley's sucks too. i have been to the one in florence, tupelo and decatur and not had good service at either. atleast in tupelo they gave us coupon for a free appetizer.
TX Roadhouse has the best food you will eat anywhere. I've never eaten at the Shoals location.......but it is the bomb everywhere else.
The only argument I hear is that......IT'S TOO LOUD!
If you are over the age of 40, you may not like it. Personally, as a country music lover & a married father of two kids...........I sit back and enjoy the music and eat good food while my family is "drowned out"!
The only argument I hear is that......IT'S TOO LOUD!
If you are over the age of 40, you may not like it. Personally, as a country music lover & a married father of two kids...........I sit back and enjoy the music and eat good food while my family is "drowned out"!
too loud!! can't hardly taste the food.
I way prefer Logans over TR. No comparison IMO.
It's too loud for my taste. And I'm not into the table dancing thing. They do that at Coyote Ugly and it seems rednecky to me.
What Princess Lum said!
Umm David and Princess Lum...IT'S A ROADHOUSE!!! Of course it's going to be rednecky. That's what they're trying to do. Come on, country music, Willie Nelson's corner, opposums, armadillos, line dancing. Why wouldn't it be rednecky?
Which came first, Logan's or TRH? I know Logan's was in this area first. Seems that they are about the same. Who is copying whom? I have decided that I like Logan's best. Maybe because I went there so many times, before TRH. Comfort zone kinda thing.
When Logans first came here, I remember the music was too loud, and I was not impressed, but now it is one of my favorites.
The thing I dislike the most about Texas roadhouse is they don't open until 4 pm.
The thing I dislike the most about Texas roadhouse is they don't open until 4 pm.
According to their websites, Logan's came first in 1991 in Lexington, KY. About an hour and half away in Clarksville, IN, the first Texas Roadhouse opened in 1993. I spent my high school years in the Clarksville area and I remember going to the flagship store when it first opened. Maybe I like it so much because of a comfort zone thing, too. According to logistics and time frame, it looks like TR may be copying Logan's. I still like TR better, though.
LOGANS IS MUCH BETTER, WITH MUCH BETTER SERVICE. THE WAITRESS AT TEXAS ROAD HOUSE DANCE BETTER THAN THEY SERVE!
Sorry. I totally disagree. I've never had a server or a meal I liked at Logan's, and exactly the opposite is true for me at TR.
I love the Texas Roadhouse.. I have ate there many, many times and have always got Great service and excellant food.
Hated Texas Roadhouse. Girls in tight shorts dancing at our table every 10 minutes, noise level very high, packed like sardines, food was terrible, sent back, next food just as bad. We did not eat, we complained but had to pay anyway. Will never go again!
We tried Texas Roadhouse last night. I ordered an 8 oz filet. The waitress told me they were out of 8 oz filets, that I'd have to take a 6 oz. I agreed.
My daughter ordered a vegetable plate. They were out of almost everything. At first it was only one thing, then they kept coming back to the table telling her they were out of this and that. She wound up with two bowl of chili, mac and cheese and a baked potato. On her vegetable plate.
The only thing original on her order was the baked potato that she asked for without sour cream. The server argued with her telling her it was butter. It came loaded with sour cream, of course. The chili was good, she said. The mac and cheese was dry and had rock hard parts to it.
There was no point in ordering anything else because she chose the vege plate because they were already out of wht she wanted originally.
The servers were closing the dining section as we sat there and were hollering back and forth to each other who was going to drink the most beer the next night, and sweeping peanut hulls us hard enough that the coarse dust was settling on the table and everything else.
I know everyone has an off night, and I hope that this was just a series of unfortunate events rather than the norm. I'll go to Logan's next time.
My daughter ordered a vegetable plate. They were out of almost everything. At first it was only one thing, then they kept coming back to the table telling her they were out of this and that. She wound up with two bowl of chili, mac and cheese and a baked potato. On her vegetable plate.
The only thing original on her order was the baked potato that she asked for without sour cream. The server argued with her telling her it was butter. It came loaded with sour cream, of course. The chili was good, she said. The mac and cheese was dry and had rock hard parts to it.
There was no point in ordering anything else because she chose the vege plate because they were already out of wht she wanted originally.
The servers were closing the dining section as we sat there and were hollering back and forth to each other who was going to drink the most beer the next night, and sweeping peanut hulls us hard enough that the coarse dust was settling on the table and everything else.
I know everyone has an off night, and I hope that this was just a series of unfortunate events rather than the norm. I'll go to Logan's next time.
I LOVE TR over Logans. Try the chicken critters, loaded mashed potatoes and a cowgirl quincher...YUM!!!!!
I have never eaten at the TR in the Shoals, but I have eaten at two in El Paso, one in Austin, one in San Antonio, Texas, one in Tucson, AZ and have yet to ever get bad service or meal. As a matter of fact, I prefer it over most places that I find.
quote:Originally posted by BamaGirl82:
I LOVE TR over Logans. Try the chicken critters, loaded mashed potatoes and a cowgirl quincher...YUM!!!!!
What exactly is a cowgirl quencher? Have never been to TR! Sounds YUMMY!!
Its a drink. I think its rum, peach schnapps, grenadine, orange juice and pineapple juice. I may have left somehting out though. Its good!!!!
quote:Originally posted by MomsyDearest:
We tried Texas Roadhouse last night. I ordered an 8 oz filet. The waitress told me they were out of 8 oz filets, that I'd have to take a 6 oz. I agreed.
My daughter ordered a vegetable plate. They were out of almost everything. At first it was only one thing, then they kept coming back to the table telling her they were out of this and that. She wound up with two bowl of chili, mac and cheese and a baked potato. On her vegetable plate.
The only thing original on her order was the baked potato that she asked for without sour cream. The server argued with her telling her it was butter. It came loaded with sour cream, of course. The chili was good, she said. The mac and cheese was dry and had rock hard parts to it.
There was no point in ordering anything else because she chose the vege plate because they were already out of wht she wanted originally.
The servers were closing the dining section as we sat there and were hollering back and forth to each other who was going to drink the most beer the next night, and sweeping peanut hulls us hard enough that the coarse dust was settling on the table and everything else.
I know everyone has an off night, and I hope that this was just a series of unfortunate events rather than the norm. I'll go to Logan's next time.
Momsy, this is just an observation, but it sounds like you were in there at closing time. You said they were closing the dining section and sweeping up peanut shells. Closing is when restaurants normally run out of foods. It is sort of discourteous to enter an establishment at closing and prolong the process for everyone. Just my opinion, but that could be why you had the bad experience. My family and I have eaten there a few times and always had good food and decent service. The atmosphere is a little loud, but fun.
No. there was a little over an hour and a half before they closed.
quote:Originally posted by osborneink:
If you like being crowded into a tin can being beat on my monkeys, and you enjoy a steak cured in paint thinner, go.
Hey, then thats for me! LOL
quote:Originally posted by Rowan Oak:
Sorry. I totally disagree. I've never had a server or a meal I liked at Logan's, and exactly the opposite is true for me at TR.
I can say the same about the food.....not the best at Logans.....IMHO.......
if i want a steak i don't bother with any either of those fast food steak houses, i go to george's. the service is always great as is the food.
quote:Originally posted by doobiebrother88:
if i want a steak i don't bother with any either of those fast food steak houses, i go to george's. the service is always great as is the food.
I love Georges, its been a while since I got to go though........two words.....money and kids.....LOL. If four eat out it runs about 100 bucks with appetizers/drinks. At Georges, we would have to eat beenie weenies the rest of the month........
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