Red Robin

Dear Red Robin, 

Thank you for having so many choices of sides on the kids' menu. 

Your friend,

Uppies and Cuppies

Smalls, Grandma, Aunt W, Smalls's cousin Jo, and I went to Red Robin for lunch yesterday. It was the last day of spring break and it was actually not raining or snowing and it's above 55 degrees, so everyone was out at Bridge Street. We had to wait about 25 minutes to get in, but it wasn't that bad. We watched Harlem Shake videos and chatted, and before we knew it, our name was called.

Just look at this: Mandarin oranges, salad, apples, baby carrots, broccoli, fruit salad. Nice.

Red Robin is loud. It may only be loud when it's busy, but I've actually never been when it's not busy, so I wouldn't know. But I couldn't hear Smalls talk, and she was next to me. It was like she was a baby  chick: "Cheep, cheep... Cheep? CHEEP!" So, that's good and bad. As Aunt W pointed out, your kids can be going crazy and no one else will know or care. Also, there's a TV in the floor in the waiting area. We got crayons and an activity sheet when we sat down. There are some kids' activities on their website, and you can look at the kids' menu there, too.

Smalls got the mac and cheese and Mandarin oranges. The mac and cheese was mostly sauce; it was meh... ok. The grown-up food is pretty good: good burgers (I like the turkey burger) and salads and chicken sandwiches.

Bathroom report: clean, two stalls. I didn't check for a changing table in the larger stall--the bathroom was crowded during the last day of spring break.

Toddler friendliness ratings:
Atmosphere: 4.5 out of 5. Casual, noisy, crayons provided.
Food: 4 out of 5. Thank you for that broccoli, Red Robin, but watch the sauce-to-noodle ratio on that mac and cheese.

Red Robin, Bridge Street
(256) 327-8530
Hours: Sunday-Thursday 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Friday and Saturday 11:00 AM - Midnight