UGH! Red Robin

sjohnny
sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
in Food and Nutrition
We went to Red Robin the other day and I had no idea that they would keep bringing you French fries. What is this about? It seems pretty irresponsible to provide so many carbs to someone. I asked if I could sub sweet potato fries so I wouldn't have as many carbs but they said they didn't have sweet potato fries and just kept bringing me white potato fries. All the starch and grease was just too much. I was afraid to log it. I have no idea how far over I was that day.

What do y'all do about this?
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  • Jestinia
    Jestinia Posts: 1,153 Member
    To be honest I rarely eat out anymore even if someone else is buying. It's just not worth the setbacks. Seems to take me forever to get back in a losing or maintaining mode after a bad day. I know that's more psychological than the fault of those horrible delicious bread baskets, that are my personal weakness, but it's how I am, and until I change, eating out pretty much had to go.

    It's healthier and more sanitary to cook your own food anyway.
  • slw5X5
    slw5X5 Posts: 282 Member
    Red Robin has bottomless fries with most of their meals. Last time we were there, the waitress asked if we wanted more fries. We just told her no. Just because its on the table doesn't mean you have to eat it.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    Red Robin has bottomless fries with most of their meals. Last time we were there, the waitress asked if we wanted more fries. We just told her no. Just because its on the table doesn't mean you have to eat it.

    Seems kind of wasteful just to have them throw it away.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,301 Member
    Can't you just tell them you dont want any more and then they will stop brining them out to you?

    Havent come across anywhere in Australia that does bottomless fries - but some places do bottomless soft drinks - when you dont want any more you just stop getting any more.
  • gypsy_spirit
    gypsy_spirit Posts: 2,107 Member
    A tear just escaped my eye. I'm sorry you had to endure that. :cry:
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    How about some poutine with bacon?

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  • Azurite27
    Azurite27 Posts: 554 Member
    You can choose to sub broccoli for fries at Red Robin. That's what I do when I go there making it one of the few low calorie choices for meals out. And if you choose to have fries, just enjoy them.
  • scubasuenc
    scubasuenc Posts: 626 Member
    I usually get something from their menu that doesn't include the fries. Although I like the idea of subbing broccoli.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    Can't you just tell them you dont want any more and then they will stop brining them out to you?

    Havent come across anywhere in Australia that does bottomless fries - but some places do bottomless soft drinks - when you dont want any more you just stop getting any more.

    I didn't think to ask. And she didn't ask if we wanted more. She just kept bringing them.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    How about some poutine with bacon?

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    That would have been better I guess. At least the bacon would have slowed down the carbs.
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    I can stuff down food with the best of them, and I've never been hungry enough to even consider a 2nd basket of fries at Red Robin.
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    You can choose to sub broccoli for fries at Red Robin. That's what I do when I go there making it one of the few low calorie choices for meals out. And if you choose to have fries, just enjoy them.

    But is it endless broccoli? If it's only one serving, it doesn't really seem to be worth the same value as the endless fries. I mean, you have to be a responsible consumer after all.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    You can choose to sub broccoli for fries at Red Robin. That's what I do when I go there making it one of the few low calorie choices for meals out. And if you choose to have fries, just enjoy them.

    But is it endless broccoli? If it's only one serving, it doesn't really seem to be worth the same value as the endless fries. I mean, you have to be a responsible consumer after all.

    Good point.
  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
    You can get a fruit cup instead. or tell them no thank you, you don't want more fries.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    You can get a fruit cup instead. or tell them no thank you, you don't want more fries.

    Fruit cup? Too much sugar.
  • TheGymGypsy
    TheGymGypsy Posts: 1,023 Member
    Just because they brought them out doesn't mean you have to eat them.

    Also, it's a calorie issue, not a carb issue.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Nice trolling.
  • jasonmh630
    jasonmh630 Posts: 2,850 Member
    No offense, but couldn't you just NOT eat them? or tell them you don't want any more fries?

    Red Robin advertises bottomless fries. People that eat there know that walking in there because it is readily seen on the menus and in advertisements.
  • Me2FitMe
    Me2FitMe Posts: 1,285 Member
    Seems you rather have the fries... so eat them. Feel free to stop when self control kicks in... or you can tell them when they bring the first batch, that you don't want them to bring more after-- that way there is no waste.
  • SamanthaD1218
    SamanthaD1218 Posts: 303 Member
    Lol is this a joke?

    After they bring you more fries once, just tell them you don't need any more after that. It's not like they're going to throw away ten pounds of fries in the back room because one customer didn't want more. They'll go to someone else.

    If you don't want to waste the extra fries that were already brought to you, ask for a takeout box and save them to eat later. Or feed them to the birds. Or build a french fry castle.

    I'm confuzzled as to why this is a problem...
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I hide them in my handbag and give them to the homeless.
  • Fit_Fox88
    Fit_Fox88 Posts: 410 Member
    I hate red robin
  • RGv2
    RGv2 Posts: 5,789 Member
    Nice trolling.

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  • Spooky_Scully
    Spooky_Scully Posts: 73 Member
    Red Robin has bottomless fries with most of their meals. Last time we were there, the waitress asked if we wanted more fries. We just told her no. Just because its on the table doesn't mean you have to eat it.

    Seems kind of wasteful just to have them throw it away.

    Why does it seem wasteful to say no, but not wasteful to eat them when you don't want them? To me its a waste of calories if I don't want something/don't enjoy something/feel guilty about eating something. Enjoy your food, and eat what you want…but don't treat your body like a trashcan.
  • MaeHills
    MaeHills Posts: 17 Member
    Surely if you hadnt eaten them they wouldnt have bought more?
    Just dont eat them...it's not that hard!
  • kbmnurse
    kbmnurse Posts: 2,484 Member
    You could have said no more. Don't blame Red Robin.
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    You can get a fruit cup instead. or tell them no thank you, you don't want more fries.

    Fruit cup? Too much sugar.

    And there are so many carbs in fruit!
  • hikezilla
    hikezilla Posts: 174 Member
    We don't worry about Red Robin, they have the worst food in town and they charge way too much for it...so we just don't go. Next time you go there, ask for bottomless celery sticks and see what they say.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    We don't worry about Red Robin, they have the worst food in town and they charge way too much for it...so we just don't go. Next time you go there, ask for bottomless celery sticks and see what they say.

    You must live in a town of AWESOME FOOD if Red Robin is the worst in town. I mean, it's not great food but it's still decent. So for it to be the worst in your entire town.... well, I'm totes jelly of the food in your town.
  • Blacklance36
    Blacklance36 Posts: 755 Member
    It would be real easy to add an extra 1000 calories on to a meal by snacking away at fries.
    No thanks!

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