08/28/08

Kid friendly, but worst food ever

by lemurking

I thought Applebees was arguably the worst chain, but Rain Forest Cafe definitely "wins" in terms of food. The ambience is fine for kids, but I would not conscionably allow them to eat there.

I've had the misfortune to eat a RFC twice and both times the meals of the restaurant came to us as if from a rain forest - read: they were wet.

-- Wet meatloaf

-- Wet Thai salad

Gooey and nasty with little redeaming feature. The food was either too salty - probably to make up for the wetness - or too gooey, because they had a large amount of sauce in the back that was probably meant to mask the absolute insipid tasteless food that was being presented.

The other insult is that the food is not cheap. I would much rather eat at Applebees or for that matter, any roadside diner - especially if someone at the diner could dress up in an ape suit and there was audio tracks of a rain forest in the background. Then my kids would appreciate it, too.

• Pros: sounds of the rain forest
• Cons: insipid food

04/18/07

Best place ever

by seizurefanatic

The Rainforest Cafe is extremely family oriented and an enjoyable place to eat. I have been to a few including Maryland and it was very nice excellent service and everything in between. Basically it is a very nice place and the environment is wonderful.

• Pros: Everything was nice

04/10/05

User review by staysea

by staysea

I attended a birthday celebration there yesterday. The atmosphere is cool for children. Our server was good. However there were a few errors. Nothing too bad. The largest complaint is that the restaurant did not wanting to seat us unless 75% of the party was there. Even after, that we still had to wait an extra 10 minutes. We got there at 4pm and wasn't seated until a little after 5pm. Be prepared for a long wait. All in all it was a nice birthday celebration.

• Pros: child oriented, in the mall
• Cons: wait time, loud