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Trying Out Ruby Tuesday’s Seafood Fest #CBias

ruby tuesday seafood festival

Having grown up (mostly) on the East Coast, I absolutely love seafood. Unfortunately, good seafood can be hard to come by and pretty pricey out here in Wisconsin.  When I heard that one of our favorite restaurants, Ruby Tuesday, was having a Seafood Festival, I jumped at the chance to try it out.


We frequent Ruby Tuesday fairly often.  While it is always popular and busy, we never have to wait for a table, the service is friendly and prompt, and the food is really good.  Typically, we get the salad bar and soup or one of their signature burgers.  While they do have seafood on their regular menu, I have never ordered it.


We came on a Thursday night and Ruby Tuesday was already hopping by 5:00 pm.  We were seated promptly and placed an appetizer order of hot spinach dip while we looked at all the meal choices.


After a LOT of deliberation, I decided on the shellfish trio, LJ ordered the crabcake meal, and Jay (not as big a fan of seafood as I am) ordered quesadillas.  We snacked on the appetizer and cheddar biscuits (yum!!) while our meals were prepared.  As always, the meals came out just as we were finishing the dip.  I wish I could co-ordinate my timing like that when I’m cooking at home!

ruby tuesday seafood festival
The Shellfish Trio
ruby tuesday seafood festival
The Crabcake Dinner



The seafood meals were really good!  The crabcakes were full of huge chunks of crabmeat and hardly any filler, the lobster was tender and fresh tasting, and the shrimp was grilled perfectly. (Jay liked his quesadillas too.)  I would say the quality of the seafood was equal to what I would have expected to be served at a restaurant back East.


One of the things I love about Ruby Tuesday is that you can choose your own sides and they have a huge list of items to choose from.  LJ decided he wanted baked mac and cheese and onion rings.  I decided on grilled green beans and zucchini.  I love their grilled vegetables – they are perfectly done so that they are crisp and tender. 


We were pretty full after the appetizer and generous portions in the meals.  Not only did we pass on dessert (darn – they have really good desserts too), but we would up bringing food home to have for lunch the following day.


Check out our full experience at Ruby Tuesday in pictures here! 


    • This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias. All opinions expressed are my own.

Comments

  1. Double Duty Mommy says

    I love Ruby Tuesdays but I’m so not a fan of sea food, plus ruby Tuesdays doesn’t exactly scream sea food place to me :/

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  3. Marcie W. says

    I haven’t ever been to Ruby Tuesdays and I’m not sure if we even have one here in Las Vegas, but I do love my seafood.

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  13. nicóle says

    Oh gosh! The last time I ate at Ruby Tuesday my husband and I got soooo sick. It’s been years! Those dishes do look good though!

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  19. Donna says

    I agree that they have a wonderful salad bar. I haven’t been to a Ruby Tuesday in awhile. I do love seafood, so may have to try them again. It seem like they changed the look and menu (not to mention the prices really got high) so much, that it just wasn’t like they used to be.

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