TGI Fridays

Nicole is Bombay. She is the best bartender/​server/​everything. The rest of the team is great too but Nicole. Mhm. She is the only reason I’m really Unilocaling. Thanks for the best service ever!

Great drink specials and appts in the bars. The surprise for me was the quality of the entrees. Have not had a great entrée there ever until last night and it was a rideye no less. Keep that late night chef. great job.

My very first time at this place was about 5 – 6 years ago, and I loved it. It was great, the service, the food, portions. I even made my family eat here for my graduation dinner.
I’m sad to say that I don’t feel the same way I feel about this place or TIG Fridays anymore. The service is terrible, my fiancé and I always wait for more than what is necessary, and whenever the waiter comes he’s very snobby or rude to us. The food wait is alright, but the food itself is bland, and even sometimes cold! I would say the portions are very small compared to what it used to be.
I don’t think I will ever go back to eat at a TIG Fridays, because I think I can find better at better prices and tasting food.

I usually only go to chain restaurants when I am looking for a safe option. You know, there is something for everyone on one of those menus and if I cannot decide on what I want, I will probably be 99% able to find something I might like. Well, we were meeting family with a lot of kids in tow, so we decided to grab a quick bite to eat at Fridays.
I had an awful experience at the one in St. Louis Park (still waiting on the manager to refund the meal, 7 months ago!) so was a bit nervous coming in here. Looks like they run this place to a different tune than the one on the West side of the metro. Employees were nice and welcoming and we were seated quickly. We were right next to the kitchen exit and server’s station, which was a little annoying since we overheard EVERY bit of gossip while we were dining. Management might want to change that up or not have the servers drop every bit of drama going on in the store in front of customers. Not very appealing to guests.
Anyways the food was actually pretty good for being an Applebees/​Chilis/​Fridays chain. It was authentic to what the menu pictured (rare indeed sometimes) and quite tasty. I had the Bourbon Plank Chicken and my wife tried the Chicken and Shrimp Skillet. We enjoyed both dishes. The one thing that was a bit shocking was the price, not our meals so much, but they tried charging $ 12 bucks for a burger. It better be as delicious as a Blue Door Pub burger, because other than that no chain burger is worth that much money EVER.

We came in for early dinner Karen very nice she explains menu and gave good suggestions we had rib combos they were great definitely will go back food was excellent

Really good food! And you get to hear all the TGI Fridays drama from the hostess. …that is if they even notice that you are there. Also if someone comes to ask them for help with silverware, cause they ran out, they will say they are busy… then will stand there and do nothing. But the servers are fantastic. Just need to clean up the greeters.

This is a great place to go after work and get some appetizers or dinner. The ribs are delicious. The bar staff are terrific and friendly. We like to come in once a week and have dinner in the bar because the staff is amazing and great food choices. My favorite is their soup of the day on Fridays –it is clam chowder. We use our stripes app and get points that equal about $ 10 off every four or five times.

I am impressed. Nothing beats the 10 $ rib trio. Wide selection of sauces, tender ribs. Definitely would order this again.

It may be a chain but the food is really good. I always seem to have a coupon for buy one entrée get one free. Check out their drink specials we had 4buck long iskands. The service is very friendly and we got got our drinks and food really fast.

The advertisements for this place make it seem fun and inviting, but this particular location was HORRIBLE! Waited 30 – 40 minutes for a booth. Placed orders in for apps and main course and literally right after we got our apps, main course came! We didn’t even have time to touch our apps and felt rushed to get in, eat, and get out! Appetizers were the best thing, which is sad considering we ordered onion rings. All meals were messed up. I will not go back to this location not only because of this, but because the staff was standing next to my children talking about doing drugs and getting F*ed up! Please, this is a family restaurant, staff should always be aware of their surroundings!

Dont get the endless apps! They taste horrible RS
Me and my boyfriend came here for the endless app deal and we picked the spinach dip and the potato skins, how you can screw up on spinach dip is beyond me but it was horrible, both were sooo horrible, so we decided to make them not endless and the server asked why, and I said we didn’t like them enough to have more of them, super simple, but we were starving so we did eat some of them, and we weren’t asking for them to be taken off of our bill or anything crazy like that, but then the server took the half eaten apps from us and we still had to pay for them, I’m pretty disappointed :/​we left after that, fast food is cheaper and better tasting than the food at this restaurant.

This place sucked big time. Wasn’t all that busy and my dinner mates waited an hour for their food.
They brought mine out and completely forgot about the other two.
Crappy.

Met a friend here for lunch. Ordered large Cobb Salad which was mostly lettuce. Very skimpy with the grilled chicken, bacon, blue cheese and avocado. Server was nice. Don’t think I’d go back.

Stopped in and was seated. Never saw a waiter or waitress after that. We could t even place a drink order.
After 15 – 20 minutes we left and went to BW3 for dinner. Service there was great!

Waited 20 mins for NO service. Guess I’ll take my business next door to BWW. Ridiculous! They just lost good business.

Mary the bartender is fantastic! The bald manager is very friendly, and always accommodating!

This location was deifnitely more relaxed than the one up by the airport that I’ve been to. The service was great and I wanted a change of scenery. I MUST recommend the new Sea Salt and Caramel dessert from their revamped menu. Delicious!

First I want to mention that the wait staff was excellent. Everyone was very friendly and followed up throughout our meal to make sure we had everything we needed. That said I don’t think the food/​drink is worth the money.
$ 9.69 for a Margarita — premium liquor or not — was a little high. I wasn’t impressed with it, almost had more ice than drink in it. Now that I think about it saving the almost $ 10 and running to the local liquor store would have been better deal.
I ordered a blue cheese burger and my hubby ordered a cheddar burger. The burger came with shoe string fries, which although I love fries was not impressed. I guess we are used to seasoned fries, which is what we get at most of the places we normally patronize. When I asked my husband what he though of his burger he said it reminded him of a McDonald’s hamburger. So, I guess if you like McDonalds but want a little bit better atmosphere this is the place for you. I agree that the burger was like eating a fast food burger.
Also, we wanted to try the whole TGI Friday experience so we ordered the Whiskey Cake with sauce for desert. We were thinking it would be similiar to Applebee’s white blondie desert and it wasn’t:(The taste of the cake with the flavor of the sauce just didn’t taste right together.

I came here just after Christmas. They had a new turkey sandwich with weird stuff on it, whatever it was it didn’t go together well and just seemed like another experiment on their helpless customers. You are constantly captive to the constant menu changes. Drowning a steak in sauce doesn’t constitute a draw for me. Now in the winter I’m constantly reminded of the omission of the delicious mac and cheese and beef stroganoff. Now I’m reduced to burgers and buffalo wings. I’m not just gonna bitch about the food. I don’t like having to stroll through the bar to get to the bathroom. The worst is, remember all the construction I mentioned, it was easier to get into when it was all going on!

Overall a great restaurant, especially for a chain. I always had bad memories for what Friday’s used to be. It seems as if they have improved things quite a bit from the past.
I’ve been to this location three times now, ordered something different every tine and been satisfied every time. Its a typical bar/​grill restaurant with good food, yet not top shelf. I know i will be coming back to try more off the menu soon. If you don’t know where to go and want some quality food, lots of options, and a good atmosphere check it out.
As for Happy hour, I know if you sit at the bar after 10pm they have some decent specials on appetizers and drinks.
Also, if you think you will frequent any of the friday’s restaurants, their rewards program is well worth the investment.