Lucile’s — Restaurant in Fort Worth

Such a major disappointment. Two of us left hungry and I'm nearly $240 lighter. We had a reservation for our triplets' 19th bday lunch. Called ahead to say we were running about 5 minutes late due to weather, but, actually arrived on time. Two other 6-tops were seated, but had no food yet. We were told our table was being cleared but we were squeezed into the smallest 6-top table of the three and were all fairly uncomfortable. I ordered fried green tomatoes and a Bloody Mary with a little spice, highlighted as an award winner. They arrived quickly, but the Bloody Mary was nearly undrinkable. It didn't even taste like tomato juice. It was garnished with stringy, inedible celery and 2 regular olives - nothing inventive or special. Worse, it was made with what tasted like watered down Tabasco on ice. The appetizer included 5 tomato slices cooked nicely with a flavorful dipping sauce. Also delivered were 2 clam chowders, which were super creamy and tasty...no sandy crunch in any bite. This beginning, sans the seating snafu and terrible Bloody Mary, made me excited, but, sadly a great meal wasn't to be forthcoming. The Reuben worked and the house made potato chips were quite good. The Lobster Roll was okay, but, insanely small and left triplet number 2 hungry. Cedar Plank Salmon was slightly overcooked, rice was far too chewy. Lobster Ciopinno was more of a stew with rice vs a layered, umami broth, but was filled with seafood as promised and an odd chunk of lobster vs the described 1/2 lobster tail. The bay scallops were teeny and chewy and the dish overall lacked flavor. The Shrimp and Grits arrived with the vein still on 1.5 shrimp. The grilled shrimp were over cooked and still had shell fragments. My Greek Shrimp Salad was anything but Greek and was filled with non-deveined chilled shrimp, also with shell fragments, atop wilted lettuce that was drowned in a super oily dressing. I had to hunt for the feta crumbles. No kalamatas, no pepperoncinis, no bell peppers and too many red onions that overpowered the salad. Our server offered to get me another but, I wanted to eat with my family. The manager brought out some additional shrimp that he had deveined, explaining they don't devein the salad shrimp. Purge them then, no one wants to eat that vein. My mom was pulling shrimp shell out of her mouth at that time and asked if they normally deveined and shelled the Shrimp and Grits and showed him her dirty shrimp, to which he replied he'd inform the kitchen of the issue so the next diners wouldn't receive dirty shrimp. Odd. She was displeased and said so to our server, who showed up shortly with some additional grilled shrimp that my hungry son ate. I feel like they tried but it was all after the fact. The food should've been cooked and plated beautifully the first time. As our server picked up my full salad plate, she said nothing and I asked for the check. I spent far more than I should've for food that fell short, barely approaching mediocre, and that is on me. I regret disappointing my kids at their...

This was our first time here. We have heard so much about this place, especially the lobster bisque. The parking lot was fairly full. We walked in and were seated right away..our waiter was very nice but kinda slow. The other wait staff looked like they didnt want to be there. We had to wait a little longer than i thought we had to. We were asked what we wanted to drink and i was like, how about a drink menu please? Not one beverage on the regular menu so we had no idea. That was an easy fix, no worries. I ordered a purple haze martini, wife ordered a water. Martini was good. We started with crab stuffed mushrooms...delicious. we got a cup of lobster bisque so my wife could try. She loved it , thought it was great! The bread came along, wasnt impressed. Definitely had better. My wife ordered a salad, i think it was greek or Mediterranean, honestly dont remember but it had shrimp in it. She wasnt impressed with that. She said it was dry, she had to ask for extra side of dressing. I asked her if they didnt put enough and she said it tastes like they didnt put any at all. I dont know, i didnt try it, im just quoting her. Even after the dressing she said it was ok at best, more like a house salad. She said just because you add a few olives and a little bit of feta doesnt make it a greek or med salad, no cucumbers. Anyway...i ordered blackened redfish. The fish was delicious. The veggies that came with them were just veggies, nothing special. They were grilled or roasted but just barely and they werent even hot, almost cold. The corncob tasted plastic, i only took one or two bites. The server, like i said was very nice but we had to wait on him alot. All in all, this experience was ok. I know this is a Fort Worth staple, been here a long time and it has a good reputation but we werent real impressed. I know every location has off days and i hope that was the case here but i dont think we are going to rush to come back. It wasnt a horrible experience it just didnt wow us like we expected...

This happened a couple of years ago but I'm still pretty down about it and I decided it was finally time to leave a review. I was really looking forward to eating there so my mom and I drove all the way to Fort Worth. It was a Sunday afternoon. The sun was shining. The birds were chirping. We were greeted and shown to our table. The spicy chicken sandwich sounded really good but I needed a better description of the jalapeno dressing. I specifically asked if it was mayonnaise or had any mayonnaise in it. They said no, so I dug deeper. What is this sauce? Is it a buffalo sauce or possibly a jalapeno puree? I was assured that it wasn't white and creamy and did not contain mayonnaise or emulsified eggs and oil. The sandwich came out and I could immediately tell that it was loaded with mayonnaise. The server did offer to bring something else but I was so irked by that point so I said it's okay, I'll just finish the appetizer. A little bit later, the manager was stopping by everyone's table to ask how their food was. I can't remember what his name was, but he looked like Ted Haggard the mega church pastor and opponent of gay marriage who was caught having relations with a male escort, exiled from Colorado for a year and a half, then did celebrity wife swap with Gary Busey, only to be accused of using methamphetamines and behaving inappropriately with young men at a different church in Colorado in 2022. Seems like he's doing better now. Anyway, this manager stopped by to ask how everything was and I very calmly let him know that I was told the sandwich didn't have mayonnaise but it actually did. Instead of apologizing and offering to compensate me he said, "Well, it says jalapeno mayonnaise right there on the menu." The menu doesn't say mayonnaise anywhere. It says jalapeno dressing. I'm not sure if I'm more upset by his rudeness or lack of menu knowledge. Maybe you could hire the actual Ted Haggard. At least he owns up to his mistakes and seems like a...