Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Brews — Restaurant in Oxnard

At least a couple of things they serve are bottomless, including the steak fries (which are indeed not made of steak and instead are essentially the lovechild of french fries and potato wedges) and some of the sodas.

The desert pear soda is beautiful and tastes very good, albeit a bit… chemical-y.

The steak fries are delicious (especially with ranch) and decently priced, but they’re surprisingly filling. You can eat a single plate of them, not eat anything else or order any refills, and still be full for a few hours.

My favorite thing I’ve ever had at Red Robin (as of leaving this review) is their drink Tito’s Fishbowl (and yes, it’s an alcoholic beverage). It looks cute both on the menu and in person, tastes equally as good as it looks (a must for those who love sweet drinks), is a little less expensive than I expected, and best of all, I felt AMAZING when it kicked in! The moment I stepped out of the restaurant, I felt like I was on Cloud 9. Still fully functional (aside from some mild dizziness), yet also fully blissful! It felt like I had nothing but clouds and romance where my insides should be (in the best way possible). I was worried that the drink would have too much ice in it and it looked like it did. They said that they could replace the ice with lemonade, but no more of the drink itself, so I kept the ice instead. I don’t regret it, because like I said, the drink was sufficient in more was than one (although I will admit I was left wanting more before the effects even started to kick in) I’m not as experienced of a drinker as I’d like to be, but I can say with full confidence that Tito’s Fishbowl is the best drink I’ve ever had so far. As for its flavor, it tastes like an oversweetened coconut with alcohol in it in a better way than you can possibly imagine. Highly recommend!

A different day (prior to the day I first tried Tito’s Fishbowl) I tried the Sand In Your Shorts drink there. I don’t recommend it unless you like the taste of watermelon flavored candy and aren’t looking to get noticeably tipsy. Despite how large the drink appears to be, it’s 99% ice. Buyer’s remorse: the drink.

As for their service, they have their good days and their meh days. No two days are the same there when it comes to how often the waiters stop by your table or how friendly they are. But the food and drinks arrive at the speed of light!

This location is small, but not typically busy when I’m there (however, there isn’t literally always someone at the front desk when you need them). The decor, while not what I’d describe as fancy, is classy enough to make McDonald’s look like a stinky old dumpster in a shady back alleyway. And the music is great! A somewhat eclectic mix of country music, stuff you’d probably hear at a rave in the 1990s, and possibly some other stuff I’m forgetting. Definitely not for everyone and a tad bit on the louder side, but it just happens to be stuff I like at a volume I like, so I personally am happy with it. The “Reeeeed Robin! (Yummm!)” jingle plays a little too often for my like tho. It’s not even the tiniest fraction as long as the Daiso jingle, but I bet it makes the staff grumpy.

The prices, while not amazing one way or another, are what you’d likely expect. Not awesome, but not too bad either, especially if you have at least somewhat of a respectable amount of money to spend.

There seems to be a dress code (I don’t recall ever seeing someone working there whose not wearing a Red Robin shirt), but the shirts are cute, don’t all have the same design, and they allow dyed hair, cool haircuts, and I think I saw a waiter with ear gauges.

All in all, this is a great place to go on your own or with a friend or two. There aren’t typically a lot of customers there even for such a small amount of space, it’s arguably peaceful, and although they don’t have many snack options, it’s still a nice place to stop for a snack (especially if you really like their fries). Their fries are the best I’ve ever had, and that says A LOT!

TLDR: Order Tito’s Fishbowl and/or steak fries. You...

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers was wonderful. The food and service were excellent. I ordered the Shroom Garlic Burger with lots of extra mushrooms and garlic, and French Onion Soup which came with a small piece of crispy garlic toast.

I also upgraded the regular steak French fries that come with the burger to the Bottomless Garlic Herb French Fries. This was a real feast - very tasty and filling. I had no room for desert, but the free refill of Garlic Herb French Fries was my desert!

The waitress was genuinely friendly and conscientious to satisfy her customers. I was so satisfied with the food and service that I left an unusually large tip, well above 20%, on top of the food plus the sales tax. I usually compute the tip on the subtotal before the sales tax, because it is absurd and counterproductive to give tips based on sales tax, especially when the Peoples Republic of California has the highest or close to the highest sales tax and income tax in the country.

I came later in the evening, and my order was taken only a few minutes after I put my menu down on the table. The only negative is that the men's bathroom needed cleaning - the trash can was over filling with paper towels - and there were a number of tables that had not been cleaned since the customers left those tables.

Red Robin provides the convenience where customers can review their bill, pay with a credit or debit card, and print or email their receipt, using a small computer kiosk that sits on their table. The kiosk also allows ordering some menu items, and calling the server.

This convenience and efficiency is probably one of several measures implemented to offset the increased cost of doing business, without raising prices even higher, due to the socialist Democrat laws that increased the minimum wage and other costs of doing business in defiance of free market forces.

Some food for thought:

The minimum wage laws were originally created to keep unskilled uneducated and poorly educated blacks unemployed - to prevent them from competing for jobs with more educated whites by working for less money to get job skills and experience. The minimum wage has the same racist effect today.

Minimum wage laws and hikes also cause the replacement of workers with computers, machines, and robots, by artificially increasing the cost of labor with no corresponding increase in productivity, so that the labor cost exceeds the cost of computers, machines, and robots.

McDonald's allows customers to place and pay for orders over the Internet from their smart phones, or using a computer kiosk in the lobby. I saw a robot machine at a McDonald's that automatically fills the drinks based on the customer orders in the computer system.

I saw a video on Vimeo showing a robot working the grill at a restaurant, flipping the beef and chicken patties at the right time, taking them off the grill at the right time, and putting them onto buns. People who drive cars and trucks for a living may eventually be replaced by driverless vehicles as a result of minimum wage laws and extortionist labor unions.

Businesses that do not increase automation and reduce employees and jobs as their taxes, cost of government restrictions and regulations compliance, and labor costs are artificially increased must increase prices and lose customers, or go out of business.

It is better to have a job at the free market wage than to have no job at the artificially higher legally mandated...

I highly recommend the steak fries. They’re like McDonald’s fries (soft and salty) but better because they’re much, much bigger, taste like real potatoes, are seasoned, and are more than likely not only more filling but also healthier than McDonald’s fries. And the best part is that they’re bottomless!

I also really like the desert pear cream soda. It tastes great and it looks amazing (it’s the prettiest shade of purple you’ve ever seen)! I will admit that it tastes kind of like chemicals and perfume, but once you get used to it, it’s quite good. So good that I ended up getting a refill and drinking the entire thing! And yes, it’s bottomless! The whipped cream on it isn’t very sweet, but at least it has a cherry on top. There’s also a lot of ice in the drink. Not a huge fan of that. I think the main reason I like the desert pear cream soda is the way it looks, but I’d be lying if I said I don’t think it tastes good.

The raspberry cream soda, however, doesn’t taste as good. It tastes kind of like the raspberry filling in a jelly donut. If you don’t like things that tastes like chemicals, I don’t recommend it. And despite pink being my favorite color and the drink being pink, I think the desert pear cream soda not only tastes better but also looks cuter too. Fortunately I was able to swap out raspberry cream soda for a desert pear one for free.

The “clucks” (chicken strips) put far too much of the “tender” in “chicken tenders”. They’re honestly more like chicken nuggets, and I don’t like it despite the fact that I like McDonald’s chicken nuggets. The “clucks” are way too soft and should be thicker and chewier (for lack of a less grisly and/or rubbery sounding word). You have to marinate them in sauces just to make them barely palatable (as opposed to virtually inedible).

The prices aren’t great, but they’re what you’d expect from a restaurant that technically isn’t fast food.

The service is good, but the waitresses are reserved and could use some cheerfulness. I get that Red Robin isn’t a maid café, but it could use some friendlier, brighter, happier customer service. I don’t want to feel like I’m at a church (I say church because funeral would be a bit of an exaggeration in this case as the customer service isn’t THAT gloomy) when I’m trying to eat. I was in a good mood when I was there, so I kind of exaggerated about how much I liked the service. I was actually referring to the flexibility (the bottomless options, vegetarian options, & free drink swap), but I referred to it as the service. I get that as someone with autism I often misinterpret people being reserved as them being upset or uncomfortable, but please do better.

The atmosphere is what you’d expect. Kind of like BJ’s but smaller. There is some decor and the atmosphere matches the kind of restaurant it is. Casual, but not lacking aesthetic value.

For some reason theres a very low sink next to the normal-sized sink in the restroom. I’d assume it’s for kids, but it’s so close to the ground that a dog could probably drink out of it. I don’t know if they allow dogs there or not, but it’s an interesting detail.

All in all my experience was pretty good and I will likely return (especially since the fries are the best...