Red Lobster
Every Red Lobster guide on MenuPricesUSA in one place — menu prices, lunch, dinner, senior, seafood boil, kids and drinks, all built from the same three-city research.
Red Lobster is a seafood casual dining chain founded on January 18, 1968, in Lakeland, Florida, by Bill Darden and Charley Woodsby. Since September 2024 it has been owned by RL Investor Holdings, a private investor group including funds managed by Fortress Investment Group, formed after Red Lobster’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. It’s known for Cheddar Bay Biscuits®, seafood boils, and recurring Endless Shrimp promotions.
This hub links every Red Lobster guide on MenuPricesUSA — the complete menu pillar plus 6 category-specific guides, all built from the same three-city research (Atlanta, Dallas/Mesquite, Brooklyn/New York).
Explore Our Red Lobster Guides
The complete menu, every category, priced across 3 cities.
Read the guide →Smaller portions, lower prices — and exactly how much you save vs. dinner.
Read the guide →Signature Feasts, Shrimp Classics, Land & Sea, Bowls & Sandwiches, and Pastas.
Read the guide →What we could — and couldn’t — confirm about Senior Menu pricing.
Read the guide →Sailor’s & Mariner’s Boils, plus how Crabfest and Lobsterfest relate.
Read the guide →6 kid-portion items, each served with a choice of side.
Read the guide →Fruit Smoothie pricing, plus what we confirmed on alcohol availability.
Read the guide →About Red Lobster
Red Lobster opened its first restaurant in Lakeland, Florida, on January 18, 1968, founded by Bill Darden and Charley Woodsby. General Mills acquired the chain in 1970 and later spun it off, along with Olive Garden, into the newly formed Darden Restaurants in 1995. Darden sold Red Lobster to Golden Gate Capital in 2014, and after a 2024 Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, the chain emerged under new ownership: RL Investor Holdings, a private investor group that includes TCW Private Credit, Blue Torch, and funds managed by Fortress Investment Group, which completed its acquisition on September 16, 2024. Red Lobster is headquartered in Orlando, Florida, and operates several hundred restaurants across the United States.
The chain is best known for its Cheddar Bay Biscuits®, seafood boils, and recurring promotions like Endless Shrimp — the Seafood Boil concept also extends into the seasonal Crabfest and Lobsterfest promotions, which is why we gave that combination its own dedicated guide. If you’re comparing lunch and dinner pricing on the same dishes, our Lunch Menu guide breaks down exactly how much less the lunch-portion versions cost.
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Red Lobster founded?
Red Lobster opened its first restaurant in Lakeland, Florida, on January 18, 1968, founded by Bill Darden and Charley Woodsby.
Who owns Red Lobster now?
Red Lobster has been owned by RL Investor Holdings since September 16, 2024 — a private investor group including TCW Private Credit, Blue Torch, and funds managed by Fortress Investment Group, formed after the chain’s 2024 Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. Darden Restaurants, which owned Red Lobster from 1995 to 2014, is no longer affiliated with the brand.
Where is Red Lobster headquartered?
Red Lobster is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.
What is Red Lobster known for?
Red Lobster is best known for its Cheddar Bay Biscuits®, seafood boils, and recurring promotions such as Endless Shrimp.
Where can I find Red Lobster menu prices?
Our complete Red Lobster Menu Prices guide covers every category with real 3-city research. This hub links that pillar plus 6 category-specific guides covering lunch, dinner, senior, seafood boil, kids, and drinks.
Our Methodology
Brand facts on this hub (founding date, founders, ownership history, headquarters) are drawn from Red Lobster’s own documented corporate history as referenced on Wikipedia, including its 2024 Chapter 11 bankruptcy and sale to RL Investor Holdings. All menu pricing, calorie and availability data linked from this hub was captured directly from Red Lobster’s own official redlobster.com ordering site at our three research stores — Atlanta, GA, Dallas/Mesquite, TX and Brooklyn, NY — on 9 Oct 2026 (Atlanta/Brooklyn) and 12 Oct 2026 (Dallas/Mesquite). See each individual guide for its own full methodology.