Ruby Tuesday  

A Friday night -- celebrating the end of a rough week at work.

Surprised that a table for one person was even available at 7:10pm, but it was!

I chose a beef lasagna entree with one trip to the salad bar and iced lemon tea. Friendly service, but getting the iced tea took a little while. I still had no drink on my table after returning from the salad bar. The kitchen was a little slow, too, as there was a bit of a lag between the end of the salad and the delivery of my main course. It was hot and tasty, but I usually expect a tall brick, and this wasn't that.

No dessert, as I thought I had spent more than enough. My main complaint with RT is that it's overpriced for what they offer.

We have been to Ruby Tuesday few times before but we hate the service, so we wouldn't come if we have other choice.

We gave it another go last week, we got there around 8.30pm and I phoned in advance to reserve a table. Just didn't want to eat at the bar again like we did last time.

Anyway, it was very quiet when we arrived. We got our table straight away.

They have a new menu on ribs which looks pretty good. The picture of the ribs looks very yummy. I ordered the ribs with chicken wings ($248) and my husband ordered on with steak ($328). Both ribs with spicy BBQ sauce and the steak and chicken wings cooked very well.

What surprised us is that we didn't have to wait too long for the food this time. Amazing. The service was so-so, they kept asking if we are interested to buy the membership card. We said no to the waitress and then another waitress asked again. When we paid the bill, someone else asked if we wanted the bloody membership card, we said no, then another person asked again. HELL NO. Do they not understand the meaning of 'NO'.

The food was good but the service is still a 'let-down', if they could leave us alone to have a nice meal, I think I will go back. Just a shame that every waiter and waitress is like a sales, at the end of the day, if they are good, people will go back, they don't need a membership card to attract them in.

after visiting the exhibition in cityplaza, we've decided to have a nice lovely afternoon tea. since i have the ruby tuesday privilege pass, where i can enjoy 15% off for tea sets in ruby tuesday, we went there for tea then.
i've always liked ruby tuesday, it has always been a nice place to dine.
as usual, the waitress introduces the salad bar then leads to our seats.
we ordered two tea sets, Ruby Minis and Fajita Beef Crepe. i've also upgraded my drink to the daily special drinks for paying an extra $15 and it was frozen cappuccino on thursday.the burgers were toasted and the bread was slightly crunchy. the beef patti in the burger was really nice, with pretty strong taste of beef in it. these delicate small burgers made me want to have their large burgers from the main menu.the crepe wrapping the fajitas beef was lovely, with some slight sweetness. there were beef, red onion, bell peppers, and mushroom in the wrap, and they were all very flavorsome and aromatic.
both dishes were served with the natural potato chips. i really liked the potato chips. they were very well-seasoned, and i believe they were hand-made chips as well.my upgraded frozen cappuccino was a delight as well. it was a pretty large glass. i liked the texture of it and that you can first taste the whipped cream, then the vanilla ice cream, and lastly the hint of cappuccino coffee in one sip, the sensation was a pleasure.
it was a really pleasurable afternoon tea, absolutely lovely.

A restaurant that seems only worthwhile to try if you got a 40% off coupon (from 百老匯) or their VIP card or something similar. As although their food were very yummy, but really not worth the prices they charged. With our discount, then it seems like a more reasonable dinner.

Highly recommend to make a reservation first! We called in 5 days earlier to book our table at 6pm, and they still told us so many restrictions (e.g. may not be able to give us a quieter table for bb, must arrive within X minutes, must leave by 8 ..... blah blah blah).

They really seem like a popular restaurant, as when we were leaving, we even saw 郭晉安 and his family waiting at the door.

Been to this branch a couple of times before, as it is a favourite spot among some of my acquaintances (who hold the chain's 50% off Premium Card). And on this occasion, a birthday was celebrated.

We booked for 7 pm but we had to wait for an hour from the booked time for some 14 of us to be seated at the long table at the back of the restaurant.

The gang ordered the following:

Fresh Garden Bar x 4 - complimentary 1 trip per entree at the time we visited. (I think now it's charged at $68 a trip according to the chain's online menu.)

I could hardly remember the last time I'd "played with" a salad bar, and so I was more than excited when I saw this! There were quite a wide range of toppings and condiments to build your salad, but the most crucial point was skill, according to my friend who was a regular patron of RT. The salad greens and fillings were fresh but needed more frequent refilling.

Build Your Own Sampler - Onion Rings, Calamari (which I had, which was just so-so and rather batter-y), Potato Skins and I-don't-know-what (didn't know which one my friends chose).

? kind of steak - my friend ordered medium rare (70%), I judged with my naked eye and thought was up to the point, and the eater enjoyed it pretty well. I had part of the baked potato on the side, well, that was good, and the only minor complaint about this dish was the vegs which were overly buttery.

Lobster Ravioli - didn't realise it was lobster until I looked at the menu...the ravioli skin was sort of tough and disappointingly not a lot more to write home about.

A Full Rack of Fork-Tender Ribs - as always this is the star of RT. This time I believe it was Classic Barbecue Sauce which went with the ribs. The meat was tender and could easily be detached from the bone, and there was a char-grilled flavour out of it when eaten with the barbecue sauce. I wish I could have more... However the mash (white cheddar mashed potatoes) that came with it wasn't too popular and I thought was worse than the baked potato.

Triple Play - half-rack of ribs, chicken tenders, Lousiana fried shrimp and baked potato - despite an extra helping of ribs I didn't have the chance to have it.

Premium Wagyu Cheddar Burger - another friend's choice. The patty looked juicy, I had the honour of sharing the chips which turned out to be quite tasty.

Complimentary Chocolate Tallcake (with a newspaper coupon) - a signature dessert here, it really looked HUGE! It was quite a sight indeed. Although the chocolate cake which filled the bottom of the glass was rich, there wasn't much ice cream or caramel sauce so the whole thing was on the dry side eventually.

A couple shared a Ruby Refersher. I think they had a MegaSize one (28 oz.) and the glass was larger than that of the Tallcake! The menu said it contained orange, pineapple, cranberry and pina colada and the drink looked pink. No special comment about the taste though.

Staff were friendly and helpful, in spite of the long waiting time once you get inside the service was actually okay. We had a brought-in birthday cake and the staff quickly got us new plates (don't know if they have a cake-cutting charge though), and they were happy to take photos for us.

Around a month ago, I went to Ruby Tuesday for dinner with some friends and the waitress recommended us to join the VIP program. It cost HK$400 at the start, and lasted for 3 months (there are other more expensive options that last for longer, but I forget the price).

With the VIP card, you get 50% off all items (excluding alcoholic drinks and service charge). Better yet, you can use the card immediately. So for the first time if you order food amounting to HK$1000 (which is easy for 5 people), you didn't have to pay anything at all for the VIP card!!

Because:
Food ordered = HK$1000
VIP card payment = HK$400
Dinner payment = HK$500 + $100 (10%s.c.)

What's more is that from then on you can use this discount for the rest of the 3 months... which actually made me go to Ruby Tuesday much more often than usual (I guess I am one of their victims of their good marketing strategy)...

Anyway, better get on with the food choices:

Must Try!
Premium Aged Sirloin Steak - really good cut, served with mashed potatoes and vegetables (costs ~$270 normal price)
Snack Platter - your choice of regular / large plate, with 4 starter choices... my favorite is the fried mozzarella and onion rings! (reg. ~$98, lge. ~$140)
Beef Fajitas - really really nice, served on a sizzling plate, comes with the wrap, with diced tomatoes/cream etc. to add to your wrap

Can Skip...
The Double Chocolate Cake - originally I thought it was going to the same as 心太軟 because of the photo, but it's nothing like it...

Service is good, similar to what you get at other American restaurants. Overall good try, and should definitely join VIP!

The food was OK i must say.

However, the service was really bad. It was really difficult to imagine that you had to request for FOUR times to ask the waiters there to refill the water for you. Also, i guess we had waited for around 30 minutes to get the salad. Lastly, something went wrong with the bill as we ordered the SMALL snack combo but it turned out to be to charge us for the LARGE snack combo.

Coincidentally, another table sat not far from us also complained about the bill fiercely with the manager.

I am really disappointed about the service at this restaurant. If you like the food there, I guess you can try at another branch but definitely not the one at Tai Koo Shing.

a typical american family restaurant. i'd usually go here for business lunch. all the food are up to standard and the services are not too bad.

if you go there for dinner, don't forget to order one of their desserts "blondie". is a sticky toffee cake. if you are a toffee or chocolate lover, you will definitely love it. some people might find it too sweat.