Red Lobster Menu Prices 2026: Cheddar Bay Biscuits, Ultimate Feast & Lobster

The Ultimate Feast is priced around $32.99 at most U.S. Red Lobster locations as of May 2026. It's the chain's flagship combination platter: a Maine lobster tail, steamed snow crab legs, garlic shrimp scampi, Walt's Favorite Shrimp, rice pilaf and a side — plus unlimited Cheddar Bay Biscuits. Pricing runs $2–$5 higher in California, the Northeast, Florida coast and Hawaii. The Ultimate Feast has been the chain's most-ordered specialty entrée for more than two decades.

Yes — Cheddar Bay Biscuits are free and unlimited with any dine-in entrée, and have been since the recipe debuted in 1992. Servers bring a basket at the start of the meal and refill as long as you're eating. They're baked fresh in-restaurant from a buttermilk base and finished with a garlic-butter-and-herb brush. For takeout or carryout, most locations include a set quantity per entrée rather than unlimited refills, but a 6-pack to-go is available à la carte for around $5.99.

Yes. Cheddar Bay Biscuit Mix is sold at grocery retail nationwide, made by Bisquick under license from Red Lobster. The boxed mix runs roughly $3–$4 at most grocery stores (Walmart, Kroger, Target, Publix and others) and includes the dry mix plus a packet of garlic-herb seasoning for the butter brush. The boxed mix yields about 10 biscuits and is one of the most-purchased restaurant-licensed retail products in U.S. grocery. Limited variants — jalapeño cheddar, garlic — appear seasonally.

Endless Shrimp still exists, but only as a limited-time promotion, not a permanent menu item. Red Lobster made Endless Shrimp permanent in mid-2023 at $20 a head, which contributed to widely-reported losses and was cited as a factor in the chain's May 2024 Chapter 11 filing. As part of the post-bankruptcy restructuring, Endless Shrimp returned to its original status as a seasonal promotional window (typically running for several weeks at a time, $24.99 a head) with rotating preparations including garlic shrimp scampi, Walt's Favorite Shrimp and garlic-grilled. Check the official site or your local store for current availability.

Red Lobster filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 19, 2024 after a long stretch of declining traffic and the financial impact of permanent Endless Shrimp. The chain closed roughly 100 underperforming locations (bringing the U.S. count from ~700 to ~545), restructured leases, and exited bankruptcy in September 2024 under new ownership. Fortress Investment Group acquired Red Lobster in late 2024 and installed a new CEO. The Cheddar Bay Biscuits, the Ultimate Feast, Walt's Favorite Shrimp and the rest of the core menu remain unchanged; Endless Shrimp returned to a seasonal-promotion model.

A single Maine lobster tail entrée runs about $25.99 with two sides and unlimited Cheddar Bay Biscuits. The premium Lobster Lover's Dream — twin tails plus shrimp scampi and linguini alfredo — is $36.99. A stuffed lobster tail (crab-and-breadcrumb stuffing) is $34.99, and the Ultimate Feast includes a single tail alongside snow crab and two shrimp preparations for $32.99. Wild-caught North Atlantic tails appear seasonally for ~$29.99. All lobster prices are typical national averages; market and coastal-state pricing can run higher.

Walt's Favorite Shrimp is Red Lobster's original hand-breaded fried shrimp, named for one of the chain's earliest leaders. It's served as a standalone combo ($19.99 with two sides and biscuits), as part of the Ultimate Feast, Admiral's Feast and Sailor's Platter, and is one of the rotating preparations in Endless Shrimp promotional windows. The breading is the chain's longstanding house recipe and is one of the most-ordered single items on the menu after Cheddar Bay Biscuits and the Ultimate Feast.

Yes. Red Lobster runs a separate lunch menu weekdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with smaller portions of dinner classics at lower prices — lunch entrées typically run $10.99 to $14.99. The cheapest sit-down lunch is the Soup, Salad & Biscuits combo at $10.99 (cup of bisque or chowder + salad + Cheddar Bay Biscuits). Other popular lunch picks include Lunch Cod Fish & Chips ($11.99), Lunch Walt's Favorite Shrimp ($12.99) and Lunch Shrimp Linguini Alfredo ($13.49). Lunch pricing only applies weekdays 11–3; after 3 p.m. and on weekends, full dinner pricing applies.

On average, yes — Red Lobster runs about 20–35% higher than Olive Garden per entrée. A single signature entrée at Olive Garden (Fettuccine Alfredo) is $15.99; the comparable Red Lobster signature (Walt's Favorite Shrimp Combo) is $19.99. Combo plates show a wider gap: Olive Garden's Tour of Italy is $22.49, Red Lobster's Ultimate Feast is $32.99. Seafood pricing is structurally higher than pasta, and both chains were historically owned by Darden Restaurants (Olive Garden is still part of Darden; Red Lobster was sold off in 2014 and is now Fortress-owned). For a comparable sit-down family value, Olive Garden's $52.99–$64.99 family meals are cheaper than equivalent Red Lobster combos for groups.

As of May 2026, Red Lobster operates approximately 545 restaurants in the United States, plus a small number of locations in Canada and a licensed international footprint. The chain peaked at more than 700 U.S. locations in the early 2020s; about 100 underperforming stores were closed during the May 2024 Chapter 11 restructuring. Use the official store locator on redlobster.com/locations for the nearest store and hours, since post-bankruptcy closures and re-openings have continued through the Fortress-ownership transition.