TGI Fridays is a popular American restaurant chain for an enjoyable casual dining experience. It offers exceptional variety from classic Handcrafted burgers, Jack Daniel’s Ribs and to-share platters as well as a wide range of innovative cocktails to choose from.
The restaurant name acronym actually stands for “Thank God It’s Friday”. Apart from the great food and creative drinks on offer, it is also a fun place to be, turning any day into a fabulous fun FRIDAY! What a great concept! It has soon become one of my favourite places to hang out with friends.
Yesterday I met up with a friend at TGI Fridays in Wembley. The restaurant is located within the recently developed London Designer Outlet right opposite the famous Wembley Stadium.
Walking through the London Designer Outlet, it was very busy and brimming with loads of shoppers. The whole venue was decorated with awesome Christmas lighting which was very beautiful indeed!
Arriving at TGI Fridays, the restaurant was massive with ample seating. The environment was very modern with bold, overstated ceiling lights and red chesterfield leather seats, thus creating a very warm and inviting atmosphere.
The bar area was super cool too with a real friendly bar man. They are always mixing it up at the bar, creating exciting new cocktails from frothy and fruity smoothies to a world-class assortment of beers and wines.
My favourite drink being the "Strawberry Shortcake" which is simply out-of-this-world delicious! It is a frozen blend of fresh strawberries, old rum, fruit liqueur and vanilla ice cream. Yummy!
The menu is quite big, bringing with it world famous signature dishes like Potato Skins, Buffalo Wings, Ultimate Grills and Sizzling Fajitas!
Our starter was a side of Jack Daniel Wings. They were cooked to perfection and coated in a flavour-packed trademark Jack Daniels sauce. I cannot describe how amazingly crispy these baked chicken wings are. The perfect appetiser to a great evening out!
For the mains, I ordered the Ultimate Jack Daniel’s Double Glazed Ribs. Yes, that Jack Daniel's sauce yet again! There is something about this sauce that I just don’t seem to get enough of, lol. The Jack Daniel’s grill glaze is one of the most delicious sauces you will ever taste on just about any meat you can think of. It was introduced back in 1997 and fast become one of TGI Friday's best-selling items since. Being sweet in flavour with a hint of added spice, it can be ordered on an assortment of different meat choices. For example, salmon, steak, chicken and pork chops.
The portion of the food are always very generous. The ribs came with apple slaw, char-grilled corn on the cob and crispy fries. You might be mistaken for thinking it was food served for two people!
The ribs are slow-cooked in the oven and browned over on the grill. The meat was so tender, literally falling off the bone, in the sweet and spicy Jack Daniel’s sauce. Absolutely finger licking good!
My friend opted for the classic burger. And again, with the amazing Jack Daniel’s sauce, lol. It was also of a very high standard too.
Throughout our meal, our waitress was attentive without being intrusive. She refilled my friend’s coke glass without being asked with a smile and a little cheerful banter thrown in or good measure. What great customer service! Another unique selling point of this establishment are the celebrations they include if you pre-organise it. At regular intervals, you will hear staff gathering whilst cheering on to celebrate a customer’s birthday at another table. A slight distraction during a meal for some but I thought it was a great "feel-good" gesture on their part.
By the time we finished those starters and main course, we had absolutely no more room for any dessert whatsoever. Although we would have loved to, lol. Though there is always next time as I am pretty sure we will be returning here again real soon.
T.G.I. Fridays offers a unique atmospehere in regards to an "All American-style" dining experience, delivering what is promised in it's slogan as "Always being as good as that Friday feeling at TGI Friday's"!
星期五美式餐厅是一家专注于休闲餐饮的美国连锁餐厅，同时也是备受欢迎的餐饮品牌之一。在这里你可以享受到它所提供的美国食物，特色饮料以及个性化的服务。餐厅的名字来自于英文词句“感谢上帝，今天是星期五”，挺新颖的概念！我和朋友也经常来这里聚会，呵呵。
昨天我约了朋友在Wembley区的星期五美式餐厅见面。餐厅坐落在伦敦折扣商场内（London Designer Outlet），斜对面就是著名的Wembley体育场。从车站出来，穿过淋漓满目的折扣商场，到处都是圣诞过后的减价活动，热闹非凡！整个广场笼罩在一片圣诞光晕下，很美很温馨！
星期五美式餐厅很大，有充足的座位。店内设计以黑色配搭鲜明红白条纹，很具现代感。明亮空间设计，天花板上夸张的吊灯与红色皮革椅，给人一种复古的感觉，气氛活跃欢乐！
酒吧区蛮酷的，调酒师也非常友善。他能在很短的时间内以娴熟的手法调制出各种令人兴奋的鸡尾酒！我最喜欢的是草莓鸡尾酒。它用新鲜的草莓与朗姆酒，配搭碎冰与雪糕制成的，好好喝！
菜单种类非常丰富，有美式布法罗辣鸡翼，各种碳烤肋排，汉堡等等，保证有你喜欢的，呵呵。
我们点的前菜是烤鸡翼配上特制甜辣酱。鸡翼做得很到位，酥脆的外皮里面是鲜嫩多汁的鸡肉，再搭配上独家的杰克丹尼尔甜酒酱，真是美味之极，超级好吃的前菜！
我的主菜是杰克丹尼尔碳烤猪肋排！大家可能会觉得，怎么又是这个酱呢？其实，这独门酱汁还挺有来头的。它是星期五美式餐厅与美国最著名的威士忌品牌杰克丹尼尔(Jack Daniel)合作推出的独家餐点！这甜酒酱系列在1997年推出，大受欢迎并迅速成为了星期五美式餐厅最畅销的菜式之一。
这家餐馆的分量还是挺足的，端上来的碳烤猪肋排占满了整个碟子，加上薯条和萨拉，简直是两个人的份量，呵呵。猪肋排以独门威士忌酱汁为调料，慢火烤至八分熟再碳烧。外皮碳烤香味十足，肉汁相当入味，柔嫩化口，非常地道的美式口味，好吃得让我停不下口来！
我朋友的主菜是汉堡，也是杰克丹尼尔甜酒酱口味，呵呵。味道也相当不错。
餐厅侍应生服务态度很好，总是微笑着，并不厌其烦地为我们添加饮料。顺带说一下，这里的汽水像可乐，都是可以免费添加的。我还注意到了这里的一个传统，就是工作人员会聚集在餐桌前，为当天生日的客人祝贺！虽然只是短短的几分钟，但我觉得蛮温馨感人的。
这里餐点的份量都属重量级的，很适合食量大的人吃。对于我和朋友来说，有点儿超负荷了，呵呵。虽然很想吃甜点，但我们的确心有余而力不足，下次吧！
无论你与家人或朋友聚会，或是寻求周末般的解放，星期五美式餐厅都能通过地道美式食物与欢乐气氛让你获得休闲放松的体验！喜欢美式风味的朋友，千万不要错过哦！
Happy New Year @rea
Happy New Year to you too @sardrt!
I will take your dessert i have lot of room ..lol..The way you describe just awesome.My mouth become watery when i was reading your post.
Also the TGI hotel is just wowwwwwwwwwwwwww..I like those staffs behaviour working nicely without any request.
Nice photography too
Wish you a very very happy new year
One more i will definitely try this daniel sauce with meat.haha
Happy New Year @rockonbhai! Thank you for dropping by. :)
Haha I always have room for dessert too!
OMG ! it all looks so delicious @rea , I always wanted to check them out , and after seeing how awesome everything looks from your great photos I will for sure now !! Mmmmm ! im drooling over those ribs and the Jack Danials sauce sounds awesome !! and im thinking its reasonably priced ! Thanks for sharing , upped and resteemed to share with my foodie followers in my @momskitchen blog !💕✌👍👌😋😋😋
Are you serious? Someone called Mom's kitchen gave all the salt, sugar and bad fats at TGIF a thumbs up?
Good reminder that not all Mom's are made from the same cloth.
Best of luck on this platform, mate. God knows it looks like you're gonna need it... :)
Awe thanks for such a kind reply ! lol! its all right to cheat once every couple of months as long you eat good all the rest of the time , did you notice I also said that I have never ate there before ! in fact its very seldom i eat out at all , maybe once a year , Thats why I have a momskitchen blog because I do all my own cooking instead of eating out !! we also grow all our own pesticide free organic vegetables in our garden at my boyfriends in the country , as well our own free range eggs from our own chickens ! Not everyone on the planet has a heart condition or are diabetic or anything else , you seem to very quick to judge others before knowing all the information ! its perfectly fine if its a once a year thing even to go out on your birthday , by the way my two boys who are now 27 and 30 Have always been perfectly healthy and Never been to the doctor ! How about you !?!? Happy New Year !!🎉🎉🎉🎉✌😋✌😋✌😋
It was a treat once a while, lol :) Thank you for your nice comment @momskitchen!
Your welcome !🎉🎉🎉🎉
Great food plus such a beautiful ambience, pleasure redefined. Your love for the Jack Daniels sauce is more powerful than that of Romeo and Juliet. 💑
TGIF is amazing. They have never ending appetizers for like 10 bucks. YOU CANT BEAT THAT DEAL anywhere... It is so tough trying to eat healthy when there is so much great food at TGIFS.
I cannot agree more @joeyspector, lol.
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@rea,
Cheers......
Now i have to go for lunch, your delicious pictures made me hungary.
This a great photography and delicious food on..I appreciate to your blog..Best of luck...
Thank you. :)
Most welcome my friend ..
Wow very delicious hope I can dine in that restaurant.
Epic photography. It took me almost there. Delicious and mouth watering pictures of food you enjoyed.
those glazed ribs look amazin!
God bless america!!!
It tasted even better!
Excellent post, So yummi!
Greetings for venezuela!
Happy new year 2018 my friend!
wowowowowow this is the bigest butyfull place in world can u give full information?
Food + travel is the best combination ever and you write this in such a beautiful way because of this i feel the taste of this food inside my mouth
You are a great article writter i love you hope u will keep posting articles like this in future for us we are waiting thank you @rea
Thanks. :)
Really awesome photography you share & thanks to share this content.
Thank you. :)
Cheers!
Their food tastes great, enjoy! I also like all of the Christmas decorations.
TGIF's has the best Long Island Iced Teas. They don't use tequila in it. Which keeps it from having a bad after taste like some places that make them with tequila. My husband and I love TGIF's. They don't have them everywhere, so we usually try to enjoy one when we go on vacations.
I am lucky to have a couple of T.G.I. Friday branches here in London. :)
Yes! They are awesome!!!
The mall is massive and beautiful! I am glad you enjoyed your experience at TGIF's. I have eaten TGIF's in 4 countries and only been disappointed in one and that one was in Managua Nicaragua. I can't begin to explain the disappointments. My son had taken us there for Christmas. He felt so bad.
Happy New Year! 2018 promises to be a great year!
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I love T.G.I. Fridays! I always have to get the Jack Daniels Burger, it is so good with the Jack Daniels sauce!! 😍 Have you had the pretzels with craft beer cheese dipping sauce?
Oh yeah, love the Jack Daniel's Burger!! I don't drink bear too often but I like the pretzels too. :)
I don’t drink beer either haha. But beer cheese dipping I can do!
this post is really amazing, I had never imagined that there was such a place where you have to catch the prawns to eat them fresh, it's a refreshing and great idea, as always your images and comments are excellent I admire the work you do ..
I take the opportunity to wish you a happy year 2018, full of beautiful emotions, peace and prosperity for you dear friend @rea and yours.
Thank you very much for all the support you have given to my work.
Have a wonderful day
Wow.. There is a wonderfull place...
and wish you a wonderfull new year @rea :)
interesting, didn't know about that restaurant but it looks innovative :D
you make me miss all those places i have been before as well..
AARGHHHH !!
Don't be loving on the TGIF's. You should be hating on the TGIF's.
The food is the epitome of BAD American culture.
Too salty (unhealthy), too much sugar (unhealthy), and too many of the bad fats (unhealthy).
If you want to know why American's are one of the most obese nations in the world, take a look at TGIF's menu and dining choices.
You are shovelling shxxxt into your system when you eat that crap.
Make 2018 the year you get healthy again.
Stay away from TGIF's (and all the American culture like TGIF's).
p.s. I have an American passport and have voted for all the presidents since Reagan.
So I am entitled to the comments above - not disparaging Americans as a foreigner without personal knowledge, I'm one of them and part of the issue.
A little extreme, don't you think? We eat out to enjoy a delicious meal, not worry about any dietary concerns.
Having a bit of fun once in a while does wonders for the human psyche. :)