Red Robin, To whom it concerns: Our granddaughter gave us a gift card to Red Robin for Christmas. It wasn’t much but we have no problem with flipping the rest of the bill. We got dressed up and went in for dinner at 4:45pm. and stood at the hostess station for 10 minutes with no sight of anyone working there at all. I had just had knee shots and needed to sit down, so we went into the bar area and sat ourselves at a table. There was one bartender but her back was toward us for 5 minutes until my husband decided to go up to the bar to give a drink order politely. She told him, she would send a waitress to our table and turned around to ignore him. Seriously? We can’t ask for a drink at the bar? A waitress came and we did get good service from her. As we were waiting for our food, the hostess had arrived and came past us with a couple to seat, a few tables away but we were hit with the overwhelming fumes of a very overpowering perfume she was wearing. It was so strong, I went into a serious coughing fit. I have COPD and I had trouble catching my breath. It was offensive to my husband too. While we tried to enjoy our food, which was very good btw, this hostess passed us 3 more times with the same affect on us. It made our food less and less desirable to finish. We did not take advantage of endless fries or dessert because of this girl. This gal was very short, dark complexion, curly hair. Anyway, as we were finishing, I had to step out of the building quickly to get some fresh air while my husband paid. The tightness in my chest was hurting very much while I stood by the front door, and just then I saw these two women approaching the restaurant. As they got closer, I was appalled at how they looked. Their hair was messy, uncombed, as if they just woke up. They had old dirty pajamas on for attire. I felt sick to my stomach! What kind of place is this Red Robin? Is this the reputation you really want? When people ask me about Red Robin, what is going to be my answer? I just thought you should know. P. S. There were a few other minor disturbances but you get the idea. We weren’t impressed. And you should tell staff to not be on the phone when there are customers in view of.