The first time I went to Rain Forest Cafe I was 10 and it was at the Mall of America in Minnesota. The Rain Forest Cafe there looked remarkably similar to the Rain Forest Cafe that closed in the Oak Park Mall on Monday.
I remember thinking, "Man, this place is cheesy" and this was from a 10-year-old. The best part was the very pretty hostess who, every few moments, would have to turn on a microphone and say the embarrassing phrase, "Jones Family. Party of Three. You're adventure is about to begin." She was so good at her job we thought we were about to begin a real adventure.
There were also some cool live parrots. Sporadically a cold mist would
squirt from some hidden nozzle and provide some much-needed fresh water
but overall, the plastic snakes and fake ferns were underwhelming, as
were the chicken fingers in the shape of dinosaurs. When we finally got seated, halfway through the meal, the entire restaurant got dark and there was a loud crack of thunder and lightning and the sound of birds. It was pretty cool and right in the middle of it, the waitress came by and filled up the table's drinks, ruining the mood.
My grandmother didn't finish all of her meal and got a to-go box. My family party left to explore the mall and realized after a couple minutes that we had forgotten the to-go box, yet we never went back to get it. We didn't miss it. I guess the point is, now that Rainforest Cafe has left Oak Park Mall and considering that the same ownership has a newer, more up-to-date restaurant in town, will anybody miss Rain Forest Cafe? -- Owen Morris
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DA BEST PLACE ON EARTH TO EAT!!!! (and if ur in Nashville, TN, u shud go to da Aquarium resturaunt too. its by the same pea=ople as the rainforest i think, but anyway...the ENTIRE PLACE is an aquarium with sharks, and exotic fish and sting rays!!! divers go in and feed and play with them too!!! its really cool for ANYone at ANY age!!!
I really couldn't do RFC after about 2000. We were in an RFC in Massachusetts, out in the burbs. About halfway through the dinner, a mouse jumped out of the "vines" on the wall, scurried across the table, and jumped out onto the floor.
We told the waitstaff, who seemed unsurprised.
I couldn't look at all those plastic vine-covered walls again without thinking of what was running around in them.
So no, not missing.
Ah, I remember when they put it in, it was a big deal for me. Unfortunately, my family was too poor to eat there til my mom had a group meeting there for her business(it deals with sick kids) and I decided to tag along.
Being 17 at the time, it was awful. The food was lousy and overpriced, it was loud with terrible bird and animal noises, and the cheesy big gold fountain man wasn't even working. Needless to say, I got bored within 30 seconds.
Oh well, some little kid is probably sad somewhere. Hopefully his parents will just feed him something healthier instead.
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