I went there ONCE . . . Ordered rotisserie chicken, which was served Dry and Stringy. Expensive, poor food, with so-so service, so we never went back.

once was enough for us!
 

We visited RJ Gators last weekend for the first time. We had previously seen a crowd there thinking it must be good, not realizing the crowd was for the live entertainment not the food nor service. We opted for indoor seating and it took an extended period of time for waitress to come initially. We ordered drinks and when they finally made it to the table, we immediately ordered our food. It was a straightforward order with no questions hoping to help waitress out. The whole experience was SLOW! Considering there were hardly any customers on the inside it was hard to understand the slowness. The waitress was always out of sight, so when we were ready for the check, we slid our plates to the edge of the table hoping she would get the hint! We had to go up to the hostess desk for the check and the waitress had the nerve to ask "No Tip"?? Nope not for that slow of service! The food was hot but not good enough for $68. There were 2 alcoholic beverages in that price and one of those had to be sent back!
I even tried to send an email to let management know (again to help). The email was blocked, so I called with no answer and no voicemail. The google review was successful! :) One and DONE for sure!

I thought the waitress was "out of sight".

RJ Gators is not much different than any other restaurant in the service industry .. not enough staff, period!

Why are there no young (or old) people working in this industry? Getting enough living expenses somehow else?

We go a few times a year. Usually sit inside at the bar. Good service, enjoy the view of the “lake”. Food is about average for the villages but we like their burgers & Philly cheese steak especially. Didn’t know the 2/1 was gone but that’s OK as long as the price per drink is good.

Only difference is sometimes the staff has little or no interest in giving service.

I like the one in Brownwood. Good service and good chicken wings.

Why would anyone do that, when it's more fun to bash a place for a bad experience you had, years ago?

It's not.

Totally different restaurant. Brownwood is GATORS DOCKSIDE.
Sumter is RJ GATORS. Dockside is a chain. RJ is locally owned and operated by Dan, the owner.

What was the old price if you just wanted one drink?

Actually, I prefer ordering by the drink.

What I meant by "Out of Sight" was when we needed her she was nowhere around not even waiting on other tables.

Thought that was the case.

Why no bus-people in restaurants anymore ?
 

From best to mediocre, I don't understand why servers are required to bus tables in addition to providing service.

Recently went to a much nicer and more expensive restaurant in TV. First we sat for over ten minutes before we were acknowledged by a server nor the hostess that walked by at least five times during that period.

Watched as server after server walked by carrying dirty dishes every trip they made from the dining room.

Finally our server came with dirty dishes in her hand to take our drink order.
Another long wait as we watched her make two more trips to the dining room before bringing drinks or taking our dinner order.

Pathetic. Except for bringing our drinks or meal, she never came to our table without dirty dishes, even handed us the check with dirty dishes in the other hand.
Long period of no service, I watched her on all fours clean up a mess on the floor.

I wonder why there are no young bus-people working in restaurants any more?
Society gone wrong.

Just spitballing here, but maybe it's NOT 'Society" to blame on this one. MAYBE, it's restaurants figuring out they can save money by not hiring 'bus-people' because they can make their servers pull double duty for one low price.