Endless Shrimp returned to Red Lobster on August 17, 2026 for a limited time, with five flavours guests can mix and match, including a new Garlic Bread-Crusted Shrimp. It is dine-in only at participating locations. Red Lobster did not publish a price for the promotion or a last day.
- Status
- ReturningConfirmed by the company
- Brand
- Red Lobster
- Launch
- August 17 (Aug 17, 2026)
- Where
- US — participating locations, dine-in only
- Run
- Limited time
- Back from August 17, 2026, confirmed by Red Lobster
- Five flavours, mix and match: Garlic Bread-Crusted Shrimp (new), Shrimp Linguini Alfredo, Garlic Shrimp Scampi, Parrot Isle Coconut Shrimp, Walt's Favorite Shrimp
- Dine-in only, at participating locations
- This follows a spring 2026 return the company says exceeded expectations
- New seasonal Happy Hour Margarita platform, opening with the $5 Fire & Tide Margarita on weekdays 3–6 p.m.
- Red Lobster published no price for Endless Shrimp and no end date
What’s coming back
Endless Shrimp, Red Lobster's all-you-can-eat shrimp promotion, back from August 17, 2026 for a limited time. Guests mix and match five flavours across the meal: the new Garlic Bread-Crusted Shrimp, Shrimp Linguini Alfredo, Garlic Shrimp Scampi, Parrot Isle Coconut Shrimp and Walt's Favorite Shrimp. It is dine-in only at participating locations. Red Lobster launched a seasonal Happy Hour Margarita platform alongside it, opening with the $5 Fire & Tide Margarita on weekdays from 3 to 6 p.m.
When it was last around
Red Lobster says Endless Shrimp has been part of the chain for more than two decades and describes it as the Endless experience "guests never stopped asking the brand to bring back." The immediately relevant run is the spring 2026 return, which the company says exceeded its expectations and which it credits for this fall encore. Red Lobster has not published a run-by-run history, and none is reconstructed here.
How long: Limited time — Red Lobster published no last day
Why people care
Endless Shrimp is the rare promotion with a business history attached to it, and that history is why every return gets scrutinised rather than simply enjoyed. Red Lobster's own framing this time is about proof that the offer "works for our restaurant teams and our business" — which is the company answering the question people ask about it, and doing so before being asked.
The five flavours, as Red Lobster describes them
Garlic Bread-Crusted Shrimp, new: crispy shrimp coated in a buttery garlic bread crumb crust, served with marinara sauce.
Shrimp Linguini Alfredo: shrimp tossed in house-made Alfredo sauce over linguini.
Garlic Shrimp Scampi: shrimp sautéed in a garlic and lemon butter sauce.
Parrot Isle Coconut Shrimp: hand-breaded jumbo coconut shrimp served with piña colada sauce.
Walt's Favorite Shrimp: hand-breaded, butterflied shrimp lightly fried and served with cocktail sauce.
Red Lobster says guests can mix and match across the five throughout the meal.
Dine-in only is the rule that matters
Red Lobster states plainly that Endless Shrimp is available for dine-in only at participating locations. That is the single condition most likely to catch someone out, and it is in the company's own release rather than in the small print of coverage.
The context behind that rule is not something Red Lobster spells out here, and this page does not speculate about it. What the company does say is why the promotion is running again: chief executive Damola Adamolekun says guests "were thrilled to have Endless Shrimp back this spring and made it clear they wanted more," and adds that the spring run proved it could be done "in a way that delights our guests and works for our restaurant teams and our business."
The one price Red Lobster actually published
Not the shrimp. The only figure in the announcement is $5, for the new Fire & Tide Margarita during weekday Happy Hour from 3 to 6 p.m. — the opening drink in what Red Lobster calls a new seasonal Happy Hour Margarita platform that will rotate through the year. Two other fall drinks are listed alongside it: an "Old Salt's" Smoked Old Fashioned and a Triple Berry Sangria.
Endless Shrimp itself has no published price. Figures are circulating in coverage of the launch, and they may be accurate for particular markets, but they did not come from Red Lobster and are not printed here. If you are budgeting for a visit, call the location.
How long it runs
Red Lobster says "for a limited time" and gives no last day. It also frames the run as following a spring 2026 return, so the promotion has already come and gone once this year — which is a reason to treat "limited time" as meaning weeks rather than indefinitely, without pretending that is a date.
This page re-checks in mid-October. If Red Lobster publishes an end date, or the promotion disappears from its menus, that goes here.
Common questions
- Is Endless Shrimp back at Red Lobster?
- Yes. It returned on August 17, 2026 for a limited time, dine-in only at participating locations.
- How much is Endless Shrimp in 2026?
- Red Lobster did not publish a price. The only price in its announcement is $5 for the Fire & Tide Margarita during weekday Happy Hour. Prices quoted elsewhere are not from the company.
- Can I get Endless Shrimp to go?
- No. Red Lobster states it is dine-in only at participating locations.
- What is the new Endless Shrimp flavour?
- Garlic Bread-Crusted Shrimp, which Red Lobster describes as crispy shrimp in a buttery garlic bread crumb crust served with marinara sauce.
- When does it end?
- Red Lobster has not said. The announcement describes it as a limited-time return with no last day.
Sources
Red Lobster · Press release · checked Aug 22, 2026
- Endless Shrimp returned on August 17, 2026 for a limited time
- It is dine-in only at participating locations
- The five flavours, including the new Garlic Bread-Crusted Shrimp
- Red Lobster's own descriptions of each flavour
- The new seasonal Happy Hour Margarita platform and the $5 Fire & Tide Margarita during weekday Happy Hour, 3-6 p.m.
- CEO Damola Adamolekun's stated reason for the return
- There was a spring 2026 return that the company says exceeded expectations
- No price for Endless Shrimp and no end date were published