Red Robin under 1,000 calories: 31 plates, ranked

Of the 45 dishes we track at Red Robin, 31 come to 1,000 calories or less with the sides and choices they come with — 69%. The most protein in one plate under 1,000 is the Santa Fe Salmon with bottomless garlic fries, 54 g for 800 calories; the most filling of them, by protein and fiber per calorie, is the Simply Grilled Chicken Salad (37 g protein, 4 g fiber, 290 cal). 14 dishes do not fit under 1,000.

Source: Red Robin nutrition guide (official) · Data refreshed October 16, 2026

• 31 plates under 1,000
• 54g most protein in one plate
• 54g protein in a full meal
• 14 dishes over 1,000

As of October 2026, 31 of the 45 Red Robin dishes we track come to 1,000 calories or less with the choices they come with, and the most protein in a complete Red Robin meal under 1,000 is 54 g (A Santa Fe Salmon with bottomless garlic fries, and a Coke Zero).

Three complete Red Robin meals under 1,000 calories

Under 1,000, the most-protein meal is built on the Santa Fe Salmon (290 cal for the dish alone), which leaves 710 calories for the sides it comes with and a drink. One plate — a dish with a valid pick for each choice it comes with, never the same row twice — and at most one drink: the MinMax app's meal and the best under the cap, drink included. The most protein and lightest meals are unchanged from under 800; the other uses the extra 200 calories.

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Every Red Robin plate under 1,000 calories, ranked by protein

One row per dish, counted once with the best choices that still fit under 1,000 — by grams of protein, then calories. The median plate under 1,000 is 870 calories. Figures as Red Robin published them, rounded to whole numbers (how we check them).

What 1,000 calories buys at Red Robin

Going from 800 to 1,000 calories adds 15 plates: Everything Chicken Caesar Salad (840), Turkey Burger (860), Crispy Chicken Strips Salad (870), Cowboy Ranch Double (880), Teriyaki Chicken Sandwich (890), Crispy Fish Sandwich (910), Everything Chicken Caesar Wrap (910) and Red Robin Gourmet Cheeseburger (920) and 7 more. The extra room also changes what 4 plates are counted with: Keep It Simple (Chicken) takes bottomless garlic fries instead of an Everything Caesar side salad, Keep It Simple (Beef) takes an Everything Caesar side salad instead of garlic Parmesan broccoli and The Impossible Cheeseburger takes garlic Parmesan broccoli instead of bottomless steamed broccoli, and 1 more. Across the 31 plates on this page, the choices a dish comes with add as much as 510 calories. The heaviest plate that still fits is the Bacon Cheeseburger with bottomless steamed broccoli at 990 calories, 10 under the cap.

What doesn't fit under 1,000

14 of 45 Red Robin dishes are over 1,000 calories even with their lightest choices; the lightest of them, the A.1. Steakhouse Burger, misses by 30 calories at 1,030. With more room, see Red Robin under 1,200. Tighter budget: Red Robin under 800. Closest misses: A.1. Steakhouse Burger (from 1,030), Whiskey River BBQ Chicken Sandwich (from 1,040), Banzai Burger (from 1,060), Hot Honey Crispy Chicken Sandwich (from 1,060) and Bacon 'N' Bleu Burger (from 1,080).

More at Red Robin

• Red Robin calories & nutrition (147 items listed)
• Red Robin under 800 calories (16 plates)
• Red Robin under 1,200 calories (40 plates)
• High-protein Red Robin plates (10 dishes)
• Red Robin calorie calculator (build a plate under your cap)

Under 1,000 calories at other chains

The same cap at 3 other sit-down chains, where a dish is also counted with its sides. The counter chains are ranked on fast food under 500 calories.

• Ruby Tuesday under 1,000
• IHOP under 1,000
• LongHorn Steakhouse under 1,000