We were at the Hilton - Playa Del Carmen (Mexico) for our honeymoon. It's an all-inclusive resort which includes all the food and drinks during the stay.
The resort has several restaurants which serve different cuisines such as Mexican, Brazilian, Italian, etc. The restaurant Chef's Plate is not specific to any particular type of food because the chef creates a daily menu of its choice.
As a Hilton honors member, we also had access to this restaurant but it's only for dinner and by reservation only.
We made a reservation for dinner but when looked at the menu, it mainly had non-vegetarian food. As vegetarians we did not even want eggs in our food. We requested the restaurant for a vegetarian menu for our dinner if possible. Not knowing what our dinner will be like we planned on going to Italian as backup.
The restaurant has a very upscale look and feel, it also requires men to be dressed with a collar top and have closed shoes. The restaurant is perfect for a romantic dinner.
Starting with the service, the servers were so kind and professional from the time we entered until we left. Even tho it's technically a "free" dinner for us, the service was exceptional.
Food: The chef prepared a special vegetarian menu for just my wife and I. It was an amazing 7 course meal that was specially made just for us and all vegetarian.
Started off first with a welcome drink. This was an alcoholic drink which was so good that we couldn't even tell there was any alcohol it it. Mixed with peach liquor, grey goose, Orange juice, and champagne. It was the only drink we had the rest of the night.
Then came the caperese salad which was a bite size item with tomatoes, fresh mozzarella and dipped in pesto. It was delicious.
Next was the bread plate with 2 types of rolls. One was plain bread filled with cream cheese and the other was onion and chive flavored bread. It was served with 3 types of butter. Squash and cucumber flavored butter as well as regular butter. We have never had cucumber butter and it was so yummy.
Then came a garden salad. This was a mix of greens and fruits. I'm not a salad person but I liked this one because it had nuts and fruits as well.
Next was the vegetable soup. It was very soothing!
Then was the main course which was a vegetable lasagna. Prob the best Vegeterian Lasagna I have EVER had. There were two parts to it, one was a actual lasagna layered with pasta, cheese and shredded veggies. The other part was an actual vegetable lasagna layered with veggies like zucchini, cucumbers, spinach and fresh mozzarella. It was served with crispy Parmesan cheese cracker. It was the best.
For dessert the chef made a fancy plate, it had ice cream, chocolate, apple filled cinnamon flavored bread roll and fruits.
Lastly they brought out some chocolate truffles.
This dinner was our best meal from the trip. Each plate was well presented and full of flavors. We were so stuffed and satisfied, It definitely exceeded our expectations! read more