This is not a full-service hotel so I passionately shook my head from side-to-side and mouthed, "Noooooo...." over the head of an employee telling Mr. Picky that we should try it. Mr. Picky dragged me kicking and screaming, but it actuallyn turned out to be a nice surprise. The kitchen does their wedding reception catering, but as I hadn't been to the reception yet there was no way of knowing if it'd be good or bad. We grazed through the meal, ordering "this and that". And we saw food being walked to the bar where quite a few people were ordering things. That first night we had a very nice water, James.
We started with the "Tequila Shrimp Scampi" appetizer. It was a little weird having mashed potatoes with an appetizer, the dish qualified for "yummy" and had three massively beautiful shrimp. The gravy had lots of chopped garlic and we asked for a spoon so we wouldn't waste a morsel of it. Definitely a winner!!!
We then moved on to trying the Crab Stuffed Mushrooms, but were not fans of having bacon in the stuffing.
Another winner was the Chicken Wings appetizer ... They serve three kinds of wings dressed with sauces ... I didn't much care about the Traditional style, but the Spicy Thai and the BBQ were absolutely fantastic, finger-licking good. And we both even liked the coleslaw served with that dish.
Next we shared the Divers Scallops entree (substituted homemade chips for the risotto). Shaved Parmesan on the ultra thin chips, very delicate and we enjoyed the light crunch when biting into them. And, as one who is not a great ketchup fan, I loved the ketchup they served ... No clue the brand but it was perfect in the balance of sweet and sour bite. But overall we were not in love with this dish.
Favorite bite of the night? Tequila Shrimp hands-down!!!
We then decided to share a dessert, so ordered the chocolate lava cake and a scoop of vanilla ice-cream on the side. Disappointing, and it didn't have a lot of "lava", so next time I'd pass in favor of the house bread pudding I think.
So what about the wedding catering? Well, we took very small sample bites and then decided to sneek out to visit the restaurant again. The reception coconut shrimp through, I must say, was delicious and we couldn't pig out enough on that sweet and spicy Thai dipping sauce.
So back in the restaurant we ordered the Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail with cocktail sauce, Gorgonzola sweet potato fries, and finished with the mixed berry crisp and ice-cream (don't bother on that last one).
Overall, the first night's dinner was really good. Breakfast the next morning was just the usual hot and cold buffet one sees at many hotels such as this (but with some a la minute prep which I appreciated). read more