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Impeccable service. Bomb diggity. $40/pp. Just go.
My boo surprised me with a breakfast buffet and from the minute we walked in, I felt we were treated like high rollers.
Verandah is situated inside the Four Seasons and right beside the pool. Should you wish to people watch and bask in the sun, then the verandah of the Verandah (see what I did there?) would be your ideal spot. Otherwise, I'd suggest you bathe in the luxury of elegant decor, white linens, and a relaxed eat-at-your-own-pace ambiance of their indoor dining area.
You are not obligated to partake in their breakfast buffet, as there was separate menu that featured the usual breakfast fare.
After being seated by the friendly hostess, our server took our drink orders. We then galloped to the buffet area to feast!
The buffet was relatively small Eggs Benedict, eggs, and bacon. I was surprised with the quality of Eggs Benedict. I'm not a connoisseur of EB, but damn. The biscuit was crunchy! I did not expect it to have texture if it had been sitting in a food heater/water bath all morning. That was a good surprise.
I'm not a fan of drip coffee, but damn, even the coffee was good.
Some stand-out items were the scrambled eggs with smoked salmon, peppered bacon, French Toast with berry compote, vanilla bread pudding, and assorted pastries like blueberry scones with lemon curd. Yummy in my tummy!
Also Included in the buffet menu was custom-made omelettes. I ordered mine made with spinach and other standard accoutrements you would put in any omelette. One thing I MUST note was my spinach was cooked PERFECTLY in the omelette. In all other omelettes I have had that included the green, leafy powerhouse, the spinach had been cooked into nothing and offered no *textural* contrast to my omelette. Oh, but at the Verandah, you see, my omelette was perfection!
Another area that exceeded my expectations was the efficacy and professionalism of the staff. My coffee was constantly refilled and other servers (including our own) periodically asked about our food and our experience without being too invasive or too fake.
I was having trouble cutting the biscuit of my Eggs Benedict with a dull dinner knife and our server noticed and handed me a steak knife so that I could cut through the biscuit (I couldn't, but I much appreciated the gesture).
It just seemed that everyone we encountered was genuinely interested in our dining experience! That's always a plus for me and makes for a glowing review on Yelp.
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