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| - Lantana Grille - My review is not for rooms or the resort itself, but the Brunch at the Lantana Grille. STAY AWAY!! This is the first year we decided to do a Mother's Day Brunch. We had plenty of time to go anywhere else, but we chose this location, based on it's advertisement of menu, price ($50 per person) and of course, the resort is beautiful.
All I can say is what a disappointment. I'm not a mom, so it wasn't about me (for once). Apparently Lantana is not known for it's brunches - we didn't know this. So they weren't sitting anyone for our noon reservation. The entire restaurant was empty, you could see busboys cleaning tables very rapidly, while about 150 people waited to be seated - all at noon.
I understand about simultaneous brunch seatings. Fine. But at least prepare for the event. Rent a microphone, speaker, megaphone something. The check in stand was a frantic child (ok, she had to have been about 18) and she took names, said to wait here, but the here location was a 4 foot by 3 foot entry way, and there was about 150 people trying to "wait here". So we walked outside, and the girl indicated she'd come get us. We tried to find a seat for my mother in law, who was the guest of honor of this occasion, and tried to walk inside. There was a seat for her, and we waited again. WHen they called our name, she almost scolded us, indicating she had called us before, but we didn't show. (she never called, I was about 10 feet from the door trying desperately to listen).
So the poor waiter eventually showed at our table, by this point, my husband and mother in law went to start getting food (again 150 people trying to all get in line at same time). He was very kind, offered free momosa's to all ladies and took our drink order.
My husband gave me lay of the land. Walk towards the exit, there are meats overthere, and behind me were hotplates with bacon, potatoes, blintzes and sausage links. This is where the disappointment began. There were about 6 what they call salads. Olives with oil, tomatos with oil, hot peppers - yep with oil, and 3 other empty oily plates. There were a few deli hams, there was pork which i thought was prime rib, because it was beyond rare and bloody. I honestly know that was not a safe way to eat pork. I missed a few of other hot items on burners, because of the crowd and various children reaching with hands to the hot plates. There were no sneeze guards on anything, and people would put the thongs/spoons back in the food vs the plate on the side, which grossed me out.
The breakfast bar had sausage, bacon and what I already mentioned. No pancakes, no french toast, nothing. By the time I got to the bacon, it was gone. So were the blintzes. Thankfully my husband shared his.
Again, our mother in law loved it, it was her first brunch. We were very happy she didn't have another brunch to compare to. The $50 sticker price was shocking for what you got, or the service, or the various empty plates when you did finally make it to a hot plate. When I did ask prime rib - I mean raw pork attendant for more salad, he said he couldn't leave his station.
Sad, they just weren't prepared for a brunch.
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