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| - We stayed at the JW with a bunch of other families (12 adults, 14 kids) and wanted to have a private adult-only dinner. I contacted the restaurant's group coordinator (Kaleb) and he was awesome in helping me plan. Since we were dining on a Monday night, we was able to book on of the private rooms for us with a pretty low F&B guarantee ($900). I had preordered 4 canoes (appeitizers). We we arrived, we were quickly escorted to the back room. At 8pm, the restaurant was about 75% at capacity. The back room was nice. There were sliding doors for privacy and we were able to control the thermostat and music easily. We had multiple waiters and servers there to help us and never had to wait on anything. Our drink orders were taken right away and the canoes came out. The highlight of the canoes were the pork ribs and shrimp skewers. The cocktails were good and better priced than Meritage ($8-12 vs $12-15). One of the girls didn't like hers and they quickly exchanged it. We ordered some beet salads and hanger steak loco mocos. The salad was a hit as well as the loco moco. Some of them came out with the fried egg overcooked. The waiter apologized and quickly had them fired up some new ones. Not a big deal. The loco mocos were very very good. I could have probably have eaten that for the entree.
The one thing that really impressed me about the restaurant was that they were so willing to make substitute and customize our menu. Most of us elected for the Surf n' Turf and that (the hanger steak) could have been paired with pretty much anything (lobster tail, butterfish, mahi mahi, shrimp, etc). I paired mine with the butterfish and thoroughly enjoyed it. The Hanger steak came out already cut and was tender. The flavor was just ok. However, the butterfish was awesome...just melted in your mouth and was very flavorful. Everyone loved their food. Only complaint was that the surf portion was small...can't have everything.
Dessert included the pineapple upside down cake and the chocolate souffle. The pineapple cake was very buttery (a tad too much) and the souffle was great. We had a great time and really enjoyed dinner. Roy's is a perfect place for a group. Very convenient access from the hotel (literally outside the elevator).
If we return to this resort, I will be calling Roy's again. You can't be the food, service, or value.
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