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| - If you go to Rainforest Cafe, you are not going for a good meal. You are going because you have some children with you who you want to impress at the elaborately decorated restaurant with moving robot-animals.
That is pretty much Rainforest Cafe's only high-point, but it's a big one. It has a great wow factor that children love. All the servers are dressed in safari gear. There are moving monkeys, elephants, snakes, birds, and more along the walls. Giant aquariums with beautiful fish and a grand fountain are a great sight to see. Every half hour, a simulated thunder storm occurs where the lights flicker and you begin to hear thunder (which was actually a little frightening for the two-year-old we were with).
The food was probably some of the worst I've had at any restaurant. I had the steak and shrimp combo and the steak was incredibly bland and chewy, lacking any flavour except the burnt charcoal still attached to it. The vegetables and mashed potatoes just tasted off somehow. The shrimp was okay but nothing to write home about.
Because of all the animal noises and the waterfall, it's very difficult to try and have conversations with anyone. Additionally, every 5 minutes or so you hear a server shouting "VOOOOLCAAANNOOOOO" as they rush out with a Volcano dessert (which is actually quite good). Speaking of the servers, none of them seem happy to be there serving you at all.
Bottom-line, this is a great place to take kids for the wow factor, but don't expect to at least enjoy your meal or the service while you are there. Save your money and snack on the appetizers, the overpriced bland meals aren't worth it.
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