I have been to the downtown Copa Cabana location connected to the Shangri-La. I have been wanting to try this location to experience what they had to offer.
Now I must say this restaurant is a major treat to come here for Summerlicious, taking into consideration the regular price. This place is a carnivore's heaven, so much meat. Some selections were a bit too salty for my liking however most of the meat choices were seasoned really well. Note: get some sides from the salad bar/ hot foods bar to accompany the meats because it may get overpowering with just slices of meat. My favourites had to be the sweet steak, the flank steak and the top sirloin. The corn bread is so good here, and it was nice and hot when we got it. Same goes for most of the other foods served, nice and hot.
The major differences I noticed with this location and the downtown location were:
This location:
-They have awesome live music performances and live dancers and martial arts dancers at this location
-Parking is in the back you can fill out the clipboard with your car info at the front desk to get comp'd parking.
-The hot food bar was disappointing, their mac n cheese/lasagna was mush, and way too much cheese...all I tasted was cheese.
-Can get pretty loud and hard to talk in the evening
-Service was great, no snobby workers and they made sure to check up on us/clear our plates frequently
-The meat servers made sure to let us know that they would be back and just needed to reapply the dry rub onto the meat/ come back to us
Downtown location:
-The hot food bar is better quality at this location
-No dancers/performances when I went
-Very nice interior and nice restaurant to enjoy a nice dinner
-Does not offer comp'd parking-only saw street parking.
-Service was good from what I remembered
All in all, I had a great experience and would definitely recommend this place. How often can you get a dinner AND a show?! Both locations offer the same selection of offerings more or less but the experience and atmosphere was more memorable here. Make sure you make a reservation before you go.