I came to the Courtyard Cafe at the Orleans on Saturday and it was absolutely packed. I was meeting some family here for breakfast before they headed home to California. It was very busy on this day. We stood on line for a while before finally being seated. Apparently there was a big convention being held on this weekend. Because the place was so busy it took a while for our food to come out. We had planned on a 9:30 breakfast. We ate closer to 10:30.
Across the table various food items were ordered. My aunt got California Benedict and seemed to enjoy it. My grandma and cousin both got a scambled egg and toast. It seemed perfectly average as a boring meal like that should be. I ordered a Philly Cheese Steak. It was alright. There was a lot of cheese which I appreciate. The meat was perhaps a bit dry for my liking but the sandwich was elevated over all by the onions, mushrooms, and bell pepper. I especially enjoyed the mushrooms. So many places don't serve mushrooms on their cheese steaks and I love mushrooms. For my side I ordered potato salad. It was fine picnic style. Nothing remarkable.
A coupon was used at the end of the meal to order a dessert. We got a slice of carrot cake. This was good carrot cake too. You could see the fresh carrots throughout. The spice level was spot on. There was a good helping of chopped walnuts both in the cake and on the frosting. The frosting did not tast much like cream cheese as I like but it was fine. The whole thing was topped with a drizzle of caramel sauce. Oh, did I mention this was a huge slice of cake? Three or four layers and a nice wide slice. We all shared it it was so big.