I've never had a meal worth having at Rainforest Cafe so when my boyfriend was insistent that the lava brownie explosion thing (his words) was the best dessert on the strip, I'll admit I was skeptical.
We arrived late on a Monday and went upstairs. The hostess was gone and a few different employees assured us she'd be back shortly. She did come back a few minutes later and was incredibly friendly! We were seated and waited. And waited. And waited. And waited.
Eventually, someone stops by to ask if we've had our drink orders taken and we advised them that no, we haven't, and we just wanted dessert. The guy comes back a few minutes later and we order the dessert my boyfriend was insistent about, an ice cream sandwich, and a bowl of ice cream.
And then we waited. For an insanely long time.
Eventually we got our desserts (and my daughter was sung happy birthday, which made her day so that was nice). My boyfriend and I split the monstrosity that he ordered and - unsurprisingly - it was not very good. The brownies were cold and tasted a bit stale and the ice cream was a bit frost bitten.
At the end of the meal our server said something about our gift card having a zero balance but we didn't really understand what he was talking about as our receipt showed that our gift card balance was $25. The total cost for our dessert was over $20 so we tipped them up to $25 and left hoping to never return.
Kids enjoyed it and have plotted our return next time we visit.... but I'm hoping we can talk them into something higher quality and delicious.