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Waterside Grill – Tampa Marriott Waterside

Waterside Grill – Tampa Marriott Waterside

700 South Florida Avenue Tampa, FL 33602, United States

Hotels • Venues • Coffee • Seafood


"For my mother's lunch with my wife and my children. Sit very fast on a nice table and see no server for 10 minutes. When a server approached, she mentioned that our server was busy and would get our drinks, which was not a problem. It took another 12 minutes to get you orange juices and a coffee from our actual server. Then she took our order without writing it, and disappeared without asking if the other guest at our table wanted a drink as they were left out of the original beverage order. So we wait for 45 minutes. No server in sight. No food status drop-ins. No refills. No attention. Our order was simple, children pancakes, avocado toast and an American breakfast. Another table that sat 15 minutes after us had their orders before, but no server again to even ask for status. The food finally came, and our order was completely wrong (Avocado Toast came back as steak wrap, American breakfast was a hash brown and egg). At that time we were so hungry that we took what we were presented. But the toast never came, the side of the hash browns never came, the fruit peels (part of pancakes) came in spores. We came with very high expectations and were unfortunately quite disappointed. We chose not to follow the buffet because it was no different from the menu items if there was a little less variety. I really hope we were the one-off, because if that's normal, that would be a embarrassment."

Lumes Brunch Cafe

Lumes Brunch Cafe

900 Plainfield Rd, Willowbrook, IL 60527, USA, United States

Cafés • Lunch • Pickup • Desserts


"Lumes never fails to impress. But to give an honest review, I'll start with the cons first. Sometimes when you walk in there, you see many open tables but you still have to wait to be seated. I think that has to do with the amount of servers that could only serve a maximum amount of tables. Also there have been rare times when you're waiting a long time for someone to come around for coffee refills...again, it's rare but it's a pet peeve. Lastly, they don't do nearly enough with weekly (or weekend) specials. It's an opportunity to temporarily roll out new, creative dishes to test what should be added to the menu permanently. They should visit the crispy waffle to see that there are three special dishes that you can order on a Saturday morning. We are there so much, that the menu tends to get stale and would appreciate some new choices.Now for the pros. The wait staff is absolutely impeccable. Out of the six or so servers that they have on the weekends, there is only one that we don't like...but honestly, It's only because she's all business. Almost every one of the servers knows exactly how we like our coffee and they bring it to the table without even asking which we love.The food is always very good. Without exaggeration, we have probably eaten at this location in Willowbrook 175 times in the last 2 years. In all that time, I had only two or three complaints about the food. And as it turns out, the worst one was actually my fault. Each time, they asked if they could get me something else. That's great customer service.The hostess is always greet us with a smile when we walk in the door and sometimes we even get a visit by the owner at our table.Lumes in near Willowbrook is the very definition of what a restaurant should be."