Everything was great but the food ? I ordered the Angel Hair Pasta and had to add tons of salt because there was zero flavor and the chicken was dry. My daughter’s chicken tenders also looked like they were frozen tenders heated up. I was disappointed, especially for our entire family’s dinners costing close to $75. It did not feel worth it. I’m bummed because I was expecting a lot more than we got.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 5
Troy Kelly
Nice enough hotel, great service, nice outdoor hot-tub and fire pit. The gym is decent for a hotel gym. Don’t order an old fashioned though, not authentic.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Melodi Kramer
Grilled chicken sandwich was SO bland and way too
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 5
Taylor Scott
Very basic version of the Hilton Garden Inn breakfast. The buffet is continental only unlike other HGIs. Menu pricing is definitely local priced and the food quality was merely satisfactory at best. Try another option even if you’re a Diamond member.
Brock A.
I was sitting in my car for about 30 minutes, looking at the local restaurants that would satisfy the desire that I was having for a decent Burger. It dawned on me to check the reviews at the Hotel restaurant. There were some good reviews and some negative and I thought that I would try it out. I am so glad I did. The food at the hotel is under rated. The service was great and the staff was friendly and welcoming. The restaurant was clean and had a good atmosphere. There were some nice late 70s soft rock playing. I ordered a burger and added avocado and bacon with no onions. Too many onions start to upset my tummy. I thought it would be fun to try the sweet potato fries instead of the regular fries. As if this didn't sound good enough they also had a Sriracha mayo that was available on the side as a dipping sauce. Let me tell you, this meal really hit the spot. I just completed about an hour work out and I can already feel how my body is using all those nutrients to build muscles. I highly recommend eating at the Hotel restaurant if you find yourself staying at the hotel or in the area.
Brock C.
I was sitting in my car for about 30 minutes, looking at the local restaurants that would satisfy the desire that I was having for a decent Burger. It dawned on me to check the reviews at the Hotel restaurant. There were some good reviews and some negative and I thought that I would try it out. I am so glad I did. The food at the hotel is under rated. The service was great and the staff was friendly and welcoming. The restaurant was clean and had a good atmosphere. There were some nice late 70s soft rock playing. I ordered a burger and added avocado and bacon with no onions. Too many onions start to upset my tummy. I thought it would be fun to try the sweet potato fries instead of the regular fries. As if this didn't sound good enough they also had a Sriracha mayo that was available on the side as a dipping sauce. Let me tell you, this meal really hit the spot. I just completed about an hour work out and I can already feel how my body is using all those nutrients to build muscles. I highly recommend eating at the Hotel restaurant if you find yourself staying at the hotel or in the area.
Doug S.
We had dinner here our last night in Monterey and like one of the other reviewers, I was very satisfied with the ribeye entree. Great fresh veggies and mashed potatoes as well. My wife enjoyed the mahi mahi (which was a special) and I fell our meal was good value as every place is kind of expensive these days. Only a few customers on a Thursday night but wait staff was attentive and friendly. Also a decent variety of local wines available. Nice evening.
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I'm actually very impressed by the food quality and good service. Ordered to go and they were fast and nice. The food was delicious. Highly recommended the wild salmon and Cesar salad ? ? Thank you
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I ordered two pasta dishes that cost $17 each for takeout, and somehow the total bill came to $54. I was too tired to argue, but it seems the “tourist tax” here is about 50%
HH
I'm actually very impressed by the food quality and good service. Ordered to go and they were fast and nice. The food was delicious. Highly recommended the wild salmon and Cesar salad ? ?Thank you
I ordered two pasta dishes that cost $17 each for takeout, and somehow the total bill came to $54. I was too tired to argue, but it seems the “tourist tax” here is about 50%
Matt W.
Wife and I checked in and didn't have time to leave for food so we ate here. It had some mixed reviews but we stayed anyways. We had a great meal and the service was good. We were the first customers of the evening. The prices are what they are. We felt like our food was worth what we paid considering where we were and what we ate. I had a great rib eye steak and potatoes and veggies. My wife ordered a side of potatoes and veggies and we left satisfied with our choice to stay.
Kelly B.
The services is great but Don't order the pizza. Frozen crust and barely melted cheese. So disappointing
Steve F.
This is a restaurant attached tot the Hilton Garden Inn. Because the Garden Inn doesn't include breakfast in the room rate, it is hot or miss what you're going to get. Sometimes it's too expensive for what you get. NOT the case here. Made to order breakfast is $16, and the portions are great. The wait staff is great and very accommodating. You can pay a lot more for much smaller portions, of food that is not as good in other places in Monterey. Truthfully this breakfast made up for some other shortfalls in the hotel (see separate review). Note: I only ate breakfast here, I can't comment on dinner.
D P.
If you have the vomit emoji, just look at that to remind yourself this is not where you want to eat.....disgusting! Extremely limited menu, a staff that cannot speak English and rude, yea yea the COVID excuse has been overplayed which is the reason why they weren't offering a full menu. So since you could have wings, a salad, burger, blt or chicken sandwich I went with the burger. Ok, how do you screw up a burger? It was literally a crunchy hockey puck between two fall apart dry buns and the fries had probably been cooked an hour or so earlier cold and bland, no seasoning or even salt. Good luck trying to get the staffs attention for maybe some ketchup or mustard. Needless to say I didn't even bother to finish the burger, since you couldn't get a refill of water to wash it down. So....wait wait wait, another 10 minutes before I could finally flag someone down to ask for my check, I should just walked but that's not right...but to anyone else considering the place please do walk....right on by!
Everything was great but the food ? I ordered the Angel Hair Pasta and had to add tons of salt because there was zero flavor and the chicken was dry. My daughter’s chicken tenders also looked like they were frozen tenders heated up. I was disappointed, especially for our entire family’s dinners costing close to $75. It did not feel worth it. I’m bummed because I was expecting a lot more than we got.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 5
Nice enough hotel, great service, nice outdoor hot-tub and fire pit. The gym is decent for a hotel gym. Don’t order an old fashioned though, not authentic.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Grilled chicken sandwich was SO bland and way too
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 5
Very basic version of the Hilton Garden Inn breakfast. The buffet is continental only unlike other HGIs. Menu pricing is definitely local priced and the food quality was merely satisfactory at best. Try another option even if you’re a Diamond member.
I was sitting in my car for about 30 minutes, looking at the local restaurants that would satisfy the desire that I was having for a decent Burger. It dawned on me to check the reviews at the Hotel restaurant. There were some good reviews and some negative and I thought that I would try it out. I am so glad I did. The food at the hotel is under rated. The service was great and the staff was friendly and welcoming. The restaurant was clean and had a good atmosphere. There were some nice late 70s soft rock playing. I ordered a burger and added avocado and bacon with no onions. Too many onions start to upset my tummy. I thought it would be fun to try the sweet potato fries instead of the regular fries. As if this didn't sound good enough they also had a Sriracha mayo that was available on the side as a dipping sauce. Let me tell you, this meal really hit the spot. I just completed about an hour work out and I can already feel how my body is using all those nutrients to build muscles. I highly recommend eating at the Hotel restaurant if you find yourself staying at the hotel or in the area.
I was sitting in my car for about 30 minutes, looking at the local restaurants that would satisfy the desire that I was having for a decent Burger. It dawned on me to check the reviews at the Hotel restaurant. There were some good reviews and some negative and I thought that I would try it out. I am so glad I did. The food at the hotel is under rated. The service was great and the staff was friendly and welcoming. The restaurant was clean and had a good atmosphere. There were some nice late 70s soft rock playing. I ordered a burger and added avocado and bacon with no onions. Too many onions start to upset my tummy. I thought it would be fun to try the sweet potato fries instead of the regular fries. As if this didn't sound good enough they also had a Sriracha mayo that was available on the side as a dipping sauce. Let me tell you, this meal really hit the spot. I just completed about an hour work out and I can already feel how my body is using all those nutrients to build muscles. I highly recommend eating at the Hotel restaurant if you find yourself staying at the hotel or in the area.
We had dinner here our last night in Monterey and like one of the other reviewers, I was very satisfied with the ribeye entree. Great fresh veggies and mashed potatoes as well. My wife enjoyed the mahi mahi (which was a special) and I fell our meal was good value as every place is kind of expensive these days. Only a few customers on a Thursday night but wait staff was attentive and friendly. Also a decent variety of local wines available. Nice evening.
I'm actually very impressed by the food quality and good service. Ordered to go and they were fast and nice. The food was delicious. Highly recommended the wild salmon and Cesar salad ? ? Thank you
I ordered two pasta dishes that cost $17 each for takeout, and somehow the total bill came to $54. I was too tired to argue, but it seems the “tourist tax” here is about 50%
I'm actually very impressed by the food quality and good service. Ordered to go and they were fast and nice. The food was delicious. Highly recommended the wild salmon and Cesar salad ? ?Thank you
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I ordered two pasta dishes that cost $17 each for takeout, and somehow the total bill came to $54. I was too tired to argue, but it seems the “tourist tax” here is about 50%
Wife and I checked in and didn't have time to leave for food so we ate here. It had some mixed reviews but we stayed anyways. We had a great meal and the service was good. We were the first customers of the evening. The prices are what they are. We felt like our food was worth what we paid considering where we were and what we ate. I had a great rib eye steak and potatoes and veggies. My wife ordered a side of potatoes and veggies and we left satisfied with our choice to stay.
The services is great but Don't order the pizza. Frozen crust and barely melted cheese. So disappointing
This is a restaurant attached tot the Hilton Garden Inn. Because the Garden Inn doesn't include breakfast in the room rate, it is hot or miss what you're going to get. Sometimes it's too expensive for what you get. NOT the case here. Made to order breakfast is $16, and the portions are great. The wait staff is great and very accommodating. You can pay a lot more for much smaller portions, of food that is not as good in other places in Monterey. Truthfully this breakfast made up for some other shortfalls in the hotel (see separate review). Note: I only ate breakfast here, I can't comment on dinner.
If you have the vomit emoji, just look at that to remind yourself this is not where you want to eat.....disgusting! Extremely limited menu, a staff that cannot speak English and rude, yea yea the COVID excuse has been overplayed which is the reason why they weren't offering a full menu. So since you could have wings, a salad, burger, blt or chicken sandwich I went with the burger. Ok, how do you screw up a burger? It was literally a crunchy hockey puck between two fall apart dry buns and the fries had probably been cooked an hour or so earlier cold and bland, no seasoning or even salt. Good luck trying to get the staffs attention for maybe some ketchup or mustard. Needless to say I didn't even bother to finish the burger, since you couldn't get a refill of water to wash it down. So....wait wait wait, another 10 minutes before I could finally flag someone down to ask for my check, I should just walked but that's not right...but to anyone else considering the place please do walk....right on by!