We are a group of friends who have used commercial brunch offerings for celebrating many of our favorite festive occasions that included birthdays, Mother’s Days, and most certainly Thanksgiving. While we value other occasions, we’ve always placed great emphasis on personal birthdays, Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations and for those, we enjoyed sparing no expense on the venues. We’re only pointing this out to say that we have tasted many, many celebration brunches over more than a decade.So, this is Thanksgiving 2023, about a month ago, and we chose to go to the Eden Resort. Several of us have always enjoyed starting with a few appetizers, of which there were many, and following that with a bowl or two of what had for a long time been termed as AWARD WINNING lobster bisque at Eden.Whow!!!! Big salty surprise here! Typical of canned food, and canned soups in particular, this bisque reeked of saturated salt. As an alternate, someone pointed to the tomato soup that was placed right next to the godawful bisque but another one noted that it tasted like a ruined, oversalted spaghetti sauce, not a soup, and there was no spaghetti in sight. By this time, everything that the other appetizers did to evoke a pleasant culinary experience was ruined by these dreadful, appalling, salty canned-like food abominations.Of course, there is no Thanksgiving without a nice piece of freshly roasted turkey and our expectations were high. Before going to the carving station, we reviewed the other food table that had a number of chafing dishes, with one of them labeled turkey. This dish had a dried up Diner-standard roll of processed white turkey meat that no one even tried but it also had some bits of finely cubed dark meat. Since several of us like dark turkey meat, we tried that only to encounter another hair-raising salt-mine experience. The bits were all dried up and, like the bisque, salt saturated to the point of wanting to spit it out.Well, all was not lost, we thought, since there was still the carving station to keep hope alive but high expectations were quickly dashed here as well by observing the process. There was a pile of turkey extremities, wings, drum-sticks, lots of skin, burned skin, lots of burned pieces, gristle and tendons. A carver was frantically tearing this apart to debone, making little piles that included the burned stuff, the skins, the leg tendons and gristle; this person was cutting all this up into small pieces as best as he could, as if to prepare for doggie dishes, and trying to give this to people: disgusting. No new turkey seemed to be available and this was only at about 2:30 PM.We opted out of that unappetizing choice and decided to try the prime rib. There were only some greasy pieces left with some overdone meat, so we asked whether or not there was a new piece coming. Somewhat to our surprise, the answer was yes and a new roast appeared in a very short time. The piece was large enough to have various degrees of doneness and we received nice cuts of medium rare roast that all looked great.We are finally back at our table, showing off to each other our prized pieces that looked good and were roasted well. At this point, we probably shouldn’t have been surprised that the cheer was going to be very short-lived about this prime rib. Apparently, the prime had gone out of this prime rib years ago and the cuts might as well have been some chewy, inedible piece of beef gristle. We hadn’t had beef this tough in years and certainly not at a purportedly well-regarded, well rated restaurant.To close this awfully disappointing day, a ruined Thanksgiving, it is easy to say that our server was attentive and helpful but he had nothing to do with food and could do very little to assuage the dire, despicable food selection conditions at Eden, a restaurant that prided itself for many years as a place of choice for celebrating any occasion.
Mildred Wimer
Good & friendly waitress!Nice Christmas decorations within!Have been there before! This was best brunch this year!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
lindarY7534QZ
Excellent food and service. Many things to choose from. And they have a buffet on weekends which was very nice.
gostartraveler
A mixed bag - first off, you're probably better off ordering a la carte off the menu rather than from the buffet. Not only is it cheaper, but the waffles were subpar. Got breakfast one day, got two pieces of toast, two pieces of sausage and breakfast potatoes. Ordered the same a la carte items the next day, one piece of toast, three pieces of sausage and the potatoes were so salted as to be inedible. For better or worse, there's no where else to go for breakfast unless you leave the property.
Andrea L
Good food, but nothing to brag about. Very good service.
T2017SDkarena
The buffet was excellent! Many selections to choose from. The food was hot and the service was good.
Customer1701
Over priced, buffet had a very limited selection,The mixed drinks were not very good. The beer was skunked, etc. We could have went to the manor buffet for cheaper and gotten way better food.
Stan Kirk
Good service but the servers were fighting a loosing battle against limited and poor quality food. Previous experiences here were very good, an expensive treat. Now just expensive.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 4
warren francis
Great service. Plenty of food for the price. Ryan on Saturday night was efficient and attentive.
A great let down after an outstanding previous buffet dinner experience. This time, at least our server warned us in advance that the buffet was "limited" and it sure was. Booking used to be essential but this time there were more staff than diners. This used to be an expensive treat. Now it's just expensive. We were also seated next to a family with an extremely noisy and disruptive youngster. Full marks to the staff for telling (not asking) them to leave.
WayneG
Most of the food was not appropriate for a steam table. The flank steak was very chewy and dry, and warm at best, and the fish and chips were not crisp and tasted like Mrs Paul's frozen food. The Mediterranean chicken was tasty and moist and the vegetables were tasty. The lasagna was lacking cheese and sauce and herbs. The ad still ad still has prime rib as part of the buffet which is only available now from the regular menu. The desserts were good but a label would have been nice. Even our waiter had to ask what the bread pudding was. Staff was great, buffet was disappointing
yana kosov
Food tastes ok not like it was before.I been going to this resort for 15yrs.
onlyWarmed
Crab Bisque had excellent flavor, however it was served only warm instead of hot. The Bisque would have been rounded out better with oyster crackers instead of Ritz crackers. The Miso Shrimp dinner was flavorful, but not worth the price for the amount of food provided. Prime rib was served exactly as ordered (well) and the flavor was good, but the side of braised spinach with parmesan cheese was served only warmed up and not hot. There were only 2 other couples in the restaurant at the time we were eating, so it was not like they were too busy to prepare our food to the expected temperature before it was brought to the table. Serving food at the proper temperature has a bearing on the flavor of the meal and customer satisfaction.
Yvonne Delories
I needed an evening meal while staying at a hotel. The spaghetti and sweet potato fries were soooo good!Vegetarian options: There were a few options.
Delicious and very friendly staff
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We are a group of friends who have used commercial brunch offerings for celebrating many of our favorite festive occasions that included birthdays, Mother’s Days, and most certainly Thanksgiving. While we value other occasions, we’ve always placed great emphasis on personal birthdays, Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations and for those, we enjoyed sparing no expense on the venues. We’re only pointing this out to say that we have tasted many, many celebration brunches over more than a decade.So, this is Thanksgiving 2023, about a month ago, and we chose to go to the Eden Resort. Several of us have always enjoyed starting with a few appetizers, of which there were many, and following that with a bowl or two of what had for a long time been termed as AWARD WINNING lobster bisque at Eden.Whow!!!! Big salty surprise here! Typical of canned food, and canned soups in particular, this bisque reeked of saturated salt. As an alternate, someone pointed to the tomato soup that was placed right next to the godawful bisque but another one noted that it tasted like a ruined, oversalted spaghetti sauce, not a soup, and there was no spaghetti in sight. By this time, everything that the other appetizers did to evoke a pleasant culinary experience was ruined by these dreadful, appalling, salty canned-like food abominations.Of course, there is no Thanksgiving without a nice piece of freshly roasted turkey and our expectations were high. Before going to the carving station, we reviewed the other food table that had a number of chafing dishes, with one of them labeled turkey. This dish had a dried up Diner-standard roll of processed white turkey meat that no one even tried but it also had some bits of finely cubed dark meat. Since several of us like dark turkey meat, we tried that only to encounter another hair-raising salt-mine experience. The bits were all dried up and, like the bisque, salt saturated to the point of wanting to spit it out.Well, all was not lost, we thought, since there was still the carving station to keep hope alive but high expectations were quickly dashed here as well by observing the process. There was a pile of turkey extremities, wings, drum-sticks, lots of skin, burned skin, lots of burned pieces, gristle and tendons. A carver was frantically tearing this apart to debone, making little piles that included the burned stuff, the skins, the leg tendons and gristle; this person was cutting all this up into small pieces as best as he could, as if to prepare for doggie dishes, and trying to give this to people: disgusting. No new turkey seemed to be available and this was only at about 2:30 PM.We opted out of that unappetizing choice and decided to try the prime rib. There were only some greasy pieces left with some overdone meat, so we asked whether or not there was a new piece coming. Somewhat to our surprise, the answer was yes and a new roast appeared in a very short time. The piece was large enough to have various degrees of doneness and we received nice cuts of medium rare roast that all looked great.We are finally back at our table, showing off to each other our prized pieces that looked good and were roasted well. At this point, we probably shouldn’t have been surprised that the cheer was going to be very short-lived about this prime rib. Apparently, the prime had gone out of this prime rib years ago and the cuts might as well have been some chewy, inedible piece of beef gristle. We hadn’t had beef this tough in years and certainly not at a purportedly well-regarded, well rated restaurant.To close this awfully disappointing day, a ruined Thanksgiving, it is easy to say that our server was attentive and helpful but he had nothing to do with food and could do very little to assuage the dire, despicable food selection conditions at Eden, a restaurant that prided itself for many years as a place of choice for celebrating any occasion.
Good & friendly waitress!Nice Christmas decorations within!Have been there before! This was best brunch this year!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent food and service. Many things to choose from. And they have a buffet on weekends which was very nice.
A mixed bag - first off, you're probably better off ordering a la carte off the menu rather than from the buffet. Not only is it cheaper, but the waffles were subpar. Got breakfast one day, got two pieces of toast, two pieces of sausage and breakfast potatoes. Ordered the same a la carte items the next day, one piece of toast, three pieces of sausage and the potatoes were so salted as to be inedible. For better or worse, there's no where else to go for breakfast unless you leave the property.
Good food, but nothing to brag about. Very good service.
The buffet was excellent! Many selections to choose from. The food was hot and the service was good.
Over priced, buffet had a very limited selection,The mixed drinks were not very good. The beer was skunked, etc. We could have went to the manor buffet for cheaper and gotten way better food.
Good service but the servers were fighting a loosing battle against limited and poor quality food. Previous experiences here were very good, an expensive treat. Now just expensive.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 4
Great service. Plenty of food for the price. Ryan on Saturday night was efficient and attentive.
Restaurantji Recommends
A great let down after an outstanding previous buffet dinner experience. This time, at least our server warned us in advance that the buffet was "limited" and it sure was. Booking used to be essential but this time there were more staff than diners. This used to be an expensive treat. Now it's just expensive. We were also seated next to a family with an extremely noisy and disruptive youngster. Full marks to the staff for telling (not asking) them to leave.
Most of the food was not appropriate for a steam table. The flank steak was very chewy and dry, and warm at best, and the fish and chips were not crisp and tasted like Mrs Paul's frozen food. The Mediterranean chicken was tasty and moist and the vegetables were tasty. The lasagna was lacking cheese and sauce and herbs. The ad still ad still has prime rib as part of the buffet which is only available now from the regular menu. The desserts were good but a label would have been nice. Even our waiter had to ask what the bread pudding was. Staff was great, buffet was disappointing
Food tastes ok not like it was before.I been going to this resort for 15yrs.
Crab Bisque had excellent flavor, however it was served only warm instead of hot. The Bisque would have been rounded out better with oyster crackers instead of Ritz crackers. The Miso Shrimp dinner was flavorful, but not worth the price for the amount of food provided. Prime rib was served exactly as ordered (well) and the flavor was good, but the side of braised spinach with parmesan cheese was served only warmed up and not hot. There were only 2 other couples in the restaurant at the time we were eating, so it was not like they were too busy to prepare our food to the expected temperature before it was brought to the table. Serving food at the proper temperature has a bearing on the flavor of the meal and customer satisfaction.
I needed an evening meal while staying at a hotel. The spaghetti and sweet potato fries were soooo good!Vegetarian options: There were a few options.