My FH and I took a couple friends from out of town out last week to Victoria Falls one night, and the Tambu Lounge to show them two of our favorite places.
However, when we arrived at each one, we found that the drink and appetizer menus had just been changed the previous day to something even more homogenized than before. They've nearly done away with all specialty cocktails from the various resort bars, park bars, etc, and have gone to a pretty much standardized menu. No more Yellow Tang at the Tambu Lounge, no more Mt Kilamaritas at Victoria Falls.
The server at the Tambu Lounge was telling us that she'd heard nothing but complaints non-stop for the previous two days since they had changed the menu. The drink quality is "eh" and they're now using Monin brand flavored syrups to give different flavors to the beverages instead of using real ingredients.
We were pretty disappointed when they changed the food menus before, but at least they kept some specialty drinks at each lounge. Now that it's all standardized and bland, I don't know that we can see ourselves going back at all to any of the lounges.
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up.
However, when we arrived at each one, we found that the drink and appetizer menus had just been changed the previous day to something even more homogenized than before. They've nearly done away with all specialty cocktails from the various resort bars, park bars, etc, and have gone to a pretty much standardized menu. No more Yellow Tang at the Tambu Lounge, no more Mt Kilamaritas at Victoria Falls.
The server at the Tambu Lounge was telling us that she'd heard nothing but complaints non-stop for the previous two days since they had changed the menu. The drink quality is "eh" and they're now using Monin brand flavored syrups to give different flavors to the beverages instead of using real ingredients.
We were pretty disappointed when they changed the food menus before, but at least they kept some specialty drinks at each lounge. Now that it's all standardized and bland, I don't know that we can see ourselves going back at all to any of the lounges.
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up.
They started it about a year ago to have the same printed menus, but it was just a week ago Sunday that they took it even further.
But I suppose if they don't have the proper ingredients..... Sad change.
I'm not much of a letter writer but I'm definitely going to write about this. We leave in 10 days for an adult only trip. Specialty drinks were going to be a fair part of the entertainment. Their drinks always come with a hefty price tag but until now it hasn't bothered me because the ingredients were fresh, the alcohol of good quality and the end product interesting. I will however refuse to pay those prices for generic, low quality drinks.(Well, my brother or husband are usually buying my drinks but I refuse to spend their money this way 
) Maybe they don't understand that the good strong drinks made me forget that a bottle of water costs that price.
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