Maya Grill?

[iloveeeyore]

I'm looking for comments/reviews about Maya Grill. Anyone?

Thanks!

 

[B-Ride]

Sorry I can't comment from personal experience. We have avoided it up to now because of negative comments we have seen over the years, mainly about the painfully slow service. Hopefully someone can provide you with recent first had experience. I would be curious too.

 

[carlblundon]

We were there on a slow night in late August so the service was fine. The food was so-so. I had the Prime Rib which i enjoyed, one of the kids had a burger which she did not like at all. Unless you are staying at the resort, I would not go out of my way to eat here

 

[Cafeen]

In 2009, I was staying at CSR with my friend. I had planned this for the first night as it was just convenient. That meal was great. Had the beef shoulder and she had something else (also beef) both with the churros dessert. It was so good, that we went back later in the week on the spur of the moment, that meal was also great. Service, food, everything.

It was so good, that for 2010 I made it my first stop again and had made a plan for breakfast later in the week. This time, it was not that great. I had NY Strip which was very bland. Mom had something else which was just so-so. The service was excruciatingly slow (~2hrs for dinner) and the food not worth it at all. Breakfast later on that week was, again, a big disappointment. I had the breakfast skillet meal thingy (not all you can eat), with no eggs (eggs aren't my thing) and it was very dry. Service again was quick enough, but not particularly warm and fuzzy. Overall was disappointed with both meals.

So, I agree that it's certainly nothing to go out of the way for. If you're staying at CSR and you have the time to put up with super slow service, it's not bad, just nothing great either.

 

[chocolateMinnie]

we have only done breakfast there. The ambience isn't great imho, the servers vary like everywhere else we have had from the amazing to the awful. We have stayed at csr five times since 2003 and loved the breakfast buffet which was finished when we went last trip. If breakfast is anything to go by it is good but not great food and over-priced. We really missed the buffet last trip and as we don't like the Pepper Market it has been the deciding factor in us changing resorts for this year and next - everything else at CSr we love.

Sorry never eaten dinner there.

 

[iloveeeyore]

We are considering CSR as our next resort and we usually try to really immerse ourselves in the resort in which we are staying; we like to try all of the dining venues offered, if possible. Our dinners at WDW are so rare...I would hate to waste precious time at a yucky place. Still don't know what to do...

Any other opinions?

 

[aubriee]

I posted this earlier today over on the CSR thread when someone asked about Maya Grill:

I've eaten at the Maya Grill several times and for the most part always enjoy it. The food has a southwest flair to it, but is nothing like your traditional Tex-Mex cruisine that most people associate with Mexico. They do not have enchiladas, burritos or anything like that on the menu. They don't serve chips and hot sauce, instead before the meal they serve bread with this amazing dipping sauce. I could have made a meal on just the bread and oil. The oil has alot of spices in it. It's not hot, just really, really good. Over the years we've had the pulled pork empanada (sort of like a fried meat pie), the seafood skillet (small, but good), a really good salad that had avocado, polenta pieces, and jicama in it along with the regular salad fixings, duck tacos, and cerviche for appetizers. For entrees they used to have a really huge platter that had ribs, a filet, fish, grilled veggies, and about 5 lbs of mashed potatoes on it. Not realizing how big it was going to be, my mom and I both ordered one. When we finished it didn't look like we had even touched it, so we took them back to our room and ate the next day on them, and still threw away over half. That was biggest platter of food I have ever seen in my life. My mom and I still laugh about it. It was very good though. Too bad it's no longer on the menu. Also for an entree we've had the beef tips with mushrooms and pasta (just OK), pork loin (my mom liked it), ribeye steak (really good), and the Seafood Jalea (good, but all fried and very heavy). For desserts we've had the tres leche cake (too dry for true tres leche), fried cheesecake with strawberries (my favorite--but hasn't been on the menu the last two times I was there), flan, (good), chocolate cake with raspberry filling, and caramel ice cream. Twice I've eaten there when I didn't have an ADR. I was just tired and didn't feel like keeping my ADR. Both times I was able to walk up (once solo and once with a party of three) and was seated immediately. Each time our waiters have been very good. They have a tray with samples of desserts on them, so you can look at them before you order. The only thing I don't like about them, is that they change the menu fairly frequently.

Here's another review from that same thread:

When we ate at the Maya Grill it was late, probably around 9pm. We hardly had a wait for a table, and I noticed the restaurant was very empty when we got seated.

Our table was very close to a fountain, and it was sort of in the middle of the restaurant so you could look around and see a good chunk of it. The theming was nice. I can't really elaborate too much there because it was late, and we were tired and hungry (it was our arrival night, after having flight issues). The lighting was pretty dim, though, so any pictures we tried to take didn't turn out well at all. The low lighting gave a nice intimate feel, however.

Our server, whose name I'm forgetting at the moment (for some reason I'm thinking it was Jose), was very helpful. He gave us our menus and then made a few suggestions, before leaving us to look it over and choose. We ended up going with his suggestion, which was for the sampler plate for 2. It was really good. There was 2 shrimp tacos, steak, and something else which I'm not remembering, as well as rice, beans, and tortilla. Before he brought our dinner out, he gave us bred with some kind of oil for dipping. It was amazing. I don't remember what the oil was, but it was fantastic. I definitely could have eaten more of that. For dessert we both had the key lime desert shot, which was also very good. I would highly recommend the Maya Grill, and I'm a little sad I didn't get back there during my stay.