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That's a hard question because even if we weren't thrilled with somewhere, we could usually find something we enjoyed. We try to experience everything at least once.
Exceeded might be:
Nomad Lounge and Tiffins - I knew they were going to be good but Nomad Lounge has probably become one of our favorite places on property. Just so comfortable, the drinks and food are good and the service great. Tiffins - the food was excellent, the service excellent and the price not bad.
Skipper's Canteen - we love different and this hit the spot for us. While the food wasn't the best we ever had, it was pretty good and the service was as well.
Sci-Fi - this was one we went into not expecting to like but we were hungry, it was lunch time so we took at chance on a walk up. We were put on the wait list and actually got in before a lot of people with ADRs. There were 3 adults and we sat in the back at one of the 4 top long tables, which was perfect for us since had we been put in a car we wouldn't have been able to sit together. I loved the old clips, the food was decent, not something you'd write home about but not bad and our server was great. We probably won't go back again, but it was much better than we expected.
Let Down:
Poor ole AKL gets two of our all time top let downs. Sanaa - again 3 of us, it was a spur of the moment decision, we checked into AKL and were walking around waiting for our room and noticed the sign. I'd read how good it was so we walked over to concierge and made ADRs for the next night, fairly late in the evening maybe about 8 or 8:30. It took us over 2 hours to eat, not because we were enjoying it so much but because our server was just so bad, we actually watched one table turn over twice while we were there. We had to wait between each course, including when we were done and waiting to receive our bill then waiting to pay it. The food was just so so for us, as a matter of fact, I was the only person to eat more than half mine, my son and then DIL didn't even eat that much. They were excited about it when we booked it because they lived in the Chicago area at the time and had a favorite Indian/African type restaurant they ate at all the time. My son even had to send a drink back, which is unheard of. A later trip, my son and I decided to try Jikos, again because I had read so much about it. We arrived early and sat a the bar and enjoyed a drink and bread service, by far the highlight of the meal. We only got an entre each and each got a wine flight and it was almost $200. My son had the smallest filet on the menu and only ate half, it was overdone and he said just o.k. I got fish and it was just o.k. We thought by ordering two different wine flights, one red and one white we would get to sample different wines, turns out they had 3 wines but each one had two of the same wines, the only difference being one had a white and one a red that was not the same.
Flying Fish - again sat at the bar first and really enjoyed that. Our problem here was our server, he was just so slow. The food was o.k., and the price was reasonable but after we were done we were just so frustrated with the service it spoiled it.
Exceeded might be:
Nomad Lounge and Tiffins - I knew they were going to be good but Nomad Lounge has probably become one of our favorite places on property. Just so comfortable, the drinks and food are good and the service great. Tiffins - the food was excellent, the service excellent and the price not bad.
Skipper's Canteen - we love different and this hit the spot for us. While the food wasn't the best we ever had, it was pretty good and the service was as well.
Sci-Fi - this was one we went into not expecting to like but we were hungry, it was lunch time so we took at chance on a walk up. We were put on the wait list and actually got in before a lot of people with ADRs. There were 3 adults and we sat in the back at one of the 4 top long tables, which was perfect for us since had we been put in a car we wouldn't have been able to sit together. I loved the old clips, the food was decent, not something you'd write home about but not bad and our server was great. We probably won't go back again, but it was much better than we expected.
Let Down:
Poor ole AKL gets two of our all time top let downs. Sanaa - again 3 of us, it was a spur of the moment decision, we checked into AKL and were walking around waiting for our room and noticed the sign. I'd read how good it was so we walked over to concierge and made ADRs for the next night, fairly late in the evening maybe about 8 or 8:30. It took us over 2 hours to eat, not because we were enjoying it so much but because our server was just so bad, we actually watched one table turn over twice while we were there. We had to wait between each course, including when we were done and waiting to receive our bill then waiting to pay it. The food was just so so for us, as a matter of fact, I was the only person to eat more than half mine, my son and then DIL didn't even eat that much. They were excited about it when we booked it because they lived in the Chicago area at the time and had a favorite Indian/African type restaurant they ate at all the time. My son even had to send a drink back, which is unheard of. A later trip, my son and I decided to try Jikos, again because I had read so much about it. We arrived early and sat a the bar and enjoyed a drink and bread service, by far the highlight of the meal. We only got an entre each and each got a wine flight and it was almost $200. My son had the smallest filet on the menu and only ate half, it was overdone and he said just o.k. I got fish and it was just o.k. We thought by ordering two different wine flights, one red and one white we would get to sample different wines, turns out they had 3 wines but each one had two of the same wines, the only difference being one had a white and one a red that was not the same.
Flying Fish - again sat at the bar first and really enjoyed that. Our problem here was our server, he was just so slow. The food was o.k., and the price was reasonable but after we were done we were just so frustrated with the service it spoiled it.
I had waited my whole life to eat at the "country with the grass on the roof" and finally my cousin and friends treated me to a dinner a Akershus and it waaay exceeded anything I could have imagined! The food was unique, delicious and back then you were practically dining in the gorgeous building alone...dilled herring and blood sausage on waffles weren't for everyone
