restaurant reservations?

[elbodans]

my husband and i will be staying at royal pacific resort three weeks from now. i've started to make lunch and dinner reservations, as food is very important to us (if i don't eat, i get mean and grumpy, and i'm a food snob, so good restaurants are important) i managed to make one lunch reservation and one dinner reservation--mythos for lunch, and tchoup shop for dinner, on our first full day there. i'm struggling with how to deal with the rest of the reservations. we will be there wednesday night (late--husband's arrival day), thursday (the day i've already made reservations) friday and saturday. we're leaving on sunday afternoon. any input on where or how to make reservations is welcomed. we were imagining spending our evenings at city walk, but i'm not a fan of 'let's see if we can get a table'--yet for some reason i can't seem to figure out how to make reservations at any of the city walk restaurants.

it seems that making these reservations is rather difficult, as you have to search for something very specific on open table dot com, and even then some on-site restaurants do not show up. we would like to try mama della's (we think) at portofino bay, but cannot find it online anywhere. we're ok with bice, but it has garnered some pretty bad reviews, so that's a concern. we travel rather frequently in major cities, and have never had a problem making reservations. universal seems to be the worst of both worlds--it doesn't have the crazy early booking of disney, or the crazy easy booking of a regular city. i guess i'm asking--how does one do this? there are no books or websites devoted to 'how to eat well at universal'. help please!

 

[damo]

We do have a dining sticky at the top of the forum. Until Harry Potter came along, there was no need to make reservations.

 

[elbodans]

We do have a dining sticky at the top of the forum. Until Harry Potter came along, there was no need to make reservations.

I'm not asking where to eat as much as I'm asking how to easily make reservations.

 

[damo]

I'm not asking where to eat as much as I'm asking how to easily make reservations.

You need to call the guest services number and ask to make reservations at the restaurants that aren't on open table. You can also make them through the onsite hotel guest services when you are there. People don't tend to make a lot of reservations at Universal. You most likely won't need them much more than a day in advance or the day of, if you are staying in May.

 

[Metro West]

You need to call the guest services number and ask to make reservations at the restaurants that aren't on open table. You can also make them through the onsite hotel guest services when you are there. People don't tend to make a lot of reservations at Universal. You most likely won't need them much more than a day in advance or the day of, if you are staying in May.

 

[ky07]

You need to call the guest services number and ask to make reservations at the restaurants that aren't on open table. You can also make them through the onsite hotel guest services when you are there. People don't tend to make a lot of reservations at Universal. You most likely won't need them much more than a day in advance or the day of, if you are staying in May.

 

[elbodans]

You need to call the guest services number and ask to make reservations at the restaurants that aren't on open table. You can also make them through the onsite hotel guest services when you are there. People don't tend to make a lot of reservations at Universal. You most likely won't need them much more than a day in advance or the day of, if you are staying in May.

hmm...i won't need reservations? interesting. this goes against all OCD-style planning molecules in my body...but ok. that seems easier!

i was afraid of the 'call a number' thing. i hate talking on the phone. the internet has taken over the part of my brain that communicates.

 

[Bluer101]

I don't make any reservations at Universal, there is no need.

 

[The Rolands]

While passing Mythos we stopped in and made reservations for the following day and I would recommend that. The food is awesome and so is the restaurant!