Dis_Yoda
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 26, 2008
Not A Good Start
Our first day of this trip did not start out well. I had planned on leaving work at 3:00PM. I didnt get to leave until 3:25PM. Thats doable at least. I was home & we were on the road to take the dogs to the boarding camp by 3:45PM. We got them checked in & headed back towards I-75 to drive up where we hit traffic in at least 3 areas. We did stop after Sarasota as it was around 5:30PM and I had hit that point where I was hungry enough I was going to be cranky if I didnt eat soon, it was going to be a horrible rest of the ride as I was driving. Guess that is what I get for eating a single sushi roll all day. We made it to the Boardwalk to Check In by 7:20PM and were given a studio on the 3rd floor overlooking the feature pool. Luckily, the clown is blocked by trees though!
We got 2 of our bags unpacked (the shoes, the computers and the other various running type things) and left at 8:00PM to head to our 8:15PM dinner reservation at Todd Englishs bluezoo. We hadnt been to bluezoo since our honeymoon where it was an awful time but we figure 6.5 years was enough time to pass that we should give it another shot.
We checked in and were immediately shown to the worst table in the restaurant. It was in the middle of a walkway on the way to the kitchen & bathroom next to a waiter station and yeah, it was not relaxing at all as we kept getting service trays, people talking over our table on the way to the restroom and people stopping to have a conversation next to us. I had mentioned it to the hostess that sat us but those other 8 acceptable tables were reserved. During the time we spent in the restaurant, only 1 of those 8 tables were sat. I was rather annoyed.
So menu:
We got to study the menu a good 15 minutes until we got our initial visit from the server to take our drink order and not explain any of the specials yet for the menu. It took him another 10 minutes to come back for the specials and another 5 minutes after that to actually take our food order. Because of the utter slowness of the server and the horrible non relaxing spot we were in, we went with a single course of food as we were starving but wanted to get out of there.
Once our food orders were in, my drink did arrive. It was a very smooth manhattan but for the $13 price tag, it was very small.
The Worlds Smallest Manhattan
Our bread did arrive from not our server & that was tasty.
I had ended up ordering the chefs special of the day that was delivered by a kitchen runner. The steak was amazing for flank steak but for a dish that was supposed to have white cheddar grits as the main side, I was expecting more than a tablespoon of grits on the plate.
Kobe Flank Steak w/ White Cheddar Grits & Tomatoes
My husband went with a soup & a side item. Both of them were tasty to him as he cleaned off his potato plate very quickly.
Brothy Clam Chowder & Lobster Cheese Baked Potato
As you can see from the next picture, I did enjoy my food at least.
Enjoying the food; however, didnt make up for the awful service and the horrible table. We skipped on dessert as we figured we would have a better time getting something at the Boardwalk Bakery or Shoreside Sweets that was cheaper and way quicker. We will not be back to bluezoo anytime in the near future or possibly ever. We walked to the Boardwalk Bakery where I did pick up a snack, that still hasnt been eaten.
Salted Caramel Ganache
I havent eaten it as my husband wanted ice cream from Shoreside Sweets and I decided to get ice cream as well instead. He had a double scoop of mint chocolate chip while I had a single scoop of cookie dough in a waffle cone & with rainbow sprinkles. These were very tasty options & we spent less than $10 on the ice cream!
Eating our ice cream, we headed back to our room to fully unpack for the rest of the trip and watch this weeks edition of Mindy Project & Chopped before heading to bed.
Our first day of this trip did not start out well. I had planned on leaving work at 3:00PM. I didnt get to leave until 3:25PM. Thats doable at least. I was home & we were on the road to take the dogs to the boarding camp by 3:45PM. We got them checked in & headed back towards I-75 to drive up where we hit traffic in at least 3 areas. We did stop after Sarasota as it was around 5:30PM and I had hit that point where I was hungry enough I was going to be cranky if I didnt eat soon, it was going to be a horrible rest of the ride as I was driving. Guess that is what I get for eating a single sushi roll all day. We made it to the Boardwalk to Check In by 7:20PM and were given a studio on the 3rd floor overlooking the feature pool. Luckily, the clown is blocked by trees though!
We got 2 of our bags unpacked (the shoes, the computers and the other various running type things) and left at 8:00PM to head to our 8:15PM dinner reservation at Todd Englishs bluezoo. We hadnt been to bluezoo since our honeymoon where it was an awful time but we figure 6.5 years was enough time to pass that we should give it another shot.
We checked in and were immediately shown to the worst table in the restaurant. It was in the middle of a walkway on the way to the kitchen & bathroom next to a waiter station and yeah, it was not relaxing at all as we kept getting service trays, people talking over our table on the way to the restroom and people stopping to have a conversation next to us. I had mentioned it to the hostess that sat us but those other 8 acceptable tables were reserved. During the time we spent in the restaurant, only 1 of those 8 tables were sat. I was rather annoyed.
So menu:
We got to study the menu a good 15 minutes until we got our initial visit from the server to take our drink order and not explain any of the specials yet for the menu. It took him another 10 minutes to come back for the specials and another 5 minutes after that to actually take our food order. Because of the utter slowness of the server and the horrible non relaxing spot we were in, we went with a single course of food as we were starving but wanted to get out of there.
Once our food orders were in, my drink did arrive. It was a very smooth manhattan but for the $13 price tag, it was very small.
The Worlds Smallest Manhattan
Our bread did arrive from not our server & that was tasty.
I had ended up ordering the chefs special of the day that was delivered by a kitchen runner. The steak was amazing for flank steak but for a dish that was supposed to have white cheddar grits as the main side, I was expecting more than a tablespoon of grits on the plate.
Kobe Flank Steak w/ White Cheddar Grits & Tomatoes
My husband went with a soup & a side item. Both of them were tasty to him as he cleaned off his potato plate very quickly.
Brothy Clam Chowder & Lobster Cheese Baked Potato
As you can see from the next picture, I did enjoy my food at least.
Enjoying the food; however, didnt make up for the awful service and the horrible table. We skipped on dessert as we figured we would have a better time getting something at the Boardwalk Bakery or Shoreside Sweets that was cheaper and way quicker. We will not be back to bluezoo anytime in the near future or possibly ever. We walked to the Boardwalk Bakery where I did pick up a snack, that still hasnt been eaten.
Salted Caramel Ganache
I havent eaten it as my husband wanted ice cream from Shoreside Sweets and I decided to get ice cream as well instead. He had a double scoop of mint chocolate chip while I had a single scoop of cookie dough in a waffle cone & with rainbow sprinkles. These were very tasty options & we spent less than $10 on the ice cream!
Eating our ice cream, we headed back to our room to fully unpack for the rest of the trip and watch this weeks edition of Mindy Project & Chopped before heading to bed.
I didn't even see any grits in your picture! Great idea to get some dessert from the Boardwalk instead. 
