Overall we were pleased. That said there were several occasions when we asked questions of the staff and felt as though we were being quoted "corporate script" as opposed to treating us like the customer we wanted to be. Here are a couple examples:
1. The Cafe Arrived after the Johnny Mathis concert and asked to be seated. Hostess said we would have to wait until she retrieved the menus as there were many people just coming from the concert. After several minutes (there were no other guests in front of us), we still weren't seated...just standing, waiting while the 2 hostesses carried on a personal conversation...we asked for a mgr who very courteously seated us. After being seated, I did a quick survey and approx 65% of the tables were empty...which did not substantiate the reason we were told we had to wait. Once seated the service & food were very much up to expectations.
2. As we were checking out, we attempted to call the valet desk. We did this by pressing the "valet" button on the phone in the room. After a few rings, a voice answered, "front desk" . I explained I was attempting to call the valet desk....almost before I could complete that explanation I was told "valet doesn't take telephone requests" .
Neither of these experiences would keep us from returning as the overall experience was fine. As someone who is in business with employees who deal with the public, it does however cause me to ask, " is the training a check the box endeavor that omits how the messa