Tradewinds Restaurant

I need to start off by saying that I am surprised at the bad reviews. My experience, the 3 times we ate there was very good. We did eat only breakfast so I haven’t seen the rest of the menu, however our experience with service was excellent.
As mentioned we did the breakfast buffet during our 3 days we were at the Renaissance Sea World. The buffet was a nice variety of very healthy to not so healthy, but it’s always your choice.
There was steelcut oats and lots of add ins like chia, flax, sliced almonds, brown sugar and more. I am a salt kinda oatmeal girl.
The omelet station was well stocked with a nice variety of add ins… egg whites were available and fresh over easy eggs & scrambled were also available. The first 2 days chef Tommy handled it all…3 burners going… pancakes and waffles. He was able to move the line quickly and still have a nice conversation with people in line. Day 3, 2 chefs had to handle the line and a separate station was set up for pancakes.
Available also was fresh fruits and veggies to make your own juice or eat on its own. The fruit was fresh and delish… I kept on going back for more.
There was a nice variety of breads… bagels, English muffins, plain bread and croissants. There was also cream cheese, peanut butter, butter, almond butter and various jellies.
Bacon was crispy and not greasy. There was regular sausage and turkey sausage. Pre made scrambled eggs made in small batches. Everything was in small batches, so all was hot and fresh and kept filled nicely.
There were donuts and a Krispy crème bread pudding (dangerously good).
Service was excellent all 3 days. Coffee & orange juice hit the table pretty quickly. It was nice to have a carafe of hot fresh coffee on the table. We also were given banana smoothie shots. Due to resort fees, our daughter ate for free. This included her drink. We were offered coffee to go and there was also oranges and bananas to go as well.
All in all we could have left the hotel and eaten a little cheaper, however the buffet was awesome and worth it the price. We weren’t rushed out… not even when we had already paid our bill and my daughter’s friend joined our table (as a surprise) and we ended up sitting with them for another hour.
Would definitely go there again!

Meh. I ate here twice during my stay at the hotel. The food was good both times (swordfish with vegetables for dinner and a blackened shrimp chopped salad for lunch) but the service wasn’t great. The night we ate dinner there our waitress seemed to disappear for long periods of time. The next day we ate lunch there and our waiter was very much hovering over the table and seemed to be in a big rush to get rid of us. There was a conference going on and at one point a large line formed to be seated but by the time we sat down the line was all but gone so I don’t really know why he wanted to get rid of us so quickly. If you’re here for a conference and only have a short lunch break, it’s not a absolutely terrible option but if you have time to leave and find something nearby, that’s your best bet.

Attended a conference and ate here in a group. Service was great. They were willing to accommodate separate checks for a large group. Food was so-​so, as expected with hotel dining. I ordered linguini with clams. Noodles came out overdone. They didn’t get the grit out of the clams. It wasn’t worth complaining. I ate to eat.

Stopped in for lunch with clients will attending a conference.
Service was super slow as it took almost an hour to get lunch. I ordered the fish tacos which were so salty I could not even finish one of them.
Awful.

Sunday brunch. Service is superb. The staff were very friendly, accommodating, attentive, and personable– from the hostess, to our server, to tommy at the omelette and waffle station, and the lady food attendant. Initially I was disappointed and expected a larger spread. We had come on a personal recommendation from the concierge at our hotel. But I was won over with juicer, delicious omelette on top of purple kale, smoked salmon lox, crunchy bacon, the fluffy waffles, scrumptious croissant, and wonderful staff. Thank you for an enjoyable meal!

Nothing to really speak about here… typical overpriced hotel morning buffet. The kids are free but they did get orange juice (1) and a hot cocoa (2) and it somehow came out to $ 21!!! For three drinks!!! I know I know hotels charge an arm and a leg but dang come on now! The adult buffet was about $ 20 per adult which we did not eat nearly enough for that. we quickly learned though so we filtered our next morning breakfast and cheated the system a bit for a buck! The food itself was your typical breakfast buffet food. Omelettes made to order, pancakes and waffles made to order and the rest of the normal sides! The fruit was not as good as were expecting for being in FL so that was kind of a disappointment. We never went for lunch or dinner so I can only review on breakfast. There is a Starbucks is you are looking for a pastry and coffee. spare some change for yourself!

This was the worst restaurant I’ve ever ever ever been to! It was a compete embarrassment for me. Was staying at the hotel due to a conference… decided to take customers there for dinner so we did not have to go off site. It started from when we got there, they told us they didn’t have our reservation… then it took them two hours to get us our appetizers let alone they screwed up everyone’s orders. We decided that it was probably not a good idea to stick around for dessert. I have never been more humiliated. The food was horrible and completely not worth the 300 bucks I dropped for six people. The waitress didn’t give a damn because she knew she was going to get the 20% tip. Don’t go!

I’m being generous with the two stars. However, breakfast at trade winds was pretty good. I had the yogurt parfait one morning and a scrambled egg, bacon, hash browns and wheat toast the other. I’m pretty fed up with hotels and resorts not offering healthier options such as sugar free jellies and syrups and whole grain breads for sandwiches and burgers. Here was no different. We had dinner here one night. I ordered three smaller plates to be served with my colleagues appetizer, soup and main course. I ordered the sausage burrata flatbread, corn chowder and half portion of linguini with clam sauce. The flatbread was outstanding. I should’ve stopped there. They brought the soup out about a minute after the flatbread so sent it back. When it came back out it was lukewarm but tasted ok. The linguini and clam sauce came out tasting sour. I sent it back. They pushed hard to refire it. I wasn’t too hungry by then but they said the pasta was freshly made there so having admitted to being to heavy handed with the lemon, I agreed to try it again. It wasn’t much better the second time. I’m probably spoiled by the wonderful clear clam sauce we get in great Italian restaurants in the NY tri-​state area. Should’ve known better.

An average restaurant hotel in the Renaissance. The food was fine, but nothing was memorable.

I am not a hotel diner but ate here out of convenience.
Prompt service, no plying for that extra beverage. Food — French onion soup and free range chicken was good. Not exceptional but darn good. Excellent seasoning, cooked to proper temperature and, in an oddity today, in reasonable proportions. Accolades for that.
Fit my desire for convenience over the wow factor perfectly.

Ok, nothing special. I remember them missing a couple of items and the food being nothing spectacular. I do remember the bill being 100 $ for my wife and I and the kids. Considering the kids had water and shared kids meals, I was a bit surprised.

Went for lunch on a Saturday, the restaurant was almost deserted. The waiter was slow and inattentive. Ordered rock shrimp chowder and fish&chips. The chowder has no flavor, the fish fingers in the fish and chips were tiny and over-​done, the fries were dry and lukewarm.
The total bill was almost $ 30. Way too expensive for what you get.
Avoid this restaurant unless it’s the only option available.

$ 23 for the breakfast buffet is a bit much considering that besides the omlette station everything else is self serve. With tax and tip, $ 27 — the last time I paid close to $ 30 for breakfast was in Zurich, Switzerland, one of the most expensive cities in the world. This ain’t Zurich.
They bring coffee to the table which obliges you to tip. Good omlette and good self serve fresh juice (you make your own juice, which was fun). Excellent service.
Tip: GET A CAR and drive to the WaWa down the road, MCD or KeKes a few miles away. This hotel will nickle and dime you for meals. Most restaurants deliver here including Dominos pizza.

I like the breakfasts a lot, they arrive quickly, hot and nicely presented. The staff when I was there were very friendly, efficient and helpful. May update if I eat here again during my week at the hotel but we have been here twice before and liked the restaurant. Would normally have called it a three — good enough food but service was better than normal and a few interesting menu items and nice looking breakfast buffet lifted it to a four.

Kind of a middle-​of-​the-​road place.
It’s located in the lobby of the Renaissance Hotel and is probably best for folks staying in the hotel simply for the convenience.
Angus burger and fries were just fine — a chicken dish my wife ordered was decent, but the grilled chicken served to our daughter was oddly stiff and dry. She didn’t want to eat it. (Kids eat free there on Fridays and Saturdays, so if nothing else, we didn’t have to pay for it.)
Staff was attentive and polite. We were in a hurry to get back to the room to pack and the waitress was nice enough to offer to bring coffee and tea in travel cups. A nice touch that we appreciated.
Aesthetically, the restaurant is pleasant enough — this is an odd complaint, and it really is just personal taste, but it seemed to have a lot of empty space. The lobby and atrium of the Renaissance is just a massive area of open space and the restaurant seems to have adopted that on a miniature scale. Lots of room between tables.
Was not crowded either night we were there — there was, however, a long line for breakfast in the mornings.

Pros:
Wait staff if very friendly and efficient.
Environment is clean!
Hosting hotel (Renaissance) has amazing service!
Cons:
Value (bang for buck) isn’t substantiated by quantity or quality.

The food is generally okay here. They make great Omletes for breakfast. I have had their Ahi Tuna sandwich, the Grouper dinner and a couple of salads. The grilled piece of chicken that was added to the House Salad that I had one day was at least two or three days old…