After enjoying many wonderful afternoons for tea in the Lobby and exceptional evenings for dinner at both the Ca dZan Bar and the Vernona Dining Room at what used to be a lovely hotel I had the unfortunate experience of dining at the newly renovated restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton Sarasota. All I can say is that their new General Manager must have come from Motel 6 is he thinks there is anything appropriate with their redo for a Ritz-Carlton Inappropriate, incongruous, ill-conceived, disgusting all come to mind. If it isnt bad enough that they ruined a perfectly beautiful hotel dessert came on a baking pan in a pint Mason jar at the Ritz-Carlton! the Cracker Barrel does better than that! Even if the Ritz was a place for cute there isnt anything appealing about dessert in a Mason jar. I read in the newspaper that they were creating casual elegance with Mason jars? What they have done just doesnt fit the place inside or out. Oh and the food is just so-so. Their GM should go back home to Hawaii maybe the gullible there would accept his idea of the New Gold Standard and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Ritz! I threw away my copy of Mr. Michellis book The New Gold Standard this afternoon just more meaningless corporate hogwash.
I wont be going back and I would encourage you to NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR YOUR MONEY!
David Duncan says
Certainly isn’t “Ritzy” anymore!
After enjoying many wonderful afternoons for tea in the Lobby and exceptional evenings for dinner at both the Ca dZan Bar and the Vernona Dining Room at what used to be a lovely hotel I had the unfortunate experience of dining at the newly renovated restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton Sarasota. All I can say is that their new General Manager must have come from Motel 6 is he thinks there is anything appropriate with their redo for a Ritz-Carlton Inappropriate, incongruous, ill-conceived, disgusting all come to mind. If it isnt bad enough that they ruined a perfectly beautiful hotel dessert came on a baking pan in a pint Mason jar at the Ritz-Carlton! the Cracker Barrel does better than that! Even if the Ritz was a place for cute there isnt anything appealing about dessert in a Mason jar. I read in the newspaper that they were creating casual elegance with Mason jars? What they have done just doesnt fit the place inside or out. Oh and the food is just so-so. Their GM should go back home to Hawaii maybe the gullible there would accept his idea of the New Gold Standard and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Ritz! I threw away my copy of Mr. Michellis book The New Gold Standard this afternoon just more meaningless corporate hogwash.
I wont be going back and I would encourage you to NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR YOUR MONEY!