Emeril's Restaurant Orlando

10/04/09

AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL

by theorem10 at Citysearch

This was probably the most disappointing experience we have had at a restaurant in a very long time. We have always enjoyed Emeril's restaurants and when we were in New Orleans had most of our meals at an Emeril restaurant. But Emeril should be ashamed to have his name on this place. We chose the tasting menu with wine pairings. The wine was great. But nearly every single dish-- from the amuse bouche to the dessert was terrible. The taste, the look, the preparation, the temperature, every single thing was horrible. We couldn't eat most of it-- the spiny lobster was impossible to chew, the steak was tasteless, the dessert was disgusting. This really spoiled a full night of our all too short holiday.

• Pros: wine list was good but overpriced
• Cons: tasteless, overpriced nonsense

07/20/08

Overpriced - Poor service, Unedible food

by TrishandWill at Citysearch

Oh My God! We just experienced the worst dining experienced ever on Jul 10. We were in town celebrating our 20th anniversary. Huge mistake. We have dined in some of the best restuarants overseas and stateside (Japan, SIngapore, DC, Thailand, Europe, TN, FL) , paid top $$$ for great food and superb service, this is undoubtedly the worst! The steak was cold and greasy, the gumbo tasked like Zatarians watered down., dirty plates, the fish was fishy! Yuk. The suited wait staff visited every table but ours, they really need to invest in diversity training. What a waste of $150. We dared not try the dessert. Definitely does NOT cater to refined taste buds. Those folks who gave this restaurant raving reviews, need to evaluate themselves and learn to difference between fine dining and glorified Red Lobster/Olive Garden. A waste of money , folks!

11/29/07

Emerils' Orlando - Very Disappointing and WAY OVERPRICED - BAM!

by kamisue at Citysearch

11/26/07 We ordered BBQ Shrimp, Mushrooms and alamari. When the shrimp came it was very disappointing. It was not the Jumbo shrimp swimming in a luscious BBQ sauce. Instead it was very small shrimp, no head and a tablespoon or so of ?BBQ? sauce drizzled on top. mushrooms were small sliced mushrooms on a ? c of angel hair pasta with very little if any sauce, hardly enough for one person let alone an entire table. The calamari was tasty but a bit chewy and a small portion. We have had much better at other restaurants in the area for ? the price. It took a while for our main courses to arrive. When they did my friend that had ordered the pork chop attempted to cut through it with a knife but it proved difficult. It was the toughest overcooked pork chop we had ever seen. Even with the steak knife it proved a challenge. When she asked the waiter if it was suppose to be this tough; he suggested that she didn?t like the taste or texture instead of realizing it was overcooked and tough. She got the chicken instead. While the rest of us were eating she ordered another drink and about 20 minutes later her drink came out and it was not what she ordered so it had to be sent back. I had the duck which was very good but the rice was just plain white rice. The men at the table all had the Kobe Beef which was very good but again the sides were terrible. The chicken arrived at the table when most of us were just finishing our meals. The disappointing fact was despite the interesting sounding dish on the menu; it was just plain chicken with nothing interesting or extraordinary about it. The point is we could have chosen several other places in the area for ? to ? of the price and received much better service and a more satisfying meal but we paid almost $1,000.00 for a meal where one of our guests left hungry and none of us were totally full or satisfied that that meal was worth the price.

• Cons: Long walk from parking, Overpriced, Food sounds much better on menu however when delivered it is at best typical.

04/04/07

VERY DISAPPOINTING, Tourist Trap!

by tootsemikayla at Citysearch

We have eaten in the Atlanta Emerils and had a wonderful experience. So when we found out we were going to Orlando for a cheerleading competition I immediatly made a resveration at Emerils Orlando. The experience was nothing like our Atlanta one. Restaurant was noisy, dirty and crowded. Definatly a tourist trap. We started with a cospomolitian martini that tasted fruit juice. Went thru the wine list, which is extensive if you want to spend $100 or more on a bottle of wine. We found something that we liked on the by the glass list for $16.00/glass and asked if we could have a bottle of that, waiter said sure they would charge us 4 times the glass, so $64.00, when the bill came they charged $70.00.

Our steaks were tough and the twice baked potato was so dry it crumbled when you put your fork in it.

Overall I have nothing good I can say, our bill was $270.00 and I don't mind paying that when you get a good meal but for what we got the meal wasn't even worth $25.00.

• Pros: Convient location
• Cons: Food, Price, Noise

03/01/06

Very very disappointing

by trace97tj at Citysearch

We made reservations 6 mos. in advance, and still had to wait 45 minutes to be seated. Staff was horrible, from manager on down to the busboy. We barely saw the waiter, and the busboy spilled ketchup all over me and my son's diaper bag. No one apologized, and I got a trash bag to take out my diaper bag in. We had to fly home with a ketchup covered diaper bag in the suitcase. We will not be back to overpay for bad service, I don't care how good the meal was!

• Pros: Good food, Good wine list
• Cons: Staff, Limited menu

05/13/03

Acoustics

by lkate at Citysearch

Five women could not yell loud enough to be heard over the din. They need to do something to absorb sound so that people can talk to each other. Not a good place for a romantic dinner unless you are just into staring in each other's eyes.

• Pros: Excellent service, location, parking
• Cons: Noise level, Prices, Too much food

08/19/02

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by disappointedfan at Citysearch

This was the ABSOLUTE most AWFUL SERVICE I have ever experienced at a dine-in restaurant. Our server was attentive up until we placed our order. After our order was placed he NEVER came by to see if we needed anything or even to ask if we wanted to order dessert. Perhaps because our party of 4 was not ordering alcoholic beverages, our check wasn't as high as our neighboring tables who we could obviously see were getting much more attentive service. We left a $3 tip for a bill over $200 - and I still feel we left $2.99 too much! Do NOT WASTE YOUR $$$. Food was mediocre at best. Emeril should try some quality control with his restaurants. - a FORMER Emeril fan

• Pros: good menu selection, good sized portions
• Cons: AWFUL service, horrible service