All The Mimosas
Around 11:15AM, we headed down to the front of the Boardwalk and summoned an Uber to take us to the Contemporary Resort. I knew we would be drinking so no reason to drive over there since we wouldn’t be able to drive back safely. The Uber arrived in about 5 minutes and we were on our way. This also meant we ended up about 25 minutes early for our reservation but they let us check in and head upstairs anyway. Although we weren’t seated until noon, we were allowed to start drinking our mimosas and we totally were on our third before we were sat. During our 20 minutes waiting, my husband spent the time looking at all the wines inside their wine fridges. They had a really great selection.
Mimosa
We were sat along the far wall near the room that used to be the wine room but we had a nice view of the Seven Seas Lagoon if I turned my head. My husband had the wonderful view of the Lagoon and me so he was totally winning here.
Menu
My husband was also high maintenance and requested their wine list as he wanted to see the prices of all those great wines he had seen. If the prices were reasonable, we probably would have ordered a bottle of wine in addition to the mimosas but their bottle markup was over 300% for the special wines and he made a comment about how it felt like price gouging since so many other places were much more reasonable in their price markups. So while he asked for all that stuff, it ended up being a waste of effort. I felt I needed to make up for that come tip time and I did.
While he was reviewing that wine list, I went up for my first plate as I was hungry even if I hadn’t run this day, but I had been up since before 3AM. I had no breakfast as I wanted to be prepared to be gorged. My first plate had that wonderful bourbon orange cake that I had loved over Labor Day. It did not disappoint this time either! I also got a cheddar biscuit (which I wish they had regular butter out for instead of just honey butter), cheese, prosciutto and pork pate. I probably would have asked for regular butter if my husband hadn’t done his wine exercise. I loved everything on my plate as I knew I would.
My First Plate
When I returned with that first dish, my husband finally left to head up to the buffet and he disappointed me with what he returned with. Cheddar Biscuit, half a bagel, chocolate croissant and cheese? My husband enjoyed it all but still!
Husband’s First Plate
I headed back up and got more goodies. Another cheddar biscuits, sushi, soba noodles, and more prosciutto and pork pate. I did give in for the honey butter as all biscuits need butter.
My Second Plate
My husband did go up to get that bourbon cake on my behest at least but I forgot a photo of it. I blame all the mimosas as whenever they neared empty, they were magically refilled!
Our entree order was taken around this time so we weren’t rushed to finish our plates. It was timed well as the right amount time came before we were greeted with our food. I’m very happy to report that we were not given grossly absurd amounts of bacon this time. That amount of bacon could easily be eaten by my husband and I. He only had one of the sausage patties which he liked but he liked his other food better.
Bacon and Sausage
What I got for my entree shouldn’t shock anyone. I mean, I have only ordered this dish the last two times I was here and I was on such a shrimp kick anyway. I was super happy with this dish. I also like that it isn’t overly large unlike some of the other entrees on the menu.
Shrimp & Grits
My husband went for a very large entree. He almost ordered two but I stopped him from that. He really enjoyed the chicken and waffles. It was two large pieces of chicken breast with a waffle. He did well on almost eating it all but he did have to throw in the towel before he was done.
Chicken & Waffles
When our entrees were cleared, I ordered a double espresso to help balance out the mimosas that had been consumed.
Double Espresso
We were also brough out dessert plate where we ate a few but declined to take the rest back with us as we knew wouldn’t eat anymore. I enjoyed my macaron and chocolate. My husband had all the chocolate bark along with another macaron and chocolate.
Dessert Plate
One comment about this meal is that I saw multiple people order the bloody mary drink and not a single one finished it. There is just so many food options that I think the novelty of doing the make your own bloody mary bar gets lost as you cannot leave here hungry!
We settled our bill and headed down to the main concourse so view their gingerbread display since it was very recently finished!
Contemporary Gingerbread Display
I picked up a couple of goodies that we enjoyed in the room over various times in the trip. I enjoyed each of them!
Gingerbread Goodies
We ended up eventually back on the first floor and ordered an Uber to take us back to the resort. I am sad to report that someone lost their bridal or bridal party ears but hopefully they were having a lot of fun if they forgot their special rose gold ears.
A Sad Bride or Bridesmaid
Once back at the room, I made myself a night stand out of pillows since my husband always claims the real nightstand and proceeded to head into bed to play on my phone and take a nap.
Make Shift Night Stand