Sparks - Spartanburg

**** Mary's with our Breakfast Buffet. Amazing atmosphere, friendly service. Will definitely be back to try the Lunch and Dinner fares.

Shocked BROKE rule 1 on hotel food: I ordered the fish. Their fresh fish of the night was pecan crusted trout. Instead I ordered the trout just grilled with butter. TWO large fillets, cooked just right and obviously fresh that is always the key) chose the mashed potatoes as the side why no baked potatoes, but the mashed had nice pieces of potatoes with some ?pepper ? so just fine) Service just right too; Host said that they remodeled the restaurant last year. It used to be dark and gloomy, now open to windows and inviting ok sounds like a commercial, but really, I used to hate eating here).

Opted for the restaurant vs the lounge during a stay at the hotel. Took a long shot and ordered a dirty martini and was amazed so I settled in and ordered the filet, which came with a 4 cheese au gratin potatoes. Very yummy. The steak was cooked just right. The seared tuna appetizer was also very tasty. Dropped a star for service. What started out as great service quickly turned to Could not be bothered because some friends of mine showed up for dinner . We ended up with another server towards the end. No reason whatsoever!! Strange. But food was delish!

So freaking good. I can not say enough about the taste of the food. We ordered the pecan chicken substituted with broccolini and the 8oz filet with house chips. We are every bite. That's me and my picky 11 year old. Go ahead and order big. Very yummy!!!

We chose Sparks for our Easter brunch. The **** mary was the best part, however I did not appreciate that the server told me that there was a contest to see who could sell the most alcoholic beverages that day, I found this was tasteless especially on a holiday. The shrimp, salmon and cheese table was the best offering of the day, but one is not able to get their full $30 value from these finger foods. The ham was overcooked and dry, the fish was fishy, the chicken was overcooked and over seasoned, the fries that were offered were extremely hard, the chicken fingers (I opted this route I figured it was easy enough) nearly broke off my bracket on my braces. Both the mashed potatoes and the macaroni cheese were overcooked, hard and not warm. And there was no gravy for the potatoes and no green vegetables offered which seemed strange for a holiday. The pesto pasta sauce was watery. The desserts, rolls and biscuits were dry and simply not edible. The brunch was overpriced for the quality that was offered. Perhaps they should consider limiting the number of items offered and focusing on quality for future offerings? Our sever was very nice. The decorations were also nice. Having a grown man walk around in a Peter Cottontail outfit and hand out candy to adults who were eating was not only bothersome, but a little freaky. We will not return for the heavily marketed Mother's Day brunch...