All inclusive resorts have evolved since the first all inclusive style resort was introduced over 50 years ago. Food at all inclusive resorts back in the old days was buffet style and sub par. A self respecting “foodie” would never consider an all inclusive resort.
Well times have changed!
Now, many (but still not all) all inclusive resorts have food that will satisfy most palates from a meat and potatoes kind of guy to a foodie to a gourmand.
How can you tell which resorts have the best food?
This is a hard question but one that My Vacation Lady will get asked frequently.
photo credit Iberostar Grande Hotel Rose Hall
During our consultation, we’re going to ask you how important food is to your vacation or honeymoon experience and where have you stayed before where the food may or may not have met expectations. There are certain hotels and resorts that we know of personally where the food will be better than in others. Some resort chains are known for having a more gourmet experience than others. Some will only offer sit down (a la carte) meals while others will have multiple buffets. Some will require reservations for the sit down specialty restaurants and others may limit the number of times that you can eat at the specialty restaurants.
That last comment would typically be a warning sign—- if you are limited to the # of times you can dine at the specialty restaurants, are your other options a buffet?
Many of the Adult Only All Inclusive resorts that we recommend to our clients will not have limits on the # of times you can eat in any of the specialty restaurants and you are never stuck eating in a buffet, unless you want to.
That doesn’t mean that all of the family friendly all inclusive resorts will have bad food- quite the opposite. My Vacation Lady can guide you to the ones that may offer the most restaurant options or just the ones that are known to have the best food. Even some of our pickier clients have loved some of unique dining options available at the family friendly all inclusive resorts that we sent them to. One of our favorites has a fun taco truck.
Just because you are choosing to stay at an all inclusive resort, doesn’t mean that you’ll have to settle for buffet tables and mystery meat.
Let the team of travel professionals at My Vacation Lady help you plan your vacation or honeymoon experience based on what is most important to you!
