Originally Posted by
dmarge18
Do you know if this is for Covid-time only, or is it their standard breakfast offering for Diamonds?
To add on to what's already been said, based on my visit there in Jan. just after the hotel opened (and just before covid brought travel to a screeching halt), the Diamond breakfast was a buffet in a pretty decent lounge. The lounge itself is called "Patriot Circle" or something like that (there's a photo of it on the hotel's website). It didn't have a ton of tables, but it was in good shape with some nice recliners and a cool historic piano, so I enjoyed the room itself.
Breakfast was the same offering everyday: selection of scrambled eggs, home fries, bacon, a build-your-own grits station, fruit, parfaits, and basic baked goods (breads, a few varieties of muffins, danishes, etc.). There was a coffee/espresso machine and a choice of a few juices. Quality wasn't amazing, but it was decent and had a fair amount of variety even though the menu was the same everyday. All told, I thought it was a pretty good value.
Didn't try any of the other places except for grabbing drinks at the rooftop bar once. The menu is pretty limited, as I recall, but the views are definitely the main attraction there. Certainly worth heading up there to take the view in and enjoy a cocktail.
Also, when we were there, staff brought up a small tray with some local snacks -- a few bags of Zapp's chips, some pralines, a couple of local beers, and a mini-bottle of hot sauce -- and left it in our room while we were out one day. I don't know if that was intended to be a gift recognizing Diamonds, or just something they were doing since the hotel had just opened, but I thought it was a fun touch.