"Cost: $120 per person. Oh, how the once-glamorous Biltmore has fallen. For such a legendary property, the decaying details of the restaurant are sad. Forks have bent prongs, chairs look like they just finished a muddy obstacle course, and no one will hold a door open or fold a napkin when you leave for a new plate. Their exhaustingly spread-out food stations look impressive at first glance—lobster tails, sushi, pasta, meat carving, and a dripping ice sculpture of a dolphin. But when you trek it all back to your table, you’ll discover the seafood is rubber, the bacon is limp, and the caviar is the only thing they haven’t messed up. Biltmore’s brunch makes us feel less like the presidents who once stayed here, and more like their interns who get the leftovers. " - ryan pfeffer
