Adam G-Mann
Urban Pantry is a cafeteria like space on the first/lobby floor of Universal Adventura Hotel. The food is tasty but high priced, but you’re staying at a theme park hotel. Pro tip there is a warming station tucked in the back woth 2 microwaves and a toaster. If you can pack some food or go to the store for frozen meals and heat them up to save some money.
… moreNona Chen
While staying at the adventura we tried the french toast with bacon, half chicken, and burger which were delicious. The pizza was very delicious. The mac and cheese was ok and the teriyaki noodles were not good, too much thick sweet sauce that was overpowering. Prices were high but thats expected for hotel food!
… moreRich Upton
Always have breakfast here rather than Cabana Bay as it’s quieter, relaxing and the food quality is better although they have changed the menu recently and was a bit disappointed that they don’t do hot oatmeal anymore but that makes me less guilty about having the wonderfull french toast instead! What makes this place extra special though is the staff. Jason and the other lady serving are always very cheerful, friendly and engaging and a real credit to the hotel. Thank you and I’ll see you again tomorrow!
… moreMichael Regilio
I was pleasantly surprised with this option within Universal’s Hotel Aventura. We had stir fry bowls that were delicious and a big portion for dinner one night. For breakfast one day we shared an omelet that was huge and delicious, another day we shared pancakes which was a tasty smaller breakfast (which is what we wanted so we’re happy with it). One other morning we had a sandwich from the legit Starbucks and it was as expected; tasty and overpriced. All these options have a price premium for the convenience factor but it’s a much better value than eating in the parks and probably cheaper than ubering to a nearby chain like Waffle House or iHop too. The only complaint I have is that a tiny self-serve coffee (not from Starbucks but from Urban Pantry proper) was like $4 and nothing special. It should have been half that. Urban Pantry itself is an enticing factor to stay at Hotel Aventura again.
… moreOCheerUp
Beautiful hotel, kind amazing staff…. Pizza was horrid though. Listen, I’m pro garlic. I didn’t think it would come with garlic sitting on top, but that’s not a bad thing…. Unless it’s this pizza… I got the 3 meat pizza and I thought that was maybe a parm cheese on top. No. The whole thing was so overpowered by garlic I couldn’t eat it. Threw it away. I like the pizza at universal and at some of the other resorts (surfside and portifino) but this was some nasty pizza.
… moreKayla Messerschmidt
If you have celiac disease, DO NOT EAT HERE.
I told the employees making the pizza that I have celiac and they said that they could do gluten free crust. I asked if the pepperoni was gluten free and was told probably, yeah. Stupidly, I ordered the pizza and ate it.
Now, 5 hours later, I am violently throwing up after being glutened for the first time on a five day trip. Not sure if it was how the pizza was prepped (shared space) or the crust/toppings but I haven’t been this sick since being diagnosed.
Please don’t eat here if you have celiac. Save yourself.
… moreHarrison Charles Albert
We got a pizza yesterday and it was not bad. But we got this today. Significantly smaller than yesterdays, and not so tasty. Definitely not worth the price. Very disappointing.
… moreAshlee Charbonneau
We enjoyed both breakfast and lunch at Urban Pantry at Aventura on a couple of days of our trip. The breakfast was better than average, although not extraordinary, and reasonably priced for the amount and quality.
The Wok Bowls were delicious! Between two of us we tried both beef and chicken, rice noodles and lo mein, and lots of veg! We enjoyed them fresh, and finished them later as tasty leftovers!
We also loved the Margerita Pizza as a tasty but light poolside lunch.
Overall I felt the food was a better value for the money than the cheaper options at the more high end resorts (TukTuk market, New Dutch Trading, etc.) and we will definitely eat at Urban Pantry again on future trips!
… morePerla Ruiz
I will say I was hesitant due to other reviews but since we were on vacation we slept in until 10 and they have breakfast available until 11. Our breakfast visits were amazing! Everything came out rather quickly. We had a pool day and ordered some pizza later and that was delicious too. For the convenience of being in lobby of our hotel it’s great. We visited each day we were there! Portions are nice. This is our second visit to Aventura and we were actuality bummed out we didn’t get breakfast here on our last visit.
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