My spouse and I dined at the Hard Rock Café (HRC) late on a
Friday evening in mid-July 2018. The Hard Rock is open daily from early morning
until early morning (when we visited, the hours were 8:00 am until 4:00 am). The Hard Rock company operates over 175
restaurants in domestic cities including Chicago, Las Vegas, New York, San
Diego, and San Francisco, and internationally in cities including Bali, Cancun,
Dubai, Ibiza, London, Macao, and Sydney (with anticipated openings in Chengdu,
Innsbruck, Valencia, and Yangon).
The Atlantic City Hard Rock Café is located inside the Hard
Rock Hotel and Casino (although its location has changed since it was part of
the previous Trump Taj Mahal property). The restaurant is expansive (almost
23,000 square feet), seating up to 400 patrons at a time at the large multi-sided
bar, in its surrounding lounge, or in the main dining space. The semi-open
kitchen occupies one end of the space, and a live entertainment venue/stage is
located at the other. On the main dining floor, you can sit at stand-alone
tables in many sizes, shapes, and configurations, or at one of the booths that
ring the space. The bar and lounge area is located a few steps above the dining
room so that patrons there can enjoy the main stage entertainment. When we were
there, some guests even made their way to the front of the café in order to
dance in front of the stage. The bar area has many TVs to keep you occupied. A
second live venue is located on the boardwalk that sometimes offers dueling
pianos. As you would expect, music memorabilia (including from Bruce Springsteen,
John Bon Jovi, John Lennon, Michael Jackson, Prince, and Lady Gaga) features
prominently in the upmarket decor; additional collectibles are located
throughout the hotel.
The Hard Rock Café serves upscale American pub food. We
shared the cauliflower “wings” to start (Buffalo style deep-fried vegetables
served with blue cheese, celery, and carrot sticks). Next, we ordered two
burgers, one served with fries and other with green beans. For dessert, we
shared the apple cobbler, topped with nuts and caramel sauce and a scoop of
vanilla ice cream. The HRC provides room service for the hotel.
We enjoyed ourselves at the Hard Rock Café – it was the
perfect backdrop for a late-night burger while watching the live entertainment
(Sonic 5, a party rock band).
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