Harmony Hall – Carowinds Dining

3.5 stars for quality and amount of choices
2.5 stars service
2.5 for cleanliness
1 star for price!
Carowinds is high high high on the price of your food. Not much different in here. EVERY plate was $ 10.99 or more. Harmony Hall Marketplace had semi-​real tasting food in a very roomy AC controlled environment. We ate lunch AND supper there because everywhere else was fried and looked dried out. But it will cost you! They have several stations and unless you get a side salad for $ 6 or a side order of fruit for $ 4, a lunch for 4 will be $ 50 easily and that is not counting drinks. We had water. Yes, there are hot dogs and hamburgers everywhere else for $ 7 but they are terrible tasting and you have to sit outside in the heat with the bees.
The floors were very sticky from soda. A full glass of soda was spilled and even after a cleaning person was told he simply wiped up the seat with a VERY dirty wet towel but did not bother mopping the floor. We were almost done eating when a young lady showed up and she cleaned half of it which was puzzling.
No one is in a hurry to serve you. The lines were not that long because we were there on a Monday and every station had 3 – 4 employees yet it was still a very slow wait.
The Italian sub took forever to put together and the girl would not let me have it cold because «she had to «cook the meat» uh.. .it’s made of 3 cured meats.. . really? And do you think the 5 minutes you put it in the oven to melt the cheese will cook any meat? So I chose the chicken tenders which came with 4 strips. They were tasty. They come with these weird «fries». Not really straight or curly something in between and milly. They did not want you to get sides from another station.
Salad station had bowls of bagged lettuce. You then could choose toppings and it was $ 10. That seemed like a good deal. The dressings were low quality.
The meat station (ribs, bbq, turkey legs, brisket, etc) The brisket looked great. I had the turkey leg for lunch and it was tasty but the meat was falling off and I had to use a fork. It’s not like one of those that you get to hold and eat like Henry the VIII. LOL You get a choice of side like slaw, green beans or mac and cheese. Again $ 10.99 but this station seemed worth it. The brisket looked REALLY good.
italian station had baked pasta which looked unappetizing. They had photos of gorgeous pizzas all loaded and round. But when you got yours it was like a small oval flatbread. You get cheese or pepperoni. That’s it. They have peppers and olives and onions everywhere but they won’t let you have it on your pizza. Weird. They offer one hoagie — the Italian and I already told you about that experience. My hubby did get it and he said it was tasty. You get to choose a side of broccoli salad or pasta salad. The pasta salad was pasty and gross.
The fried station — not sure what they really called it. You can get a burger. Nothing exciting. Dried patty but lots of free toppings. My husband was not impressed. Those weird fries are there. You can have some cheese goo on them if you want. There is a huge pan of it. You can get chicken tenders (which I thought tasted really good — light coating and actual flavor) or a grilled chicken sandwich with the same topping options as the burger — tomato, lettuce, red onion and terrible terrible pickles.
It’s sad to say that I thought this was a best choice for my family.