Cactus Flower Cafe

Located inside the Riverwalk Marriott, this breakfast buffet is typical of what you might expect in a nice hotel. Unexpected was the very friendly staff, especially as their first customer of the day at 6:30am. Everyone said hello as I passed by, and the lady who prepared my omelette even brought it over to my table when it was ready. (I had gone to the table with my other items I had picked out from the buffet selections, and had fully intended to go back and pick it up myself.) Free refills on the orange juice was very nice, and they don’t skimp on the size of the glass it comes in. (Other places I’ve been use something only slightly larger than a shot glass for their juices.) To top everything off, my waitress even offered to prepare a beverage to go (coffee, tea, or juice) without me even thinking of asking! That is exceptional customer service, especially for a $ 20 hotel buffet where I usually am not expecting much. Great job!

Service was good. They took great care of us and helped make sure we were served/​paid and ready to leave in time for our meeting.
I had fish tacos. The salsa was just ok; I didn’t use it. The tacos were served with a grilled like that made a great sauce for the tacos. Very good. I would definitely order them again.
Others with me ordered hamburgers. They got medium and wished they had gotten medium well. The meat was ok, but on the rarer end of medium. They did not like the pickles served with the burgers, but couldn’t explain why.
The one negative was the coffee and iced tea. The coffee tasted like it had been made for breakfast and reheated one too many times. The tea was strong and a tad bitter.

We loved our stay. It was so busy that we mostly ate at the hotel this time. We were very happy with this choice. The Lonergan shrimp, burgers, Chicken Alamo, Salmon, Club, Cheesecake, & chocolate cake were just a few of the items out family had and really enjoyed! Also the Prawn pasta! Just delicious!

I can’t believe I’m about to say this about their breakfast buffet, but really great service and atmosphere. I always find myself here when I stay at the Hyatt.

This is the restaurant inside the Marriott Riverwalk hotel. My wife and i stayed at the hotel for the better part of a week recently to attend a convention across the street, and while we never had dinner at this restaurant we did try their buffet breakfast one morning. So this review is entirely based on that buffet. Overall, we had a good meal here, but at 20 dollars each (plus tax and tip, making the total approach 25 dollars each) we both felt the meal was overpriced (as are, of course, ALL hotel restaurants).
The buffet consists of pretty standard fare: a waiter brings you juice (I thought the orange juice was excellent, and it tasted fresh-​squeezed; refills are free) and coffee or tea. You then select from a variety of hot and cold items on the buffet. The croissants were OK but wouldn’t make you think you were in Paris. The muffins were pretty good. As for the hot items, I had scrambled eggs, bacon, potatoes and biscuits; my wife had a made-​to-​order omelet that she thought was very good. My eggs were better than i expected, considering that they were in a warming tray, and the bacon was great, reasonably crisp but not burned. The potatoes were pretty good too, and so were the biscuits, which are generally served with gravy but which make a nice bread accompaniment to your eggs even if you skip the gravy, as I did. One complaint I had about the eggs and potatoes, both of which were in covered metal bowls, was that when you opened the top cover, a large amount of water (condensation from the hot items inside) ran down the cover and into the bowl. I could, and did, scoop some food out of a different area of the bowl that wasn’t drenched by the waterfall, but it still wasn’t the most appetizing thing in the world to see. Nevertheless, I managed to make rooms for seconds.
I was also pleasantly surprised by the service. It can often be pretty spotty at a buffet but here it was attentive without being obtrusive. My coffee and juice were refilled promptly and dirty dishes were whisked away before they became a nuisance. So, all told, this was not an unforgettable meal, but it was a perfectly pleasant one, and if I were staying at this hotel again I’d probably eat breakfast here at least once during my stay.

Good burger for lunch. Close to the convention center. It’s a little expensive, buy hey, it’s the Marriott.

it was aight. I needed breakfast, they had it. Since it was IN my hotel i wasn’t left with many options. The service was great though, she even gave me a to-​go cup to take my coffee to the conference with me. I wouldn’t hesitate to go again if i needed to eat!

Breakfast here was ok food and service wise — how can make a mess of pancakes and I wasn’t away enough to pay attention to the waiter anyway.
Dinner the night before was terrible. Our waiter was slow, forgetful, and clearly not interested in his job considering how shoddily he was dressed and his manners. The food was ok. The soup was good but the chicken verde was smothered in sauce so much that I couldn’t finish it. Yes, the restaurant is in the hotel which makes it ideal for meeting people, but eat in the bar instead. This place was overpriced, as most hotel restaurants are, the food was mediocre, and the service was terrible.

OK hotel food. I try to avoid, but it was early and raining on a Sunday and I didn’t feel like wandering to find something open so I tried the hotel restaurant.
I usually avoid breakfast buffets unless I know they are superior. So I ordered off the menu. I have three breakfast tacos, which are a favorite in SA, so I learned. I had a bacon and egg, ham and egg and chorizo and egg. All three were good, the salsa was nice but not spicy. I know I should have asked for hot sauce, but I just didn’t.
All in all a better choice than the buffet. I can’t remember the price since I charged it to my room, but I want to say it was $ 15.00. A little high but not bad for hotel.

San Antonio could have been the worst place I’ve ever been to. I hate to say that about any town, because I know there are people who love their city, but there is seriously nothing positive about this city. So for you San Antonio people who read this, I’m really sorry. hahahahaha
It was hot, it didn’t have an interesting night life, it didn’t have any hot girls, and it didn’t have any really cool places to go shop. What makes SA worse is that the Spurs play here. And the Spurs are the most boring and crappy NBA team of all time.
OK, so onto this place. I came to San Antonio for a convention about a week ago. This place and Denny’s were the only two places I ate at.
I understand it’s hotel food. I understand to not expect the best food in the world and I probably should’ve gone to Foga de Chao across the street. But I didn’t want to take a step outside even for 30 sec in that god forsaken heat. The heat is literally that bad. I’ve been to Japan in the middle of summer and it wasn’t nearly this bad. hahahaha ok back to the review.
I got the beef dip sandwich for lunch with a side caesar salad. Very standard and run of the mill, but it really did satisfy my hunger while in Texas. Nothing notable from this dish, but if you do come here for lunch, I would recommend ordering this. Although expect to pay hotel prices. Which I believe came out to about $ 15 for a decent sandwich.
We came back for dinner and drinks and got served by one very good looking waitress. This place just went from three stars to four. hahahaha

Ate breakfast here one morning — the prototypical hotel breakfast buffet:
I had:
— Scrambled eggs: overcooked
— Breakfast potatoes: undercooked and sitting in water that was dripping down from condensation inside the heating vessel
— Sausage Gravy and Biscuits: the runniest sausage gravy I’ve ever eaten — and no chunks of sausage and very little in the way of flavor.
— Bacon. Check! The bacon is the ONLY thing that nudges this review up to three stars. Barely. It was excellent bacon! So surprising to get such good bacon in a hotel breakfast buffet. Thick cut. Smoky. Meaty. Delish! Bacon — the staff of life.
They offer other items on the breakfast buffet: pancakes, fresh fruit, oatmeal, cold cereals, juices, and such. Plus a custom fresh made omelets to order.
Service was average, and the breakfast buffet was expensive. Around $ 20 for breakfast.

The Cactus Flower Café in the Marriott Riverwalk Hotel, features casual American and Southwest cuisine. Enjoy your favorite beverage and light fare taking in the River views. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner.
We were there for dinner and got the fillet mignon and pecan crusted grouper. They do have very good quality meat and fish, which I’m sure is QA standard to have a restaurant within Marriott. The interesting thing was the fillet mignon was tender regardless of it being medium OR well done. A talent very hard to master. Seasoning for the fish was a bit salty but manageable… just not for someone with high blood pressure, however its quite easy to request for no salt. Staff is extremely accommodating.
You can park within Marriott and get validated when eating at the restaurant.