text: A group of us adults were staying at the JW and wanted to have a nice dinner I spoke to Aaron Lee group dining coordinator and he set up the reservation at the Meritage They do not have a private room so we got a corner table I had preordered seafood platters calamarishrimp and sweet potato fries We arrived and was promptly escorted to our table At pm on a Tuesday night they dining room was only at approx capacity We were immediately served water and cocktail orders were taken Cocktails were a tad pricey at I tried one of their signature cocktails pomegranate and whiskey concoction and thought it was good just not good We ordered some white and red wines as well fair selection The seafood platter was nice Oysters were decent You have to ask for the drawn butter if you want it with your crab legs and lobster I thought that made it better People said the calamari and shrimp was over seasoned and I would have to agree Fries were just fries For my entree i opted for the prime rib medium rare and the rest ordered the rib eye I thought my prime rib was cooked perfectly I liked the smokiness that was hyped up The entrees did not come with any sides We ordered the cream of spinach mash potatoes and mushrooms The sides were just ok I still would prefer Lawrys prime rib and their sides over this The rib eyes were good We had some issues with the temperature of the rare and medium rare The waitress initially came out and made it seem as if we were wrong when you see it in better lighting you would see that it was cooked properly but sent it back I mentioned to her that rareness is judge not only on color but temperature And the steak she brought out was too warm to be called rare The chef came out himself to apologize and made sure the new ones were cooked well and they were He also sent out some extra sides nFrom that point on service was great Actually it was great throughout We ordered a couple of the desserts The banana cream pie was awesome but the creme brulee chocolate was just ok nMy last complaint was that we had a package with the hotel and was suppose to receive free appitizers and desserts I thought the group coordinator would pass this along to the restaurant We never got the freebies And when I wrote the coordinator about it I did not get a responenAll in all this pace was decent and deserves a star rating It does not really stand up to the Flemings Maestros or the other high end steakhouse But for being on the resort property not a bad choice