Which would you rather do?

Earlier in the relationship, go for more fun.

At some point, when you're all committed, maybe getting engaged, and so on, the romantic stuff becomes much more important. But for the first few dates, don't push the "romance" too much too fast; instead first establish that you're a fun couple together.

You can still have SOME romance early of course (and you should remember to always have lots of fun, even later when you're "going steady" or engaged or married...) but as a generality, fun first and early, romance later and on special occasions...

I mean if a guy you hardly know is all SUPER romantic right off the bat, he doesn't really mean it anyways because how "in love" can you be after 20 minutes? But every well-matched couple can genuinely have lots of fun from day one.

Well for a first date I would rather just do the fun thing, movie, dinner, just fun but I'm in a serious relationship and my girlfriend and I would be rather do the romantic date now because we can have fun when we get home

Romantic dates are ok once in awhile, but generally I prefer fun dates. I love going out and doing something active. Just because you're hiking or wake boarding doesn't mean you can't have a sexy fun time. Candles aren't necessary for romance :)