Cowboy Cookout Barbeque - review

[Cyrano]

This counter service restaurant is located in Frontierland.
As it’s name suggests it is high in Western theming and the menu choice is similar to other counter service restaurants. Burgers, spare ribs and chicken included with the usual fayre.
Occasionally you’ll find a band playing in this large barn of a restaurant. If they are not to your liking you can take your food to the outside seating area.
In winter there is a welcoming centrally located open hearth fire.

This restaurant hosts the Tasty Cowboy Chow with Disney Characters which is a set-price three course counter service meal at lunch-time as from Spring 2011, also a Tea Party with Disney Characters at 5pm.

[Sarah Sarill]

This restaurant is situated close to Thunder Mountain (my DD8's favorite ride) so we tend to grab a lunchtime meal here quite often.

It is a fast food type eatery and is a nice change from McDonalds. The menu is similar as they are Meal Deals (all called by different character names ie Pluto Menu) and are just the right portion size for a 'fill up' at lunchtime.

The band and fire create a warm, friendly feel, especially in the winter months but they are closed every Wednesday and Thursday in low season.

Good value for money in comparison to most DLPR venues. Queues are quite often long but the food is well cooked. Heres a picture of my DD8 with the band last December.

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[Cyrano]

Best burger on site :goodvibes

Here is the outdoor seating
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Inside at Christmas time
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The seating at the fire :goodvibes
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[BONITATIME]

We really like it here and think it is one of the best counter service meals in the park. The queue's can be long but if you listen to people in the queue's you can learn things. I discovered that you can get a beer if you just order chips not a menu. It works out much cheaper if you are not hungry.
We usually have the roast chicken menu or the ribs and chicken menu.

[Crokette]

This is one of my favourite counter services :love: . I can't go to DLP without having lunch at least once at the cowboy cookout bbq. And if you're lucky, you can see those guys playing and singing country music! They're really nice and funny :thumbsup2 !

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[thelittlemermaid83]

Has anyone eaten here recently?

[MinnieMouse73]

Yes, last week (twice!).

What would you like to know?

[thelittlemermaid83]

How was the food, atmosphere etc? Is it a buffet or counter service resturant?

[Cyrano]

Has anyone eaten here recently?

We always have at least one visit and this July (2008) was no different.
DS had the half chicken while the rest of us all had the bacon cheese burgers.
We had 3 chips to share which was perfect for the 5 of us.
Our bill makeup was
2 menu burgers @9.95 = €19.90 (burger, frites, vittel)
2 bacon/cheese burgers @5.95 = €11.90
1 frites = €2.75
1 demi poulet = €6.95
Dream AP = -€4.15
Total = €37.35

[MinnieMouse73]

Counter service, but it does have some different items to the usual fare. You can get burgers, 1/2 chicken in bbq sauce, ribs, chili burger, potato wedges, and a combination box of ribs/chicken/wedges. Fries as well, kids' meals, drinks, ice cream etc.

The chicken is delicious - we ate here twice, once where I shared a chicken/fries menu with my daughter and once where we were both more hungry so she had a kids burger meal and I had the chicken/ribs combo. My husband had the burger meal both times. All the food was lovely. Oh, we also got a brownie with one of the meals and that was very tasty too!

The first time the band were playing in there, they were really good. Second time it had only just opened up (we hadn't had breakfast!) so no band. It wasn't particularly busy either time.

[MinnieMouse73]

And the potato wedges were good too! You can get them instead of fries.

[Cyrano]

And the potato wedges were good too! You can get them instead of fries.
Actually I think that is what we got with the burger meals :goodvibes

[thelittlemermaid83]

Sounds good, may have to eat here for a bite of lunch.

[gemmybear83]

Is it open all year round, the last time we went in June a lot of the more "interesting" counter service places were closed were going the beginning of dec?

[Fiona35]

Dined in here on Sunday 5th Oct around 12.15pm and the food was superb!

I had the BBQ Chicken, fries and a hot chocolate and my mate had the Chili burger and fries and a tea. The portions were very generous and to be honest we could have shared the chicken and had 2 portions of fries instead!

The Band was playing and it was so nice and warm and food great it really added to the whole experience.

Will definitely be dining here again!!

[rhysd2]

it was open at the end of september. we met a couple from stockport the night before going here and went there based on their recommendation. their words to us were "great food, great value, crap service." very very true. took ages in the queue to get the food but it was fantastic.

[scream machine]

Did anyone else get ducks sharing there meals in this restaurant?

About 7 waddled in when we were there and everyone was feeding them, no wonder they just strolled right in they get a daily feed here!! I thought it was quite comical. #

The food was great though, we only had burger meals but it was all hot and tasty

[Tillybud]

we ate here last week and sat outside, to the right of the door as you look at the place and we managed to meet Donald, Minnie, etc as the walk right past you once they've finished the show ... it was great. In addition to that I have to say the service was very good, my son had his burger plain and they double checked this throughout just to ensure they got the order right ... would definitely eat here again

[Mrs Stonfiesta]

This is Roys Fave place to eat! in fact its basically one of the reasons we visit disney so much! :rotfl2: We always have the same thing, an Assiette Texan - which is basically a piece of chicken, ribs and wedges and then we share a large coke, i think its about 23 euros for the lot which i think is really reasonable. Have to say we havent shared with ducks, although i did have a mouse sniffing round my foot one year... :scared1:
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[ghockley1981]

we ate here in Septemeber and sat inside.

It was very nice with a folk band playing outside while we ate.

I hae the bacon burger while my gf, a veggie, had the omlette burger.

This is basically a freshly cooked omlette in a bun with salad in it.

She said it was very nice.

When we left Cowboy Goofy, Eeyore and Pluto were outside doing meet and greets in an informal manor.

Very enjoyable, and would eat here again

[mummyal]

We had lunch here on our first day (Thurs, 18th Dec). Didn't plan to but DH went to look around at places to eat while DD and I went on BTM. While it was busy, it wasn't too crowded. It only took DH 10 mins to order/get our meal.

The kids shared a Mickey burger meal, I had the bacon cheeseburger meal (the burger bun was lovely!) and DH had the chicken leg/ribs meal. He said the ribs were nicer than the one at TGI Friday's as it wasn't burnt & dry lol (DH is not a fan of TGI Friday's, Planet Hollywood or similar places like that). I tried a bit of the ribs and it was quite tender. The wedges were fab. The fries were a bit cold & soggy but the kids were hungry, so they ate them anyway. It cost us 27 euros for the 3 meals.

I was going to take pictures of the food but DS needed the toilet and by the time we came back to eat (there was a queue for the loo), DH and DD had already started eating. So, you'll have to make do with these instead lol.

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We would definitely eat there again!:thumbsup2

[markpsych]

We ate here in Dec 08.

Still basic takeaway fare, but much improved on how it was a couple of years ago.

Burgers are now a very decent size, and you do feel like you've had a substantial meal.

Wouldn't recommend the chili burger, which was very dry, but the bacon cheeze burger was very good.

Nice atmosphere, particularly if you can grab a seat around the log fire, and there's a band playing :)

[AngieChristine]

We ate here on Thursday 18th Feb. Food was hot... (see previous post on Hyperion :rotfl:)

Overall, liked this place quite a bit... considering it was fast food. Floor was incredibly slippery... not sure what they had done to it!!

We caught up with Pluto and Minnie outside for an impromptu meet and greet too.

[luke]

We ate here at New Years, wow this was a hidden gem!

We'd eaten here before but the menu has slightly changed and the food tasted much much better!

I got the chicken, ribs and sausage platter, DW got a burger.
The wedges are particularly good.

We also had a hot chocolate and churros there too the next day, also good.

Best of all was the roaring fire, we must have stayed there a good hour for some respite from the FREEZING cold outside :lmao:

:goodvibes

[kizzabel]

We ate here on Monday March 1st 2010 using free meal vouchers (lunch)
The adults had the assiette texan which was ribs, sausage, a 1/4 (maybe 1/2) chicken and wedges (myself and DP) and my BIL had the cheeseburger and wedges. This was very tasty..
DD had sauage with wedges which she wasnt too keen on as the sauages are made from veal (its ok we finished them for her!!) and DN had the 1/4 chicken with wedges and both had yoghurt to follow. Drinks were included. The theme is great and the food was fab, perfect for lunch.

[Pluto_fan]

We ate here on Monday March 1st 2010 using free meal vouchers (lunch)
The adults had the assiette texan which was ribs, sausage, a 1/4 (maybe 1/2) chicken and wedges (myself and DP) and my BIL had the cheeseburger and wedges. This was very tasty..
DD had sauage with wedges which she wasnt too keen on as the sauages are made from veal (its ok we finished them for her!!) and DN had the 1/4 chicken with wedges and both had yoghurt to follow. Drinks were included. The theme is great and the food was fab, perfect for lunch.

Sounds yummy! This isn't on the list for free lunch vouchers--did you have any trouble using them here? Thanks! :flower3:

[kizzabel]

i think we may have paid for drinks. no problem though! it gets very busy at times

[deepblue]

As at mid March 2010

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[caretaker.thms]

has anyone got any prices for this resturaunt and others for 2010?
i need to know how much money to take for food for 5 day trip for 4

[ROBEAR84]

has anyone got any prices for this resturaunt and others for 2010?
i need to know how much money to take for food for 5 day trip for 4

The above menu from March 2010 is probably a good guide. They won't have changed much since then. We went then too and so that's definately correct. HTH

[Carrie_Cat]

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[wmoon]

Hi

We ate here on Tuesday 10th May 2011. 2 adults and a 3 year old. We had booked for 12.30 but I don't think it would have been a problem without a reservation.

The service was good and the food was hot and tasty. We mainly went for the character interaction which was also good except they all kept vanishing for about 10 - 15 minutes at a time, obviously changing over.

As usual the characters worked their way round all the tables, we saw Goofy, Pluto, Mickey, Minnie and eventually Woody (who we went specifically to see). Unfortunately by the time Woody came to us (maybe 45min to an hour) my DS was on the verge of falling asleep and refused to even look at him.....:confused3

It was a good atmosphere, there was some live country music and the characters made a real fuss of the birthdays, especially Woody.

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Bit expensive for the food but would happily go back.

Wendy

[Carrie_Cat]

Now don't know if anybody can see this (sorry for my terrible photo, I'll get a better one) but they have added a végé burger to this menu :cool1:

It says Végé burger, rocket salad, tomato, cheese and potato galette

Also noted that the Chili con Carne starter comes with cornbread

And children have the choice between 1/4 chicken or a Giant kid cheeseburger :)

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[princessmummy]

We ate here the week before Xmas 2011 as a spur (ha ha) of the moment thing as it was really cold and raining, and we didn't think we'd eat enough to justify the cost of inventions that night as we were too ill!

We got a table at 12.30 ish without booking....

DD1 and I had the cheeseburger (fab- the best one I've had at DLP!!!) and salad (massive!!!!! could be a main on its own) I had gormet coffee (coffee was cold by the time I got to drink it as too busy eating burger) and DD1 had lemon meringue thing.

DD2 had a burger (I think) and icecream.

We found ourself a table (a faux pas, you're supposed to be guided, but I was hungry and we were all Ill!!!)

We had waited about 10 mins to be served. The food was piping hot and really good.

The characters doing the rounds were mickey, minnie, pluto, eeyore, woody and I think goofy.

We had good interaction from them all except woody (minnie twice) in the hour and a hal;f we were there.

Pluto even came over and joked with DD2 about us struggling to get her salloppetes over her boots!
The interaction was at least as good as cafe Mickey, in sopme respects better. There were a few families chasing the characters round the room, not waiting their turn, and a fair few table hoggers who had finished eating ages ago and were just hanging out, which made the whole getting a table thing harder for everyone else.

The live band with guitar/ fiddle playing country music were fab..... and really added to the whole thing. There should be MORE live music at DLP, I hadn't realised how much i missed it till then.

The characters did a dance to the band too, which was really special, much beter than a prerecorded track...

It seemed so much more genuine and homely than cafe mickey to me.

Would I go again? Yes. The food was reasonable value The burger I had was fab qualitty and the salad was massive (and not all lettuce)

The character fun was good too- and the loos are nice there as well.

Plus I used my annual pass to get a discount.:thumbsup2

[Isila]

we were there March 16. Had a reservation for 1.10pm. Arrived on time. At the entrance were given small piece of paper with a number us, DS2 was counted as enfant- meaning we didn't have to pay for him, he just got extra fries. Happy with that.

DS1 had kids meal with hamburger, I had Angus burger and lemon desert thingy.

LOved the birger, one of the best I ever had, wedgies were great too. Salad was really big, but I'm not a "salad person" :cutie:

Character interaction was great: Mickey, Minnie, Gepetto, Pluto, Goofy and Tiger. But no Woody. I did go and ask, they told me to wait and got bacck to me telling Woody would be here an hour later. We didn't stay as we had been there for 1,5 hour.

Would recomend and go back. Must do on a trip.

[Carrie_Cat]

Same menu as ^^ just with a 50cts increase for adults and 20cts for children

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