Hollywood Brown Derby dilemma! - The DIS Discussion Forums

Deanie1 · 11-20-2012, 12:00 PM

We ended up switching our DHS and Epcot days but had to give up our F! Pkg at Mama Melrose. The only one available was HBD. The menu has changed since then - no more Samuel Adams braised short ribs. Nothing else excites me, which is sad as we are using 2TS for it. Any thoughts? Should we cancel and then stand in line for Fantasmic? This is our only DHS day. Our ADR is soon, Nov 30.

MADnNOLA · 11-20-2012, 02:31 PM

I know this soooo subjective to your tastes, but, I love the Brown Derby.

I have been twice in the past year (October last visit) and have not been let down.

Suggestions:

Potato Leek Soup
Cobb Salad (great to share or as an app)

Grilled Salmon
Filet of Beef (so tender I could cut it with a fork!)
Duck Two Ways
Dusted Grouper

ANY of the desserts.

The service has always been great. It is a restaurant where you are not rushed. I ate solo last visit and was there over an hour total for the whole meal. I loved it!

gwynne · 11-20-2012, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by MADnNOLA

I know this soooo subjective to your tastes, but, I love the Brown Derby.

I have been twice in the past year (October last visit) and have not been let down.

Suggestions:

Potato Leek Soup
Cobb Salad (great to share or as an app)

Grilled Salmon
Filet of Beef (so tender I could cut it with a fork!)
Duck Two Ways
Dusted Grouper

ANY of the desserts.

The service has always been great. It is a restaurant where you are not rushed. I ate solo last visit and was there over an hour total for the whole meal. I loved it!

I so agree! We ate at the Brown Derby in Oct for a late lunch. I had the potato leek soup, he had the Cobb salad.
They also serve really nice rolls and butter. As an added bonus, they have some very nice wines by the glass. We will go back, it is a great place to eat.

figment_jii · 11-20-2012, 03:10 PM

I also really like the HBD! I had the Cobb salad, filet, and chocolate three ways for dessert in October. Everything was really yummy. For my family, being able to get the Fantasmic Package is an added bonus because we like the restaurant anyway.

10_Kyle_10 · 11-20-2012, 03:16 PM

Does anyone know if there is a Bar here ?

TDC Nala · 11-20-2012, 03:19 PM

No bar.

I also love the Brown Derby but I would not spend all that money to eat there if I didn't want the food.

purple figment · 11-20-2012, 04:19 PM

You can continue checking to see if a F! Dining Package opens up at MM.

Otherwise you have to weigh the benefit of the F!DP to decide if you feel this is worth using 2 credits for a place where the menu doesn't appeal to you.

We like the food at HBD so the F!DP is ideal for our family. The steak and the salmon have been excellent. We split the Cobb Salad so everyone in the family gets a portion. The only thing I didn't care for was the Grapefruit Cake, but there are other delicious desserts.

To the person who asked - there isn't a bar at HBD. There's a counter where someone mixes the drinks, but there aren't any seats.

Deanie1 · 11-20-2012, 05:51 PM

we did pick this just because there was no other F! Pkg available and my sister will find standing in line for a long time for F! Too hard. She is also allergic to fish so her options are limited. We will likely choose the filet. I was so looking forward to those short ribs! I keep checking MM several times a day but so far, no luck.

Deanie1 · 11-20-2012, 06:17 PM

I just spotted a MM F! pkg available but when I tried to book it, I got a server error. I tried again, nothing happened. I finally called and it was gone....oh well, HBD, here we come.

waynesgirl · 11-20-2012, 06:39 PM

Another vote for it. It is delicious and I honestly feel that the servers are exemplary. Been there twice and it was stellar.

MickeysMommy · 11-20-2012, 07:11 PM

This is my absolute favorite restaurant. The filet and grouper are to die for!

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Pakey · 11-20-2012, 07:16 PM

I also love this restaurant. Try the pork chop. I usually eat fish but I had the pork chop last month and it was amazing. I booked again for December so that I could have that chop again.

Deanie1 · 11-20-2012, 08:54 PM

Okay, you guys have me convinced to try it here. I am sure that the service will be great and this is a place I have never been to (in fact, never been to a signature). I will try either the pork chop or the filet. BTW, I am the only one who has all her entrees picked out a couple of weeks before the trip? Am I food obsessed? LOL

11-20-2012, 12:00 PM	#1
Deanie1 Mouseketeer Join Date: May 2012 Location: BRitish Columbia Posts: 100	Hollywood Brown Derby dilemma! We ended up switching our DHS and Epcot days but had to give up our F! Pkg at Mama Melrose. The only one available was HBD. The menu has changed since then - no more Samuel Adams braised short ribs. Nothing else excites me, which is sad as we are using 2TS for it. Any thoughts? Should we cancel and then stand in line for Fantasmic? This is our only DHS day. Our ADR is soon, Nov 30.

11-20-2012, 02:31 PM	#2
MADnNOLA Mouseketeer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: New Orleans Posts: 375	I know this soooo subjective to your tastes, but, I love the Brown Derby. I have been twice in the past year (October last visit) and have not been let down. Suggestions: Potato Leek Soup Cobb Salad (great to share or as an app) Grilled Salmon Filet of Beef (so tender I could cut it with a fork!) Duck Two Ways Dusted Grouper ANY of the desserts. The service has always been great. It is a restaurant where you are not rushed. I ate solo last visit and was there over an hour total for the whole meal. I loved it! __________________ "Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do, than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails." - Samuel L. Clemens

11-20-2012, 03:10 PM	#4
figment_jii DIS Veteran Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 4,686	I also really like the HBD! I had the Cobb salad, filet, and chocolate three ways for dessert in October. Everything was really yummy. For my family, being able to get the Fantasmic Package is an added bonus because we like the restaurant anyway. __________________ Figment Forever

11-20-2012, 03:16 PM	#5
10_Kyle_10 DIS Veteran Join Date: May 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,508	Does anyone know if there is a Bar here ? __________________ 1990: Off site / 1991, 1992, 1995 x 2, 2005: Fort Wilderness / 1997: All Star Sports / 2000: Wilderness Lodge / 2002: Caribbean Beach / 2006: Grosvenor / 2007: All Star Music / 2008: Pop Century / 2009: All Star Music / 2010: Coronado Springs Resort / 2011: All Star Music / 2012: Pop Century / 2013: Pop Century

11-20-2012, 03:19 PM	#6
TDC Nala 1937, what a year that was Diet Coke on Ice or Else I apparently don't do anything they want to stimulate Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Not far enough outside the Beltway Posts: 54,561	No bar. I also love the Brown Derby but I would not spend all that money to eat there if I didn't want the food. __________________

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11-20-2012, 04:19 PM	#7
purple figment DIS Veteran Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Northern California Posts: 4,012	You can continue checking to see if a F! Dining Package opens up at MM. Otherwise you have to weigh the benefit of the F!DP to decide if you feel this is worth using 2 credits for a place where the menu doesn't appeal to you. We like the food at HBD so the F!DP is ideal for our family. The steak and the salmon have been excellent. We split the Cobb Salad so everyone in the family gets a portion. The only thing I didn't care for was the Grapefruit Cake, but there are other delicious desserts. To the person who asked - there isn't a bar at HBD. There's a counter where someone mixes the drinks, but there aren't any seats. __________________ Kim T

11-20-2012, 05:51 PM	#8
Deanie1 Mouseketeer Join Date: May 2012 Location: BRitish Columbia Posts: 100	we did pick this just because there was no other F! Pkg available and my sister will find standing in line for a long time for F! Too hard. She is also allergic to fish so her options are limited. We will likely choose the filet. I was so looking forward to those short ribs! I keep checking MM several times a day but so far, no luck.

11-20-2012, 06:17 PM	#9
Deanie1 Mouseketeer Join Date: May 2012 Location: BRitish Columbia Posts: 100	I just spotted a MM F! pkg available but when I tried to book it, I got a server error. I tried again, nothing happened. I finally called and it was gone....oh well, HBD, here we come.

11-20-2012, 06:39 PM	#10
waynesgirl Maleficent is my hero! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Newnan, GA Posts: 1,174	Another vote for it. It is delicious and I honestly feel that the servers are exemplary. Been there twice and it was stellar. __________________ Trey's Mommy (and for the 2nd time in my life, the Mom of an 19 year old!) WDW Commando Member #138!!!! Me: DH DS22 DD19:: DD15 DS6 9/'79-offsite DL; 9/'01-Offsite/ASMo;12/'01-Offsite; 9/'02-ASMo; 4/'03-ASMo; 9/'03-offsite; 11/'04-CSR; 2005-Wedding and NEW BABY;9/'07-SSR; 4/'08-POR; 9/'08-CBR; 11/'08-WL; 4/'09-Paris DL; 11/'09-POFQ; 4/'10-AKL; 11/'10-CR; 4/'11-BWI, from Italy!; 11/'11-YC; 9/'12-Wyndham @ WDW; 11/'12-AoA/Cars Suite; 2/'13 CSR; 3/'13-Dolphin; 8/'13-planning the BC

11-20-2012, 07:11 PM	#11
MickeysMommy Mickey is my cat He sits on my table My name is MM, and I carry a Mickey fanny pack on my vacations to Disney Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 5,619	This is my absolute favorite restaurant. The filet and grouper are to die for! Sent from my iPad using DISBoards __________________ ~~ Stacey ~~ ~~Dad and his "Girl"~~ Caribbean Beach Resort 19911993199519982000200220062007200920112012

11-20-2012, 07:16 PM	#12
Pakey Lobster A Boo Boo Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Central California Posts: 18,938	I also love this restaurant. Try the pork chop. I usually eat fish but I had the pork chop last month and it was amazing. I booked again for December so that I could have that chop again.

11-20-2012, 08:54 PM	#13
Deanie1 Mouseketeer Join Date: May 2012 Location: BRitish Columbia Posts: 100	Okay, you guys have me convinced to try it here. I am sure that the service will be great and this is a place I have never been to (in fact, never been to a signature). I will try either the pork chop or the filet. BTW, I am the only one who has all her entrees picked out a couple of weeks before the trip? Am I food obsessed? LOL

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