Why the mixed reviews of CP lunch on allears? - The DIS Discussion Forums

princesslover · 11-22-2009, 11:36 AM

Everyone on here raves about CP lunch, but on allears the reviews are not that great. There is quite a difference between breakfast and lunch reviews....breakfast being in the 9's and lunch in the 7's.

Any thoughts on this?

I have a breakfast ADR and a lunch ADR. I am only going to keep one, but the lunch ADR works slightly better with our schedule. With the breakfast ADR, we'll have two TS in one day, which won't be bad, but I'd rather do the lunch on the other day to spread out our ts meals a bit more. Plus, lunches just work better in general with our touring and I like our big meals in the middle of the day. I'm just wondering if breakfast is really that much better.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

koolaidmoms · 11-22-2009, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by princesslover

Everyone on here raves about CP lunch, but on allears the reviews are not that great. There is quite a difference between breakfast and lunch reviews....breakfast being in the 9's and lunch in the 7's.

Any thoughts on this?

I have a breakfast ADR and a lunch ADR. I am only going to keep one, but the lunch ADR works slightly better with our schedule. With the breakfast ADR, we'll have two TS in one day, which won't be bad, but I'd rather do the lunch on the other day to spread out our ts meals a bit more. Plus, lunches just work better in general with our touring and I like our big meals in the middle of the day. I'm just wondering if breakfast is really that much better.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

My thoughts are that breakfast (unless it is supposed to be hot and is cold) is pretty hard to mess up. It is basic standard American fare simple eggs, fruit, pastries, potatoes, waffles or pancakes.

Lunch has greater variety of foods and spices and hence the more chance for someone to not like something - too much spice, not enough spice, too salty, not enough salt, too hot, too cold, fish is too fishy, beef to well done, not cooked enough.... You get the idea. Hence the lower number.

We love lunch and dinner at CP. It is one of the must does for every trip. The Ancho rubbed salmon, corn spoon bread and garlic mashed potatoes are some of our favorite foods.

Hope this helps some.

beroh2253 · 11-22-2009, 12:15 PM

Love the breakfast at CP, never had lunch there, but sometime we will get there for lunch.

FSUSammy · 11-22-2009, 01:12 PM

I love lunch there too. Breakfast is great if you are able to get an ADR for before park opening. Having Main St to yourself is beyond awesome. I love lunch though especially the boston creme pie!

B-Ride · 11-22-2009, 08:19 PM

Keep the lunch if that is more convenient for you. There will always be mixed reviews of all restaurants as everyone has different tastes. That's why they make so many flavors of Jello.

Kae · 11-22-2009, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by koolaidmoms

My thoughts are that breakfast (unless it is supposed to be hot and is cold) is pretty hard to mess up. It is basic standard American fare simple eggs, fruit, pastries, potatoes, waffles or pancakes.

Lunch has greater variety of foods and spices and hence the more chance for someone to not like something - too much spice, not enough spice, too salty, not enough salt, too hot, too cold, fish is too fishy, beef to well done, not cooked enough.... You get the idea. Hence the lower number.

We love lunch and dinner at CP. It is one of the must does for every trip. The Ancho rubbed salmon, corn spoon bread and garlic mashed potatoes are some of our favorite foods.

Hope this helps some.

I agree with this. And we love the lunch at CP.

Kae

princesslover · 11-22-2009, 10:47 PM

Thanks everyone! I'm not scared of lunch anymore.

Lunch really does work better for us, so I think I am going to go with it. I also think my DH will love the carving station and I'm looking forward to the desserts.

Thanks again. I'll have a cancellation for CP breakfast, so if anyone is interested, watch for it tomorrow on the December cancellation thread.

dizneyjill · 11-22-2009, 10:51 PM

What day?

princesslover · 11-22-2009, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by dizneyjill

What day?

December 3 - 10:25 am.

Princess Disney Mom · 11-23-2009, 07:27 AM

Stick with lunch. The food is good and it's a good time to get a break and sit.

Mickey_Man · 11-23-2009, 07:46 AM

I think the CP breakfast experience is excellent and sometimes people's ratings can be influenced by things like the pre-opening park experience or the fact that CP has a few unique breakfast offerings. Their lunch buffet is great too, but if someone is hoping to match that walk down a quiet mainstreet to their ADR, they will be sadly disappointed when heading to CP for lunch as we know the park is well into full swing by then and things are more hectic. Our lunch experiences at CP have always been good, and i would definitely recommend it to anyone.

Oh, and for the post about not being able to mess up breakfast----have you eaten at Cape May??

Faldred · 11-23-2009, 11:27 AM

I did both in March -- while it was fine both times, I thought breakfast was better than lunch. The biggest difference is, frankly, meat. Meat carving stations at buffets have a very hard time pleasing all patrons. Having a decidedly "medium rare" to "rare" palette, I find buffet meats to be all too often overcooked.

tfoster · 11-23-2009, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Faldred

I did both in March -- while it was fine both times, I thought breakfast was better than lunch. The biggest difference is, frankly, meat. Meat carving stations at buffets have a very hard time pleasing all patrons. Having a decidedly "medium rare" to "rare" palette, I find buffet meats to be all too often overcooked.

Case in point - having a decidedly "medium well" to "well" palette, I find buffet meats to be all too often undercooked. LOL!

2Tiggies · 11-23-2009, 01:09 PM

Here's another vote for CP!

Love the breakfast, love the lunch. Actually, DD prefers the lunch to the breakfast (might have something to do with the presence of icecream though ....), but it is a must do more than once for us on every trip.

PrincessBetsy · 11-23-2009, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by princesslover

Thanks everyone! I'm not scared of lunch anymore.

Lunch really does work better for us, so I think I am going to go with it. I also think my DH will love the carving station and I'm looking forward to the desserts.

Thanks again. I'll have a cancellation for CP breakfast, so if anyone is interested, watch for it tomorrow on the December cancellation thread.

Have a wonderful lunch! We have been to CP for breakfast and dinner and both have been wonderful! I would definitely like to try lunch sometime soon.

11-22-2009, 11:36 AM	#1
princesslover Mouseketeer Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 300	Why the mixed reviews of CP lunch on allears? Everyone on here raves about CP lunch, but on allears the reviews are not that great. There is quite a difference between breakfast and lunch reviews....breakfast being in the 9's and lunch in the 7's. Any thoughts on this? I have a breakfast ADR and a lunch ADR. I am only going to keep one, but the lunch ADR works slightly better with our schedule. With the breakfast ADR, we'll have two TS in one day, which won't be bad, but I'd rather do the lunch on the other day to spread out our ts meals a bit more. Plus, lunches just work better in general with our touring and I like our big meals in the middle of the day. I'm just wondering if breakfast is really that much better. Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

11-22-2009, 12:15 PM	#3
beroh2253 Love Dixie Landings(POR) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: North East PA Posts: 2,057	Love the breakfast at CP, never had lunch there, but sometime we will get there for lunch. __________________ Love the Food, Beer and Wine Festival

11-22-2009, 01:12 PM	#4
FSUSammy DIS Veteran Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Pembroke Pines, FL Posts: 634	I love lunch there too. Breakfast is great if you are able to get an ADR for before park opening. Having Main St to yourself is beyond awesome. I love lunch though especially the boston creme pie! __________________ Me DH DS2 Next Up in 2010: POFQ - Feb, POFQ - May, BCV - Sep, POFQ - Oct, POFQ and CR - Nov Past Trips: CSR - Nov 2009 , WL - Oct 2009, SSR - May 2009 , AKL - March 2009 , POR - Nov 2008 , POFQ - July 2008

11-22-2009, 08:19 PM	#5
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11-22-2009, 10:51 PM	#8
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11-22-2009, 10:47 PM	#7
princesslover Mouseketeer Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 300	Thanks everyone! I'm not scared of lunch anymore. Lunch really does work better for us, so I think I am going to go with it. I also think my DH will love the carving station and I'm looking forward to the desserts. Thanks again. I'll have a cancellation for CP breakfast, so if anyone is interested, watch for it tomorrow on the December cancellation thread.

11-23-2009, 07:27 AM	#10
Princess Disney Mom DIS Veteran Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Washington DC Posts: 1,505	Stick with lunch. The food is good and it's a good time to get a break and sit. __________________ Disney Dreaming..... 2003 - Contemporary 2004 - Disneyland/Contemporary/Shades of Green 2005 - DoubleTree WDW/ POP/ Shades of Green 2006 - Contemporary/ DoubleTree WDW/ POFQ/ All Stars Music Resort 2007 - POP X 3/ Double Tree WDW 2008 - Disneyland/ BoardWalk / Off Site WDW 2009 - Offsite/Doubletree at WDW/Contemporary/Boardwalk 2010 - Disneyland / Contemporary/ Doubletree at WDW

11-23-2009, 07:46 AM	#11
Mickey_Man DIS Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: CT Posts: 1,076	I think the CP breakfast experience is excellent and sometimes people's ratings can be influenced by things like the pre-opening park experience or the fact that CP has a few unique breakfast offerings. Their lunch buffet is great too, but if someone is hoping to match that walk down a quiet mainstreet to their ADR, they will be sadly disappointed when heading to CP for lunch as we know the park is well into full swing by then and things are more hectic. Our lunch experiences at CP have always been good, and i would definitely recommend it to anyone. Oh, and for the post about not being able to mess up breakfast----have you eaten at Cape May?? __________________ FEB 2010 Dolphin: Winter Getaway! JUL 2009 Wilderness Lodge Villas & Swan: 6th Anniversary DEC 2008 - Dolphin - Mousefest/MVMCP JUL 2008 - BCV & WL - 5th Anniversary JAN 2008 - Dolphin - WDW Half Marathon JUL 2007 - Dolphin JAN 2007 -Dolphin - WDW 5K AUG 2006 - Dolphin FEB 2004 -CB JUL 2003 - WEDDING @ Wedding Pavilion and Honeymoon @ Grand Floridian!!!! FEB 2000 - 1st trip! Dixie LandingsCome Read my Jul 08 Trip Rept: Dining Reviews, KTTK TOUR and a ridiculous check in at the Wilderness Lodge! http://www.disboards.com/showthread....0#post26676330

11-23-2009, 11:27 AM	#12
Faldred DIS Veteran Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,680	I did both in March -- while it was fine both times, I thought breakfast was better than lunch. The biggest difference is, frankly, meat. Meat carving stations at buffets have a very hard time pleasing all patrons. Having a decidedly "medium rare" to "rare" palette, I find buffet meats to be all too often overcooked. __________________ The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why and Where phases. For instance, the first phase is characterized by the question "How can we eat?" the second by the question "Why do we eat?" and the third by the question "Where shall we have lunch?" – Douglas Adams March 2009: Port Orleans Riverside ( Trip Report -- Dining Report ) -- May 2006: Vacation Village timeshare -- May 2002: Orange Lake timeshare Driving I-95 to WDW with young kids? Learn and share stops with play areas!

11-23-2009, 01:09 PM	#14
2Tiggies DIS Veteran Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,015	Here's another vote for CP! Love the breakfast, love the lunch. Actually, DD prefers the lunch to the breakfast (might have something to do with the presence of icecream though ....), but it is a must do more than once for us on every trip. __________________

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