For dinner we headed to the beautiful Be Our Guest.
Unfortunately my Canon's battery was running low and I wanted to save it for the parade so the photos here were taken with my waterproof Panasonic aka they're not as good as they would normally be.
To start off we had returned to Magic Kingdom for our ADR and we were only about 10 minutes early when we checked in. The wait time was pretty normal, probably about 10 minutes. Not long at all. It probably felt longer because there was really nothing to do on the bridge other than looking at the mine train ride go by.
We were called in and the interior of the restaurant was stunning. I really felt in terms of restaurant atmosphere the decor in here was fantastic. Most beautiful place we ate so far. However, it was very noisy. The tables were quite close to together and it was bit irritating that we could hear the other couple's conversation clearly. The family on the other side of us apologized as they had a little girl (super cute dressed up as Belle) who was fussy throughout most of meal.
The service was decent. It wasn't fantastic but not bad, we left our usual 18% while our previous servers got 19-20%.
The rose napkins are a beautiful touch.
The rolls came and they were quite delicious and soft. I only wish that the butter was easier to spread because it was quite good also.
We both got the All Natural Fruit Punch as a beverage in addition to a glass of water. It had the foam on top. This was very odd. I make punch all the time, many different ways, and this was the first punch I've tasted like this. It tasted quite artificial and sickly sweet which the foam at the top helped to cut a bit. DH agreed that if we come here again we will stick to the water.
For an appetizer I ordered the potato leek soup.
Half-Eaten Potato Leek Soup
I took this picture half way through the meal (whoops) but the little pot comes almost full and it is a LOT of soup. I almost ate the entire thing but I stopped myself because I knew I needed room for the main course. I've never had potato leek soup before and I found it tasty and I would order it again.
For the main courses, DH had the Grilled Strip Steak and I had the Sautéed Shrimp and Scallops.
DH's Grilled Strip Steak. Sorry about the picture quality.
DH said his steak was 'alright' and that 'Ohana's was better. Later on in the meal I took a small bite of it and it was very tough. DH likes his steak well done so I was expecting a little toughness but not this bad. He barely touched his French Fries. When I asked him what was wrong he said they were too salty. I grabbed one to have a taste and oh dear
. To say they were well seasoned would have been an understatement. He finished his steak, ate a few of his fries and called it a meal.
My shrimp and scallops
This may look small on the plate, but it is quite a lot of food. The shrimp, veggies, and puff pastry in the lobster sauce was delicious. Unfortunately, the scallops were not that great. I'm beginning to believe that it might be me and not the scallop because I have not encountered a scallop I have enjoyed. We have a very much love/hate relationship. I want to love them but they seem to end up with an odd overly mushy texture (not the case at BoG) or not having any flavor (definitely the case here). Maybe it's me and not it and I should end this odd relationship before it goes any further.
The scallop was my only main concern with this dish, and I could not finish it off. I believe I ate a bit over half of the dish. I'm not sure if it was because I was full from all the soup or just a left over feeling from not being well earlier. I had gotten motion sick on It's a Small World
and had to leave around 3pm to go take a nap before returning for our ADR. We did not get dessert here. The cupcakes all looked delicious but we decided to pass from lack of room.
As a meal I would give it a 7/10. For the price that we paid for everything I did expect a bit higher. However, the restaurant is beautiful and DH would like to come back to dine in another one of the dining rooms. Next time I believe that we would try to make an ADR for lunch and for dinner skip off to either California Grill or Narcossee's.
Bonus Beast
The one huge bonus I would say to eating here at dinner is meeting Beast. It was a short wait to see him after dinner and we got a few pictures with him. I would not put it in the same category as a character dinner but it was nice getting a little added something to our not so awesome dinner.
I got swamped by him oh dear