So what is a splurge for you? Do you think Denny's is great, would you consider a good night out with a great meal to be Cracker Barrel? Or do you live and die by yelp reviews and can't wait to find that speciality taco food truck with BBQ duck? If you're a foodie then you will be disappointed by just about everything in Epcot. I'm a foodie chef de France is bleh, it's mass prepared and most of the food is just warmed up. Upstairs is better but still not worth the $$$ you pay. Rose Crown is better but here too you are getting very mediocre pub fare. Le Celleir at Canada is at best a Long Horn or Outback but a Flemings prices.
Good food is really only available at the resorts California Grill, Victoria and Alberta both offer wonderful doing experiences that are worth the price. Disney Springs also has two new options that are head and shoulders above the mass frozen microwave garbage of Rainforest/futons/t-Rex that is Landrys "Select".
Disney dining in the parks is really only good for character meet and greets. It's never about the food it might be about enjoying seeing Mickey or a princess or eating cake and ice cream with fireworks on the side.
DDP has made this worse pushing restaurants to capacity and emphasizing quick turns and mass produced food that is heated up.
I will however admit that quick service inside Epcot is far and away a better bet than food in any other park. The options are actually good for Disney partly because the various ethnic cuisines require smaller batches and so food is fresher and better tasting.
The view from the outdoor Mexican cantina is awesome and you can grab a couple of good tacos as appetizers. Then enjoy a cold salmon sandwich at Norway split a bratwurst and pretzel inside a German beer hall with a beer, grab a quick shrimp sushi and cold sake on Japan and finish with French deserts in the Cafe. It will all set you back less than a single sit down meal would.
Disney is basically fair food unless you spend 100$+ per person the meals are really poor and the sit down meals the worst value, basic frozen food microwaved or fried or placed on a planchet grill for 8 mins.
But meals at Disney aren't always about the food they can also be about creating memories if its something you've always wanted to do or just MUST see that Disney princess go for it.
