My Disneyland dining reviews, with pictures

[kaoden39]

That salad with the cranberries looks so good. Thank you for sharing.

 

[BecBennett]

Any new pics???

 

[BeckWhy]

A month and no pics? Bump

 

[cfrith5]

Hello everyone. I've never been to Disneyland (plan to go), and have been to WDW many times. I enjoy all of the food pictures in the WDW section of The Dis. It's great seeing food pictures and thinking "Hey that looks good, I will eat there!"
I was wondering if anyone has pictures of their food from Disneyland to share? If so...post 'em here!

I'm just curious, are you really Jeff Goldblum the actor?

 

[disneegrl4eva]

I'm just curious, are you really Jeff Goldblum the actor?

he hasnt been on here for a very long time...think he was just posting things for his original trip

 

[franandaj]

I'm just curious, are you really Jeff Goldblum the actor?

I'm pretty sure it wasn't actually Jeff Goldblum, but whoever started the thread did a great thing!

I do have some new pics that I can post! We purchased some TravelZoo spa vouchers for the Mandara Spa at the GCH, so my firend and I went to DL for the morning and went on a few rides and then visited Catal for lunch. I've been wanting to go there for a while.

Arline ordered the Cobb Salad. She said that her tomatoes were incredibly delicious, and I had some of the bacon and it was really tasty. I imagine all of it was pretty good!

I was torn between their French Dip and the Lamburger, it came with Feta, some kind of Aoli, Arugula and pickled piquillo peppers and Uva fries. I asked the waiter and he said, “Oh for sure, the burger, we are known for them.” I was so glad that I did! First off, over 10 years ago, my partner and I took a weekend weekday at home. We booked a room at a hotel in Costa Mesa where they had a Patina Group restaurant just to get away from life, but not be too far away. We dined at the restaurant for dinner the night of our stay, and ended up there for breakfast as well. I remember back then we checked out of the hotel sort of late and missed breakfast (or I just wasn’t in the mood anymore) so my first meal was Steak and Pomme Frites. They were the BEST fries I’d ever eaten and they were the same ones that they served me at Catal. Here was my meal.

I actually ate the whole thing! Normally I can only eat half of a restaurant meal!

 

[abbie13_15]

Wow. I havn't seen this thread for a while. Anyone have any new things to add? Hopefully in a couple of weeks we will see lots of new things after guests get to try new food options in DCA!!!

 

[Misskitty3]

One of our favorite places to eat at Disneyland - Rancho Del Zocalo!


Bean and Cheese burrito Kids meal -- I didn't try this but DS had it twice for lunch during our 3 days at DL!

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Fish Tacos - Yum!

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Rancho Red Chile enchiladas - Yum!

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Flan - Yum!

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[Misskitty3]

Jolly Holiday!



Quiche with side salad. The salad was very, very good. The quiche was okay -- not bad but the texture could have been better.

Grilled cheese and tomato soup. This was very, very good but I thought a bit $$ for soup and a cheese sandwich. The chips appeared to be freshly fried which was nice but there were some chips that were soggy because they weren't fried long enough. DD (6 yrs old) wanted the soup and sandwich for lunch. She didn't like the tomato soup (like she normally does) but I thought the soup was very good. She also didn't want to eat any more of the chips once she got that first, barely fried, limp chip. DH ended up finishing off the rest of her lunch.

Cupcakes - we didn't try any of these but they looked good!

DH 's had the chicken salad sandwich. I believe he thought it was fine although I don't remember him raving about it like the fish tacos at Rancho.

We tried the chocolate Mickey. It was perfect for splitting 4 ways -- no way just one person could eat this! The crust was buttery shortbread and very good! The chocolate was like a carmel consistence but chocolate not carmel!

Cookies and bakery treats

DS had the kids meal and I forgot to get a picture of it. DS is 9 and the meal was very, very small for him. Would have been better for a younger child. It was a turkey on two little rolls and apple slices (like they serve at McDonalds) and I think it came with a drink.

 

[Misskitty3]

Boardwalk Pizza and Pasta


DH and I split the Chicken Sundried tomato pasta and split a flat bread pizza. This was WAY to much food for us and DH is a big eater!

The pasta was very, very filling! It tasted very good. I don't know that I would go back and have this again but I would recommend others try it.

DD had the spaghetti and meatballs. There are meatballs in the photo but they are covered with tomato sauce. DD is 6 yrs old and this could have fed four 6 year olds! It was a lot of food! DD didn't eat much of it.....

DH and I split the BBQ chicken pizza. It was fine - not the best I have ever had but definitely good!

DS had the cheese pizza - He liked it but I don't think he was able to finish it all.

The salads at this restaurant looked really, really good! I really wanted a salad but DH wanted the pizza and pasta...which ended up being way to much food for 2 people. Next time I would order either a pizza or pasta and then get a salad and split both.

 

[Misskitty3]

Goofy's Kitchen Buffet - Dinner


Various photos of the buffet...

Chicken Parmesan (very good), pot stickers (good), not over cooked veggies (very good), roll (meh), mashed potatoes (very, very good) and Caprese salad (good).

DH had the chicken parmesan, fish, rice pilaf, and ribs. He said the ribs were very good and got seconds of those.

Dessert - Chocolate bread pudding, Creme Brulee (very, very good custard but the sugar on top was soft not crackly crisp...bummer), somewhat stale chocolate rice crispy treat and a "dirt" cup - chocolate pudding/oreo cookie creation - the best part of the dirt cup were the gummy worms.

DS birthday cupcake which came out well after the meal -- I think we had already made trip #2 to the dessert buffet before our waiter brought the cupcake.

Photo of carrot cake and peanut butter brownies - I didn't try either one.

We saw lots and lots of characters -- Goofy, Pluto, Minnie, Aladdin, Chip, Dale and Belle in her blue dress. All of the characters were very friendly and Minnie stopped by our table at least 3 times and played with DD.

 

[Misskitty3]

I saved the best for last!!

Apple Pie Carmel Apple! YUMMY!!!!! Well worth the $10 bucks!!

 

[cfrith5]

I'm pretty sure it wasn't actually Jeff Goldblum, but whoever started the thread did a great thing!

I do have some new pics that I can post! We purchased some TravelZoo spa vouchers for the Mandara Spa at the GCH, so my firend and I went to DL for the morning and went on a few rides and then visited Catal for lunch. I've been wanting to go there for a while.

Arline ordered the Cobb Salad. She said that her tomatoes were incredibly delicious, and I had some of the bacon and it was really tasty. I imagine all of it was pretty good!

I was torn between their French Dip and the Lamburger, it came with Feta, some kind of Aoli, Arugula and pickled piquillo peppers and Uva fries. I asked the waiter and he said, “Oh for sure, the burger, we are known for them.” I was so glad that I did! First off, over 10 years ago, my partner and I took a weekend weekday at home. We booked a room at a hotel in Costa Mesa where they had a Patina Group restaurant just to get away from life, but not be too far away. We dined at the restaurant for dinner the night of our stay, and ended up there for breakfast as well. I remember back then we checked out of the hotel sort of late and missed breakfast (or I just wasn’t in the mood anymore) so my first meal was Steak and Pomme Frites. They were the BEST fries I’d ever eaten and they were the same ones that they served me at Catal. Here was my meal.

I actually ate the whole thing! Normally I can only eat half of a restaurant meal!

OMG those look SO GOOD!!!

 

[smiley_face2]

Misskitty3, thanks for those awesome pictures!! Can not wait to go to Goofy's Kitchen again! and that apple....mmmmmmmm!!!

 

[franandaj]

Boardwalk Pizza and Pasta


DH and I split the Chicken Sundried tomato pasta and split a flat bread pizza. This was WAY to much food for us and DH is a big eater!
DD had the spaghetti and meatballs. There are meatballs in the photo but they are covered with tomato sauce. DD is 6 yrs old and this could have fed four 6 year olds! It was a lot of food! DD didn't eat much of it.....

When we ate there in February, they served the kids meals in the plastic Mickey plates, there wasn't nearly as much pasta! I got the kids Alfredo pasta and it was the perfect size with that chicken flatbread. I agree it wasn't bad, but I'd be heading towards the Corn Dog Palace first!

 

[princesspenelope]

Yay, I hope to be able to go through all these pictures someday soon!

Question: Does anyone know about the "quality" of DLR ingredients? For example, Pink slime in the beef? Does any restaurant serve organic/sustanable food?
We not only have food allergies to deal with but we also try to eat as "clean" as possible(no food colorings, hydrogenated fats, crazy chemicals and factory farm animals). On vacation I usually do vegetarian if I can't find something within our diet but hoping somebody can chime in for me and tell me about an awesome biodynamic farmed organic sustainable restaurant in the middle of Disney!LOL

 

[Misskitty3]

Yay, I hope to be able to go through all these pictures someday soon!

Question: Does anyone know about the "quality" of DLR ingredients? For example, Pink slime in the beef? Does any restaurant serve organic/sustanable food?
We not only have food allergies to deal with but we also try to eat as "clean" as possible(no food colorings, hydrogenated fats, crazy chemicals and factory farm animals). On vacation I usually do vegetarian if I can't find something within our diet but hoping somebody can chime in for me and tell me about an awesome biodynamic farmed organic sustainable restaurant in the middle of Disney!LOL

Napa Rose would probably meet your needs.

In addition, I believe California passed a law several years ago that bans the use of hydrogenated fats in restaurants and food retailers.

 

[DSNY4ever]

Napa rose has a few dishes with some local or organic ingredients, but the rest of the DLR is typical restaurant food. We eat this same way at home, but we usually can't find many restaurants on vacation that do this ...we can't find many restaurants at home that offer this either, so we don't eat out much!

 

[princesspenelope]

Napa rose has a few dishes with some local or organic ingredients, but the rest of the DLR is typical restaurant food. We eat this same way at home, but we usually can't find many restaurants on vacation that do this ...we can't find many restaurants at home that offer this either, so we don't eat out much!

Hmm...I think Napa rose might be too nice to take my screamer of a 1 year old to. We are so blessed we actually live in Napa so there are TONS of restaurants here that serve food with a conscious.
I think my major need is to find a treat that DD can have. I absolutely do not let her have food dye(bad reactions), but everything else is bendable during treat time.However, she's allergic to nuts/peanuts so most chocolate/bakeries are out.

 

[TheZue]

I would start a brand new thread with this question. I'm not sure everyone looks in here, or just those of us who like to look at food porn. Secondly I would give Disney a call. I've heard they are great with allergies and I would assume they would be able to help more