I think there's a bit of confusion regarding the printed menus.
When you are seated, you are presented a generic menu of your choices for the evening. There is a menu available with all vegetarian options as well. The servers may ask if there are any foods you don't care for. (The reservations desk should have already called to confirm your reservation and check for allergies for any of the guests.)
After the dinner, you will receive a souvenir personalized printed menu of the courses you chose.
So Mom21: if your daughter asks to see the vegetarian menu, she will not see any disturbing edible critters right off the bat. However, if she looks at and orders from the omnivore menu, the only way she will end up with disturbing edible critters on her take-home personalized menu is if she chooses to order them in her courses.
Actually, the menu. you are presented with at the beginning of the meal is personalized. It includes all the courses and offerings and the only modifications are for the purposes of allergies. Example: My dad is allergic to white fleshed fish and blue cheese. So his fish course was subbed out with vegetarian offerings and his cheese course offering did not list stilton, but instead offered beemster XO.
You order all courses at the beginning of the meal, they take the menu away and then return it to you at the end of the evening.
No online booking, and no 90 + 10 - it's a straight 90 days.
If you are after the Chef's Table, you can't use the TIW discount there - only in the main dining room.
I've been able to book main dining room twice utilizing +10. I've also been offered the Chefs Table both times I have called to make an ADR, so it is available with +10 as well.
Seating at Victoria & Albert's varies throughout the year:
September to June - 5:45-6:30 pm and 9:00-9:45 pm
July to August - 7:00-7:45 pm
In September we had a 6pm seating and showed up much earlier than anticipated (we were a touch excited lol). We were seated at 5:15 and there were already other diners in the restaurant when we arrived.
For March, we have a 5:15 reservation.
How does menu selection work? I am going to be calling tomorrow to get all my reservations for my honeymoon in November and want to make sure I've got the information ready that I need to give them for Victoria & Alberts. Do we need to choose on the day we make the reservation or do they call later and we choose everything then?
When you book your ADR the CM will asks for the spelling of the name of each member in your party and will inquire as to whether or not anyone has food allergies. They will note the allergies.
Approximately 10 days prior to your ADR date they will call to reconfirm any allergies.
They do not ask for food preferences unless you are dining at the Chef's Table.
You do not recieve a menu or select courses etc until you arrive at V&A for dinner. You order all courses at the beginning of the meal.
I am really excited abot our upcoming reservation... but I do have a vouple of questions for those who have dined at V & A before.... for dinner it will be my husband, our 17yr old son and myself. We are dining on Valentines Day which happens to be our 24th wedding anniverary....
1. Can we use the TIW card on Valentines Day?
2. Is there a holiday charge for Valentines Day like there is on Christmas ?
3. I had gastric bypass surgery this past year... will they be able to accomodate this by giving me smaller portions? I want to try everything.. just little portions of everything....lol...
This dinner is a surprise for my husband.... somehow I have to figure out how to get a suit into his suitcase without him seeing it....
thanks for your help...
1. Yes you can use it on Valentine's Day, TIW blackout dates are Mother's Day, Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day.
2. I don't believe there is any holiday charge for Valentine's
3. You would need to consult directly with the restaurant or with Disney's Dietary Restriction/Allergy department (look for info on the DISabilities board I believe). I can tell you that the portions are on the small side. The amuse bouche is literally about 4 bites of food. The cold appetizer is about 4 bites. The hot appetizer is about 6. I would guage the fish course at approx 2 ounces of protein and a small accompaniment (mine was 4 pieces of asparagus and a tiny crab cake). The meat course is the largest with approx a 4 ounce portion. The gelato was again, 2 bites. The dessert is fairly large, so they may be able to accomodate there.
I left feeling very comfortable, not stuffed or over-indulgent. Also remember that the meal takes place over 2-3 hours.
