17 days of Deluxe Dining With Two Adults, One Disney Adult, One Child, And A Platypus

[katieam1]

Great reviews thus far!!! Really enjoying hearing how your visits went. We have been to GF Cafe for lunch before and had the same kind of service experience. We have then tried it for Breakfast and had great service maybe it is just the lunch employees. We also have always had excellent service and food at Tony's it is a must for us every trip!!! Looking forward to the rest of your reviews!!!

 

[Nairnyn]

You are making me very excited for my trip!

 

[mindyd]

I am really enjoying your reviews we are going to Disney World next month and am still considering changing some ADR's. We went to Tony's first time in January and had horrible service and food glad you enjoyed it.

 

[Zife]

I'm in!

Really looking forward to Tony's in Oct. It'll be our first time there, but it seems to be the only place at Disney that serves garlic bread, and I love me some garlic bread

 

[NHTikiBeckie]

We liked Tony's, too!

 

[tlenzendorf]

I'm in! Great reviews so far!

 

[lisalisalisa]

Great reviews, looking forward to the rest.

 

[sukhakuli]

I just booked Tony's today based on your review. The Mickey head ravioli sent me over the edge. I was going to book it because pasta is always a safe bet for the whole family, but the bad reviews made me re-think it. We're going to give it a shot.

Great reviews!

 

[Bonnie151]

Now I know what to order at Tony's! We went last year and everyone enjoyed their meal except me. I ordered the steak and it was *awful*! I'll just copy your choices next time - they look 1000% better.

 

[goofy-4-ever]

Great job on the review so far. I can't wait for the rest of it.

Is anyone else hungry now?

 

[disneybex]

Now I'm kicking myself - I didn't order the Lemon and Walnut Cake as nuts set off my acid reflux. Might have to try it next time

 

[WyldLynx]

Awesome review so far. We are going Sept 2012 and have decided on DxDDP. I'm so glad to have found your review you are doing many of the same restaurants we are thinking of doing. Your review of Tony's has made up my mind to go ahead and try it out. Thanks.

 

[tyandskyesmom]

We took the monorail around to the Polynesian. We checked in at 6:40pm for our 6:55 reservation at Kona Cafe.



We have eaten there a couple of times and had a great meal and service and everything so we were excited. In fact, this was one of the meals I worked to get in there.

We were seated right about 6:55pm. We were walked all the way over to the left side where we could watch the monorail come and go. Once again a really great table.

Our waitress did not show up for at least ten minutes. We ordered our drinks.

Tyler got a Megaberry Smoothie and a water...



Skye and I ordered Diet Cokes and hers came like this...



She loves those little umbrellas!

Then our bread was brought...I could eat just that for the whole meal!!!!



I did not want the wings but Tyler did. And out oh so efficient waitress (yes, I'm being sarcastic!) would not allow it for one. So we got 'em.



There were very sticky...which I suppose is good since they are called Sticky Wings For Two (Glazed Chicken Wings with Tangy Mistard Drizzle and Toasted Sesame Seeds). We had them not put any of the Mistard Sauce or seeds on the wings but on the side. But, they were very dry! I mean VERY dry! We did not even finish them. I was sad I caved on that one.

Skye opted for fries with her meal so she did not get an appetizer. And just on a side note, every other place we went, if she wanted fries they would still give her an appetizer. So by now, we are not real happy with our service. It has been really slow. We have hardly seen our waitress. We were not offered more bread. I had an empty pop glass and no one was filling it. Finally our food is brought out.

Skye ordered the Mickey Cheese Raviolis again but with fries this time...





She liked them as much as earlier in the day!

Tyler ordered the Teriyaki-style New York Strip Steak (Sirloin Strip grilled with Pineapple Teriyaki Glaze served with Sticky Rice and Stir-fried Brocolini). He ordered it with everything on the side and with fries instead of rice. Well, as you will see, he got it with mashed potatoes instead...which for him is worse than rice...he actually likes rice but just wanted fries.



The waitress knew nothing about it becasue she did not come back for a very long time. He did really like his steak though...better than mine. He did not eat the potatoes or the brocolini.

I had the Ginger-crusted Rib Eye with Tamarind Jus, Mashed Yukon Gold Potatoes, and Stir-fried Broccolini...as is!



The steak was good...not great. A little chewy. The potatoes were ok. The brocolini tasted like plastic. Really it did...so bad I actually spit it into a cocktail napkin...YUCK!

At this point I was really disappointed. And to make it worse, we were just sitting there for a long time doing nothing and no one seemed to notice. Finally our waitress comes back and asks if I need a refill. She actually comes back quickly and says the diet coke machine is down and asks if I want something else. I said a Sprite would be fine. She comes back a few minutes later with a new glass with ice and a can of Diet Coke. Alrighty then!

So we move on to dessert. Skye got a fruit salad.



It was a fruit salad and she like it...all of it!

Tyler had the Kona Kone...



Now that is a lot of fun. We have gotten one everytime we have been there. They have changed the presentation but it is still a good cone...but how do you mess up ice cream and candy?

I had the Pineapple Upside Down Cake with Lemongrass and Caramel Sauces.



It was a good cake. And it was a different dessert than a lot of the offerings at places. I was very happy with it.

Our total there was $104.65 and we left a $13.00 tip. We probably should not have left that much but I guess I was in a generous mood. Our meal was not that long when you look at the clock (we left around 8:20pm) but normally a meal at a place like that for us would be about 45 minutes not an hour and a half. Plus, we actually felt it. I mean, we did a lot of sitting and waiting...to order, between courses, for refills, for the bill, you name it we probably waited for it! And she really was not all that nice and smiley either!

So overall, we had an ok meal and bad service. Will we go back? Maybe. I am hoping it was a bad waitress or a bad night. Our other visits were all great. I don't know that I will go out of my way to make it fit again though. So, I guess we'll see what the next trip brings!​

 

[tyandskyesmom]

 

[deenbrad]

Your kids look just like you! Enjoying your reviews so far!

 

[Bonnie151]

Our last visit to Kona was just OK as well. They forgot to bring out my order and once we'd waited long enough to realise I'd been forgotten there was this big fuss with the waiter to try to get my meal - he didn't seem to understand what we were saying! Then the wrong dish was brought out for me! By the time I got the correct meal, everyone else had finished theirs.

Our waiter did redeem himself at the end, though. We decided to order Kona Kones for DS/DD and pay OOP. When the bill arrived, the waiter just comped the two desserts saying it would be too complicated for him to split the bill into DDP vs OOP. I'm still not sure whether he was just completely incompetent or whether he realised how annoyed we were with the earlier carry on.

We also gave a tip which was probably more generous than it should have been.

 

[SheenaXena21]

Our last visit to Kona was just OK as well.

Same here!!! I think I've eaten here 5 times, twice on one trip. We had bad service, and that just made the food not as good. It wasn't that the guy was unfriendly, he was just NEVER there!

I still booked it for our upcoming trip. Hopefully it'll be great!!!

Loving your reviews!!!!!

 

[MickeyNicki]

We have only been to Kona for dinner once but we didnt care for it...the wings were the best part of our meal so I am so sorry to hear they were not for yours.

We love Kona for breakfast and lunch was outstanding but you cannot get bread at lunch

 

[gardengirl628]

Sorry I'm late....but glad I made it for the fun. Thanks so much for sharing!

 

[TanzUnited99]

Oh no sorry to hear about the bad service at Kona Cafe - we are eating here in 4 days so will let you know if our service was any different.