25th Anniversary Dining Reviews

[KatMark]

We are back from our 25th anniversary trip (September 1 - 13). As soon as I get caught up at home (and clean up our flooded basement), I will be writing reviews on the below restaurants (they are listed in order of favorite to worse meal of trip):

Table Service:
1. LeCellier
2. Yak & Yeti
3. Fulton's Crab House
4. Crystal Palace (breakfast)
5. Plaza Restaurant
6. Mama Melrose
7. Rose & Crown
8. Cape May Cafe (breakfast)
9. Whispering Canyon Cafe

(we ended up cancelling Boma because hubby was really wiped out and had a mild stomachache the day we were supposed to go)

Counter Service:
1. Cosmic Rays
2. Pepper Market (2 times)
3. Electric Umbrealla
4. Pecos Bills
5. Flame Tree Barbecue
6. Siesta Pool
7. Caribbean Resort's Old Port Royale Food Court

 

[dizneeat]

I am in!!!

Patiently sitting back until you'll be able to review.

 

[suzimar57]

welcome back - ready here for the reviews to begin!

 

[TigerKat]

Hope you had a wonderful anniversary trip! Can't wait for Y&Y and Fulton's, we're trying both of these in Nov.

 

[John's Mom]

I'm in!

 

[iluvpluto27]

Congrats on your anniversary. Looking forward to your reviews.

 

[butiflfeet]

Bring on the reviews!

 

[lynn46356]

Welcome back from your 25th anniversary trip. Hope you had a wonderful time. I know it's been a trying time for you and your family. Too bad you had to come back to a flooded basement. I know your pain. We here in NW Indiana are battling the same. I'm looking forwarded to sunny skies and your food reviews. Are you planning on a trip report. Would love to hear more. Go CUBBIES!!!

Lynn

 

[KatMark]

I am in!!!

Patiently sitting back until you'll be able to review.

welcome back - ready here for the reviews to begin!

Hope you had a wonderful anniversary trip! Can't wait for Y&Y and Fulton's, we're trying both of these in Nov.

I'm in!

Congrats on your anniversary. Looking forward to your reviews.

Bring on the reviews!

Welcome back from your 25th anniversary trip. Hope you had a wonderful time. I know it's been a trying time for you and your family. Too bad you had to come back to a flooded basement. I know your pain. We here in NW Indiana are battling the same. I'm looking forwarded to sunny skies and your food reviews. Are you planning on a trip report. Would love to hear more. Go CUBBIES!!!

Lynn

Thanks everyone for your interest (and yes, lynn46356--GO CUBBIES and yes I did a trip report under the resort thread). Here is the first review. I did take some pictures...they aren't great, but they will have to do.

Le Cellier -- Dinner on Friday evening, September 5

We had raved about LeCellier for months to our friends, Shelley and Tom, and LeCellier did NOT let us down or disappoint. It was definitely the best meal of the trip. We all had the cheddar cheese soup for an appetizer.

Shelley and Tom fell in love with it (in fact, when Shelley got home--they left earlier than us--she researched and found the receipe). The pretzel bread was a big hit, although I really like the sourdough bread.

Shelley had the New York Strip Steak with Roasted Yukon Potatos.

Tom had the Prime Rib with Roasted Yukon Potatos.

Shelley and Tom said it was a terrific meal--both were able to cut their meat with just a fork--it was that tender.

Mark and I both had the Mushroom Filet (me, minus the mushrooms--don't like mushrooms) with the cream cheese mashed potatos (yes, they substituted without any problem. The filets were tender, cooked to perfection without a piece of fat and just delicious. Tom who hates cream cheese tried my potatos not knowing what they were and kept trying to steal them the rest of the night.

I had my favorite Disney dessert--Chocolate on Chocolate Whiskey Cake.

The other three had the Chocolate Moose.

We all loved our dessert and literally licked our plates clean. Shelley was given a Where Dreams Come True Certificate for her birthday as were we for our 25th anniversary. ALL of the CM's signed it. LeCellier continues to be a must do for us every trip.

 

[KatMark]

Review #2 -- Yak & Yeti Dinner on Wednesday, September 3 --

I was a little leary of this place as I had read mixed reviews, but DH really likes this type of food so I reserved it for him. If it had not been for LeCellier, it could have taken first place--the food was that good. DH had a Safari Amber Ale Beer and it was quite tasty (I took a few sips and am not a big beer drinker, but I liked it). Shelley and Tom had the Shaoling Steak & Shrimp with stir fried vegetables to which they gave two thumbs up (I tried the steak and it was outstanding).

DH had the Duck with Anadapur Glaze with jasmine rice and stir fried vegetables and cleaned his plate.

I had the Sweet/Sour Pork with white rice and stir fried vegetables (I ate it all and wished there had been more of the pork as I did not eat the vegetables--not a big vegetable eater and definitely not stir fried vegetables).

We ordered two Mango Pies and two Chocolate Brownie Sundaes--we had three of them boxed up as we were all full because of the huge portions.

Everyone really enjoyed their meals and thought they were very tasty. The service was out of this world. I made a comment that I wanted a Mickey plate like the little girls at the table next to us had and they brought me one because they thought it would make my day more magical.

 

[TigerKat]

Love hearing great reviews of Yak & Yeti!!!!! Did you order any appetizers?

 

[KatMark]

Love hearing great reviews of Yak & Yeti!!!!! Did you order any appetizers?

No, we didn't. The only place we ordered appetizers was LeCellier because we HAD to have the soup and Mama Melrose because it came with the Fantasmic Package. I was really surprised with how much we did enjoy Yak & Yeti and can't wait to go back next year.

 

[TigerKat]

No, we didn't. The only place we ordered appetizers was LeCellier because we HAD to have the soup and Mama Melrose because it came with the Fantasmic Package. I was really surprised with how much we did enjoy Yak & Yeti and can't wait to go back next year.

I only asked because I'm really excited about a few of the apps there and can't decide what to order!

 

[habg1]

Thanks for the Yak & Yeti review. Looking forward to more.

 

[FirstMagic]

Happy Anniversary and welcome back! Thanks so much for your dining report, looking forward to reading more!

It looks like they gave you two pretzel breads in your bread basket at Le Cellier, do they do that automatically since its so popular?

Hope you had a wonderful time, so far, it looks like you had wonderful food!

 

[KatMark]

Happy Anniversary and welcome back! Thanks so much for your dining report, looking forward to reading more!

It looks like they gave you two pretzel breads in your bread basket at Le Cellier, do they do that automatically since its so popular?

Hope you had a wonderful time, so far, it looks like you had wonderful food!

I'm not sure why they gave us two pretzel breads (but we also had two sourdough), but it was a big hit at our table and they brought us a second round.

We did have a great time (I did a trip report under the resort thread--we stayed at the CSR). The food overall was terrific--only one really bad meal.

 

[KatMark]

Okay, one more review for the night and then will add more as I can.

Fulton's -- Saturday, September 6

Fulton's has been one of our favorite places to dine. Since it is not on the dining plan, we have not been in four years. But since we were celebrating our 25th anniversary and it was the first Disney restaurant DH ever took me to, we chose it as our "special 25th anniversary dinner."

We started out with Shelley and I ordering the Clam Chowder Soup (she shared hers with her DH).

My DH had a ceasar salad with those little fishies on it (ugh).

Both appetizers were very good.

Tom and I both had the Alaskan King Crab Claws which were heavenly. They came with boiled red potatos which I gave to DH because I'm not crazy about them (he gave me his baked potato in exchange).

Shelley had the Grilled Shrimp with suateed brococolini which she devoured.

DH had the Grilled Tiaplia which was a special with the baked potato. Mark had had tiaplia on many occasions and said this was one of the tastiest.

Shelley and Tom had the chocolate cake for dessert--they said it was rather dry.

Mark ordered the Key Lime Pie--he said he has definitely had better.

I was too full to order dessert, but they did bring a smaller piece of the chocolate cake and wrote Happy Anniversary on the plate in chocolate sauce (I agree--the cake was rather dry).

If it weren't for the desserts, Fulton's probably would have been 2nd on our list rather than 3rd. But all in all, we really enjoyed our meal and the service was absolutely top notch and the place was very clean.

 

[Minniespal]

Excellent

 

[faindrops27]

Loving this!

 

[HonnyDipp]

Everything looks so good! Congrats!!!