5 days.....top place to eat, counter has well please

[peanut1967]

We are planning on eating at chef mickeys. But apart from that very unsure. If you were going for 5 days where would you eat. thanks guys.

 

[A Small World]

Remys, Blue Lagoon, Hakuna Matata (counter service), Cowboy Cookout (counter service), Inventions, King Ludwigs

 

[BadPinkTink]

right, if you are going for 5 days, you need to plan a lunch place and evening meal place for each day.

My person choice is counter service for lunch and table service / buffet for evening meal

Next take a look at your daily plan. I would eat in Studios when you are doing rides in studios for example.

You also have places in Disney village and the other hotels, which as you are there for 5 days you have the time to explore.

For 5 days in the park, my personal plan would be

Studios day
Lunch Block Buster Cafe - counter service
Evening meal Restaurant des Stars - buffet
(I'm not recommending Chezy Remy, I have had a look at the menu and have seen photos of the food in trip reports. I know its the experience meal but its not something that appeals to me. Its basically a very limited menu steakhouse where they can inflate the price due to the theming / experience. Just my personal opinion)

Main Park
Lunch Options

1. Pizzeria Bella Notte
2. Colonel Hathi's Pizza Outpost
3. Au Chalet de la Marionnette
4. Cafe Hyperion
5. Caseys Corner
6. Last Chance Cafe
7. Lucky Nugget Saloon
8. Toad Hall
9. Market House Deil

Evening Meal Options

1. Auberge Cendrilon - Princess Character Table Service
2. Blue Lagoon - Table Service inside Pirates of The Caribbean Ride
3. Plaza Gardens - Buffet
4. Restaurant Agrabah Cafe - Buffet Middle Eastern Style
5. Walts
6. Silver Spur Steakhouse

Disney Village
Lunch Options

1. Earl of Sandwich
2. McDonalds
3. Starbucks

Evening Meal options

1. Annettes Diner
2. Buffalo Bills Wild West Show - meal and show experience
3. King Ludwigs Castle
4. La Grange at Billy Bobs Country Western Saloon
5. Planet Hollywood
6. Rainforest Cafe
7. The Steakhouse

Hotels
Evening Meal Options
Hotel New York - Manhattan - table service
Parkside Diner - buffet
Sequoia Lodge - Hunters Grill - buffet
New Port Bay-Cape Cod - buffet
Yacht Club - table service

 

[DLPdaft]

depending on the time of year, you may not have the option of restaurant des stars for dinner, its often only open for lunch until late afternoon. I do like it though, if I was spending the whole day in the studios (which to be honest we don't tend to do, we park hop every day because the parks are so close to each other) I'd have lunch at restaurant des stars then counter service somewhere for dinner (but not necessarily in the studios, as it can be a bit difficult finding counter service open in the studios park in the evenings, apart from the En Coulisse, which is okay for a fuel stop, but isn't great food to be honest).

 

[Carrie_Cat]

As they are going iirc in March very few if any of the park restaurants will be open in the evening. The park isn't open late and it's not high season so evening meals will either have to be in the hotels or in Disney Village

For t/s I would pick Walt's anyday, buffet is Agrabah as I like the fact it isn't bland like the other 30€ buffets, Hakuna Matata or Toad Hall for c/s and I wouldn't eat anything in the Studios unless absolutely desperate

I tend to go to Earl of Sandwich in Disney Village for lunch if I don't want to eat in the main park and get coffee at Starbucks as the coffee in the parks is vile

People say a lot of good about Bistrot Chez Remy but I don't eat foie gras and if I wanted a steak I'd go to a restaurant in Val d'Europe.

Inventions is the best buffet if you want a character meal or do Café Mickey for b/fast as lunch and dinner seem to be getting worse of late.

 

[Anemone]

We loved Fuente del Oro in the main park. The fajitas and mexican rice were fab. In Studios Park Cafe des Cascadeurs makes a lovely burger and wasn't busy on the day we went so no queuing which is par for the course in the Studios 1 place. x

 

[cdsmiler81]

As others have said, it depends on the time of year you're going. It also depends when you're staying - are you in an onsite hotel? For example, we're at the Hotel New York this year - 2 days we're having early breakfast, Hakkuna Matata for lunch one day (main park), Restaurant en Coulisse (Studios) the other day. The other two mornings we're having late breakfasts, and early evening meal! Here's our plan for this March:

Sunday - arrive, late lunch at Annettes (Village) around 3pm. In to main park until finish (9pm), Earl of Sandwich on way back to hotel (Village).
Monday - Studios Day. Breakfast at New York hotel early, Restaurant en Coulisse for lunch (in Studios), Inventions for evening meal at 6pm (Disneyland Hotel)
Tuesday - Main Park Day. Breakfast at New York hotel early, Hakuna Matata for lunch (main park), Parkside Diner for evening meal after park closes (closes 7pm that day) (Hotel New York)
Wednesday - Late breakfast around 10am. Time in one of the parks. Our friend is leaving around 6pm on Eurostar so we're having meal in Rainforest Cafe (Village) around 4pm. IF hubby and I are hungry later (kids won't be, and we'll probably have an early finish all round anyway) we have the option of Earl of Sandwich again or Mc Donalds.
Thursday - Late Breakfast again. Last day in parks - will decide at the time which. Late lunch in Planet Hollywood (Village) at around 3pm before we leave at 4.30pm.

Hope that helps! dlpguide.com has a great restaurant page! Here's a link to it: http://www.dlpguide.com/planning/dining/restaurant-menus/

I have a picky husband to deal with, and some places are closed or not suitable for this trip, but I would also recommend: Blue Lagoon, Walts, King Ludwigs, Auberge Centrillion and Buffalo Bills Wild West Show. Cafe Mickey is a more affordable character experience (compared to Inventions or Auberge) and we've had good experiences there. I have heard good things about and one day would like to try Bistro Remy, Fueto del Oro, Agrabah Cafe, Toad Hall, Cafe des Cascadeurs, La Grange at Billy Bobs, Cape Cod, California Grill and Manhattan Restaurant.
Others that we've tried which were fine, no terrible experiences, but probably wouldn't go back to for personal preference reasons - Lucky Nugget, Silver Spur Steakhouse, The Steakhouse, Colonel Hathi's, Restaurant des Stars.

Will shut up now after bombarding you!! lol But the website above really does help you get an idea on menus.

And this one is great for restaurant opening times! (Restaurants in the Village tend to be open pretty consistently everyday). http://disneykindofday.blogspot.nl/2015/04/restaurant-opening-hours-disneyland.html

C x

 

[stifle]

I think a lot depends on your budget and the time of year (and of week) you're going. The Studios close at 18:00 most weekdays in low season so you won't get dinner there unless you want to have it at 16:45.

That much said, and without repeating what the other folks have mentioned, a further consideration if you like to have a big breakfast (particularly if you get up at the dawn and do EMHs before coming back out for breakfast) is to hit a buffet for late lunch at for example 14:30 and get a crêpe/muffin/etc. later on to tide you over.

 

[A Small World]

Also Carrie Cat does a great job on here at keeping the menus up to date in the Restaurant sticky at the top of the page - A lot of people often miss that

 

[juttawdw]

This side also give openingtimes:
http://www.disneygazette.fr/dgi/horaires-restaurants-26-janvier-2016.html

 

[peanut1967]

Thanks guys. We are staying onsite. and we go on the 29th March. Our son is 8. We are going to do the wild west show, and possibly Planet Hollywood. We will do a couple of character meals. Its feels somewhat strange after doing WDW holidays and being quite so laid back. lol