Been to Big Thunder BBQ recently?

[FlameGirl]

I just read a review on Yelp that said they no longer allow you to take out leftovers? Can anyone confirm or deny this? Seems strange to me, but I would take it into consideration if it were true.

Thanks!

 

[merifan]

It is true. I ate there Thursday with my family and we ended up with a lot of leftovers. When we asked the waiter about taking it with us he said that they don't allow it anymore. Something about people leaving the rib and chicken bones around the park and not putting them in the trash was the reason.

 

[FlameGirl]

Interesting. Thanks for the reply. Seems like a silly reason as they sell turkey legs everywhere too. Oh well!

 

[Pugrpooh]

This must be very recent. We ate there June 23 and took leftovers with us.

We enjoyed it and walked right in at around 2:00 pm.

 

[merifan]

Interesting. Thanks for the reply. Seems like a silly reason as they sell turkey legs everywhere too. Oh well!

I said the same thing to my daughter.

 

[starry_solo]

Time to bring your own disposable containers! *lol*

 

[jacs1234]

Maybe people were asking for more once they'd had enough and taking it all with them. I guess it would be fairly easy to do to ask for more cornbread and ribs and eat one and take the rest.

 

[starshine514]

Maybe people were asking for more once they'd had enough and taking it all with them. I guess it would be fairly easy to do to ask for more cornbread and ribs and eat one and take the rest.

That would be my guess. It's a rare thing that something is all you care to eat, and then they let you take leftovers. I wouldn't have expected to take leftovers from there anyway.

My DSIS's BF took his leftovers from BB, but then carried them around the park all afternoon and ended up tossing them.

 

[jacs1234]

That would be my guess. It's a rare thing that something is all you care to eat, and then they let you take leftovers. I wouldn't have expected to take leftovers from there anyway.

My DSIS's BF took his leftovers from BB, but then carried them around the park all afternoon and ended up tossing them.

I know, after eating at the Big thunder BBQ I'm so stuffed that I can't eat for hours and hours after so those ribs would be totally gross by then.

 

[mikeyas]

We've eaten there multiple times and have never taken anything to go. We're locals so we don't have a hotel to drop the food off...and carrying around the leftovers all day just doesn't appeal to us. I think it's still a great value for AYCE.

 

[DeluxePrincess]

This must be very recent. We ate there June 23 and took leftovers with us.

We enjoyed it and walked right in at around 2:00 pm.

We ate there on the same day, but at 7:00 pm. Our waiter asked us if we wanted to take our leftovers. We didn't want to carry them around the park so we declined. It appears this a recent event.

 

[furb & dez]

For what it's worth... I don't know a single AYCE restaurant that allows "doggie bags." The amount of food loss and waste would be ludicrous!

 

[jory29]

For what it's worth... I don't know a single AYCE restaurant that allows "doggie bags." The amount of food loss and waste would be ludicrous!

But there is just as much waste when they don't allow the leftovers (that will be dumped after the guests leave), to be taken home. They can't take the food to another table after it has sat on someone else's table, so it does go to waste if not taken home.

I think it's too risky to carry food around if you can not go directly back to a hotel with fridge, etc...

 

[GeneralTso]

Genuinely curious--why do you care about leftovers if it's an all you can eat and you just get what you want, then stop?

 

[FlameGirl]

Genuinely curious--why do you care about leftovers if it's an all you can eat and you just get what you want, then stop?

Uh, because if we have paid for it and we don't eat it, it's a complete waste.

 

[mikeyas]

I've also been there and have seen people abuse the system as well. They order an incredible amount when they were already full, knowing that they would be able to take it with them. I didn't think that was right.

 

[tanyaewa]

I would never have thought you could at an AYCE......
It seems odd that you would ever be able to.
How can you carry leftovers around safely?
Why would your get more if you couldn't eat it?

 

[kissesbykim]

FYI BTB is not a run of the mill AYCE...it's all served family style. So in our case, they brought all the food over to our table in cute little buckets and bowls and we dished up from there. If we wanted more of something, we just asked our server and they brought it to our table. They bring A LOT of food to the table! The only thing we asked for more of was corn because DS2 is a huge fan! We had some chicken and ribs left in the bucket but opted not to take it with us. BTB is awesome though! Totally worth the $$!

 

[skiingfast]

That would be my guess. It's a rare thing that something is all you care to eat, and then they let you take leftovers. I wouldn't have expected to take leftovers from there anyway.

My DSIS's BF took his leftovers from BB, but then carried them around the park all afternoon and ended up tossing them.

This probably is what happens to most of the Doggie Bags in Disney.

But there is just as much waste when they don't allow the leftovers (that will be dumped after the guests leave), to be taken home. They can't take the food to another table after it has sat on someone else's table, so it does go to waste if not taken home.

I think it's too risky to carry food around if you can not go directly back to a hotel with fridge, etc...

I agree, if you are going back to a fridge after, then it's worthwile, but if not why bother.

FYI BTB is not a run of the mill AYCE...it's all served family style. So in our case, they brought all the food over to our table in cute little buckets and bowls and we dished up from there.

This is exactly why you can take the leftovers. It's not buffet style it's family style. So the food is already served and what's left is going to waste wether you take it or not.

 

[cpster]

Aww bummer on the no more taking leftovers. We were considering going but as our not quite 2 year old DD is unpredictable at times and we hate disturbing other diners it would have been nice to have the option to pack things to go as we are staying at the GCH. Plus being preggo now I can only eat small amounts of food at a time without getting sick. Looks like we will pass for now. Thanks for the heads up!