Best Place to Eat Off Property??

[5forMickey]

plus no beer if we are in the car!! QUOTE]

Thank you for this --- I LOVE IT!!! And I would buy you that beer if I could

 

[rentayenta]

http://www.lossanchez.com/

Los Sanchez Restaurant
11906 Garden Grove Blvd.
Garden Grove, CA 92843

It's not far and soooooo good.

 

[lindyv321]

Thank you for this --- I LOVE IT!!! And I would buy you that beer if I could

Awe thanks!! We are responsible beer drinkers

http://www.lossanchez.com/

Los Sanchez Restaurant
11906 Garden Grove Blvd.
Garden Grove, CA 92843

It's not far and soooooo good.

Thank you!! We do love our Mexican food!!

Also thank you to whomever posted the maps link! I never realized the proximity of all the hotels etc I had been looking at! I don't know why I never thought to look them up using street view! Genius!!!!

 

[mich311e]

My family loves Pizza Press! But, I will warn you, on a warm day it will be warm in there. We have ate in the restaurant or on the patio when weather was nicer but when we were there last week we took it back to our hotel room and ate it. It was too hot that day.

We are total craft beer fans and we usually have amazing beer at Pizza Press. That day there wasn't anything we wanted to try. Good thing we had nice cold beer from home in our room!

 

[heybets30]

You could go to Downtown Anaheim for the Packing House or Center Street Promenade or walk over to the Garden Walk for McCormick & Schmick's, Roy's or Fire & Ice.

GoBears 1980 - how is the Packing House? I looked it up a few weeks ago, and looks fantastic! Is everything fast food - as in buy where you want, then everyone can sit at a communal table somewhere? I really liked the options and it would be something different to try! We don't mind driving, we'll have a few non-DLR days, so no biggie. Though it looks SUPER close driving distance anyway.

We FINALLY tried Tortilla Joe's last trip. We had a phenomenal meal. We were so surprised. The server - Cheresse - was probably the BEST server I have ever encountered, and she probably puts up with a LOT on a day-to-day business, given its location. The drinks were amazing. I NEVER order cocktails, because i"m always the Designated Driver (I never mind happily do it), but since we were walking everywhere, hubby and I uncharacteristically each had 2 cocktails, could've kept going, but ... the whole 2 kids with us thing and since I rarely drink, better not to need to be carted out of the restaurant!. They were that good. Cheresse hand-wrote the recipes for us for the 4 cocktails. mmmmm.

 

[crystal1313]

OP, what hotel are you staying at?

Yes, we drive from the bay area and usually bring our own drinks from home. If you don't want to do that, there's a CVS on the corner of Katella and Harbor if you decide Pizza Press is too crowded, then you can eat at your hotel with a beverage still!

 

[lindyv321]

We are driving from Phoenix and staying at the Best Western Parks Pluss Inn. We will for sure be bringing some adult beverages from home. We've never stayed there so no idea what seating looks like outdoors or by the pool.

We had Tortllia Joes on our last trip and were not impressed with it. We liked the quick service side much better and that was one option we were looking at for our first night there but I also wanted to know what else is available outside the Disney bubble

 

[smartlabelprint]

We are driving from Phoenix and staying at the Best Western Parks Pluss Inn. We will for sure be bringing some adult beverages from home. We've never stayed there so no idea what seating looks like outdoors or by the pool.

We had Tortllia Joes on our last trip and were not impressed with it. We liked the quick service side much better and that was one option we were looking at for our first night there but I also wanted to know what else is available outside the Disney bubble

There's some seating by the pool. Not other places on property though.

 

[GoBears 1980]

GoBears 1980 - how is the Packing House? I looked it up a few weeks ago, and looks fantastic! Is everything fast food - as in buy where you want, then everyone can sit at a communal table somewhere? I really liked the options and it would be something different to try! We don't mind driving, we'll have a few non-DLR days, so no biggie. Though it looks SUPER close driving distance anyway.

Packing House is great and a lot of the food outlets have their own seating areas plus you have the facility seating that is like any food court anyplace, except the food is much more upscale.

We are driving from Phoenix and staying at the Best Western Parks Pluss Inn. We will for sure be bringing some adult beverages from home. We've never stayed there so no idea what seating looks like outdoors or by the pool.

We had Tortllia Joes on our last trip and were not impressed with it. We liked the quick service side much better and that was one option we were looking at for our first night there but I also wanted to know what else is available outside the Disney bubble

Tortilla Jo's (no "e" on it) isn't very good by So Cal Mexican food standards. Los Sanchez, Casa Garcia, Anapelco and so on are much better.

Pizza Press is just like Blaze Pizza in Tempe, Pieology in Phoenix, MOD Pizza, 800 Degrees, Pizza Studio, Pie Five Pizza, PizzaRev or any of the other half dozen "fast, casual artisan pizza" places that have replaced FroYo as the franchise to have.

If you have your own car you can do a lot better than Pizza Press. Marri's Pizza would be 10x better.

 

[lindyv321]

I believe we had Marri's delivered to our hotel in 2013 and ended with massive indigestion for all so we'll pass on that place!

Packing House sounds interesting

 

[mich311e]

Pizza Press is just like Blaze Pizza in Tempe, Pieology in Phoenix, MOD Pizza, 800 Degrees, Pizza Studio, Pie Five Pizza, PizzaRev or any of the other half dozen "fast, casual artisan pizza" places that have replaced FroYo as the franchise to have.

If you have your own car you can do a lot better than Pizza Press.

I think it's just that it's across the street from Disneyland. No driving - and cheap! At around $10 a pizza it's way cheaper than eating in the park. We've ate at FirePie and some of the other chains in Phoenix, but I find Pizza Press superior. Oh, and here's a coupon: http://visitanaheim.org/deals/coupons

They offer the same 10% off for annual passes.

 

[lindyv321]

I think it's just that it's across the street from Disneyland. No driving - and cheap! At around $10 a pizza it's way cheaper than eating in the park. We've ate at FirePie and some of the other chains in Phoenix, but I find Pizza Press superior. Oh, and here's a coupon: http://visitanaheim.org/deals/coupons

They offer the same 10% off for annual passes.

Thank you!

 

[smartlabelprint]

I think it's just that it's across the street from Disneyland. No driving - and cheap! At around $10 a pizza it's way cheaper than eating in the park. We've ate at FirePie and some of the other chains in Phoenix, but I find Pizza Press superior. Oh, and here's a coupon: http://visitanaheim.org/deals/coupons

They offer the same 10% off for annual passes.

Good AP tip. Thx

 

[Disneyland1084]

I haven't read the whole thread, so I'm not sure if this has been mentioned, but Captain Kidd's Buffet is really good and it's right next to Best Western Park Place Inn. We just left Disneyland today and ate there a few days ago. My family and I loved it, and plan on eating there next time we go.

 

[lindyv321]

I haven't read the whole thread, so I'm not sure if this has been mentioned, but Captain Kidd's Buffet is really good and it's right next to Best Western Park Place Inn. We just left Disneyland today and ate there a few days ago. My family and I loved it, and plan on eating there next time we go.

Did you eat there for breakfast? If so how was it?

 

[Mamato4boys]

I haven't read the whole thread, so I'm not sure if this has been mentioned, but Captain Kidd's Buffet is really good and it's right next to Best Western Park Place Inn. We just left Disneyland today and ate there a few days ago. My family and I loved it, and plan on eating there next time we go.

Have they changed then? We went back in 2003, I think, and it was awful. We could not tell the difference between any of the items (I am not exaggerating... the lighting was this weird Amber color over the buffet and everything looked the same). We had to wait until we got back to the table to even figure out what we had put on our plates, and then against out better judgment, we ate it and everything was awful. While researching for our next trip, we found all sorts of posts where people were warning others from visiting after they had food poisoning , etc. Thankfully, we felt fine, but I have never seen a positive review of Captain Kidd's... or Captain Krudd's, as I recently saw it called somewhere. To be honest, when I first saw this good review, I was waiting for the,"Psych!"

 

[Disneyland1084]

Have they changed then? We went back in 2003, I think, and it was awful. We could not tell the difference between any of the items (I am not exaggerating... the lighting was this weird Amber color over the buffet and everything looked the same). We had to wait until we got back to the table to even figure out what we had put on our plates, and then against out better judgment, we ate it and everything was awful. While researching for our next trip, we found all sorts of posts where people were warning others from visiting after they had food poisoning , etc. Thankfully, we felt fine, but I have never seen a positive review of Captain Kidd's... or Captain Krudd's, as I recently saw it called somewhere. To be honest, when I first saw this good review, I was waiting for the,"Psych!"

It was the first time I've ever eaten there and I thought it was great. Sorry you had a bad experience.

 

[Disneyland1084]

Did you eat there for breakfast? If so how was it?

No, it was for dinner. They had a really good variety of pasta, steak, etc.. The desserts were ok, but overall experience was great. I will eat there again.

 

[Mamato4boys]

It was the first time I've ever eaten there and I thought it was great. Sorry you had a bad experience.

Well, it sounds like things have changed there then! It has been nearly 13 years since our visit, after all. It would be nice to have another decent place to eat so close to the parks, for sure. Glad you all enjoyed yourselves!

 

[seth_r]

Have they changed then? We went back in 2003, I think, and it was awful...."

We went to captain kidds back in 2012, and same thing... Absolutely terrible food. I chose to leave hungry. When we eat off property we have done Mimi's, or the downtown Disney selection which usually includes the rainforest cafe, which we did breakfast there last time and it was great! And cheap. I never realized they served breakfast. We did the express portion of tortilla joes this last trip as well and that was tasty. We tend to not venture to far off property since we don't have a means of transportation when we are there.