aes74
visiting wdw since '74 (as a baby!)
- Joined
- Jan 16, 2006
Well my birthday was today, and we ate lunch at Coral Reef to celebrate. We had never eaten there, and although we had read mixed reviews here, I decided to try it. Man, I wish I hadn't. Since, with the DDP, all seatings were full at all restaurants...except Rose and Crown and I think Morocco for dinner. However, we had to leave the parks by four, so we didn't feel like we had time to eat dinner instead. I am still recovering from a long foot injury, so we made the trip with a wheelchair, and my poor husband had to push me around with our two little ones on my lap (since we couldn't use the stroller) and we (especially he!) were tired and hungry.
First, always ask the prices on your kids' drinks. The server suggested it would be fun for them to get a blinking ice cube in their drink. She said the battery lasts a long time, and it can be turned on and off. Well, folks, that blinking ice cube turned their plain old soda into a "blue wave" and cost $6.50 for each!! Lesson learned for me!! Never assume that it couldn't possibly cost that much!
So onto the food:
The one yummy thing of the meal was the Lobster soup. My husband and I shared it and it was very good.
For my entree, I had the Mahi with the Israeli couscous. It was terrible. There was no flavor, and I didn't even finish it. I was really dissapointed in the menu. There were only eight things to choose from, and I really wasn't excited about any of them. I was very disappointed in the selection. There were things I might have gotten in another place, like chicken, or the caeser salad, but since we were at a seafood restaurant, I reallly wanted seafood. I had looked at the blackened grouper, but the server told me it was super spicy, and I can only do semi-spicy.
My husband had the BBQ salmon sandwich, and he wasn't very impressed with his either.
On the + side, my daughters liked their dinners, one with pizza, celery, carrots, apples w/ brown sugar, and the other with fish, rice, green beans, and a yogurt/strawberry parfait.
So the server said to me, since it's your birthday, you get the dessert for free. We ordered the Chocolate Wave. It was dissapointingly icky. It wasn't quite cooked all the way through (I'm talking about the part that's supposed to be cooked, not the inside gooey part) and had the most bizarre taste. And, we ended up getting charged for it. But we were so tired, and disappointed, we were just ready to go so we didn't say anything. Maybe I wouldn't care so much, but it was really expensive for a tasteless dinner.
The aquarium was nice; we saw a shark and a big sea turtle. But it wasn't fifteen dollars a plate nice. Forgive me for being a party pooper. I am just so bummed!! I read other good reviews, and I wonder, Should we have ordered something different? Is dinner good and lunch not?
First, always ask the prices on your kids' drinks. The server suggested it would be fun for them to get a blinking ice cube in their drink. She said the battery lasts a long time, and it can be turned on and off. Well, folks, that blinking ice cube turned their plain old soda into a "blue wave" and cost $6.50 for each!! Lesson learned for me!! Never assume that it couldn't possibly cost that much!
So onto the food:
The one yummy thing of the meal was the Lobster soup. My husband and I shared it and it was very good.
For my entree, I had the Mahi with the Israeli couscous. It was terrible. There was no flavor, and I didn't even finish it. I was really dissapointed in the menu. There were only eight things to choose from, and I really wasn't excited about any of them. I was very disappointed in the selection. There were things I might have gotten in another place, like chicken, or the caeser salad, but since we were at a seafood restaurant, I reallly wanted seafood. I had looked at the blackened grouper, but the server told me it was super spicy, and I can only do semi-spicy.
My husband had the BBQ salmon sandwich, and he wasn't very impressed with his either.
On the + side, my daughters liked their dinners, one with pizza, celery, carrots, apples w/ brown sugar, and the other with fish, rice, green beans, and a yogurt/strawberry parfait.
So the server said to me, since it's your birthday, you get the dessert for free. We ordered the Chocolate Wave. It was dissapointingly icky. It wasn't quite cooked all the way through (I'm talking about the part that's supposed to be cooked, not the inside gooey part) and had the most bizarre taste. And, we ended up getting charged for it. But we were so tired, and disappointed, we were just ready to go so we didn't say anything. Maybe I wouldn't care so much, but it was really expensive for a tasteless dinner.
The aquarium was nice; we saw a shark and a big sea turtle. But it wasn't fifteen dollars a plate nice. Forgive me for being a party pooper. I am just so bummed!! I read other good reviews, and I wonder, Should we have ordered something different? Is dinner good and lunch not?