Bistro de Paris ADR

[Redwitch]

How hard is it to get an ADR? Do you have to call at the crack of dawn 30 days out? Is it very popular? I hardly hear anything about it - but want to try it.

TIA

 

[Redwitch]

Does the lack of response mean no one eats here? I'll have the place to myself??

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I killed my own thread? (Might be a record!)

 

[Disneybren]

I am trying it for the first time in Sept and don't forget you can now book 180 days ahead. I can tell you my Brother and his family were there in January and loved it for lunch!!

 

[TheRustyScupper]

1) Bistro is an easier ADR to acquire.
2) But, as always, call when you make up your mind.

 

[davinakb]

Actually I think Bistro may have a shorter reserve time; don't hold me to it but IIRC when I booked it for last December, it was something like just a month or two. I think ADRs aren't too hard to get, depending on crowds and the dinner time you want. Enjoy!

 

[Cheshire Figment]

I have never seen Bistro packed.

 

[Pumbaa_]

Bistro is a 30 day booking window (Hurry up April 10th!)

 

[hcortesis]

We just booked yesterday for our dinner tonight. No problem getting the 8:15 time we wanted.

 

[daisy112878]

We've been there a couple of times and really liked it. The food was always good and service was excellent.

 

[PlutoLuvr]

We ate there for dinner at the end of January, and at that time, it was a 30-day booking window. I called about mid-morning a month in advance and had no trouble getting the time we wanted.

Dinner was delicious. They do accept the DDE, but they do not participate in the DDP. There is no children's menu, but there were a lot of children in the dining room when we were there. If I recall, there were three, possibly four families that I could see that had young kids.

While we were in the waiting cove to be seated, I did see a family walk up without a reservation, and they were told they would be seated. Marrakesh & Biergarten were not accepting walk-ups that night. So even if other places are busy, Bistro might not be.

The menu is extremely creative, and the service is wonderful. My meal consisted of escargot for an appetizer and the lobster risotto for my entree. DH ordered the chilled crabcake for his appetizer and a sauteed fish for his entree (snapper maybe?). We shared a chocolate dessert that included several small chocolate creations. The only negative we could both say is his fish was either lightly fried or sauteed with the skin of the fish still on. He basically had no choice but to eat the fish skin or destroy the crust on the fish to avoid it. With my lobster, the tough cartilage pieces hadn't been removed, so a few bites were inedible (but you don't know it until you start chewing it!).

Our server was very good about recommending wines we'd enjoy with our meal.

This is also one of the few places on Disney property where you will get a good cup of real, non-Nescafe coffee.

Overall, we'd recommend it, and we'd return. We just might ask more questions about the menu -- oh, and brush up on our French so we can understand better!

 

[cfknight]

How hard is it to get an ADR? Do you have to call at the crack of dawn 30 days out? Is it very popular? I hardly hear anything about it - but want to try it.

TIA

I'm like you,didn't know how hard it was to get in with such a small window. So just to be safe I called to set our ADR at the 30 day mark.

 

[Redwitch]

Thank you for all the input! We want an ADR on May 13, our arrival day. We plan to just have an early dinner than head (stumble if I get the tasting menu with wine!) back to the resort. That way we can unpack, get some sleep and be ready for an early start the next day.

Our 30 day window, I think would be April 13 - I like to sleep in a little on Sunday - so if I can call at 9:30 instead of 7:00, that would be great.

We are really looking forward to this restaurant. We wanted to try it while we have a DDE. We might not be in this position again (AP & DDE.)

 

[cfknight]

Thank you for all the input! We want an ADR on May 13, our arrival day. We plan to just have an early dinner than head (stumble if I get the tasting menu with wine!) back to the resort. That way we can unpack, get some sleep and be ready for an early start the next day.

Our 30 day window, I think would be April 13 - I like to sleep in a little on Sunday - so if I can call at 9:30 instead of 7:00, that would be great.

We are really looking forward to this restaurant. We wanted to try it while we have a DDE. We might not be in this position again (AP & DDE.)

That is exactly why we wanted to try it! Our ADR are for May 3. I will let you know how we liked it

 

[kaytieeldr]

I know this isn't your intent, but here's http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1098168& an interesting (in a good way!) review