13 Restaurants + 17 days at the World = one happy momma!
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Okay, here goes - my thoughts on the places we ate.
Background - 2 adults, 4 kids and for the first part of the trip - my parents as well.
All of these were dinners.
Cinderella's Royal Table - fantastic for me seeing my little blondie in her Cinderella' dress mee the real Cinderella. The food here was very good. I got chicken, DH got lamb chops. Food was tasty and atmosphere - well, you're eating in "the" Castle, how can that be bad? I give this one an 8 (PS - they throw a handful of confetti on the table for each meal that are white castles and I kept all of them - they just throw them out with the table cloth after each meal anyway).
Coral Reef - I liked this place. The interraction from the scuba divers was really fun. The view of the aquarium was great. I had hoped for more of a seafood selection here but it was pretty much fish or steak and I chose the fish. It was very good. I give this one a 7. (PS - let your kids go up to the window and look at the fish - they love it and it went on all around us so we did it too).
Biergarten - Atmosphere here was really nice. The music was good. The food for me was good. I really only had the sausage and german potato salad but it was good. I give this place an 8. (PS - DH tried a foursome of beers to do a sample and it was only $12.00 I think and he enjoyed that).
Le Cellier - This was really good. I had steak of course and it was over cooked a bit but it didn't matter. It still tasted good. I really liked the atmosphere here. I have to give this one a 9. I know I was lucky to get in but we did have to eat dinner here at 8:35 at night.
Mama Melrose - The food here was average. I am quite sure the pasta was homemade and I am of course used to boxed so that was a little different. All of the entrees were good. Our waitress wasn't that great but that's for another thread . Did the Fantasmic dinner package which was really a great thing to do. I give this place a 7.
50's Primetime Cafe - This was a great atmosphere. Our waitress was so-so but something she did do funny was send in the last spoonful of food to those in our party who didn't clean their places well making a choo choo sound. Food was like you would make at home. I had meatloaf. Others had chicken. (PS - the people in the next room had waiters/waitresses that had them in stitches which I would have enjoyed. I think our waitress was more concerned about her next smoke break because she wreaked of cigerettes LOL - I didn't care - I was in Disney ). This one gets a 7.
Sci Fi - Food was good here - pricey though. Yes, we had
free dining so I'm not complaining. However, the bill here was 175.00 for sandwiches. You are definitely paying for atmosphere here. This was my kids' favorite place for the atmosphere alone!! Food did taste good though. I will give this an 8.
Boma - While the food was good here, I didn't care for alot of it. Desserts were really good here. Atmosphere was really nice. I like trying new things but alot of the foods were kind of bland or no taste. I give this one a 7.
Chef Mickeys - This character meal was great. Great interraction from the characters and we all really liked the food here. Ate more than we needed to here. Lots of "normal" things that we all liked. I have to give this one a 9.
Narcoosees - This one my parents did on their own. They just said that the atmosphere was not as amazing as they had thought it would be. They did each get a lobster which they said was great. Based on what they told me, I will go with an 8 on this one.
O Hana - This ties with my favorite. The atmosphere was great. The interraction with the singing lady was great. The games for the kids was great. The food was really great. It all goes by quickly but it was just fantastic. This one gets a definite 10!!
Cape May - This is our other favorite. DH and I love clams as we dig them at the beach in the summer and eat them!! We loved them and the cold shrimp and the crab legs - although DH couldn't get them open We will for sure do this one and O'Hana again!!
Hoop Dee Doo - We did this one because I had done it as a younger child and had great memories. One of the best parts here was that beer was included in the price - all you can drink. This made DH and my dad very happy . Food was really good and atmosphere of course is great. I will give this one a 9!
Hope this helps all of you who are curious. I am always open to answer questions/help in any way. I'm just a girl who loves Disney
Enjoy!
One more thing - when it was the six of us eating these dinners. Our bill was never under 150.00. The average was $175.00 and the most expensive was almost $400.00 for Hoop Dee Doo but my parents were with us for that one but it's still expensive!
We had to pay our tip only and it averaged $20-$30 for our party of six!
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This was handled extremely poorly (on both our part and theirs) - yes they investigated how the happened and they offered to refund our money. But still - YUCK!
