Chef Mickey's or Garden Grill???

[grumpygirl06]

Which character dinner is better? Chef Mickey's or Garden Grill? Trying to decide on our first night ressies... Thanks!

 

[kcashner]

You don't say where you are staying or whether you plan to use a park day on your arrival day. If you go th Garden Grill, you will need to have Epcot admission--it might not be worth entering the park if you only have a few hours.

We generally go to Chef Mickey's on the first night if we arrive about dinner time. That way, we get the Disney character experience without the hassle of a park. And sometimes a few extra chocolate chip cookies find their way back to our room........but I shouldn't admit that.

 

[grumpygirl06]

Sorry...staying at the Beach Club and have park hoppers. We get to Disney rather early (9:00am) and just want something relaxed and easy to do since we will be up from 5:00am...

 

[domestic goddess]

We love Chef Mickey's! We have eaten at Garden Grill as well, but we prefer Chef Mickey's. Dinner is fun and the food has been pretty good, but we like breakfast better. We will be there for breakfast and dinner again in July. The Garden Grill was also good. But it was several years ago that we ate there and they have made some changes to the menu since then.

Have a great trip!

 

[biggroofy]

Last month we had breakfast at Chef Mickey (09:30am) and lunch at Garden Grill (around noon). We like Garden Grill a lot better

Garden Grill has much better food - yummy catfish, frank steak, etc and our server was excellent. Character interaction was also very good - the restaurant were not too busy at that time, and Mickey, Chip, Dale etc visited our time for 4-5 rounds.

You may also refer to our dining review here:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1072303