Chefs de France - disappointing

[Blurrysmom]

Hi,
I'm afraid I didn't take pictures of our food, but I wanted to give a quick review of our dinner at Les Chefs de France on January 11. We ordered off the price fixe menu. The onion soup gratinee was delicious (although my husband and mom said afterwards they thought it gave them sour stomaches). We all ordered the braised beef tips with pasta, and they were bland, lukewarm, and came in practically no sauce. Even my toddler's child's meal of chicken fingers, pasta and sauce was the worst he'd been given in Disney - the chicken strips were skinny and tough and the marinara sauce was so hot he burned his mouth. The desserts were good, but you can get good desserts anywhere in Epcot. So unfortunately I have to give Les Chefs de France a thumbs-down.

 

[mmouse1239]

That's interesting, because on our last trip this restaurant was our favorite. I was a little worried because my son in law is a chef, and he's usually pretty picky. However, we were all pleasantly surprised because he liked most of the food. I can't remember what we ordered, but I know that we all liked our food...I guess different strokes for different folks.

 

[MickeyNicki]

I agree with you! We ate there in Oct and thought the food went downhill....the appies arrived cold and the short ribs were all fatty and icky....we will just go there for lunch from now on, it was great for lunch!

 

[notaclue]

We were there for dinner in Sept and both had the steak. It was great, as was everything else on the plate and the service was outstanding. It's one of the restaurants we plan to hit on our June trip.

 

[ajsrph]

We will be dining there for dinner on Monday night...I hope we hit it on a good day!

 

[Disney owl]

thanks for posting the info

 

[drenalin'junkie]

We give it an OK,we'll eat there but it's not nearly Bistro de Paris.
The food seems less perfected and inspired and more like Disney does French.With the pedigree of the chef's we expected more,still we go occasioally as a few items are really good.

 

[maddiesmom0116]

Hi,
I'm afraid I didn't take pictures of our food, but I wanted to give a quick review of our dinner at Les Chefs de France on January 11. We ordered off the price fixe menu. The onion soup gratinee was delicious (although my husband and mom said afterwards they thought it gave them sour stomaches). We all ordered the braised beef tips with pasta, and they were bland, lukewarm, and came in practically no sauce. Even my toddler's child's meal of chicken fingers, pasta and sauce was the worst he'd been given in Disney - the chicken strips were skinny and tough and the marinara sauce was so hot he burned his mouth. The desserts were good, but you can get good desserts anywhere in Epcot. So unfortunately I have to give Les Chefs de France a thumbs-down.

I am sorry you had a bad meal. I have never been disappointed there. It is one of my favorites at WDW. I have had service issues with the wait staff before though and it sounds like if your food was lukewarm, that was part of your problem.

 

[GoofySon'sMom]

We had a very good meal on New Year's Eve. DS and I both had the short ribs and they were delicious. This is truly a hit or miss place, I think.

 

[creativeamanda]

Word for word, this is my review on my experience last month at Chefs de France:

Late that evening, I made my way to get dinner at Chefs de France. One thing that confused me about this location was they do not have the actual ADR list on computer in front of them. I gave them my name, spelled it (It's a 4-letter last name), and proceeded to wait.

After about 45 minutes, I noticed parties of 2 who arrived after me were being seated. I figured they had earlier ADRs, so I said nothing.

Then, though, I asked a couple, "What time is your ADR?" 25 min after mine. I waited patiently. And that couple whose ADR was after mine and started waiting after me was seated. I went to the desk. And they realized they had been calling my name. Only calling it wrong AND they misspelled it even after I spelled it to them. By now, I was going to be late for an Illuminations meet, hungry, and mad as all get-out.

I left. I told them I did not want to be seated. I would not be returning, and I would not reccommend them. I was cold, tired, and hungry. I had had a horrid experience at the Yachtsman dealing with similar circumstances, and I was not patient enough to go through it again.

So, my review of Chefs de France? Considering this is what I ended up having to tide me over and I missed my Illuminations meet because I was trying to find something I felt like eating then. . .

Overall:
Atmosphere: 0 out of 5--An outdoor waiting area is not cool when it's 40 degrees out there!
Service: did not have any service, so can't comment
Wait Time: -4 out of 5--Yes, a negative number. I SPELLED my name, people were seated before me who showed up later (parties of 2, not another size) even before my misspelled name was called out, and they did not even offer an apology to me. They told me my accent was thick. Which really fired me up. I'm from the South. I still spelled my name. How can you misspell a 4-letter name that was spelled for you?
Food Quality: again, I can't comment. It may have been great.
Overall: -2.5 out of 5

Will I go back? Never. Chefs de France is off of my list as a possibility. I don't like how all customers have to wait outside and given the fact that they have a difficult time understanding Americans, they need to have the computer set up so the can SEE the guests' names. I took French in school. I understood them just fine, but they apparently have not gotten accustomed to people with deep Southern accents. Perhaps that's how may 1-syllable last name ended up with 8 letters when they wrote it down.

 

[USAswimmer626]

I'm so sorry you didn't like Chefs. We've eaten there four times, and have loved it each time.