Chefs de France Lunch

[coliebird]

With only 87 more days to go (yay, double digits finally), PS's are being made. We have one lunch open and would really like to try Chefs de France. I would really love your honest opinions on lunch here. Thanks in advance for all of your help.

 

[CHIPSTER]

After 20+ visits to Disney, I finally got to eat lunch in France. There were 3 of us and 2 of us had the fixed price lunch and what a great meal and value. The French Onion soup was excellent, then we had a small salad and a grilled ham and cheese (not your american version) and that was excellent also. The lunch also included creme brulee - to die for. We were stuffed and what a great value for $14.95. The service was excellent and it was a nice, quiet, relaxing lunch. Our friend had the soup of the day and a salad and she enjoyed it also. I would not hesitate to eat there again, in fact, we would like to do lunch and a dinner there on our next trip.

 

[Snow Shoe]

The very first time we ate at France was lunch at their sidewalk cafe, now that's all enclosed in glass. The food was excellent then, and remains so to this day. I would highly recommend trying it. The onion soup is out of this world.

 

[mrsltg]

The lunch here was great! I loved the food and the wine - what a great place! Too bad my husband doesn't like french food - guess I won't be back anytime soon!

Erin

 

[coliebird]

Thanks everyone for your replies. Chipster, I was looking at the fixed price lunch and wondered about a ham and cheese sandwich. Thanks for clearing up that it won't be a typical ham & cheese. I can't wait to have lunch here. Thanks again.

 

[PghDisney]

we ate there our last day, september 7, I had the cod dish which was quite good, the oen that I was with had the fixed lunch, with the ham and cheese, and was quite impressed with it. It is not your typical ham and cheese, the cheese is melted and her comment was that 'it was like she had in paris', not what you are used to . . . the rest was quite a value, the onion soup, desert . . . you will be very happy there and the staff was very freindly, atmosphere perfect, done in the art neuveau theme (last part of the nineteenth century) as a french cafe, beautiful gardening outside the windows, and view of epcot walkers by . . . a great place and great value

 

[CHIPSTER]

Coliebird, hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Again thought it was a great value.

They also have a fixed price dinner on the menu which we may try this year. Our trip is 10/12 to 10/18. Will post my reviews.

 

[jann1033]

Originally posted by coliebird
With only 87 more days to go (yay, double digits finally), PS's are being made. We have one lunch open and would really like to try Chefs de France. I would really love your honest opinions on lunch here. Thanks in advance for all of your help.

never ate lunch there but had a fantastic dinner, the best meal I have ever had at WDW. their prices then were a little high, seem more in line now( at least in wdw if not in the real world!) from the menus (it was red snapper in puff pastry with these little crab dumplings yummmm,no longer on the menu from what i see, boohoo)

 

[webray]

love it, love it, love it!

 

[coliebird]

Thanks again everyone. December can't come soon enough.

Chipster, I look forward to your reviews and will post my own upon my return.

 

[phillybeth]

I've eaten lunch in France twice, and I think the lunch special is one of the best bargains at Disney! French onion soup, a grilled ham and cheese with tomato on crusty french bread and a green salad with yummy vinaigrette, and the 'best' creme brulee I have had anywhere! It is so beautiful in the dining room, light and airy. Service is impeccable and FRIENDLY! DH and I consider this an essential part of our day at Epcot.

 

[msteddom]

If I hear that you went to Epcot and you did not have lunch at Les Chefs de France I will be very dissapointed in you!!!! That is the one resturant that I have eaten at every time I have been to WDW and it will remain a must do each and every trip!!!!


Melissa

 

[alexedan]

Anyone eat here with young kids? Hubby and I love french food and I know they have a kids meal--BUT with a 2 and 4 yo are we better off snacking around the WS?

 

[coliebird]

f I hear that you went to Epcot and you did not have lunch at Les Chefs de France I will be very dissapointed in you!!!! That is the one resturant that I have eaten at every time I have been to WDW and it will remain a must do each and every trip!!!!

Don't worry, I promise not to disappoint, lol. We are definitely going to have lunch here.

 

[BCV23]

Originally posted by alexedan
Anyone eat here with young kids? Hubby and I love french food and I know they have a kids meal--BUT with a 2 and 4 yo are we better off snacking around the WS?

By all means take your little ones. Children are the norm not the exception at Chefs. Our have been going there since Epcot opened.

We love the fixed price lunch too. The soup and Croque Monsieu sandwich are great! Service is great too.

 

[Simba's Mom]

Chipster, could you please explain a little how your sandwich wasn't the typical American ham and cheese? How was it different? On a different type of bread? That would be neat. Also, how stuffed were you from that lunch? Actually, one of the reason I don't like sit-down resturaunts solo is that they give me too much food and I end up leaving so much. I'm hoping that this meal is maybe not as huge as some.

 

[BCV23]

Simba's Mom, I'm not Chipster but the Croque Monsieur is made with rather thick slices of French bread, some mild white cheese that melts well and real ham...not the slimy processed ham that is so common. It's toasted. Very good as is the salad.

 

[CHIPSTER]

It wasn't your typical processed American cheese and as BCV said it was on good French bread with real ham. Mind you the salad on the side is not huge but it was tasty. Maybe what filled me up was the soup and good crusty bread to start. And, I'm not usually a dessert person but the creme brulee was very good. We usually do one sit down meal a day and eat on the fly for the other 2 meals. This was our sit down that day - we have never been to Chefs de France before and it was a way of getting our feet wet. Well, we can't wait to go back - for lunch and dinner - on different days of course.

Simba's Mom - I would give it a whirl if you do it as your main meal. For the price you can't beat it. Let's face it if you go to a counter service place and get the usual ho-hum burgers, fries and a beverage you up to about $10. I don't think you will be disappointed.

I have made up my mind never to eat more than 2 hamburgers in a week's stay at Disney anymore. I'm glad to see they have added more choices at the counter service restaurants that serve burgers. They are decent burgers, but I get burgered out. I also order just the burger alone - hate wasting food and in addition to getting burgered out I get french fried out.

For example, when we go to MGM - we will do the sit down lunch at Brown Derby and then while waiting for Fantasmic we'll cop a squat and bring in baked potatoes and a salad and eat our dinner there while waiting for the show. It passes time, we get good seats, rest our tired dogs and do some people watching.