City Walk restaurants - reservations or priority seating?

[nkereina]

Can anyone advise which (if any) restaurants at City Walk take reservations and/or offer priority seating for onsite guests? How exactly does priority seating work? Thanks!

 

[sherlockmiles]

I am not aware of any that offer priority seating for onsite guests. Many do take reservations. I know the website will have that information

 

[schumigirl]

Most of them do have priority seating. Last year we were told there was a 50 minute wait for Margaritaville, we showed them our room key and we were seated within 10 minutes.

Cowfish we dropped from an hour to just over 10 minutes too.

We use this perk quite a lot and have done for many years. Just tell them at the podium you are an onsite guest and show your room key and that's it.

Bubba Gumps definitely don't operate this perk.

 

[michelepa]

According to the Universal Orlando site, select priority restaurant seating is only available for guests staying at HRH, RPR or Portofino.

Orlando Informer lists the participating priority seating restaurants for these sekect hotels

Just google Universal Orlando priority seating.

I'm finding it difficult to get straight answers when trying to search the Universal Orlando website which is difficult to navigate.

Indeed, it has taken alot of DIS research to get our first trip next month sorted and i thought Disney was bad

 

[schumigirl]

It's always been a perk for the 3 deluxe hotels only.

A quick search on here found this thread........add NBC to the list that offers priority seating. NBA is no longer there.


http://www.disboards.com/threads/priority-seating.3424177/#post-53951354

 

[nkereina]

Thanks all. I found a quasi-list of restaurants that offer actual reservations, as opposed to priority seating. Anyone know if Cowfish or NBC Sports takes reservations?

I assume Toothsome is still too new for reservations or priority seating?

 

[schumigirl]

As far as I am aware Cowfish and NBC still don't take reservations nkereina, and nothing on the website indicates they do.

Toothsome definitely don't yet.

 

[nkereina]

Thanks @schumigirl !

 

[macraven]

It might have been a fluke but on February 3 a Friday, I showed my room key at bubba Gumps and we got straight in to a table

No idea if this could be ongoing as they have not allowed it in the past

 

[pcstang]

Bubba Gumps seems to be hit or miss. Margaritaville too, right Mac and Lynne?

 

[CJN]

Bubba Gumps definitely don't operate this perk.

But the good thing is that Bubba Gumps does give you the perk if you have a Landry's card, which also works at Yak &Yeti, T-Rex and Rainforest Cafe. It's so worth it if anybody plans on hitting any of those during their trip.

 

[macraven]

Both give the ap discount

When I went this February, we had the best meal

I ordered a dish and did not like it as I thought I would
Server took it back/ no charge and brought a new dish to me
Same thing happened and went for a third
Jambalaya won for me that night

Only charged for the meal I did eat all of
Not the other two that I ate some of ...

Last October ate at M'ville twice and both times just blah

So would say it is a hit or miss based on what you order

Will stick with burgers or nachos next visit to M'ville

I don't strike out any of city walk eateries off my list when I get a couple of bad meals there
I take a vacation from the place and try again at a later visit

One place I have always been able to find food I enjoy is at Hard Rock Cafe
Need to hit up that place come October
But only do hrc every few years

 

[schumigirl]

Glad to hear you enjoyed Bubba Gumps mac..........

We knocked it off our list after 2 awful meals there, won't go back again.

Agree about Margaritaville, it's nowhere near the place it used to be few years back. Seems to have changed since Universal themselves took it over.

We do go back now just for the cocktails and live music, depending on who it is..........but not food anymore. And it's such a shame as we always enjoyed it in there.

 

[pcstang]

Yes, it's too bad margaritaville has gone down hill. We did apps and drinks last weekend. Still love to hang outside by the railing and people watch while we snack. Used to do that at pastamore before it closed and vivo took over. They had great out door seating and I liked the food.