Crystal Palace - breakfast or dinner?

[disney4us2002]

For those who have done both, which do you think is better and why?

We are a family of five with three boys under 15. We like breakfast foods very much but bfkt can be good anywhere. What is the dinner buffet foods like?

 

[Slade]

We've never tried breakfast or dinner, but we always eat at CP for lunch. I think that the quality of the food at CP is wonderful, considering that it's a buffet. It's our favorite lunch spot at Disney. I'm sure that dinner would be on the same par as lunch.

 

[MissMagnolia]

I second the awesome lunch buffet - we're going back on 1/14.

 

[TIGGER'SFRIEND]

Dinner buffet was very good. Nice selection of very tasty food. Characters were great.

 

[mouseclick1]

We ate at Crystal Palace for dinner during Christmas week and thought it was excellent. I thought the food was much better than your average buffet line-up, and the atmosphere was very nice.

 

[topcat011]

We ate at the Crystal Palace for a late lunch. (2:30 was our PS)
We felt we were the only ones there. Not crowded at all. Had the characters to ourselves. They came to the table at least 4-5 times each.

 

[ibouncetoo]

Crystal Palace LUNCH is a must for me. Last time we did first lunch seating (I think it was 1130am) and that lasted us all day!
The reason I like lunch over dinner is (at least the times I was there) there was fried chicken on the lunch buffet, but not the dinner one. And OMG, the creame cheese brownines...they don't always have them, but if they do when you're there, give them a try!

But, of course, any meal with Tigger is a great meal!

 

[3for Me]

We have done both, and I have to say that I think the quality of the food at both was excellent.

If you feel you could get a good breakfast anywhere then I would try the dinner, although I found the breakfast to be far and above most breakfasts I have ever had at WDW.

There are lots of choices at both and the atmosphere is fun but not chaotic the character interaction is great and again - I really think that the food is very yummy!

Hope this helps!

 

[Beast fan]

You cannot go wrong with either selection! I personally loved how often we actually saw the characters each time we were there last week (once for breakfast and once for dinner).

Good Luck!

Dave

 

[jvas]

We have did breakfast and we are going to do it again when we go back...it was great...and we love the setting with all the glass windows and the plants ect..it was the perfect way to start a day!

 

[kapica3]

For those of you who have visited CP for Dinner, do you recall any fish selections available on the buffet? After I made my ressies, I realized that I will be dining on Good Friday. It is my religion to not eat meat on that day, I was hoping that there will be some sort of seafood available.

 

[disney4us2002]

Thanks for the replies so far. A bit more....Since we are looking to stay concierge for our next trip we didn't want to book a breakfast so to save a bit; however, if people didn't feel dinner was very good then we would've gone ahead with bkft.

I did review the menus and I was not thrilled with the lunch menus as it looks like breads and sandwich meat type of stuff and we don't want that.

Kapica, here is the menu listed at allears for the dinner buffet. It appears you will find plenty to eat outside of meat on Good Friday.

Peel & Eat Shrimp
Assorted Cheeses
Tomato and Mozzarella Salad
Tuna Salad
Chicken Salad
Cole Slaw
Fruit Salad
Caesar Salad
Tossed Salad Fixings
Pasta Salad
Mixed Rolls -Rye, Wheat, White
BBQ Chicken
Seafood Caesar Pasta
Arroz Con Pallo (Chicken w/Rice and Tomatoes)
Chef Carved Ham
Chef Carved Prime Rib
Roasted Red Potatoes
Grilled Vegetables
Rice Medley

Kid's Buffet with Macaroni & Cheese, Chicken Nuggets, and Cheese Pizza
Ice Cream Sundae Bar
Brownies
Lemon Bars
Chocolate Chip, Sugar and Peanut Butter Cookies
Chocolate Torte
Strawberry and Coconut Cake
Cherry Cobbler

Chefs are happy to cater to your special dietary needs. Let the hostess know at the Podium and you can also talk to the Chef's at the Buffet. <----- This was also copied from allears. It may be a good idea to check with the restaurant a few days beforehand to inquire what the menu will include on Good Friday. Many people follow 'no meat on Fridays during Lent' and you may be pleasantly surprised at the findings on the buffet.