Dining Recommendations wanted!!!!!

[karenbaco]

Hello all....
We have an ADR at Whispering Cayon because i've heard about how much fun it is there. Only problem is that the food doesn't sound too appetizing. Sounds like a big bowl of grease to me. Are there any other places that would be just as fun that are NOT in the parks?? I don't want to use my park pass just for dinner. We're looking for a place on our arrival date. We are a party of 9 with small children. What would you recommend???
Thanks in advance
Karen

 

[taekwondo mom]

WCC has menu items also..
HDD
Ohana
Boma

 

[taekwondo mom]

Appetizers/Starter

Chicken Quesadilla - Flour tortilla, grilled poblano chiles, onions, cheddar cheese, sour cream, and tomato salsa. - $7.99
Nachos - Corn chips smothered with our hearty beef chili, Cheddar cheese, Sour Cream, diced tomatoes and Green Onions. - $6.29

Soups/Salads

Chili - A bowl of hearty beef chili. - $4.99
Southwestern Chicken Soup - Creamy chicken, potato, and corn soup. - $3.99

Entree/Main Course

Buffalo Chicken Salad - Mixed greens with buffalo chicken tenders, black beans, bleu cheese, and apple vinaigrette. - $11.19
Chicken Salad - Mixed greens with grilled chicken breast, cheddar cheese, candied walnuts, and honey-roasted walnut vinaigrette. - $9.49
Chicken Sandwich - Grilled chicken breast sandwich topped with espresso BBQ sauce, bacon, cheddar cheese, and served with French fries. - $11.19
Fried Chicken - Served with coleslaw and mashed potatoes. - $12.79
Grilled Burger - Served with lettuce, tomato & French fries. - $11.19
Our Famous Canyon Skillet All-You-Care-To-Enjoy - Includes smoked pork ribs, oven-roasted chicken, and pork sausage served with beans, corn on the cob, creamy coleslaw, mashed potatoes, and freshly baked corn bread. Priced per person. - $14.19
Pan-seared Rainbow Trout - Served with roasted potatoes, smoked bacon, onions, spinach, and fresh cucumber relish, drizzled with chili oil. - $14.19
Pork Sandwich - Slow smoked pulled pork served with beans, French fries and BBQ sauce. - $10.49
Smoke House Stack Sandwich - Turkey, ham, bacon, American cheese, lettuce, and tomato, with shallot mayonnaise on asiago focaccia bread and served with potato chips. - $9.19
Vegetable Stew - Cannellini bean stew, oven-dried tomatoes, grilled yellow squash, and baby spinach with garlic & topped with a nest of fried potatoes, and honey basil ginger oil. - $10.49

Dessert

Apple-Caramel Pie - Crumb-topped Deep dish Apple pie with vanilla ice cream. - $5.19
Cinnamon Tortilla - Served with vanilla ice cream and topped with fresh bananas & banana-caramel sauce. - $5.19
Happiest Celebration on Earth Dessert - Warm chocolate s'more cake, with chocolate sauce and a graham cracker meringue cookie. - $5.79
Kahlua-flavored Chocolate Cake - Served with chocolate mousse filling and fudge icing. - $5.19

Drinks

Bottled Beers - Bud Light, Miller Lite, Coors Light, Heineken, Anchor Steam, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Amstel Light, and Corona. Price available upon request.
Draft Beer - Budweiser 14-oz $4.00 or 28-oz yard $9.75 and Michelob Ultra 14-oz $4.50 or 28-oz $10.25
Grand Canyon Margarita - Gran Centanario Plata Tequila, Cointreau, and sour mix. - $8.75
Northwestern Sunset - Bacardi Coco & Bacardi Silver, Pineapple juice and a splash of cranberry. - $6.75
Smoothies - Made with low-fat yogurt and your choice of strawberry-orange or our Flavor of the day. - $3.79



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Dinner (Updated: 06/06)
Appetizers/Starter

Fried Chicken Wings - Served with sweet chili glaze. - $6.19
Nachos - Corn chips smothered with our hearty beef chili, cheddar cheese, sour cream, tomatoes and chives. - $6.49

Soups/Salads

Mixed Greens - Mixed greens tossed in apple vinaigrette with tomatoes, cucumbers and onions. - $5.19
Southwestern Chicken Soup - Southwestern Chicken Soup - $4.19

Entree/Main Course

Glazed Pork Chops - T-Bone pork chops brushed with a maple glaze and grilled, with roasted corn and baked beans - $17.99
Grilled Chicken Pasta - Penne and fresh veggies tossed with a roasted garlic chipotle cream sauce. - $17.49
Grilled Pork Chops - Served with maple ancho glaze, roasted potatoes, cremini mushrooms, fennel, and green beans. - $18.49
Meatloaf - Served with gravy, mashed potatoes and fresh veggies. - $16.49
New York Strip Steak - Served with mashed potatoes and fresh fried onions. - $23.49 ( VERY GOOD )
Our Famous Canyon Skillet All-You-Care-To-Enjoy - Includes mixed greens with apple vinaigrette and fresh baked cornbread, smoked pork ribs, pulled pork, oven-roasted chicken, pork sausage, mashed potatoes, creamy coleslaw, beans, and corn on the cob. Priced per person. - $22.49
Roast Chicken - Served with cinnamon apples and mashed potatoes. - $17.49
Sauteed Grouper - Served with oven-dried tomatoes, cannellini bean salad, bacon and honey wine drizzle. - $21.49
Vegetarian Stew - Cannellini bean stew, oven-dried tomatoes, grilled yellow squash, and baby spinach with garlic, fried potato curls, and honey-basil ginger oil. - $17.49

Dessert

Apple-Caramel Pie - Crumb-topped deep-dish apple pie made with vanilla ice cream. - $5.19
Cinnamon Tortilla - Served with vanilla ice cream and topped with fresh bananas and banana-caramel sauce. - $5.19
Happiest Celebration on Earth Dessert - Warm chocolate s'more cake with chocolate sauce and a graham cracker meringue cookie. - $5.79
Kahlua-flavored Chocolate Cake - Served with chocolate mousse filling and fudge icing. - $5.19

Drinks

Bottled Beers - Bud Light, Miller Lite, Coors Light, Heineken, Anchor Steam, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Amstel Light, and Corona. Price available upon request.
Draft Beer - Budweiser 14-oz $4.00 or 28-oz yard $9.75 and Michelob Ultra 14-oz $4.50 or 28-oz $10.25
Grand Canyon Margarita - Gran Centanario Plata Tequila, Cointreau, and sour mix. - $8.75
Margarita of the Day - Served in an 18-oz Souvenir Yard. - $9.75
Northwestern Sunset - Bacardi Coco & Bacardi Silver, Pineapple juice, and a splash of cranberry. - $6.75

 

[kcashner]

We didn't care for the food at WCC. However, 50s Prime Time was a lot of fun with good food. That needs park pass....

Fun with small children--Chef Mickey's (at Contemp), 1900 Park Fare (at GF). Both are character buffets with great atmosphere.

 

[lynninpa]

Hello all....
We have an ADR at Whispering Cayon because i've heard about how much fun it is there. Only problem is that the food doesn't sound too appetizing. Sounds like a big bowl of grease to me. Are there any other places that would be just as fun that are NOT in the parks?? I don't want to use my park pass just for dinner. We're looking for a place on our arrival date. We are a party of 9 with small children. What would you recommend???
Thanks in advance
Karen

We will also be a party of nine with children ages 2, 5 & 9. The "fun" places we have ADRs for are Whispering Canyon AND 'Ohana. There are plenty of items to choose from on the WCC menu that are not "big bowls of grease" I take it you are referring to the skillet dinner. (someone posted the menu above)
At 'Ohana, the meal is served family style (you can read the menu on allears.net) and there are fun things for the kids-hula hoop contests, coconut races, and so on. Let us know what you decide!

 

[Gina35]

Had a great time at 'Ohana and actually went back for a second time b4 we left the resort. All in my party are in favor of going again this time. Also went to WCC and enjoyed it but we thought the food was just ok...it was fun for the kids, esp. little ones.

I'm trying to get a post on the restaurant thread, but it keeps getting erased. Don't know what I'm doing wrong. I need help deciding between Yachtsman and Citricos for one signature meal. Have Yachtsman ADRs for Wed. and Le Cellier for the following Sat. of our trip. Family insists on Le Cellier. DH and SIL are big steak eaters and like a sizable portion of food; DH does NOT enjoy fine dining. DDs and I DO enjoy the finer dining once in a while. Who should we try to please? Would the guys be ok with Citricos or would it be better if we just stayed with Yachtsman? (Sorry to infringe upon your thread!!!)
PLEASE HELP!!!!! Thanks.

 

[karenbaco]

Hello again...
We are 2 families with children ages...3,3,5,6, and 11. I will definitely try something other than the "skillet".
We did go to 50's PT in December but our waitress wasn't that funny. I was sort of dissapointed but the food was real good. I hope we do get a rowdy waiter/waitress at WCC. How do we make sure of that???
Thanks

 

[Ms.Mouse]

We didn't care for WCC either. For fun and good food, how about 1900 Park Fare, We had a dinner reservation with 9 in our party with 3 kids (15,10, 3) and we did well at 'Ohana, Chef Mickey (although don't like the food as much) or how about 1900 ParkFare?

 

[Figment56]

Chef Mickeys is a great place if you have young children!

 

[Tigger113]

Take a look at my postsunder the dining reviews subsection of this board. That might help!
Good Luck!

 

[MJMcBride]

Try Boma. I love that place. House of Blues would be good too.

 

[LSUDis]

I didn't care for the skillet the first time that I went to WC. So, the next time, I got the New York strip steak--it was very good

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[ainmama2001]

Chef Mickeys is a great place if you have young children!

I completely agree. Also, 1900 Park Fare is good (Grand Floridian).

 

[wanna-b-Tink]

The resorts have much better restaurants than the parks anyway so you don't need to worry about that at all. At WCC I really like the pork chops. 1900 has a great buffet, boma is always a good choice, you can't go wrong with Ohanas, Yachtsman is yummy, etc, etc.

 

[heatherlynn444]

go to 1900 park fare! yummy food, good character interaction!

 

[ShannonP]

In the past, we've always started our trip with Chef Mickey....like you, we didn't want to waste a park day. It's a ton of fun, especially with a large group that includes kids.

 

[My2Cinderellas]

we really enjoyed WCC. DH did have the skillet, I am not a BBQ person, but he really liked it.

The nachos are so-so, I wasn't super hungry but ordered them for DH (we were on the dining plan). I ate his salad that came iwth the skillet, it was very good. The apple vinaigrette is pretty sweet, next time I would ask for it on the side as they used way too much.

I had the NY Strip, it was very well prepared, perfectly medium rare. came with mashed potatoes (why do restaurants leave the skins on - yuck! I like my mashed potatoes extra creamy) and a few pieces of broccoli.

DD7 had chicken strips and fries - no surprises there

DD5 had her favorite - roasted chicken legs, with buttered pasta instead of mashed potatoes.

DH enjoyed his 1/2 yard of beer - it's a souvenir mug (plastic) but we didn't take it with us.

overall the food tends to be hearty and fairly heavy, but doesn't have to be greasy. Portions are large, and the desserts are enormous, plan on sharing!