Day One:
Lunch was at the Tangerine Café, 3 Sawaras, 3 drinks, $39.00. It was excellent and the portions are large. In our family two could have shared one sandwich. The meet was well spiced and tender but still light. Perfect for a hot day at Epcot.
Dinner, Kona Café at the Polynesian.
This was the best meal of the trip but started a trend of irritatingly noisy restaurants. Its not the patrons either. Sure it was full of kids but they were all well behaved. Its that there is no attempt at noise reduction in any of these places so no matter how nice the meal you still feel as though youre eating in the food court at a value resort.
That said, the food was good. Even the best places at WDW tend to be middle of the road. This wasnt Per Se by any means but it was well cooked, well presented and tasty. We started off with the sticky wings and the duck pot stickers. Both were excellent. The wrapper on the dumplings was thin and tender and the filling was good. Service was kind of spotty here and we had to beg for something to wipe our hands on after the sticky wings.
Appetizers:
One of us ordered the turkey tenderloins wrapped in bacon. Very spicy but good. If this person described this dish as very spicy then it was. She has an asbestos palate and eats hot foods on a daily basis. The second entrée was the pan asian pasta with chicken and the person eating it also said that it was good. I didnt order an entrée, instead I had the Kona salad followed by the crab cakes from the appetizer menu. Both were excellent. The salad is described as having FL strawberries but mine had apple and was better for it. The crab cakes were light and flavourful with a full crab flavour.
Turkey Tenderloins:
Kona Salad:
Crab Cakes:
For dessert we shared the Kilauea Torte and the White Chocolate Cheesecake. The cheesecake was bland and the torte was a bit overcooked. We left most of the cheesecake but even overcooked the torte was delicious and we ate a good bit of it.
Desserts
Out of 5 Stars Id give the Kona Café 1.5 stars for atmosphere, 2.5 stars for service, and 4 stars for the food.
Day Two:
Breakfast Croissants from the food court at POR were fresh and flakey, which is all I ask for at 6am
Lunch at Pecos Bills The burger tasted like a fast food burger (which it is of course). The fixins bar helped. Service is counter service so normally I wouldnt comment on it. In this case though there was some kind of mix up. The person waiting on our line vanished and none of the other servers had a clue what to do so none of them did anything. The people at the front would ask them, Why is no one waiting on our line? and they would just say I dont know, its not my line. Or I dont usually work here, I dont know how it works. Since wed already placed our order and paid for it we were kind of stuck.
Dinner Boma
Food here was okay. I dont get why it has a reputation though for highly seasoned food. Other than the crab soup, which was fantastic, we thought it was all pretty bland. The roast beef was tender and very good though. The salmon was okay. The chicken was only tasty if you ate the skin, it was not flavoured throughout. It was a buffet. Acceptable but nothing to write home about. Since I didnt know what I was going to eat I didnt order a glass of wine before I went to the buffest. Missed my chance. I never got another opportunity. On the plus side of the service issue though they do carefully ask about allergies and I have an unusual one. They were careful to make sure that none of the food handlers were wearing latex gloves and assured me that no latex was present in the kitchen or other food areas.
Soups:
Vegetarian:
Desserts:
Atmosphere: 1 star, Service: 1.5 stars, Food: 2 stars
Day Three:
Breakfast same as Day Two
Lunch Food court at POR. It was fine and the atmosphere was better than a lot of the places wed been in. Mostly because it was relatively empty.
Dinner we were tired and cancelled at Raglan Road to eat at Boatwrights. Again, it was loud. All hard surfaces and echoes.
The appetizers (soup, salad, crab cakes) were fine. The crab cakes were tasty though a bit bland. We all ordered the penne pasta. Not very good Im afraid. One of the main ingredients listed was artichokes. Only two of us actually got one in our portion (a half of a canned heart) and the person who didnt get one was probably the lucky one. They were marinated. Which was just dreadful in this dish. The shrimp were cooked well though. We skipped desert but the children around us appeared to be enjoying Mickey Sundaes.
Crab Cakes:
Pasta:
Atmosphere: 1.5 stars, Service: 2 stars, Food: 1.5 stars
Lunch was at the Tangerine Café, 3 Sawaras, 3 drinks, $39.00. It was excellent and the portions are large. In our family two could have shared one sandwich. The meet was well spiced and tender but still light. Perfect for a hot day at Epcot.
Dinner, Kona Café at the Polynesian.
This was the best meal of the trip but started a trend of irritatingly noisy restaurants. Its not the patrons either. Sure it was full of kids but they were all well behaved. Its that there is no attempt at noise reduction in any of these places so no matter how nice the meal you still feel as though youre eating in the food court at a value resort.
That said, the food was good. Even the best places at WDW tend to be middle of the road. This wasnt Per Se by any means but it was well cooked, well presented and tasty. We started off with the sticky wings and the duck pot stickers. Both were excellent. The wrapper on the dumplings was thin and tender and the filling was good. Service was kind of spotty here and we had to beg for something to wipe our hands on after the sticky wings.
Appetizers:
One of us ordered the turkey tenderloins wrapped in bacon. Very spicy but good. If this person described this dish as very spicy then it was. She has an asbestos palate and eats hot foods on a daily basis. The second entrée was the pan asian pasta with chicken and the person eating it also said that it was good. I didnt order an entrée, instead I had the Kona salad followed by the crab cakes from the appetizer menu. Both were excellent. The salad is described as having FL strawberries but mine had apple and was better for it. The crab cakes were light and flavourful with a full crab flavour.
Turkey Tenderloins:
Kona Salad:
Crab Cakes:
For dessert we shared the Kilauea Torte and the White Chocolate Cheesecake. The cheesecake was bland and the torte was a bit overcooked. We left most of the cheesecake but even overcooked the torte was delicious and we ate a good bit of it.
Desserts
Out of 5 Stars Id give the Kona Café 1.5 stars for atmosphere, 2.5 stars for service, and 4 stars for the food.
Day Two:
Breakfast Croissants from the food court at POR were fresh and flakey, which is all I ask for at 6am
Lunch at Pecos Bills The burger tasted like a fast food burger (which it is of course). The fixins bar helped. Service is counter service so normally I wouldnt comment on it. In this case though there was some kind of mix up. The person waiting on our line vanished and none of the other servers had a clue what to do so none of them did anything. The people at the front would ask them, Why is no one waiting on our line? and they would just say I dont know, its not my line. Or I dont usually work here, I dont know how it works. Since wed already placed our order and paid for it we were kind of stuck.
Dinner Boma
Food here was okay. I dont get why it has a reputation though for highly seasoned food. Other than the crab soup, which was fantastic, we thought it was all pretty bland. The roast beef was tender and very good though. The salmon was okay. The chicken was only tasty if you ate the skin, it was not flavoured throughout. It was a buffet. Acceptable but nothing to write home about. Since I didnt know what I was going to eat I didnt order a glass of wine before I went to the buffest. Missed my chance. I never got another opportunity. On the plus side of the service issue though they do carefully ask about allergies and I have an unusual one. They were careful to make sure that none of the food handlers were wearing latex gloves and assured me that no latex was present in the kitchen or other food areas.
Soups:
Vegetarian:
Desserts:
Atmosphere: 1 star, Service: 1.5 stars, Food: 2 stars
Day Three:
Breakfast same as Day Two
Lunch Food court at POR. It was fine and the atmosphere was better than a lot of the places wed been in. Mostly because it was relatively empty.
Dinner we were tired and cancelled at Raglan Road to eat at Boatwrights. Again, it was loud. All hard surfaces and echoes.
The appetizers (soup, salad, crab cakes) were fine. The crab cakes were tasty though a bit bland. We all ordered the penne pasta. Not very good Im afraid. One of the main ingredients listed was artichokes. Only two of us actually got one in our portion (a half of a canned heart) and the person who didnt get one was probably the lucky one. They were marinated. Which was just dreadful in this dish. The shrimp were cooked well though. We skipped desert but the children around us appeared to be enjoying Mickey Sundaes.
Crab Cakes:
Pasta:
Atmosphere: 1.5 stars, Service: 2 stars, Food: 1.5 stars
Thank You for the reviews ... Hope Boma gets better, we will be going again on our trip coz my best friend wants to try it out. I think the food is good at Boma - but being from South Africa, it seems they need to kick up the flavours another notch!
