Dining Reviews April 13-21 Just Back!

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Well, let me just say that I was really impressed with all of the food that we ate at WDW! I just got home tonight and I already am craving more! The cast was myself, dh, dd9, and dd5. Well, let's just get right to it.

April 14 Liberty Tree Tavern dinner - The food here was wonderful! I was really impressed! The only negative thing that I can say is that our waiter was very business like. He was not rude and was very good, just no personality. I was a little worried about this one because of some of the things I have read about the food, but it was great! The character interaction was wonderful. All of the characters came around twice and my girls just loved it. My favorite meat was the turkey, and of course I loved everything else too. We will repeat this one on our next trip.

April 15 Artist Point - Once again the food was wonderful! Service hear was great! I had the mushroom soup, the pork chop, and coffee two ways for dessert. Dh had the venison spring rolls, the salmon, and I forget what his dessert was. DD9 and DD5 both had the kids salmon and a sundae for dessert. It was all yummo! I will definitely go back!

April 16 Coral Reef lunch - Well, let me just say that the food here was not bad by any means, but it was not the best that I had during our trip. I had the new york strip and the land and sea for appt and then the chocolate wave for dessert. Dh had the tilapia and shrimp for appt and cheesecake for dessert. DD9 had mahi and dd5 had mac and cheese. The service was outstanding, the food was not. But, like I said, it was good, just not great!

April 17 Kona Cafe dinner - I have to say WOW! This was one wonderful meal! The service was great and the food awesome! I had the sticky wings, the pineapple sirlion, and the white choc cheesecake, dh had crab cakes for appt and the scallops and shrimp, and creme brulee for dessert. DD9 had mac and cheese and so did dd5. I was really impressed. This was great food. I wanted to go again on our trip if we could get an adr, but my dh did not want to spend the $.

April 18 CRT lunch - Well, let me start out by saying that this is not worth what they charge. I took my girls to the BBB for their dos before our lunch here and they looked lovely. We had little wait here and our food came out quickly. I had the sandwhich and dh had the salmon, dd 9 had chicken, and dd5 had mini hot dogs. Myself and dh had a new dessert that they are serving now. It was like a brownie cupcake with creamcheese in the middle with chocolate shavings and icecream. It was very tasty. The food was good, however, the character interaction was lacking. All of the princess were acting as if they would rather be somewhere else. Snow White was the nicest. We had Snow White, Belle, and Jasmine, and the Fairy Godmother. The Fairy Godmother was nice, but she is not a princess. We probably won't be back here. Not worth the $. Better character interaction at LTT.

April 19 LeCellier dinner - This meal was also very good. It was not as good as I expected it to be however. The service was okay but not great. The waitress kept taking our silverware away with the dishes. Anyways, I had the cheese soup for app and the mushroom filet with creamcheese mashed potatoes, and dh had the shrimp for app and the barbecue filet with potatoes, dd9 had the kids steak, which she loved! DD5 had pasta with sauce. For dessert, I had the chocolate mouse and dh had the smores, kids had icecream sundaes. We would go back here, but it was not as good as I expected it to be.

April 20 Ohana dinner - One of the best meals of the trip! This was a wonderful meal! The only problem was that I was not that hungry so I could not eat as much as I wanted to. The steak and the pork was some of the best I have ever tasted. It was tender and juicy! I loved the potatoes too! The dessert was one of the best I had all week! The kids got to do the hula and parade around the room. We will go back here on our next trip!

April 21 Crystal Palace Lunch - This was a wonderful way to end our trip. We got chosen to be the family of the day!!! My girls were just thrilled to death. We got to do the rumbly in my tumbly dance with Pooh outside the restaurant and then Pooh took my girls by the hand and led them inside for pictures. Then he took us to our table, which was decorated with confetti and there was a plate with 4 biscuits and honey in the middle waiting for us as a gift from Pooh! We also received a certificate signed by Pooh to take with us! This was a magical end to our trip! The food and service were both great and we will go back here!

For counter service, we had the following, (I will be brief with this)

MGM - Studio catering company - A+
MK - Columbia Harbour House - A+
MK - Cosmic Rays - A
POFQ - Food court - A+
POR - Food Court - D it was awful
AK - Tusker House - B
Epcot - America(forgot what it was called) A

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. This board has been such a big help to me, I want to help it I can. Sorry, I did not take pictures, I was too busy taking care of dd9 and dd5. :)
 
Thanks so much for your review. Sounds like you had a great time!

Did you have any problems with your 5 year old and kids meals? I have heard they have changed them for the worse. Also only jello as a dessert or could you sub something else? Thanks in advance. :)
 
Thank you for the reviews! :thumbsup2


We are staying at the POR and I am worried about their food court. What made it awful?
 
April 21 Crystal Palace Lunch - This was a wonderful way to end our trip. We got chosen to be the family of the day!!! My girls were just thrilled to death. We got to do the rumbly in my tumbly dance with Pooh outside the restaurant and then Pooh took my girls by the hand and led them inside for pictures. Then he took us to our table, which was decorated with confetti and there was a plate with 4 biscuits and honey in the middle waiting for us as a gift from Pooh! We also received a certificate signed by Pooh to take with us! This was a magical end to our trip! The food and service were both great and we will go back here!

For counter service, we had the following, (I will be brief with this)

MGM - Studio catering company - A+
MK - Columbia Harbour House - A+
MK - Cosmic Rays - A
POFQ - Food court - A+
POR - Food Court - D it was awful
AK - Tusker House - B
Epcot - America(forgot what it was called) A

popcorn:: Thanks for the reviews! So glad to hear that for the most part, you enjoyed the CS food (which seems to get alot of complaints:confused3

And YAY you, getting to be a part of the magic:wizard: at the CP. What time was your ADR there?
 

So glad to hear about Kona we will be there next week & were concerned about the children's menu for our almost 9 yr old nephew who I just found out is a fan of the food network & since we're on the ddp the kids offerings don't sound very "Kona like". Maybe he'll be happy ordering a fancy appetizer oop.

Surpised about the MGM rating since most people complain there's no good cs @ MGM.Thanks again!:goodvibes
 
Thanks so much for your review. Sounds like you had a great time!

Did you have any problems with your 5 year old and kids meals? I have heard they have changed them for the worse. Also only jello as a dessert or could you sub something else? Thanks in advance. :)

My kids were very happy with the kids menus. I was worried before we went too, but no problems really. We were able to sub a brownie at Cosmic Rays for dessert but they only ate half. At our counter service meals, the girls usually ate half of their jello and half of our dessert. It worked out great. They also enjoyed getting carrots and grapes with their counter service meals. They did not complain even once. So maybe it is not so bad after all.:)
 
Thank you for the reviews! :thumbsup2


We are staying at the POR and I am worried about their food court. What made it awful?

Well, dh and I ate at the create your own pasta station and it was just not good. I ordered the alfredo sauce with pasta and chicken and dh ordered the same but with shrimp. They each came with a piece of bread. The bread was hard as a rock and the pasta, gross! The guy behind the counter making it poured a ton of grease in a pan to cook the meat and then poured the pasta and sauce right on top of it. The chicken I had was dark meat or something else weird. It was not white meat chicken breast pieces like I thought it would be. My dh said his was okay but he said "I hope the food gets better than this." It did of course but this was not good. My dd9 and dd5 had fish and fries at the next station and I tasted it and it was not good either. Very Very greasy and just kindof tasteless. Maybe try something else when you go. You may have better luck. The food at POFQ was great though!:goodvibes
 
popcorn:: Thanks for the reviews! So glad to hear that for the most part, you enjoyed the CS food (which seems to get alot of complaints:confused3

And YAY you, getting to be a part of the magic:wizard: at the CP. What time was your ADR there?


We had an 11:30am adr. This is the first lunch seating I believe. We checked in and they gave us a pager. They then called out our name instead of paging us. Then that's when they told us we were family of the day. It was really magical! So, if you are thinking about going here, make the first adr for lunch. You may get lucky too!:flower3:
 
Well, dh and I ate at the create your own pasta station and it was just not good. I ordered the alfredo sauce with pasta and chicken and dh ordered the same but with shrimp. They each came with a piece of bread. The bread was hard as a rock and the pasta, gross! The guy behind the counter making it poured a ton of grease in a pan to cook the meat and then poured the pasta and sauce right on top of it. The chicken I had was dark meat or something else weird. It was not white meat chicken breast pieces like I thought it would be. My dh said his was okay but he said "I hope the food gets better than this." It did of course but this was not good. My dd9 and dd5 had fish and fries at the next station and I tasted it and it was not good either. Very Very greasy and just kindof tasteless. Maybe try something else when you go. You may have better luck. The food at POFQ was great though!:goodvibes


Thanks for the head's up. Is the POFQ food court close to the POR resort?
 
I really appreciate your reviews! Most of our planned ADRs and CS meals match yours so I was glad to see what you thought. My only problem is that I was just about to cancel our CP ADR and book Coral Reef instead, now I can't decide! I thought my kids might be too old for Pooh but yours are about the same age.........ack! Indecision! Thanks a bunch for taking the time to post your reviews!
 
Well, let me just say that I was really impressed with all of the food that we ate at WDW! I just got home tonight and I already am craving more! The cast was myself, dh, dd9, and dd5. Well, let's just get right to it.

April 14 Liberty Tree Tavern dinner - The food here was wonderful! I was really impressed! The only negative thing that I can say is that our waiter was very business like. He was not rude and was very good, just no personality. I was a little worried about this one because of some of the things I have read about the food, but it was great! The character interaction was wonderful. All of the characters came around twice and my girls just loved it. My favorite meat was the turkey, and of course I loved everything else too. We will repeat this one on our next trip.

April 15 Artist Point - Once again the food was wonderful! Service hear was great! I had the mushroom soup, the pork chop, and coffee two ways for dessert. Dh had the venison spring rolls, the salmon, and I forget what his dessert was. DD9 and DD5 both had the kids salmon and a sundae for dessert. It was all yummo! I will definitely go back!

April 16 Coral Reef lunch - Well, let me just say that the food here was not bad by any means, but it was not the best that I had during our trip. I had the new york strip and the land and sea for appt and then the chocolate wave for dessert. Dh had the tilapia and shrimp for appt and cheesecake for dessert. DD9 had mahi and dd5 had mac and cheese. The service was outstanding, the food was not. But, like I said, it was good, just not great!

April 17 Kona Cafe dinner - I have to say WOW! This was one wonderful meal! The service was great and the food awesome! I had the sticky wings, the pineapple sirlion, and the white choc cheesecake, dh had crab cakes for appt and the scallops and shrimp, and creme brulee for dessert. DD9 had mac and cheese and so did dd5. I was really impressed. This was great food. I wanted to go again on our trip if we could get an adr, but my dh did not want to spend the $.

April 18 CRT lunch - Well, let me start out by saying that this is not worth what they charge. I took my girls to the BBB for their dos before our lunch here and they looked lovely. We had little wait here and our food came out quickly. I had the sandwhich and dh had the salmon, dd 9 had chicken, and dd5 had mini hot dogs. Myself and dh had a new dessert that they are serving now. It was like a brownie cupcake with creamcheese in the middle with chocolate shavings and icecream. It was very tasty. The food was good, however, the character interaction was lacking. All of the princess were acting as if they would rather be somewhere else. Snow White was the nicest. We had Snow White, Belle, and Jasmine, and the Fairy Godmother. The Fairy Godmother was nice, but she is not a princess. We probably won't be back here. Not worth the $. Better character interaction at LTT.

April 19 LeCellier dinner - This meal was also very good. It was not as good as I expected it to be however. The service was okay but not great. The waitress kept taking our silverware away with the dishes. Anyways, I had the cheese soup for app and the mushroom filet with creamcheese mashed potatoes, and dh had the shrimp for app and the barbecue filet with potatoes, dd9 had the kids steak, which she loved! DD5 had pasta with sauce. For dessert, I had the chocolate mouse and dh had the smores, kids had icecream sundaes. We would go back here, but it was not as good as I expected it to be.

April 20 Ohana dinner - One of the best meals of the trip! This was a wonderful meal! The only problem was that I was not that hungry so I could not eat as much as I wanted to. The steak and the pork was some of the best I have ever tasted. It was tender and juicy! I loved the potatoes too! The dessert was one of the best I had all week! The kids got to do the hula and parade around the room. We will go back here on our next trip!

April 21 Crystal Palace Lunch - This was a wonderful way to end our trip. We got chosen to be the family of the day!!! My girls were just thrilled to death. We got to do the rumbly in my tumbly dance with Pooh outside the restaurant and then Pooh took my girls by the hand and led them inside for pictures. Then he took us to our table, which was decorated with confetti and there was a plate with 4 biscuits and honey in the middle waiting for us as a gift from Pooh! We also received a certificate signed by Pooh to take with us! This was a magical end to our trip! The food and service were both great and we will go back here!

For counter service, we had the following, (I will be brief with this)

MGM - Studio catering company - A+
MK - Columbia Harbour House - A+
MK - Cosmic Rays - A
POFQ - Food court - A+
POR - Food Court - D it was awful
AK - Tusker House - B
Epcot - America(forgot what it was called) A

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. This board has been such a big help to me, I want to help it I can. Sorry, I did not take pictures, I was too busy taking care of dd9 and dd5. :)

Great review, but I have a wuestion. What did you eat at Columbia Harbour House and Tusker House..

Thanks
 
Great review, but I have a wuestion. What did you eat at Columbia Harbour House and Tusker House..

Thanks

At Columbia Harbour House, I had the chicken finger and fried fish combo with fries and chocolate cake. It was delicious! At Tusker House I had the salmon and cheesecake.
 
At Columbia Harbour House, I had the chicken finger and fried fish combo with fries and chocolate cake. It was delicious! At Tusker House I had the salmon and cheesecake.

Thanks...I am trying both in Sept..:banana:
 
Thanks for the great reviews. Glad to see the Mushroom Filet was on the menu at Le Cellier. The current menu, on this website, does not list it and several of us went into a panic. :goodvibes That is my favorite dish there. I even thought about cancelling if they had removed it.
 
Thanks for the great reviews. Glad to see the Mushroom Filet was on the menu at Le Cellier. The current menu, on this website, does not list it and several of us went into a panic. :goodvibes That is my favorite dish there. I even thought about cancelling if they had removed it.

It is still there. No worries! They did say that they just updated their menu when we were there. So they have changed it, but the mushroom filet was good!
 
Thanks for the review. If you had to choose between Kona's and O'hana's which would you choose and why.
Thanks.
 
Thanks for the review. If you had to choose between Kona's and O'hana's which would you choose and why.
Thanks.

Wow, that is a very hard question. It really depends. Do you have young children? When I say young, I mean under the age of 10? The reason I am asking is because my children loved Ohana. They got to do the hula and parade around the restaurant. They would pick Ohana. So are you looking for entertainment or just good food? Both had very very good food. With Ohana, you get so many different kinds of food. I enjoyed getting to taste all of them. If I had to choose though, I would choose Ohana. It had both wonderful food and a fun atmosphere. I hope to do both on our next trip though. :flower3:
 
Thanks so much for your reviews. My DIL has been wanting to try Kona and it sounds like it would be a great choice.

We also love CP and O'Hana.
 















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