Disapointed in 1900 Park Fare

[AStamm]

I tend to stray toward the picky eater side (I'm not a big fan of lots of ingredients thrown together) and I had a terrible time finding anything to eat at 1900 when we ate here a few weeks ago. Thank goodness we had free dining, because if I had to pay over $30 with tax and tip for the small plate of caesar salad, two mini slices of french bread, and scoop of mashed potatoes, I would have felt terrible. DH is generally the pickiest of our family and he ended up with one slice of well-done prime rib and some mashed potatoes. DS ate a bit of salad, a slice of pizza, and some noodles or something.

The entertainment was good--the stepsisters and Lady Tremaine were a hoot--but certainly not worth over $100 if we had to pay ourselves. Cinderella and Prince Charming dancing was cute, but if you didn't have a seat in the middle of the restaurant it was very difficult to see.

The other oddity was that you had to ask the server for butter for the rolls--there wasn't any on the buffet and none on the table.

 

[kikiV]

I just reviewed the menu for dinner and everything sounds great and a lot of it too! For those of you who just ate there, if you look at the menu, is everything listed actually served?? or do that not have all of the items.

 

[ChickieToo]

The butter thing is the same at breakfast. The waitress came by and said that if we wanted toast to make it and then tell her and she would bring us butter. When she did bring the butter it was a little slab on a dessert-sized plate. We had to ask for more as we had seven people at the table.

I also believe that you can't necessarily go by the reviews of others. However, having said that, when our friends said they were disappointed after previously loving this buffet, and also saying they were disappointed with the breakfast after raving about it, it makes me wonder. We always considered this one of the better buffets too, so I just wanted to figure out what changed.

 

[DJEd]

I just reviewed the menu for dinner and everything sounds great and a lot of it too! For those of you who just ate there, if you look at the menu, is everything listed actually served?? or do that not have all of the items.

I believe the menus posted are pre-referb. The menus seem to have changed since the reopening.

I am hoping updated menus are posted soon, as I have ADR's (Dinner and then Breakfast the next morning) in about three weeks.

I am trying to find out if they still have peel -n- eat shrimp.

Ed

 

[ktgirl]

Bumping to see if we can get more reviews??? Are they getting any better?

 

[DCDisney]

I am disappointed the menu has changed so much. Hopefully ALL ears will get an updated menu soon. This was one of our favorites last year but for our Jan trip we are probably going to switch to Coral Reef instead. I was having trouble fitting CR in anyway. WDW keeps adding more and more Asian places and with my allergies it makes it tough to eat anything asian plus my kids don't like it. So now 1900 has an asian section, Yak and Yeti is asian, the new place opening when concourse closes will be asian too plus all the places already asian.....

Yvonne

 

[grandfloridian]

I was quite disappointed with the food, but the character experience was interesting. Lady Trumaine was truly mean, but fun to watch. Prince Charming danced with Cinderella and then my daughter in the middle of the floor. She was beside herself with excitement. My 2yo was not interested at all. I did feel rushed and the choices were fair (carving station was there, but the other choices were not very good). The kids station had whole wheat pasta, chicken nuggets and broccoli which my kids liked. My kids didn't notice (but I did) that the noodles were dry and sort of burnt, but they ate them anyway!). Overall, it was a dinner that I will skip next time.

I must tell you that our favorite character dinner (for food quality) was the Crystal palace. It was delicious. They had fish and a carving station, salad bar, tons of desserts. It was a memorable meal.
Have fun whatever choice you make!! 1900 Park Fare was a one-timer for us. You should try it to make your own decision.

 

[krissylynne]

This is what I posted on another site.


We just returned from an 11 day trip. We have been fans of 1900 Park Faire for many years. Breakfast and Dinner have always been great!!! We had a reservation for one night last week and the new changes were awful. I have never asked to talk to a manager concerning anything dinning at Disney. This night for us was AWFUL, and we come from a family of Chefs who like the different explosion of flavors that come with a mix of foods. First the new set up was not practical. People were having to wait to get the food replenished on the plate once the chefs put a new portion up. Each bowl only held about 2 cups worth of food, so when two people before you went through and got their portion, you had to wait for more food to be put on the platter to serve. The food was very poor. The beef stir fry was cold, and you could not cut the meat. The flavor was not pleasing at all to the taste buds. The kids Macaroni and the macaroni in the adult dishes was cooked so much that when it touched your tongue it dissolved. I have never seen so many kids spitting out their mac and cheese before. I could go on and. We had two plates of food so we could try everything. There was only one bite taken out of each item of food it was so bad. We continued to try everything so we could find something we liked and never did. Our daughter would not even eat anything, then asked to leave.
We asked to see the mangaer and explained to her that we are usually big fans of the restaruant but the food was not good. We were trying to tell her what all the problems were just so they could be aware and try to improve it. The tables around us all agreed and tried to say the same thing. WE even asked if they sample the food before they put it out, and she said no. We suggested that they did. We left within the first half hour, and did not see one character. I know there were many other tables that followed us out also.
If you want to try it, go ahead. But it is not the same. Very sad day in the kingdom for us.

 

[kxmeeh]

hopefully i don't take this thread in a different direction, but i keep seeing the stepsisters posted. i have someone making a mary poppins dress because i thought she was there for breakfast, and i couldn't find one to buy that wasn't in the hundreds of dollars range online. can someone please confirm. we're staying at port orleans and can find somewhere in the parks to eat breakfast if she's not there and save ourselves the hassle of going to the hotel.

 

[krissylynne]

hopefully i don't take this thread in a different direction, but i keep seeing the stepsisters posted. i have someone making a mary poppins dress because i thought she was there for breakfast, and i couldn't find one to buy that wasn't in the hundreds of dollars range online. can someone please confirm. we're staying at port orleans and can find somewhere in the parks to eat breakfast if she's not there and save ourselves the hassle of going to the hotel.

I know the characters are different in the morning than in the evening. I would call to make sure, but last time we were there for breakfast she was there.

 

[buffalogirl]

Just hoping for a positive review of the food- anyone??

We ate there Dec 2006 and loved it. We have a dinner ADR for this December, I'm a little nervous with all these negative reviews.

 

[kikiV]

allears has the new menu posted on their site. It is updated as of 10-07.
Everything sounds great! I can't imagine what could be bad. Any more comments from recent diners only??? I need a character meal off site and this sounded perfect but Dis sis with no kids wants good food!!

 

[DCDisney]

allears has the new menu posted on their site. It is updated as of 10-07.

The menu on ALL Ears is not updated. It says 10/07 as do many of the other menus that haven't been completely updated. The price is updated but not what they serve.

Yvonne

 

[krissylynne]

allears has the new menu posted on their site. It is updated as of 10-07.
Everything sounds great! I can't imagine what could be bad. Any more comments from recent diners only??? I need a character meal off site and this sounded perfect but Dis sis with no kids wants good food!!

We recently ate there. Yes the correct menu where you can find it listed looks great. But when not prepared properly the tastes kind of gets left behind. Our family did not have a good experience. Take a look at our previous post.

 

[spalady]

We ate at 1900 Park Fare last year for breakfast and we thought the same thing~We we disappointed and will never eat there again.