Disney Dining Reviews with lots of Pics! 1/7-1/13 COMPLETED 3/2

[quixoticvalue]

I must be in a really weird mood right now but that cheese plate looked delicious!

 

[englishrose47]

I had the cheese plate last week too and loved all 3 cheeses, that along with a Raspberry shuss were a great lunch. The cheese plate is a good oop deal at $5.99 and the shuss is a sc. !!

 

[KristinAnne]

I must be in a really weird mood right now but that cheese plate looked delicious!

Yes it does look so good!!

 

[stagemomx3]

Details, I need details. How EXACTLY do I find that Grey Goose citron drink?

 

[DaniandRyan]

It's at Les Vines des Chefs de France, a little stand that is next to the crepe stand. The stands back up to the WS lagoon.

 

[arieljasmine]

That hot Italian sandwich does look good

Laur's

 

[DaniandRyan]

Our dinner that night was at Coral Reef. Both of us were really looking forward to it since we had never been here and I've read a lot of positive reviews.

We were quickly seated and our waitress, who was very strange, mumbled some things about the menu and took our drink orders. She came back with our drinks and bread, and then wanted to know what we wanted to eat, appetizers, meal, AND dessert. I wanted to wait until after we finished our meal to choose what I wanted for dessert so I asked her if I could wait. Nope, apparently we're not allowed. Maybe I could understand this if it was busy, but it was 4:30 on a weekday and the restaurant was pretty much empty.

DBF ordered Lobster Soup, Blackened Catfish served over pepper jack cheese grits, with smoked tomato compote, balsamic glaze, and Baileys and Jack Daniels Mousse topped with a ganache and chocolate cigar.

I ordered the Pumpkin Risotto infused with Manchego Cheese and green beans topped with fried parsnips and cranberry sauce and the Key Lime Tart with mango sauce.

Ordering the Risotto led to a strange conversation with our waitress, which went a little something like this:

Waitress: (surprisingly) You want the risotto?

Me: Yes

Waitress: Don't you know what risotto is?

Me: Yes

Waitress: And you still want it?

Me: Umm...yes

I don't know why she was so surprised, last time I checked there wasn't anything out of the ordinary in risotto

DBF loved his Lobster Soup. I tried a taste and I also thought it was really good.

I liked the Risotto at first. I wasn't too crazy about the cranberry sauce, but the risotto and fried parsnips were really good, but after eating it for a while I started to get kind of bored of it. Like I saw someone else who had it mention in another thread, it probably would have been better as a side dish.

DBF liked his Catfish. He said it was a little too spicy for him, but other than that it was good.

Both of us thought our desserts were just ok. I liked the mango sauce on my Key Lime Tart, but the tart was nothing special. It was really heavy and too too sweet. I actually liked the Key Lime Pie at Sunshine Seasons much better than this.

DBF didn't really say much about his Mousse, other than that it was ok. I can't remember if I tried any or not.

We probably won't go back here any time soon. Neither of us loved anything, except for the soup, and we'd rather eat at one of the many great places in World Showcase instead of somewhere we thought was just ok.

 

[mrsbelle]

I'm enjoying the reviews! Thanks for taking the time to do them!

 

[mindyd]

Great review that is funny about the waitress with the risotto.

 

[DaniandRyan]

Thanks for the compliments everyone I'm happy you're enjoying the reviews.

Later that night we went to DTD for some shopping and decided to use a snack credit to make our own treat at Goofy's Candy Co. We each decided on a Mickey Gingerbread Cookie, mine dipped in dark chocolate with rainbow sprinkles and caramel drizzle, and DBF's dipped in white chocolate with white chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips, crushed M&Ms, milk chocolate drizzle, and I think there are some crushed oreos hiding in there too (he went a little crazy with the toppings!).


Mine:

DBF's

We ate them a day or two later and they were delicious! I think even the plain cookie by itself still would have been great. We wanted to go back and make more but we never got around to it. We'll definitely go back next time we're at WDW

 

[Poppinsme]

Thanks for the compliments everyone I'm happy you're enjoying the reviews.

Later that night we went to DTD for some shopping and decided to use a snack credit to make our own treat at Goofy's Candy Co. We each decided on a Mickey Gingerbread Cookie, mine dipped in dark chocolate with rainbow sprinkles and caramel drizzle, and DBF's dipped in white chocolate with white chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips, crushed M&Ms, milk chocolate drizzle, and I think there are some crushed oreos hiding in there too (he went a little crazy with the toppings!).


Mine:

DBF's

We ate them a day or two later and they were delicious! I think even the plain cookie by itself still would have been great. We wanted to go back and make more but we never got around to it. We'll definitely go back next time we're at WDW

What great PICs!!! Drool! Drool!
My one regret is not getting back to Goofy's (Nov./Dec.07) for something chocolate. Boy that looks good.

Thanks for the reviews.

 

[donaldtutter]

Great reviews so far. Looking forward to more.

 

[DaniandRyan]

We spent the next day at Hollywood Studios and had lunch at Sci Fi. This was the ADR DBF was most excited about. Ever since he saw pictures of it he knew he wanted to try it. I was excited to try it too because even though I've been to WDW multiple times, I never knew Sci Fi was there

Our ADR was for 11:30am and we were about 15 minutes late since we both overslept that day (I know, how can you oversleep in WDW ). We were still seated right away and our waitress took our drink orders. You can get a milkshake as your drink included on the DDP, so I got a Strawberry Milkshake and DBF got a Vanilla Milkshake.

I only took a picture of mine since in the dark they both pretty much looked the same:

I really liked mine. DBF liked his too, but liked mine better.

We each had a burger. I ordered mine with cheddar cheese, bacon, and onions with cucumber melon salad instead of fries (I like fries sometimes, but I really have to be in the mood for them). It was a typical burger but since I hadn't had a burger in a while I really enjoyed it. The cucumber melon salad was ok. I'm not a huge fan of cucumber but since I didn't feel like having fries I ordered it anyway. I mostly just picked out the melon and left the cucumber


My burger:

DBF ordered his burger with cheddar cheese (I think) and onions, mushrooms, and bacon. He said it liked it a lot, but it's not often that he meets a burger he doesn't like


DBF's burger

For dessert, I had some kind of chocolate mint sundae. I don't see it listed on the menu on Allears. It was vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce, whipped cream, and junior mints. It wasn't really something I wanted, but my choices were limited because of an allergy. I was pleasantly surprised, I liked it much more than I thought I would.

DBF had an apple crisp, which he didn't say much about but he finished the whole thing so I guess it was good!

Here are a few pics from inside the restaurant:

We both liked it here. The food was pretty much what you'd expect from a typical place that serves burgers but we loved the ambience and the service was great. We'll definintely be returning on our next trip, DBF insists on it

 

[scnrc00]

It all looked great! We are dining at some of those places in Sept. so it was great seeing your pictures and your reviews of those places.

 

[englishrose47]

We spent the next day at Hollywood Studios and had lunch at Sci Fi. This was the ADR DBF was most excited about. Ever since he saw pictures of it he knew he wanted to try it. I was excited to try it too because even though I've been to WDW multiple times, I never knew Sci Fi was there

Our ADR was for 11:30am and we were about 15 minutes late since we both overslept that day (I know, how can you oversleep in WDW ). We were still seated right away and our waitress took our drink orders. You can get a milkshake as your drink included on the DDP, so I got a Strawberry Milkshake and DBF got a Vanilla Milkshake.

I only took a picture of mine since in the dark they both pretty much looked the same:

I really liked mine. DBF liked his too, but liked mine better.

We each had a burger. I ordered mine with cheddar cheese, bacon, and onions with cucumber melon salad instead of fries (I like fries sometimes, but I really have to be in the mood for them). It was a typical burger but since I hadn't had a burger in a while I really enjoyed it. The cucumber melon salad was ok. I'm not a huge fan of cucumber but since I didn't feel like having fries I ordered it anyway. I mostly just picked out the melon and left the cucumber


My burger:

DBF ordered his burger with cheddar cheese (I think) and onions, mushrooms, and bacon. He said it liked it a lot, but it's not often that he meets a burger he doesn't like


DBF's burger

For dessert, I had some kind of chocolate mint sundae. I don't see it listed on the menu on Allears. It was vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce, whipped cream, and junior mints. It wasn't really something I wanted, but my choices were limited because of an allergy. I was pleasantly surprised, I liked it much more than I thought I would.

DBF had an apple crisp, which he didn't say much about but he finished the whole thing so I guess it was good!

Here are a few pics from inside the restaurant:

We both liked it here. The food was pretty much what you'd expect from a typical place that serves burgers but we loved the ambience and the service was great. We'll definintely be returning on our next trip, DBF insists on it

Glad to hear you can order the milkshake as your drink still. I had the oreocookie shake last year and it was Yummy!! I didm'n't like the applecrisp or my shrimppasta to well but the rest had steak and sundaes and were happy with them. I think I'll have steak next time and a different dessert . Has anyone had the cheesecake with carmel there ??

 

[BabyPiglet]

Did you have mushrooms on your Sci-Fi burger as well? Because I think I see some in there, or maybe the picture is just weird.

Great reviews!

 

[SuzieN]

I had the cheesecake at Sci-Fi - it was yummy! It had carmel corn and m&m's on it as well as carmel sauce!

 

[englishrose47]

I had the cheesecake at Sci-Fi - it was yummy! It had carmel corn and m&m's on it as well as carmel sauce!

Yes that sounds GOOD! Going with the Gang next year and of course the boys want to do the CAR restaurant!!

 

[DisneyJo]

The SciFi burgers look gorgeous, my DD whos looking over my shoulder wants one now

 

[DaniandRyan]

Did you have mushrooms on your Sci-Fi burger as well? Because I think I see some in there, or maybe the picture is just weird.

Great reviews!

You're right, I didn't think I had mushrooms but looking at the pic I guess I did!