Disney Dining Reviews with Pictures-Completed!

[Enchanted Tiki Bird]

That all looks really great but my DFi (the cook) says that that is a bad brulee job. He's a "bruleier" apparently.

 

[swankybeth]

That all looks really great but my DFi (the cook) says that that is a bad brulee job. He's a "bruleier" apparently.

I can see what he means. Did he say it wasn't carmelized enough? It sure did taste yummy, though.

 

[Enchanted Tiki Bird]

I can see what he means. Did he say it wasn't carmelized enough? It sure did taste yummy, though.

He said that all those speckles on the dish shouldn't be there. So whatever that means . . . your guess is as good as mine. I thought it looked delicious myself.

 

[TigerKat]

I also had the mussells at LeCellier, I thought it was the best thing I ate all week! DH also ordered the shrimp pasta and loved it. Another great review!!

 

[swankybeth]

Day 8

No breakfast today, we just weren't hungry.

Lunch was at Pepper Market at Coronado Springs. This was the first WDW hotel DH and I stayed at back in 1999 on our first trip. We wanted to check it out again and eat lunch at Pepper Market because we knew it was a really good value with the dining plan. We got there around 11:30ish and there was a small line to get seated. We were seated and given cards for our meals. You bring the card to the station you are eating from and they stamp your meal on the card. You pay later on when you leave and they have servers who get your drinks for you and clear the tables. I went to the Mexican station and I ordered the steak fajitas. While that was cooking I went over to the bakery section and picked out my dessert. It's somewhat limited on the dining plan, you have a choice of some bakery items such as danishes, cookies, muffins, etc. I chose a large peanut butter cookie for my dessert. DH went to the Grill station and he ordered the ribeye steak. For his dessert he selected some kind of flaky pastry with a blueberry center. My fajitas came with a side of rice and beans as well as guacamole, cheese, lettuce and tomatoes for topping. The fajitas were delicious, I loved the guacamole that it came with. The rice and beans were really good as well. DH enjoyed his steak which came with rice and veggies. The cookie was really delicious and I devoured the whole thing without even letting DH taste it. Sorry honey! DH saved his pastry for breakfast the next morning. Overall, the Pepper Market was an insane value for the counter service credits. DH's steak alone was $18.95! The service was nice too, our server offered to refill our sodas for us before we left, got DH a to-go box and cleared our table. I think it's worth the 10% service charge. After lunch we walked around Coronado Springs, laid in a hammock and made the decision that we were going to stay there on our next trip!

Dinner was at Artist Point. We had a 5:30 ADR for when they opened. We got there around 5:30, maybe a couple of minutes late. There was a line to check in, but once we checked in we were seated immediately. We were seated next to a patio, so it was almost like a window view because the patio was not in use at the time. I was not super hungry, so I wanted to try to order something somewhat light. I decided to start with the Fresh Field Greens, which came with roasted beets, blue cheese, hazelnut gremolata and a blackberry vinaigrette. It was an excellent salad, the flavors were all very good and worked well together. It didn't know what gremolata was when I ordered the dish, it was like a crunchy garnish that you can see on the sides of my dish. It added a nice texture and flavor to the salad. DH decided on the Artist Point cheese plate, which was a goat cheese, a cheddar and a sharp cheese. I don't know the exact cheeses, sorry. It was accompanied by walnut toast, figs and riesling poached raisins. He also ordered a glass of wine, but I do not know what kind of wine it was. I believe it was a white wine, but I don't know the name of it. For my entree I was torn between the tenderloin and the scallops. I decided to order the scallops because it was lighter. The scallops came with 3 scallops, pan seared to perfection over a puree of apples and parsnip and shiitake shallot ragout which was surrounding the scallops on the plate. The scallops were so delicious, they were cooked perfectly, they were crisp on the outside, but not overly cooked in the middle. The shiitake ragout was delicious and the apple/parsnip puree was interesting. I wasn't expecting quite that texture, which was akin to an applesauce, but the flavors were nice. DH ordered the grilled buffalo sirloin steak which was served with an onion jam and a sweet potato/hazelnut gratin. DH ordered his steak medium rare and it came prepared as ordered. The flavor was really nice and the sweet potatoes were delicious. Neither one of us had ordered drinks with our meal (besides DH's wine), so we ordered cappuccinos with our dessert. I had vanilla syrup in mine, DH's was plain. The cappuccinos actually were quite good. I'm such a coffee snob, especially at WDW. I'll never forget going to Citricos and finding out that they serve Nescafe. Shameful. I decided on the berry cobbler for my dessert. The cake portion was like a biscuit, similar to correctly prepared strawberry shortcake. It was topped with raspberries, blackberries and blueberries and drizzled with what tasted like creme fraiche, but it wasn't noted on the menu, as well as a scoop of raspberry ice cream. I loved it! The cake was delicious, the berries were very fresh tasting, the creme fraiche added a balance to the sweetness and the ice cream was very tasty. DH ordered the apple tart, which came with a white chocolate ginger ice cream. The tart was good, the ice cream was good too, but did not taste very strongly of ginger. Overall, it was an excellent meal. We enjoyed everything and had great service. We did leave our server an additional tip beyond what the dining plan covered.

Day 9 is coming up!

 

[DisneyJo]

I'm glad you liked PM as we're staying at CSR in August so I love to hear good reviews!

 

[oybolshoi]

Artist Point looks and sounds yummy - the scallops looked especially tasty. DH and I are hoping to try this restaurant in October.

 

[princesstigerlilly]

I just read your whole thread! First it made me hungry, but now I'm sort of full, lol. You had some really nice looking meals, and some VERY nice looking meals. I can't wait for Day 9

 

[Belle5]

Thanks so much for posting your excellent reviews and photos!

 

[jimenyfan]

Thanks for the great reviews and pictures!!!

 

[2Pirates_1Princess]

I can't wait to eat at Le Cellier. It looks so tasty. Does anyone know where I can find a review of Tony's. I would like to see pictures, but can't seem to find anything. Thanks..

 

[Alice28]

I'm dying, just dying reading your reviews and looking at the pictures!

Strangely enough, I really want some WDW scrambled eggs, bacon, potatoes and a biscuit now!

 

[PrincessNED]

Great review - looking forward to more!!

 

[dawgfan]

Thanks for the review.

 

[Ilovemyprincesses]

Am I the only one that can't see the pictures?

 

[Terry's Angels]

Great reviews - for some reason I can't see the pictures, but the writing is so good, I read the entire post and could imagine the food just as well. Thanks for the sharing.

 

[MINNIEBOWSER]

I can't see the pictures either. But I am really enjoying the reviews. They are awsome .

 

[swankybeth]

It should be fixed now. Let me know if you still can't see the pictures.

 

[swankybeth]

Day 9

Breakfast-In the room we decided to share a creation I made from Goofy's Candy Company. It was a Mickey gingerbread cookie dipped in dark chocolate and covered in M & M's and sprinkles. It was so good, the cookie was soft and slightly chewy.

Then we decided to go down to the food court. DH had his blueberry pastry from Pepper Market plus a side of bacon. I had the kid's chocolate chip pancake platter w/bacon. A very nice man who had extra DDP meals left on his card graciously paid for our food for us. It was so nice and unexpected! Thank you! The pancakes were not good. I look at the pictures now and I still think they look yummy, but they didn't taste good. Very dry and almost flavorless despite the chocolate chips. The bacon was good of course, and DH enjoyed the pastry.

Lunch was at Beaches and Cream. We were at MGM and weren't feeling the selections there. We decided to take a walk over to Beaches and Cream for some lunch. We decided to pay oop for this meal because we didn't think it was a good value on the DDP. We were seated immediately. I decided on the single cheeseburger and DH ordered a hot dog. Both were served with fries. My burger was delicious and DH loved his hot dog, which had requested they grill well done. For dessert we decided to share a banana split. We had them add peanut butter topping instead of the butterscotch and skip the marshmallow topping. We enjoyed the dessert, but felt that the ice cream itself wasn't anything special. Next time I don't think we would order ice cream. We'll probably try Ghiradelli's instead. Overall, a really nice meal. We love the food there and it's so cute inside. It was also a really nice walk to and from MGM.

Dinner was at Raglan Road. We were both looking forward to trying this restaurant, as the menu seemed so good and the reviews were usually good. It turned out to be the biggest disappointment of the whole trip! We had an 8:15 ADR and we arrived just before. We were seated immediately. We decided to share a beer sampler. I don't remember the exact beers that were included, but I know that they weren't all new to me. I liked the hefenweisen the best out of the four. DH liked the Stella Artois the best. I just can't remember the other two beers, sorry. For our appetizer we decided to share the Dalkey Duo. This was listed under appetizers for sharing, so with the DDP we were only allowed to get one. The appetizer was battered and fried cocktail sausages with a mustardy dipping sauce. I didn't really care for this at all. I didn't like the way the sausages tasted and the breading was just very thick. I did like the dipping sauce, though. DH liked the sausages better than I did, but he didn't really like the sauce. For my entree I ordered Sod...The Stew. This was described on the menu as "beef stew infused with a hint of Guinness". I love beef stew, I love Guinness, I thought I was set. It turned out to be chunks of meat in a beef broth with carrots and potatoes with a side of string beans. I was not impressed. The best part of the dish were the carrots. The meat was very chewy and I didn't like the fact that the dish was brothy. I thought it would be a dish of stew with a thick tasty sauce. I barely touched my dish. DH ordered Kevin's Kudos, an oven roasted loin of bacon which was supposed to have some sort of glaze on it, with cabbage and potatoes. The glaze seemed to have been added after the dish was cooked and didn't add anything to the dish. Overall the meat was very bland. DH felt it tasted like ham you could buy in any supermarket. For a signature dish, that doesn't really say much about the chef, does it? For dessert we were allowed to get the dessert sampler, so that is what we had. It included the Bread and Butter pudding, Dunbrody Kiss and raspberry riot. The bread and butter pudding was excellent, the best part of the meal. The Dunbrody Kiss was okay, it was just very chocolately and un-original, I felt. The Raspberry Riot was okay. DH also ordered a glass of mead (honey wine). The mead was good, it was stronger than other ones we've tasted. Overall the meal did not meet our expectations at all. We were looking forward to trying this restaurant and it was just "eh". The restaurant itself is beautiful and we enjoyed the music, but the food came up short. The service was okay, nothing extraordinary. I don't know if we would try this one again. It's really too bad, because I thought we would have loved it.

 

[jess98ac]

Thanks for the pic of Sod...the Stew. We're planning to try RR this may (despite mixed reviews) and that sounded like something DH or I would love...now seeing it I think we'll try something else!!