I have to say I agree with you. Ate at Flying Fish in August and while the food was excellent our server would NOT leave us alone. I was dining alone with DS5 and maybe he thought I needed an adult to talk to? No clue. I wanted to enjoy my dinner with my son and he would come to our table every 5 minutes or less and talk incessantly. It was incredibly annoying.
I do not care for chatty servers! I'm a nice customer; tip well.
I agree with both these posts! I go with my family to WDW several times a year, but also try to get in 1-2 solo trips each year, where I can just relax and do my own thing. I do fine socializing with a crowd, but am just as happy on my own. I don't know why waiters can't understand that. If I'm dining alone I always bring my camera to go through and delete pictures, as well as my Kindle. I hate it when a waiter assumes I want company and won't leave me alone, no matter how many times I tell them I'm fine. I usually tell them at the beginning of the meal that if they keep my water glass full, they can just ignore me and I'll be perfectly fine. Nope, for some reason they always assume a solo diner wants company. What really irritates me though are the ones that sit down with you or worse the ones that go down on one knee beside you. I was once eating a nice quiet lunch at House of Blues, when my waitress decided to sit down and chat. I felt like just saying 'go away, I don't want to entertain you'.
California Grill used to have a waiter that I swear I got every time. He always went down on one knee to talk to me about the menu. I'd draw back and frown at him, but he never seemed to take the hint to back off. This happened there three times in a row. On the fourth trip, before I was escorted to my table, I specifically told the waitress I did not want that waiter. She asked me why and said he was one of their best waiters. I told her I didn't want to be rude, but they needed to tell him that not everyone appreciated his bending on one knee right next to them and not all solo diners needed to be entertained with all of his stories. Some of us just wanted to be left alone to enjoy our meal. Keep my water glass full and bring out the courses in a timely manner and I'll be friendly and tip well, but don't expect me to entertain you, don't crowd me, and I don't want to be entertained.
WDW restaurants have nose-dived.
I will say.....Universal's onsite eateries, by and large....flat out hammered WDW's last trip. No comparison.
I agree! Mythos over at IoA in Universal has been voted the top theme park restaurant on Orlando for how many years in a row now? I could eat there every day and their prices are so much better than Disney's. The blueberry crusted pork chop they used to have on the menu was devine, along with their banana molten chocolate cake. The chef's pasta of the day is always good too. We also love Finegan's over Universal Studios. Irish food! Yum!!! Even their counter services are good. We love the platter at Three Broomsticks with a glass of frozen butterbeer. I forgot where I was exactly, but I got some very good Korean BBQ tacos when I was over there this past Sept too. I also got a good paella over at one of their City Walk restaurants one night. We always have to eat at Bubba Gumps and even Margaritaville has some of the best nachos, fried pickles, and shrimp/crab dip around.
When I was there in Sept I had a steak at Jakes over at Royal Pacific Resort that would knock any steak I've ever had at WDW out of the water. It had some grilled asparagus and sweet potato hash with it that was soooo good too. Oooh, I drooled as I savoured every delicious bite. The waiter came by and even made a comment that it looked like I was really enjoying that steak. I told him I was from Texas, so knew good steaks and that was definitely one of the best I've ever had. I also had a wonderful meal at Emeril's Chop Chop at Royal Pacific that trip. It was another meal that I really took my time and savored every single bite. I haven't had any meals like that at WDW in several years now. Yeah, over all we much prefer the restaurants over at Universal/City Walk.