Favorite Veg Meals/Character Dining

[ScrtSolstice]

Hey Everyone!

My other siblings and I are taking our youngest sister to DLR in October as a graduation present - super excited - but I have never been to DLR with a vegetarian. I have triple checked and she is a vegetarian (not vegan), but my other sister has said that she does occasionally eat fish (so potentially pescetarian - thanks for the tip ). Anyone out there have any vegetarian options that stand out? We won't be leaving DLR so anything outside of the parks/hotels/dt dis are out.

We will be staying at the Paradise Pier - Club level, and I hear that they have some veggie options in the lounge there. Most character breakfasts are buffet so I am assuming that will have alternatives available; since we are in PP I was leaning toward Surf's Up, anyone with experience out there?

I did some quick searches of the forums, but a lot of the links that others provided were no longer available. (and maybe something has changed) Any help or suggestions would be awesome

 

[planningjollyholiday]

My two absolute favourite vegetarian meals are the fried green tomato sandwich at the hungry bear in critter country. It is fantastic with a great view of the rivers of American. It is very relaxing there, and we love watching the ducks. My favourite quick service restaurant is the tangaroa terrace and the disneyland hotel. Awesome spot at night with tiki torches, live music and palm trees. They have a yummy tangaroa terrace tofu salad.

 

[theluckyrabbit]

Tangaroa Terrace also has a yummy poke dish, if your sister wants to try that. One of my vegetarian/pescatarian friends says that her all time favorite meal at DLR is the blackened mahi mahi (and the coconut shrimp, if that's on the menu) at the Jazz Kitchen in DtD.

 

[SMD]

Almost every location has something vegetarian on the menu (Harbour Galley and Coke a Corner are the 2 that off the top of my head don't). You can have her look at the menus online and see what works. The meal I have the most trouble with is breakfast. It seems like e everything has bacon or sausage except sweet items like french toast, which often has a lot of caramel and is too sweet for me. I will sometimes get things without the meat, but it ends up being some institutional eggs and bread a lot of the time. If you're going to go off site or have a meal in the room, breakfast is the one to do. You do have to pass DTD to get to PPH so it might be worth looking at what's there too.

I like the fried green tomato sandwich mentioned at Hungry Bear. In addition to the poke at Tangaroa Terrace the crispy tofu salad is really good. I liked the grilled veggie sandwich at Award Wieners, but the one at TLT is not as good. At Villiage House I order flat bread without the bacon or sometimes the apple and cheese salad. The other option there is a veggie burger, it's your standard garden burger type veggie burger, the same one is served elsewhere in the park. The vegan burger at Carnation is it's own patty. I had them leave off the veganaise, you could also add cheese. There's also the three cheese monte cristo at Cafe Orleans, which is way too much cheese for me, so I usually get the Crescent City salad there. Jolly Holiday has a caprese (not that great), a grilled cheese and tomato soup combo and a grilled veggie salad. You can order the grilled cheese a la carte or sub out for the other available soup.

Things I've tried that I would not recommend are the veggie tater bake at Flo's. It's like a shepherd's pie with fake meat crumbles, mashed potatoes and some processed cheese on top. The flavor wasn't horrible, but the texture and fake meat were bad. I get sides a la carte there instead. The macque choux at BB. Some people like it, it just wasn't good. At least they got rid of the black eyed pea relish. Anything at Wine Country Trattoria. The best thing about this place is it's never busy so you can walk up with a larger group and be seated. I have left disappointed each time.

 

[bumbershoot]

I have triple checked and she is a vegetarian (not vegan) so she does occasionally eat fish etc.

As a FWIW, by the most common definition of vegetarian, fish is NOT included. If you eat fish, then you're pescetarian. Or if you eat fish once a year like my husband you're a vegetarian who isn't vegetarian on that one day (and he doesn't identify as vegetarian on that day). If she SAID "vegetarian but I eat fish" that's one thing. That's what she's doing. She's confusing things for other vegetarians, but it's her diet that she's describing. But if she said "vegetarian" and you're assuming it means fish, quadruple check.

Vegan means you're vegetarian and you ALSO do not eat egg, animal milk, or honey.

Things I've tried that I would not recommend are the veggie tater bake at Flo's. It's like a shepherd's pie with fake meat crumbles, mashed potatoes and some processed cheese on top. The flavor wasn't horrible, but the texture and fake meat were bad.

Oh I agree with you sooo much. Except for the flavor. We felt that the flavor was bad as well.



Gonna chime in with more love for the fried green tomato sandwich.

 

[Eclectic Goddess]

Another vote for the Fried Green Tomato sandwich at Hungry Bear. (Now if only they'd be OPEN when we're there!) The Tangaroa salad is also delicious.

If you're looking for a nicer meal, Carthay Circle doesn't always have something vegetarian on the menu, but they will make a special meal if she lets the server know, and they will make it to her specifications. Quite a few of the restaurants will be able to offer her something even if there's nothing written on the menu. Some of the best meals I've have at DLR have been off-menu.

 

[MommyJKM]

My DD is Pescetarian and there are always fish and vegetarian options at every restaurant...even for a pre-schooler.
She also may want to ask for substitutions.
My DD loves the Shrimp Louis salad at Paradise Pier and if she's not in the mood for the shrimp we ask for it on the side and I eat it.

But you may be surprised how often you can sub tofu in for anything at the sit down restaurants. Your pescetarian will be fine

 

[ScrtSolstice]

Things I've tried that I would not recommend are the veggie tater bake at Flo's. It's like a shepherd's pie with fake meat crumbles, mashed potatoes and some processed cheese on top. The flavor wasn't horrible, but the texture and fake meat were bad. I get sides a la carte there instead. The macque choux at BB. Some people like it, it just wasn't good. At least they got rid of the black eyed pea relish. Anything at Wine Country Trattoria. The best thing about this place is it's never busy so you can walk up with a larger group and be seated. I have left disappointed each time.

Just reading this makes me want to tell her to avoid it - doesn't sound good at all. Thanks for the heads up!

As a FWIW, by the most common definition of vegetarian, fish is NOT included. If you eat fish, then you're pescetarian. Or if you eat fish once a year like my husband you're a vegetarian who isn't vegetarian on that one day (and he doesn't identify as vegetarian on that day). If she SAID "vegetarian but I eat fish" that's one thing. That's what she's doing. She's confusing things for other vegetarians, but it's her diet that she's describing. But if she said "vegetarian" and you're assuming it means fish, quadruple check.

That is a great point! It could be that my other sister is confused. When I asked J - she said vegetarian, but then when I asked our other sister she had mentioned that J occassionally eats fish... so they could be conflicting reports. I can just let her decide food when she gets there, I just wanted to forward her some options so that I could make reservations if needed. Thanks

If you're looking for a nicer meal, Carthay Circle doesn't always have something vegetarian on the menu, but they will make a special meal if she lets the server know, and they will make it to her specifications.

I'm glad that someone mentioned Carthay. I had heard that they can sometimes subsitute so this is brilliant. Carthay is the only restaurant that I haven't done for WOC dinning package; which would put more restrictions on it, but we will see thanks!

 

[azdisneylover]

For breakfast, there are a few places that serve oatmeal. Jamba Juice, I believe has oatmeal on their breakfast menu. A smoothie would be a good morning pick me up too.

 

[Biffette]

The Greek Salad at Paradise Garden Grill is huge and delicious.

 

[hpfan100]

I've been to the land many times and am a strict vegetarian. Here are some of my favorites.

DLR- tomato sandwich at hungry bear ( great location too) , grilled cheese and tomato soup combo at jolly holiday with a Matterhorn macaron for dessert, veggie sandwich at tomorrowland, Mickey bar and popcorn for snacks

DCA- bread at boudin bakery with or without soup, tofu and rice at Asian place on wharf, bean burrito on the wharf is ok, salad at Boardwalk pizza is my favorite quick bite, carthay circle has great options and will customize if needed, wine country trattoria has good pasta options but service is slower than snails

DTD- salad at rainforest cafe, earl of sandwich has tons of options, la brea bakery has many options, tortilla joes has a vegetarian menu, ESPN zone has a few yummy salads


You can eat breakfast at the club level at the pier. We've done that many times and enjoyed it. They had suckers PB and J sandwiches at lunch/dinner times, tons of veggies and fruit, a few of the hot items were also veggie friendly.

You'll find plenty of options for everyone to enjoy. California is a very vegetarian friendly state