(Free) Disney Dining Defeats Us (with pics)!!! 5/26 Coral Reef, Beaches and Cream

[Krissalee]

I'm really enjoying your reviews. Thanks for taking the time to share them!

I noticed the t-shirts in the background! So cute! Love them!

 

[HonnyDipp]

I'm loving your reviews! Keep them coming!

 

[luvpooh]

thanks for your reviews. I noticed in one review you mentioned you ate at the ESPN Club, but I don't see it in your list of places to be reviewed. Are you going to review it, I'm very interested to hear about their new menu options and food!

 

[jeminni]

Great reviews. I'm also loving your husbands tshirts in the background. Did you get the designs on here?

 

[KatMark]

I was most excited about this ADR because of all the hype and the inability to book it for most people!

We had never eaten here, so I had no idea what to expect besides a good filet!

At the top of the menu they had a special (taken from allears.net) $29.99:
Appetizers (choose 1)
Mixed Field Greens
Canadian Cheddar Cheese Soup
Spicy Chicken and Chipotle Sausage

Entrées (choose 1)
Salmon "BLT"
Grilled Steak Salad
Porcini Mushroom Ravioli
Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken
Shaved Prime Rib Sandwich on toasted ciabatta

Desserts (choose 1)
Maple Crème Brulee
Canadian Chocolate Moose
Seasonal Sorbet

Dh decided to do this and I was VERY happy because I was going to order the cheese soup anyway.

So for an appetizer, besides the bread they bring to your table (which I forgot to take a photo of), we had the soup and shared it. Oh how I wish I didn't have to share it! It was soooooooooooooo good! Especially with the pretzel bread dipped in it. The pretzel bread was my favorite of the 3 kinds they brought.

Dh had this:

Porcini Mushroom Ravioli
It must have been good because he ate ALL of it!

I had this:

Mushroom Filet but I swapped out the risotto for cream cheese mashed potatoes which were out of this world! The flavor was so good. Now for all of you on the fence mushroom people, I myself do not eat them! But I gave it a shot and it was great. I think because of the sauce they cook the mushrooms in, they didn't even taste like mushrooms. The steak was so nice and tender and cooked perfectly for me. I ate it ALL, including all of the mushrooms! Minus one piece I let dh try.

Here are our desserts:

Dh got the seasonal sorbet, which was mandarin orange. It was good.
I got the new york style cheesecake with the fruit compote. This was also good, especially the strawberry compote! I could have licked this off the plate! (But I didn't)

Overall, this was my favorite meal of the trip, and our waiter Kurt was very good (not to mention nice to look at!). I believe he has gone back to Canada though because his Visa was up. We definitely will be back assuming we can get ADRs.

Totally agree with your review of LeCellier. It was by far our best meal of the trip (our 4th time dining here and never a bad meal or service yet). I could make a meal of the soup and the bread but, I too, had the mushroom filet. But, unlike you, I didn't eat the mushrooms--just can't do it...plus I had to have room left for the Chocolate on Chocolate Whiskey Cake. So glad you enjoyed.

 

[Lynn5700]

Awesome reviews!!! I get the pasta at Tutto Italia all the time!! It's so good.

 

[Disneymom77]

So far so good!! Can't wait until you update!! This is your cousin by the way. I finally found you on here!

 

[devonsmommy]

Sorry! I have been so busy lately that this had to take a backseat. I do promise to come back and finish it!

 

[SunnieRN]

Sorry to hear you ended up spending time in the br. Hope that part was short lived.
Really enjoying your report and looking forward to more.

Happy anniversary!

 

[devonsmommy]

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaackkkkkkkk!

Okay, onto the next review.

 

[devonsmommy]

Great reviews. I'm also loving your husbands tshirts in the background. Did you get the designs on here?

Yes! The gals here were so great and helpful!

 

[devonsmommy]

I thought it would be nice to make an ADR here so we could watch some Sunday football. So did a hundred other people! We waited probably an hour before we snagged a table in the bar area, and the line for the dining room was about a 2 hour wait.

Anywho...

I had the Ribs with fries.

These were good, but not super.

Dh had the Macho Nachos.

These were pretty good as well.

We also had a pitcher of Yuengling, and for dessert I had the Rocky Road Chocolate Cake.

We only used 1 TS credit here for my meal, and paid the rest OOP.

I think I would only come back here if we were here during football again. It was nice to see a different part of Disney where we never have been.

 

[TigerKat]

Ah, ESPN Club...no trip is complete until DH has had his hot wings and I've had a Bloody Mary!

 

[devonsmommy]

So next up is Planet Hollywood. I had read some pretty bad reviews, and actually have eaten here in the past. And since we got the $15.00 gift certificiate, I didn't want that to go to waste, so we gave it another whirl. Since today was our day off and our DTD/Pleasure Island night, we decided to have a late dinner there.

Dh had the VIP Platter: Our famous Chicken Crunch, Buffalo Wings, Texas Tostados and Spinach dip (Serves Four) $18.99

He had this as his meal, and our waitress reluctantly allowed us to use the $15.00 gift certificate towards this, and we paid the difference OOP. Although this looks tasty, it really wasn't. The only thing that was okay were the Texas tostados. Everything else was REALLY tasteless!

I had the Chicken Fajitas.

We used 1 TS credit for my meal.
These were also very tasteless.

And for dessert, we shared the Key Lime Pie.

This was way too sweet and I only ate a couple of bites.

Overall, we did not like this meal AT ALL. And in fact, we won't be returning here anytime soon.
It's also super loud, and the servers definitely aren't friendly. Ours was nice enough to let us combine, but she was a little bit snooty.

This was the night that all of the food finally caught up with us, and dh got extremely sick in the middle of the night. So much so, that I had to cancel our ADR at Cape May for breakfast.

 

[devonsmommy]

Because we cancelled our ADR at Cape May for this morning, we decided to sleep in a little and head to DTD to try Wolfgang Puck Express. We had eaten here twice before on this trip, but really wanted to try breakfast since we loved the food so much.

Dh had the Applewood Smoked Bacon Pizza - scrambled eggs, Niman Ranch Bacon, mozzarella and cheddar cheese and Ranch Dressing $8.95

This was REALLY good! But he only ate about half of it because it's so big!

I had the Denver, Denver - peppers, ham, onions, mushrooms, cheddar and mozzarella cheeses $10.95 served with garlic roasted potatoes.
For some reason, I don't have a picture of this. It was good, and the potatoes were excellent! I also ate only about half because it was so much. We probably should have gotten one entree and split it!

 

[mt mommy]

Being sick from food is TERRIBLE! I hope your DH was ok......

Great reviews, can't wait to hear about the rest!

 

[BreTyPres87]

I like old reviews being resurrected because i'm too lazy to go but so many pages back GREAT REVIEWS! I think Planet Hollywood is probably really struggling but if the food isn't so great 15 dollars isn't going to bring people in! The food in the pic doesn't even look so great to me, but that WPE breakfast *drool*

 

[angelsmith52]

Everything looks so good. I hate it that planet hollywood was so bad!

 

[darthtatty]

great reviews cant wait to read more.

i loved your anniversary badge, where did you get it?
we're going in May and id love to get one for our trip.

 

[jennipooh]

So next up is Planet Hollywood. I had read some pretty bad reviews, and actually have eaten here in the past. And since we got the $15.00 gift certificiate, I didn't want that to go to waste, so we gave it another whirl. Since today was our day off and our DTD/Pleasure Island night, we decided to have a late dinner there.

Dh had the VIP Platter: Our famous Chicken Crunch, Buffalo Wings, Texas Tostados and Spinach dip (Serves Four) $18.99

He had this as his meal, and our waitress reluctantly allowed us to use the $15.00 gift certificate towards this, and we paid the difference OOP. Although this looks tasty, it really wasn't. The only thing that was okay were the Texas tostados. Everything else was REALLY tasteless!

I had the Chicken Fajitas.

We used 1 TS credit for my meal.
These were also very tasteless.

And for dessert, we shared the Key Lime Pie.

This was way too sweet and I only ate a couple of bites.

Overall, we did not like this meal AT ALL. And in fact, we won't be returning here anytime soon.
It's also super loud, and the servers definitely aren't friendly. Ours was nice enough to let us combine, but she was a little bit snooty.

This was the night that all of the food finally caught up with us, and dh got extremely sick in the middle of the night. So much so, that I had to cancel our ADR at Cape May for breakfast.

Just curious..... do you know why was the waitress reluctant to allow you to use the $15 voucher and put the rest on the DP?

I ask because I was thinking about trying Planet Hollywood on our upcoming trip and doing the same thing. That way, the voucher would not go to waste and ds and I would share at another restaurant, as well, to balance out our credits.

DB and his family have tried PH and they said the chicken crunch was very yummy and the VIP platter was just what I was thinking of using the voucher towards!!! If there is a chance they won't take our voucher then I need to rethink this.

Thanks