From Bride to Bridapotamus, 6 Days of Magical Deluxe Dining with the Hubs! Day 5* 8/4

[hogwartsdropout]

Those pizzas look so good! I love all your pictures.

 

[MrsB1228]

First of all, congratulations!! You and Scott are a very cute couple!

Thanks so much for your reviews and wonderful pictures, I'm enjoying it immensely! POFQ is our favourite resort, glad you enjoyed it as well.

Looking forward to the next installment.

 

[Sazzo'sMommy]

Congratulations and Best Wishes on your marriage! Your food reviews are awesome! Thanks for all the pictures, and especially those from Via Napoli!

 

[KatieCollette]

I'm in! I haven't gotten past page one yet, but you had me hooked as soon as I saw your rating system. I'll read over the rest of the posts so far in the morning. Can't wait!

 

[hurleysweety]

Congrats and thanks for sharing your reviews. Its making me hungry! Can't wait to read more!

 

[DaisyMaisie]

So since I started reading your reviews, we decided POFQ would be a great choice for us, and I have booked Ohana!

Thanks

Michelle

 

[bigal'sdaughter]

Congratulations and much happiness always! Y'all are such a beautiful couple and I am really enjoying your reviews....
Every time DD and I see a Via Napoli report we BOTH just get more and more excited!!!

 

[mamaprincess]

I was dead at your title but your rating system gave me new life.
Congratulations on your marriage and wonderful Disneymoon and on the deluxe dining plan which is my dream... Ohana is my fave and with a wishes view. I always roll out of there like an emotional busted can of biscuits.

 

[Reign]

Just to clarify, the lemon slush in the France Pavillion is made with Grey Goose, the orange is made with Grand Marnier. I have had both and they are both really good.

 

[Hayley94]

subbing!!! really good reviews so far, love the rating system!

 

[Secretselkie]

Great report so Far! and Congrats on your Marriage ;-)

 

[Cin]

Congratulations! Wishing you the best as you start your new life together.

 

[librarygeek]

Vicki, I'm still waiting for the promised Le Cellier review that you mentioned in your TR!

I'm actually quite curious what happened with this meal!

 

[KristiLyn]

Vicki, I'm still waiting for the promised Le Cellier review that you mentioned in your TR!

I'm actually quite curious what happened with this meal!

I second this!!!

 

[Bickimook2]

Vicki, I'm still waiting for the promised Le Cellier review that you mentioned in your TR!

I'm actually quite curious what happened with this meal!

I second this!!!

Sorry girls I got caught up, haha! Here we go!

Day 2 Part 2

After we left the French bakery, we stopped to see a couple of shows and went trough the UK to make our way to Canada for our Le Cellier ressie. Now a bit of a disclaimer here, our experiences here are that of our own, everything we say is subjective, with that being said here we go:

We arrived at Le Cellier about 10 mins early

I was super excited to eat here, because this place is so hard to get a ressie for, in fact I have been trying since our first trip in 2008 to eat here so when I got in about a month before our honeymoon I was really excited. We were greeted by the hosts and handed a buzzer. We only waited for about 5 mins before we were seated. This restaurant has a very romantic feel, it's dark and lit by candles, which makes it feel very warm and cozy.

With our meal plan we both got an appetizer, entree, dessert, and a non alcoholic drink. We both ordered the signature Cheese soup.

For me the soup was ok. I think I really got my hopes up because I had wanted to eat here so badly so I was really put off to find that it wasn't the best cheese soup I have ever had. I don't like spicy things and this had a little kick to it that I didn't care for. Scott liked his, but he felt he probably could have ordered something a little better. We both gave this a 2

While we were eating our soup our server, who was very nice, got us the 3 breads that they serve here. (Sorry about the blurry image it was hard to get a good shot because it was kind of dark in here)

I can't remember exactly what the breads are, but I know one is the pretzel bread and there is a grain bread in there too. I also knew coming here that the pretzel bread is what everyone raves about so I had to try it...well to me, I have had better. The first time I tried pretzel bread was about a month before our trip at a local bakery and it was amazing. I didn't feel like the bread here held the same standard. I didn't eat much, Scott felt the same way. Neither one of us had more than one bite of the other 2.

For our entrees Scott ordered the Filet Mignon with mushroom risotto

Scott said that he liked his, but he had had better and for the price it was he didn't feel like it tasted like anything special. He said that the meat itself was good, but it was a little bland and he did not like his risotto at all. He felt the rice was too gummy and undercooked. He gave this a 1.5

I got the Medallions of Beef Tenderloin - beef with caramelized onions and french fries

I guess when I was reading the menu when I ordered I didn't realize that I would be getting french fries instead of a regular potato dish, because when they came I was confused that such a laid back dish would be served at this type of restaurant, but I was game and gave it a try. I tried the beef first. The beef was good, but not amazing. It was a little undercooked then what I ordered and didn't have much flavor. I only ate one piece of the two they gave me. I then tried my fries...I think I had it in my mouth 2 seconds before I was done. It tasted like it was marinaded in vinegar and drenched in seasalt. I did not like it at all. I know it wasn't just in my head because the couple next to us ordered, to the letter, what we ordered. The wife ate one piece of her beef medallion and none of her fries and her husband didn't touch his risotto either. I was so disappointed because this place was really expensive and though we were on the dining plan we still had to pay tip on top of what the dinner cost out of pocket so I was not happy. I sent back the fries and asked for a different potato dish. Our server, who was super accommodating, told me that they had scalloped potatoes and I love those so I ordered them.

When I got it, I tried it and though it wasn't as bad as the fries, it still wasn't very tasty. I gave the overall entree a 1.

After our entrees were weren't that excited to order dessert, but it was on the plan so we did. I ordered the trio of chocolate

This was a very sweet touch on their part to congratulate us, but I was less than impressed by the overall look of the plate. All I ate was the red piece of sugar on top of the ice cream and the piece on chocolate to the right in the picture. The chocolate was dark, which I did not know otherwise I would have ordered something else and it just didn't taste very well. I gave it a .5

Scott ordered the lemon cheesecake

He didn't like this at all. As with mine, he was not impressed with the presentation and the cheesecake was very, very, tart he said to the point that he really didn't eat much. He gave his a .5

We left a good tip because the server was awesome, but we left unsatisfied and disappointed. I think I got my hopes up really high for this place and put it on a pedestal and was really let down to find that it wasn't as good as I hoped it would be. I don't think we will be coming back.

After we left the restaurant we walked around the world for a bit and checked out some shops, by then it was almost time for our Le Hacienda ressie (we got one in order to get a drink and watch the fireworks!)

We got here about 30mins early and I crossed my fingers that we would get in early...well we didn't haha! We were seated right 7:30 and requested a window seat for the fireworks. We were told you can see Illuminations in about 80% of the restaurant so we were ok that we weren't exactly by one of the windows. Once we sat down Scott ordered a appetizer and I ordered a drink and a dessert. Scott ordered the Queso Fundido - which was cheeses and tortillas

Scott really liked this a lot. He loved the cheese and the spices, everything. He gave it a 2

I ordered strawberry blended daiquiri

and the Empanada

The daiquiri was very tasty, I gave it a 2 The Emapanada was very good. It was warm and delicious and sweet I gave it a 2. After we finished up Illuminations started.

We have never watched the show inside before so it was a really unique and pleasant experience. We would definitely come back again.

After the show we waited for about 30mins for the park to clear and then headed back to our resort.

Up next, my favorite...HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS!!!!!

 

[disneydreaminA115]

You know, I've been hearing so many bad reviews of Le Cellier, I canceled my ressie last week - reading this review has only made me all the more confident in my decision! I'm bummed though that your pics aren't showing up for me

 

[sjs314]

The pictures are not showing up for me either . Otherwise good review, I recently switched our dinner ressie to a lunch in favor of eating at Les Chefs for dinner. Sorry the meal was so disappointing, I hope we fair better or I am going to be upset after all the stalking of the Disney site to get the ADR.


I had an ADR for La Hacienda but ended up cancelling it just not enough time to go everywhere I want to this trip, I would love me some good mexican too. Thanks for the review.

 

[Bickimook2]

Hey all I don't know what's going on with my pictures photobucket is acting up again. I am going to re-upload to another photosharing site and see if that helps. Hopefully I can get this resolved soon.

 

[Bickimook2]

We are back online everyone! Thanks for alerting me to the problem

 

[lsmommy]

Yum, that queso looks really delicious!