Garden Grill or Via Napoli

[amytaylor2]

My boys LOVE pizza but I think the character interaction at Garden Grill would be fun. I've heard good things about both places. Which would you recommend on our 1 Epcot day for dinner?

 

[piccolopat]

Why not share a pizza for lunch and then Garden Grill for dinner? If I had to choose one or the other, I would suggest Garden Grill. Most people can get good pizza at home but you will only get this character dining at WDW.

 

[Crystal824]

If you aren't doing any other character meals, I would say GG. I don't think the food at GG is that great. It is ok but not great. If you are doing other character meals, I would go Via Napoli.

 

[amytaylor2]

I'm planning on doing Chef Mickey's, Tusker House breakfast and 1900 Park Fare as well.

 

[ChasingLeslie]

I agree with @piccolopat ...split a pizza at VN for lunch and do GG for dinner (or the opposite: GG for lunch and split a pizza before fireworks).

 

[ilovevacation]

Gg hands down

 

[rg35]

GG is great - the character interactions there are fantastic. Lunch wasn't crowded at all, which probably helped since they were able to spend more time at each table and come around multiple times.

 

[DVC_Dad_Canada]

Be sure your family can handle the movement in GG. one of my daughters just could not get that out of her head, no matter how hard we tried, and was almost sick to her stomach. We have to leave and eat downstairs at Sunshine Seasons.

 

[amytaylor2]

Be sure your family can handle the movement in GG. one of my daughters just could not get that out of her head, no matter how hard we tried, and was almost sick to her stomach. We have to leave and eat downstairs at Sunshine Seasons.

I was actually a little worried about this for myself. I get motion sick very easy. Is the rotation very noticible?

 

[DVC_Dad_Canada]

I was actually a little worried about this for myself. I get motion sick very easy. Is the rotation very noticible?

It's one of those things that you don't notice it unless it bothers you, then you can't stop noticing.

 

[pinkfairy1684]

I would do what others suggest and grab a pizza for lunch and do GG for dinner. The food isn't the best on property, but I thought it was very good. And the character interactions are great!

 

[dkrauss]

Very different experiences. My wife and I love character meals which is why we did Garden Grill. We did breakfast at around 9am.........during the WDW 1/2 Marathon. Park was not very crowded neither was the restaurant. We loved the character interaction and found the food to be above good

We've had Dinner at Via Napoli (have an ADR for our first night during our up coming June trip ) Busy resturant where the pizza is made in stone ovens...........different than what we normally get here in NJ. However, we found the pizza to be quite good.......and worth the expense........although we'll get a personal pizza and split it this time. A whole pizza was just to much for 2 of us. We loved the atmosphere too.........the waiters are from Italy and give you that feel of being there. We were celebrating our anniversary when we ate there last time and our waiter in helping us celebrate brought over a small cake and sang................Happy Birthday. He was really from Italy.........guess it didn't translate well for him...........but we loved it

So my point is..........very different experiences but both worth it!

Doug

 

[rg35]

My major complaint about Via Napoli is that the crust is floppy. The style of pizza they are making there should really have a crisper crust.

 

[Micca]

I'm planning on doing Chef Mickey's, Tusker House breakfast and 1900 Park Fare as well.

Cancel CM and go for GG.

 

[Vernon Wolfe]

Love Garden Grill. I've even done it solo which was a fun time.

 

[Hopefully]

I'm planning on doing Chef Mickey's, Tusker House breakfast and 1900 Park Fare as well.

With these ADRs I would choose Via Napoli

 

[ddluvsdisney]

LOVE Via Napoli!!! Dinner at GG is not as good as it used to be, but characters are great.
If I had to choose one- Via Napoli all the way!

 

[amytaylor2]

Very different experiences. My wife and I love character meals which is why we did Garden Grill. We did breakfast at around 9am.........during the WDW 1/2 Marathon. Park was not very crowded neither was the restaurant. We loved the character interaction and found the food to be above good

We've had Dinner at Via Napoli (have an ADR for our first night during our up coming June trip ) Busy resturant where the pizza is made in stone ovens...........different than what we normally get here in NJ. However, we found the pizza to be quite good.......and worth the expense........although we'll get a personal pizza and split it this time. A whole pizza was just to much for 2 of us. We loved the atmosphere too.........the waiters are from Italy and give you that feel of being there. We were celebrating our anniversary when we ate there last time and our waiter in helping us celebrate brought over a small cake and sang................Happy Birthday. He was really from Italy.........guess it didn't translate well for him...........but we loved it

So my point is..........very different experiences but both worth it!

Doug

Haha! Well at least they tried to celebrate with you!

 

[amytaylor2]

Thank you everyone for the input!

 

[AtlantaDisneyDreamer]

Via Napoli could disappoint those with certain expectations about what pizza should be. The crust is very different than typical pizza. My girls did not like it very much (I loved it).

I would go to GG. You can eat at places like Via Napoli in many cities across the country. GG is only at Disney.