Garden Grove Question

[AandCMom]

I just made a dinner dining reservation for my family at Garden Grove, this is my first visit to Disney and was wondering if this was a good choice for a character dinner.

 

[Caretames1]

I just made a dinner dining reservation for my family at Garden Grove, this is my first visit to Disney and was wondering if this was a good choice for a character dinner.

Do you mean the Garden Grill in Epcot? If so, Yes! It a great choice. We had great character interaction (Chip & Dale came twice!) and the food is amazing! All fresh ingredients from the Living with the Land area! To me, it felt very cozy as well.

 

[dogodisney]

I just made a dinner dining reservation for my family at Garden Grove, this is my first visit to Disney and was wondering if this was a good choice for a character dinner.

Do you mean the Garden Grill in Epcot? If so, Yes! It a great choice. We had great character interaction (Chip & Dale came twice!) and the food is amazing! All fresh ingredients from the Living with the Land area! To me, it felt very cozy as well.

The Garden Grove is a character meal at the Swan/Dolphin Hotels.

I have not eaten here so cannot comment on it.

 

[eangel12]

I just made a dinner dining reservation for my family at Garden Grove, this is my first visit to Disney and was wondering if this was a good choice for a character dinner.

Do a search of Garden Grove under Disney restaurants...lots of comments and most of them VERY positive!!

 

[Robert P]

I just made a dinner dining reservation for my family at Garden Grove, this is my first visit to Disney and was wondering if this was a good choice for a character dinner.

Garden Grove at the Swan is an excellent non park choice for character meals. We've not seen it more than 50% full at breakfast, and less than that at dinner. The characters aren't rushed, like happens at Crystal Palace or Chef Mickey's, and we usually get them coming around at least 3 times during a meal.
The food is good (breakfast is best bet IMHO), and the character interaction is top notch and plentiful. Be sure to take your camera.

 

[Figaro972]

we love Garden Grove but look at the menu because they serve different types of foods different nights. Mediteranean on fridays and the other nights alternate from seafood and BBQ i believe. check out the menu on Swans website.

 

[RichmondTiggerFan]

Garden Grove is also excellent if you like the Lion King. On Monday/Friday nights, the characters are Timon & Rafiki.

 

[AandCMom]

Thank you everyone for all your helpful information, we are really excited about our first trip to Disney World!!!

 

[webprinter]

We went on the Southern BBQ and it was good. The desserts and breads were fabulous. We will go back.

 

[minushka72]

I was able to get a $25 restaurant.com gift certificate for Garden Grove. I am not sure if it is available to use for all meals there but that is something to think about to save some money. (I got it for $2 when I clicked the link on Mousesavers website.) Maybe just call the restaurant to make sure you can use it for any night. I forget what the fine print stated but it was something along the lines of not able to be used for special events...Does a character meal count as a "special event"? and which nights are character meals? or is that every night?

Since the certificates do not expire, I got 2 of them for whenever our next trip is. (Most likely next April, although I have not booked it yet.)