Gluten Free Dining Plan Reviews

[SueM in MN]

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Just wanted to mention that there is a link to this thread in post #3 of the disABILITIES FAQs thread if you are looking for it in the future.
It is in the Dietary information under Specific Conditions or Concerns.

 

[minniejack]

I pasting this wow that I posted on the Yacht club thread

We haven't even checked in yet and I might have to change my siggie to say Disney Goddess!! Just got a phone call from the Yacht club concierge to call Disney dining due to gluten allergies and the club level choices. And, Wow, unbelievable! They will meet with us and I'm not sure if I should post how they will accommodate us, so if you have celiac problems and are on club level pm me and you will be very happy.

But I definitely know that we will not be going to Uni except as a day trip any time soon. Maybe on future trips one day to get the express passes included with the rooms, but any future trips will be Disney's Yacht club!

But if I changed my siggie, I'd be a T.H.U.D.

Whoops I guess I wouldn't: T.H.D.G.--just doesn't look right.

 

[itradehilton]

Please let everyone know what accommodations they made in regards to the Club level stay. It helps to share with everyone the possibilities that exist in Disneyworld. On Monday I faxed over to Special diets are reservations and got an email back the same day letting me know that she will inform the chefs.

 

[itradehilton]

We changed our plans and now are doing 2 weeks of DxDDP. We now have reservations at

Le Cellar (dinner)
Brown Derby (lunch)
Flying fish (dinner)
Tokoyo Dinning (lunch)
Cape May (dinner)
Cinderellas Royal Table (lunch)
Yachtsmans (dinner)
Les Chefs de France (dinner)
50's Prime Time (lunch)
Boma (2 breakfast & 1 Dinner)
Jiko (dinner)
Sci-Fi (lunch)
Coral Reef (lunch)
Crystal Palace (breakfast)
Yak -n-Yeti (lunch)
Kona Cafe (breakfast and dinner)
California Grill (twice)
Hoop Dee Doo
Rose & Crown (dinner)
Narcoossee (dinner)
o'hana (breakfast)
Wolfgang Puck Cafe (lunch x2)

May the feasting begin.

 

[misch88]

I hope you have a wonderful time. Chef TJ works at Poly for both Kona and Ohana, he is definitely one of the best chefs in all of WDW. He goes above and beyond to make special diet meals look/taste as good if not better than the regular food. When I was at Ohana he made me a special dessert and a little boy at a nearby table had a fit because he wanted my dessert! It was delicious, he is so good for GF food. Disney is great in general, but Chef TJ and Chef Ron (at Saratoga Springs) are by far the best in my opinion.

 

[EDuke98080]

I hope you have a wonderful time. Chef TJ works at Poly for both Kona and Ohana, he is definitely one of the best chefs in all of WDW. He goes above and beyond to make special diet meals look/taste as good if not better than the regular food. When I was at Ohana he made me a special dessert and a little boy at a nearby table had a fit because he wanted my dessert! It was delicious, he is so good for GF food. Disney is great in general, but Chef TJ and Chef Ron (at Saratoga Springs) are by far the best in my opinion.

Kona is one of our favs for GF - Chef Noah there too is great! Also Chef RON at SSR totally rocks! Have him make you chicken fingers and onion rings (yes GF!) and tell him the Duke's say hi!

 

[misch88]

Kona is one of our favs for GF - Chef Noah there too is great! Also Chef RON at SSR totally rocks! Have him make you chicken fingers and onion rings (yes GF!) and tell him the Duke's say hi!

I don't think I ever had Chef Noah or if I have, I can't remember. I'll be at Disney next week so when I go to Ohana, I'm hoping I'll have Chef TJ or now Chef Noah . If I see Chef Ron I will definitely say hello for you. I absolutely adore that man. SSR is my home resort too so I usually see him a lot, but we're staying at BWV this time. I usually get gf buffalo chicken tenders that are so good. I never had the onion rings, but will probably ask for them next time. Thanks for the tips!

 

[valree]

I usually get gf buffalo chicken tenders that are so good. I never had the onion rings, but will probably ask for them next time.

Are the buffalo chicken tenders at the Turf Club? They sound delicious! What else is good to get there?

We changed our plans and now are doing 2 weeks of DxDDP. We now have reservations at...

May the feasting begin.

When is your trip? I can't wait for you to come back and tell us how your meals were!

 

[itradehilton]

We are now into our second week of our trip and have had great experiences so far except for Chefs de France and Wolfgang Puck express. In both places the chef would not come out and the wait staff pointed to only a couple menu items that they said were GF "according to the Chef". The BEST service so far has been at the Yahtsman. We liked it so much we changed our last days reservation to the Yahtsman. I have been taking plenty of pictures for my dining review. Will get to that next week.

 

[misch88]

Are the buffalo chicken tenders at the Turf Club? They sound delicious! What else is good to get there?

Actually at the Turf Club or at Artist's Palette. It's funny because I ask for the chicken fingers with buffalo sauce at Artist's Palette and some of the CMs know me as the buffalo chicken girl (it helps that I did the college program so I was there pretty frequently maybe 2x a month). They aren't on the menu, but all the chefs there have made them for me without a problem. Chef Ron is my favorite, but I like most if not all of the chefs at SSR. Also if you are on the dining plan you can ask if they have any slices of gf cake which they sometimes have. It is a bakery cake that I believe is also dairy and nut free, but good.

 

[itradehilton]

We made it back from our trip and I started to write up my GF dinning review. It starts at #12. We did 2 weeks of DxDDP and ate very well.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2495994

 

[cheesekate2005]

We are now into our second week of our trip and have had great experiences so far except for Chefs de France and Wolfgang Puck express. In both places the chef would not come out and the wait staff pointed to only a couple menu items that they said were GF "according to the Chef". The BEST service so far has been at the Yahtsman. We liked it so much we changed our last days reservation to the Yahtsman. I have been taking plenty of pictures for my dining review. Will get to that next week.

I am a bit nervous! My trip is in 3 weeks, and I have an ADR for Chefs de France! I look forward to reading your review (on top of being GF, I am veggie too).

 

[itradehilton]

I hate to burst your bubble and hopefully it was just our waiter but that was the worst service we had in the whole two weeks of dining. Hopefully you will get a better server.

 

[cheesekate2005]

I hope it was just an isolated incident...I think I may switch to my back up plan!

 

[clanmcculloch]

I am a bit nervous! My trip is in 3 weeks, and I have an ADR for Chefs de France! I look forward to reading your review (on top of being GF, I am veggie too).

Chefs de France was also our worst dining experience (well, next to the Wave which when we were there seemed ok but resulted in DD12 throwing up all night but at least the chef was somewhat friendly). We ate at CdF back in September 2007 so maybe things have changed though I'm doubting it from what was just said above. The waiter seemed completely annoyed that we asked to speak with a chef. When the chef came out, he didn't want to do anything for our daughter (only one was diagnosed with allergies at this point) and she ended up eating a bunless burger with a dressingless salad. I think she ended up with fruit for dessert since that's all they had that she could eat (at this point in time she was eating all sorts of premade desserts around WDW so nothing special was needed; just to grab a packaged GFCF brownie from somewhere would have been nice). The chef was rude when we asked questions and the waiter pretty much ignored us because the chef was taking care of us (the chef was only taking care of our daughter and the waiter was taking care of the rest of us). It was just in general a very poor experience and we will never be back.

 

[EDuke98080]

Chefs de France was also our worst dining experience (well, next to the Wave which when we were there seemed ok but resulted in DD12 throwing up all night but at least the chef was somewhat friendly). We ate at CdF back in September 2007 so maybe things have changed though I'm doubting it from what was just said above. The waiter seemed completely annoyed that we asked to speak with a chef. When the chef came out, he didn't want to do anything for our daughter (only one was diagnosed with allergies at this point) and she ended up eating a bunless burger with a dressingless salad. I think she ended up with fruit for dessert since that's all they had that she could eat (at this point in time she was eating all sorts of premade desserts around WDW so nothing special was needed; just to grab a packaged GFCF brownie from somewhere would have been nice). The chef was rude when we asked questions and the waiter pretty much ignored us because the chef was taking care of us (the chef was only taking care of our daughter and the waiter was taking care of the rest of us). It was just in general a very poor experience and we will never be back.

Over the years on the DIS boards I have heard this repeatedly about CdF and allergies. Due to that I have always stayed away from there. There are so many other places that do an amazing job, I would rather stick to where I know can do GF with ease and happiness!

 

[cheesekate2005]

I will get my taste of France on this trip with a glass of wine! I have had one of two not so good experiences at WDW, and I don't even want to take the chance!

 

[disneytink29]

I also did not have a great experience dealing with my celiac at Chefs de France.

Also, I had PHENOMENAL experiences eating GF at Columbia Harbor House - my husband and we went there twice during our honeymoon last year. I ordered the allergy-free chicken tenders and fries baked in the oven. The only drawback is their GF option for dessert is strawberry yogurt. Healthier, but I'm not on vaca to eat yogurt for dessert!! But the CM at the register asked my husband and I would be sitting, we told them, and they actually brought the food to our table, since there was a wait to prepare the food. It was a great experience, and the chicken fingers were very good.

 

[cheesekate2005]

I am very happy and very lucky to have scored an ADR at Le Cellier for that same evening! I appreciate all of the input and can't wait to read more of these reviews!

Thanks everyone!

 

[clanmcculloch]

I also did not have a great experience dealing with my celiac at Chefs de France.

Also, I had PHENOMENAL experiences eating GF at Columbia Harbor House - my husband and we went there twice during our honeymoon last year. I ordered the allergy-free chicken tenders and fries baked in the oven. The only drawback is their GF option for dessert is strawberry yogurt. Healthier, but I'm not on vaca to eat yogurt for dessert!! But the CM at the register asked my husband and I would be sitting, we told them, and they actually brought the food to our table, since there was a wait to prepare the food. It was a great experience, and the chicken fingers were very good.

I actually sent a comment to Special Diets about a couple locations including CHH where there are special allergy safe foods yet they don't offer any kind of allergy safe dessert. My kids can't have dairy so the yogurt's out. I think they had the option of the tiny little packet of grapes that comes with the kids' meals or a bag of Miss Vickie's chips but they don't like kettle chips. I just don't get it.

I was also really pleasantly surprised when they brought us our food to our table, even making sure that our non-allergy meals came out with our allergy ones (they delivered them all together though one person carried the tray with the allergy food while a second person carried the separate tray with the regular food). They really were great about trying to help us out. We'll be back and just bring regular desserts back to our resort and go pick up allergy safe desserts somewhere else.

Those chicken tenders with fries were good.