Who:
Me, DH, DS9, DS7
When:
May 30th - June 4th
Here is the dining exerpt from my trip report:
Dining:
Crystal Palace (dinner): A for food, D for service, A for character interaction & atmosphere.
The grades speak for themselves. The server we had was a woman in her 60s or so. She was angry all night and even snapped at me once when I politely told her we were done with some of our plates! Gorgeous restaurant with excellent food. Ate there our first night.
Liberty Tree Tavern (dinner): A for food, C for service, A for character interaction & atmosphere.
Again, grades speak for themselves. The C is because even with reservations we had a 45 minute wait. Waitress was okay, but she brought me and DH coffee which was stone-cold. Yuck! At there our last night and the food was great!
Kona Kafe (breakfast): A for food, C for service, B for atmosphere.
Had breakfast there several times. C is because, again, servers were cranky and, again, brought us stone-cold coffee. What is up with that?
Flying Fish (dinner): A for food, B+ for service, A- for atmosphere.
Citricos (dinner): A- for food, B- for service, A for atmosphere.
The B- for service is because they sat us in the worst table in the restaurant (right smack in front of the swinging kitchen doors). This was supposed to be a romantic dinner for DH and I. There were lovely tables wide open everywhere. I asked the Maitre D if we could be moved, and he rolled his eyes and huffed about it so I said never mind. Our waitress was excellent, but he brought the overall grade down.
Biergarten (for dinner): B- for food, B for entertainment/atmosphere, B for service
Food was a little rich for me. We really went for the atmosphere and the show, which was great. I had welcomed the idea of the "community table". However, they sat us with 4 adults who didn't seem to like the idea of having family + kids as table mates. Tried to start a conversation with one of the women: "So, where are you all from"? She rolls her eyes and says "Here. I work at Disney." Then they kindof turned away and froze us out. I guess she was a CM sick of conversing w/ tourists. What-ever... Glad we went once, but once was enough.
Toy Story Pizza Planet (for lunch): C for food, B for location. We took a nice table by the alley that was quiet. We ate there just for a fast lunch. Had read previous reviews and wasn't expecting much.
Flame Tree Barbq (for lunch): C- for food, B- for location. Was really disappointed with this one. I had read decent reviews but the food was just not good. We took a nice private table near the water, but the water smelled bad. Would probably not do this one again, but there isn't much option at AK.
Pecos Bills (for lunch): A for food, B- for location. This was a delightful surprise! Great burgers and toppings! Service was fast and location was convenient.
Hope this helps! BTW, we used the Disney Dining Experience discount card many times that I got with my annual pass. It helped alot!
Me, DH, DS9, DS7
When:
May 30th - June 4th
Here is the dining exerpt from my trip report:
Dining:
Crystal Palace (dinner): A for food, D for service, A for character interaction & atmosphere.
The grades speak for themselves. The server we had was a woman in her 60s or so. She was angry all night and even snapped at me once when I politely told her we were done with some of our plates! Gorgeous restaurant with excellent food. Ate there our first night.
Liberty Tree Tavern (dinner): A for food, C for service, A for character interaction & atmosphere.
Again, grades speak for themselves. The C is because even with reservations we had a 45 minute wait. Waitress was okay, but she brought me and DH coffee which was stone-cold. Yuck! At there our last night and the food was great!
Kona Kafe (breakfast): A for food, C for service, B for atmosphere.
Had breakfast there several times. C is because, again, servers were cranky and, again, brought us stone-cold coffee. What is up with that?
Flying Fish (dinner): A for food, B+ for service, A- for atmosphere.
Citricos (dinner): A- for food, B- for service, A for atmosphere.
The B- for service is because they sat us in the worst table in the restaurant (right smack in front of the swinging kitchen doors). This was supposed to be a romantic dinner for DH and I. There were lovely tables wide open everywhere. I asked the Maitre D if we could be moved, and he rolled his eyes and huffed about it so I said never mind. Our waitress was excellent, but he brought the overall grade down.
Biergarten (for dinner): B- for food, B for entertainment/atmosphere, B for service
Food was a little rich for me. We really went for the atmosphere and the show, which was great. I had welcomed the idea of the "community table". However, they sat us with 4 adults who didn't seem to like the idea of having family + kids as table mates. Tried to start a conversation with one of the women: "So, where are you all from"? She rolls her eyes and says "Here. I work at Disney." Then they kindof turned away and froze us out. I guess she was a CM sick of conversing w/ tourists. What-ever... Glad we went once, but once was enough.
Toy Story Pizza Planet (for lunch): C for food, B for location. We took a nice table by the alley that was quiet. We ate there just for a fast lunch. Had read previous reviews and wasn't expecting much.
Flame Tree Barbq (for lunch): C- for food, B- for location. Was really disappointed with this one. I had read decent reviews but the food was just not good. We took a nice private table near the water, but the water smelled bad. Would probably not do this one again, but there isn't much option at AK.
Pecos Bills (for lunch): A for food, B- for location. This was a delightful surprise! Great burgers and toppings! Service was fast and location was convenient.
Hope this helps! BTW, we used the Disney Dining Experience discount card many times that I got with my annual pass. It helped alot!
And I understand what Sawyer means about cranky tablemates. We always make it a point to eat here once on our trips. And usually get bad mates. We did get lucky this time and had another family of four. My DS 6 finally for the first time dances and had a ball. He even got to help ring the bells. (IF you go you will see.)
My tip: Make sure to get reservations. The band goes on every 40 minutes and I know they played at 6:20 and 7pm while we were there.
