50's prime time has really good food. Hollywood and Vine doesn't! The best thing on the buffet is the mac n cheese on the kids side! Really, don't go there!
Hands down 50's Prime Time. Out of all of the TS restaurants in DHS, this is our favorite. The food at H&V was gross and cold, the service was subpar at best, and the whole restaurant was dirty....there were many uncleaned tables around us and no one seemed to care to clean them up. I have never said anything bad about a Disney restaurant before except for this one.
50's Prime Time. If you made a adr at Hollywood and Vine I would cancel it. The food is not good at Hollywood and Vine but is tasty at 50's Prime Time.
Another vote for 50s pt. We ate there in 2009 and loved it the atmosphere is fun and the food was great. I had the fried chicken and ate it all. We had a group of 5 adults and 3 kids everyone liked the food.
While I agree that 50's PTC is definitely the better choice of the two...I'm one of the crazy ones that thinks H&V is underrated. We had a trip during Free Dining once (before I knew about ADR's ) and this was the only place int he Studios we could get. I enjoyed it. Here's a link to a review I wrote about it...Post #33
Many years ago after 2 tries at H&V I crossed it off my list of places to return. Food was aweful. Reminded me of cafeteria food.
We always seem to eat at 50's, although the last time eating there I noticed the food has gone down hill quite a bit.
Given the choice I would choose 50's over H&V anyday.
I find the food at DHS overpriced for what your getting, none of the restaurants in the park are worth a second visit. We had lunch at Sci Fi in September and with tip it was over $200. Thats a lot of money for sandwiches and drinks.
We really enjoy 50s Prime Time Cafe. The food is great and the whole theming is amazing! If you're lucky and you get a waiter in character, it's even better.
We just got back and ate at both restaurants last week. Hollywood and Vine's food was TERRIBLE. We ate there for lunch. But, for my 3 year old who is obsessed with Handy Manny (and he went dressed as him), it was worth every penny for the character interaction.
50's Prime Time was pretty good. Not excellent, but a million times better than H&V.