If you could pick one Monorail Resort Signature...

My family love all 3. :love: CG has a great view, Narcoosees view is amazing for the fireworks and the electric water parade but the food at Citricos was fantastic. I don't think that you can go wrong with any of them:lovestruc
 
Narcoossees was amazing when we were there in November. I do want to add one more idea... instead of eating at Ohana, since you are staying at the Poly, consider having room service bring you the "Twilight Feast" to your room for dinner. It's the Ohana dinner. They bring you a TON of food, plates of EVERYTHING you get at Ohana, including the juice and bread! It's cheaper than eating at Ohana... and honestly, you can order for just the two adults and have enough food for all of you with leftovers. We order 2 adult portions for 2 adults and 2 kids and don't finish it all. It's the first thing we plan for when we stay at the Poly... no reservations, no rush to get dressed up. We love it and consider it one of the best kept not-so-secret "secrets" to staying at the Poly.
 
What do you prefer: California Grill, Narcoossee's or Citricos? I've looked at the menus and they all look good!
I'd go with Citrico first followed closely by Narcoossee. Not a fan of CG which seems to get by on the view more than on the quality of their food & service.
 

Personally, I'd choose Narcoossee's over the other choices. The CG is, IMO, rather over-priced and lives on its reputation for 2 things: sushi and a view. Citricos is good food well prepared, but it's really rather a bland room. Narcoossee's is also the only place that serves whole Maine lobster, and their almond crusted cheesecake.

Have you considered The Wave on the first floor of the Contemporary? It's not considered a signature, likely due to the fact that it has no view whatsoever. What it does have is an excellent filet (tenderloin of beef) in a port wine reduction that's $34 instead of $49 at the other locations. The Caesar salad I ordered as an appetizer was almost a whole meal! My wife had the Cioppino ($32), which surprisingly did not have a carb (rice, pasta), but was quite filling nonetheless. Their desserts are good, but they're served in a square glass bowl instead of plated as you'd find at Narcoossee's or CG or Citricos. Wanted to add one additional thing: when my wife and I dined there the last time, she mentioned to our waitress (Brie) that the mussels were really, really small compared to the ones at Narcoosses, which she said were 3 times larger (shells were about the same size, and both were described as PEI mussels). The actual manager of the restaurant came out to speak to her, gave us a lavish chocolate dessert (which wasn't even on the menu) for free, and stated that he was going to instruct his head chef to investigate why they were getting the smaller mussels instead of the big ones Narcoossee's is getting. Now THAT is service!
 
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California Grill Brunch. Food is amazing and the view during the day is beautiful. You can also return in the evening with your receipt to watch the MK fireworks.
 
We had a phenomenal meal at CA Grill and a horrible meal at Narcoossees on our last trip (like it was the worst restaurant meal I've ever had at WDW and I wrote a letter to guest services after the fact and they ended up refunding the full value of the meal + tip to me.) Pick whichever menu and location appeals the most to you. They all have great nights and they all have less than stellar nights.... more great than bad. Plus opinions are just that... Someone else's experience will not be your own and someone else's like/dislike also will not be your own. The reviews are overwhelmingly good for all of the resort signatures so just look at the menu and atmosphere and see what sounds good to you.
 
We used to be huge fans of Narcoosseess, but we got an ugly surprise last time we were there..

The on-line menus didn't show it, but the restaurant menu did.
All steaks were grass fed beef.

I'm not a fan.
Not sure if that has changed.

MG
maybe that's why my son's was still purple and mooing when we were there!
 
Definitely Narcoosee's for me. We have been for our Christmas dinner for the last 6 years, the filet mignon and almond-crusted cheesecake hasn't let us down yet. Roll on December 25th for our next visit.
 


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