Is BOG overrated?

[ratlenhum]

Oh no, overrated from Dec 9 to 14...oh no! I have three BOG dinner reservations that week.....my daughter is such a big fan she wants to be sure that she gets to eat in each room, !

You do know you don't get to choose the room, so three ADRs does not guarantee you will get to eat in all three rooms right?

 

[maltdizzy]

Ate there just his past Sunday. Was able to get an ADR a few weeks before arriving and then able to improve on the time (on the same evening) a couple of times inbetween (9:40 to 8:55 and then finally to 8:30), so ADR's do free up, I think it'll depend on time of year.

All and all, it was nice, no major complaints, but not with losing sleep over if you miss out.

The main ballroom feels like a cafeteria...massive with tons of tables full of tacky tourists. The room looked nice and the falling snow illusion was cool, but there was zero sense of "elegance"...it's a theme park restaurant feeding hundreds of people at once and it looks like one. The West Wing, on the other hand, had much nicer theming, but very few tables. No dining in the Rose Room at dinner.

My son noted the whole illusion of going "into Beast's Castle" is completely destroyed by the fact you can see the big "cafeteria"-like ballroom dining room right there every time the doors open.

Food was ok...nothing brilliant. On par with Blue Bayou at Disneyland. If it were a restaurant at home, I wouldn't frequent it unless others wanted to go, but wouldn't refuse to eat there either. The desserts looked horrid, even my son refused his (which was included with his kid's steak), talk about pre-fabricated food.

Picture with Beast was cool, but they do it in the room used for the lunch registers and the lighting is poor and the Disney photog uses a harsh flash that creates a barely snapshot quality image (as did our own camera).

Some of the above may seem like harsh criticisms but the overall experience was positive and I don't balk at the price; it's no more expensive than the Rainforest Cafe or T-Rex (and the food is better than either of those). Would I ever book it again?...probably only if someone in the family requested it.

 

[robinb]

SO I was thinking of booking BOG for either lunch or dinner in January. I noticed that it's not so easy getting an ADR there - the menu doesn't seem too huge or spectacular, but the ambiance def seems cool. Should I change my plans around for which parks I plan to visit based on being able to dine here or not bother?

I will be travelling with my sis and niece (17) and nephew (14). Thanks

I have eaten both lunch and dinner at BOG. The BOG *experience* was just about the same. The experience was a teeny bit nicer at dinner. The food was moderately better at dinner. It was a LOT more expensive at dinner.

My advise is to try to plan for a dinner at BOG (on your MK day) but fall back on lunch. It's less expensive and the food and the experience is almost as nice. FWIW, I felt freer walking around at lunch than at dinner. Unfortunately, The Beast is not there at lunch.

 

[Fantasmiss]

No, it's great for CS! Not worth TS in my opinion though.

 

[Karbase8]

The main ballroom feels like a cafeteria...massive with tons of tables full of tacky tourists. The room looked nice and the falling snow illusion was cool, but there was zero sense of "elegance"...it's a theme park restaurant feeding hundreds of people at once and it looks like one. The West Wing, on the other hand, had much nicer theming, but very few tables. No dining in the Rose Room at dinner.

My son noted the whole illusion of going "into Beast's Castle" is completely destroyed by the fact you can see the big "cafeteria"-like ballroom dining room right there every time the doors open.

Food was ok...nothing brilliant. On par with Blue Bayou at Disneyland. If it were a restaurant at home, I wouldn't frequent it unless others wanted to go, but wouldn't refuse to eat there either. The desserts looked horrid, even my son refused his (which was included with his kid's steak), talk about pre-fabricated food.

Picture with Beast was cool, but they do it in the room used for the lunch registers and the lighting is poor and the Disney photog uses a harsh flash that creates a barely snapshot quality image (as did our own camera).

Some of the above may seem like harsh criticisms but the overall experience was positive and I don't balk at the price; it's no more expensive than the Rainforest Cafe or T-Rex (and the food is better than either of those). Would I ever book it again?...probably only if someone in the family requested it.[/QUOTE]

I don't agree with some of this. The main ballroom is absolutely gorgeous and just breathtaking and does not look like a cafeteria at all replicates the ballroom in the movie. Yes the lighting is very dark but my photopass picture turned out great with perfect lighting and the CM was excellent. The food was better than any other restaurant in the MK and was fresh and the desserts were very very good. They are now (and I was there last week too) opening up the Rose Room for reservations which allows for more guests to be accodomated. I would try it once yourself and form your own opinions.

 

[theparsons]

You do know you don't get to choose the room, so three ADRs does not guarantee you will get to eat in all three rooms right?

Yes, my daughter understands that, but is hoping that it will work or that a conversation with the seating CM will help fulfill her wish. She's done amazingly well asking CMs to help her with other things she wants....she's a good talker and cute to boot, lol.

 

[jennylyn_b]

Yes, my daughter understands that, but is hoping that it will work or that a conversation with the seating CM will help fulfill her wish. She's done amazingly well asking CMs to help her with other things she wants....she's a good talker and cute to boot, lol.

Tell her to ask when she checks in for the ADR. That's when the request should be made. If she waits until they come get her it will be too late. They will make her wait while they go back and check with the seating cm and by then they won't have anything else available so she will most likely have to take the table they have her originally or wait longer.

 

[theparsons]

Tell her to ask when she checks in for the ADR. That's when the request should be made. If she waits until they come get her it will be too late. They will make her wait while they go back and check with the seating cm and by then they won't have anything else available so she will most likely have to take the table they have her originally or wait longer.

Thanks that is GREAT to know!

 

[It'sWDW4me]

I had lunch at BOG twice last month. Had I gone on my first day, I would have had lunch there EVERY day! The braised pork dish was absolutely FANTASTIC. I can't remember if I had the turkey or ham sandwich on the second day. It was ok but I soooo wished I had gotten the pork again. I'm not sure what all the fuss is over the desserts - they were ok but a little too sweet, IMHO.

Both days I got there around 10:30-10:45 and walked right in for a delicious brunch.

 

[automaticsoap]

I was there in February for dinner and really enjoyed BOG. My food was great, and I loved the atmosphere. Service was also excellent. I was there with 3 other adults, and we all loved our food and agreed we'd definitely be back.

 

[WIDisneyFan]

We had dinner at BOG in July and have very mixed feelings on it. All 5 of us (me, wife, DS(8), DD(6), DD(4) loved the setting, theme and the chance to meet the beast. We also completely enjoyed the desserts and the Gray Stuff! As for the rest of our meal it was just ok, not bad, but not great either.

I doubt we will return when we go to Disney next year but we are all very happy to have experienced it once.

 

[momto3gr8boys]

I agree that the atmosphere is incredible. We ate there last week, and even though I have all boys, we enjoyed it very much. I loved the whole experience from walking over the bridge to the castle doors opening to the first view of the ballroom. Disney really put a lot into the theming.

We ate in the ballroom, but visited the other rooms. I was blown away by the west wing...if the movie is fresh in your mind you will appreciate it more...we had just watched it a few weeks ago. I also loved the snow outside the windows.

Our food was good. I had the onion soup and scallops, DW had the shrimp dish, DS17 the ratatouille, DS15 the chicken and DS12 got the steak off the kids meal. We also got two cupcakes and FIVE servings of the grey stuff! We were hoping for one to share, but our server was so great and brought us each one!

The boys ran off for a fastpass time at the end, but DW and I enjoyed meeting Beast.

I say go for it!

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[Nixie]

I personally don't think it is over hyped at all. I think it is def. on par with what it is: a 1TS credit dining experience for dinner. I found the food to be on par with other 1TS resturants, if not just a little bit better. I think people went into thinking it would be like a siggie restaurant experience for some odd reason?! It is def. not that. I actually think food wise it is better than CRT. The ballroom is very crowded and loud, but it is absolutely breath taking when you first walk into it (if you are any kind of Beauty and the Beast fan). I must be huffing too much pixie dust, but actually seeing something from a movie that I grew up with made real in full techincolor in real real life.......... Well, it was absolutely magical to me. We were seated in the West Wing which was dark, eerie, and much more romantical for my hubby and mine visit. Food was good. Service excellent. Themeing absolutely spectacular. Then at the end of our meal, we got a private meet and greet with Beast?!?! Bonus!

 

[Disneylover99]

I definitely don't think it's overrated for lunch. Love the roast beef sandwich and bothe the soups (French Onion and Potato Leek) were a nice treat.

 

[dwfanatic]

I am a mega planner, and had no desire to fight for an ADR. After reading lots of not so good reviews about the food, I was fine with not eating there. My DH, however, really wanted to eat there. I managed to score an ADR about a week before the trip, on our last night at 7:35. I still was expecting sub par food, and went in with 'it's the atmosphere that counts' attitude. It is beautiful inside!! Our server was ehhh...food came out super, super slow. We were tired, having been at Epcot all day prior to coming to MK. Food came out, and it was soooo good!!! Our kids were happy and excited to be there, we all were enamored with our surroundings, DH got his light up goblet - we were sad it was our last day, but we couldn't be sad considering how magical the place was!!! Sounds like a soppy story, but we were very happy with the food and atmosphere We would definitely give it a

 

[Tink10]

Beautiful restaurant (Loud...but beautiful)...but the food was sub-par. I had the steak and it was so charred that it was barely edible. Server was rude, but it was cool finally having a legal beer in MK.

IMHO: There is much better food at the MK resorts

 

[theparsons]

Curious......has anyone had the cupcakes at both lunch and dinner? The menus at allears lists them as being the exact same description, but at lunch they are $2.99 and dinner is $3.99. I'm almost willing to bet the dinner ones aren't larger, lol.

So...I'm think we'll do at least one lunch here, so we'll do our dessert at lunch and save a couple dollars, lol.

Has anyone had the Tuna Nicoise Salad at lunch? Was it good? Any photos?

 

[bluejasmine]

Thy cupcakes are same price at dinner an lunch $3.99 they are good but not as good at the $3.99 gourmet ones you can get all over WDW

 

[theparsons]

Thy cupcakes are same price at dinner an lunch $3.99 they are good but not as good at the $3.99 gourmet ones you can get all over WDW

Ok, thanks...guess allears needs to update their lunch prices!

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

We have only had dinner there, but we thought it was WELL worth the hype. The food was outstanding the night we were there, and it was fun to have some delicious beers with our steaks. The atmosphere was great, even though it was a little loud. We LOVED the ceremony of meeting the Beast. Great fun.

I don't think we would ever wait on line to have lunch there, but having an ADR for dinner was wonderful.