Is California Grill Worth It?

[disneylandmom2]

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[garettdoyle]

California Grill is certainly one of WDW's best restaurants. We went last fall with our two toddler daughters and we all had a good time. Nice to go to an upscale restaurant that is a bit more kid friendly. On a previous visit, we went during the fireworks show over MK and that was really nice. To be honest, I do not remember that much about the food. I just remember how nice the staff was to my daughters and the beautiful views.

Overall, I do not find the quality of food at most of the restaurants to be that great at WDW. I am sure this is because of the massive amounts of people each place is serving. I find the atmosphere to be the biggest selling points as you compare restaurants. Although I do not know for a fact, but I would imagine that all the restaurants are getting their ingrediants from common suppliers. I have a hard time believing that the quality of ingrediants varies that dramatically from place to place. All the chicken strips at WDW taste the same!!

I travel a far bit for my job and eat at a wide variety of restaurants from chains to high end fine dining establishments. Although I enjoy dining at Disney, I would not say food quality is what makes WDW fun or famous. Like a previous post stated, your perspective on dining at WDW is great influenced by what you are accustom too. I have a friend who swears by Olive Garden and another that thinks it is worse than frozen food. Who's right? Both.

 

[DisneyJen0504]

We love CG-never miss it!

 

[cityofweasels]

Agree with one of the other posters... if you're a real foodie, you can nitpick the CG to death. (But for a foodie, where *isn't* easy to nitpick?) However, I think it does the loud california fusion stuff it aims at quite well, in a great atmosphere. The servers seem to run about 80% good, there are some that have been there for years and they're usually the best. For me, it really is worth it.

I think trying to time it with the fireworks viewing is more trouble than it's worth, however.

 

[Mickymark]

We have been there three times and each time really enjoyed our meal. That said, I agree that it is overpriced but what in Disney isn't? Also, we have never had a really friendly server there. Always professional and efficient, but never downright friendly like at other places in the "World".