clarkfamily
Mouseketeer
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- Mar 4, 2010
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Table Service
San Angel Inn (Dinner)
We're really not sure why SAI gets so many bad reviews? Please don't be afraid...our experience there was great! Without requesting one, we were given a waterfront table, which was just magical. As others have said, know that you will be getting authentic Mexican food -- not the Americanized version. The Carne Asada was excellent! Order it! The fish tacos were just okay. The desserts were some of the best of the trip: the crema bavaria (if you love creme brulee don't miss it!) and the dulce de leche ice cream (sounded so average, but it's not)! The other two desserts are both very good as well, but not so exceptional.
Akershus (Breakfast)
The food alone is not worth the price, but the overall experience is excellent. Potato casserole is delicious. I think that the buffet-quality pastries at Disney are terrible, and I don't eat them, but the hot food and the Norwegian spread are quite good!
Chefs de France (Dinner)
The French Onion soup was the best part of this meal. If I go back, I would just order it -- and eat it with the baguette and butter! The onion flatbread was disappointing.
Crystal Palace (Breakfast)
Excellent as always. Don't miss Pooh's Breakfast Lasagne (with sounds unappealing and doesn't look much better), but is actually very, very good. It is a bread-pudding-type breakfast bread, with a layer of raspberries baked in, and a peach topping. Delicious! As mentioned above, I'm not a fan at all of the buffet-quality pastries at Disney, but the hot food makes this buffet great.
O'hana
Fabulous in every way. The food. The experience. Watching the chin's of the first-timers hit the table when they began to see the food rolling in...and then when they tasted it. And the bread pudding! I will be dreaming, dreaming, dreaming of it!
Tusker House (Breakfast)
Rivals O'hana as the best meal of our trip. Just outstanding. The juice alone is pratcially worth the price of the breakfast...
...but the hot food, plus the fact that there were real Krispy Kreme donuts! It was even better than we remembered, and we're still talking about it. When you go, do try all of the African-inspired fare....including the chutneys over on the cold spread. Everything is very, very good!
50s Prime Time Cafe
Ugh. A bit undecided about this. I love the theming, which is why we went, but I wish the menu were a bit different. The fried chicken is notably good (and I'm picky about fried chicken), the grilled mahi-mahi was excellent, the salmon ceasar was good. I guess it's the desserts that seem to cheapen the whole place. If you're tempted, like me, to order a milkshake with dinner, you're kind of stuck when it comes to dessert, as every dessert is an ice cream dessert...except for the s'mores...which were okay, but not great. The apple crisp was terrible! Cheap apple filling straight out of a can, with barely a sprinkling of dry oatmeal topping. I would not go back.
Counter/Quick Service
Columbia Harbor House
Great! Fried shrimp are very good quality and delicious! Grilled salmon with couscous was great. Excellent use of QS credit!
Starring Rolls
Unimpressed. After reading reviews on here, I was excited. But, as it turned out, everything seemed to be cheap buffet-quality pastries. We did not try the cupcakes. The sandwiches, however, were very good.
Boulangerie Patisserie
Excellent! Ideal use of snack credits! Chocolate mousse, napolean, and fruit tart were excellent! (Creme brulee -- which I love and am picky about -- was not good -- and neither was the chocolate cake.)
I've posted a quick review of our park experiences here, if you'd like to read those as well!
San Angel Inn (Dinner)
We're really not sure why SAI gets so many bad reviews? Please don't be afraid...our experience there was great! Without requesting one, we were given a waterfront table, which was just magical. As others have said, know that you will be getting authentic Mexican food -- not the Americanized version. The Carne Asada was excellent! Order it! The fish tacos were just okay. The desserts were some of the best of the trip: the crema bavaria (if you love creme brulee don't miss it!) and the dulce de leche ice cream (sounded so average, but it's not)! The other two desserts are both very good as well, but not so exceptional.
Akershus (Breakfast)
The food alone is not worth the price, but the overall experience is excellent. Potato casserole is delicious. I think that the buffet-quality pastries at Disney are terrible, and I don't eat them, but the hot food and the Norwegian spread are quite good!
Chefs de France (Dinner)
The French Onion soup was the best part of this meal. If I go back, I would just order it -- and eat it with the baguette and butter! The onion flatbread was disappointing.
Crystal Palace (Breakfast)
Excellent as always. Don't miss Pooh's Breakfast Lasagne (with sounds unappealing and doesn't look much better), but is actually very, very good. It is a bread-pudding-type breakfast bread, with a layer of raspberries baked in, and a peach topping. Delicious! As mentioned above, I'm not a fan at all of the buffet-quality pastries at Disney, but the hot food makes this buffet great.
O'hana
Fabulous in every way. The food. The experience. Watching the chin's of the first-timers hit the table when they began to see the food rolling in...and then when they tasted it. And the bread pudding! I will be dreaming, dreaming, dreaming of it!
Tusker House (Breakfast)
Rivals O'hana as the best meal of our trip. Just outstanding. The juice alone is pratcially worth the price of the breakfast...
...but the hot food, plus the fact that there were real Krispy Kreme donuts! It was even better than we remembered, and we're still talking about it. When you go, do try all of the African-inspired fare....including the chutneys over on the cold spread. Everything is very, very good! 50s Prime Time Cafe
Ugh. A bit undecided about this. I love the theming, which is why we went, but I wish the menu were a bit different. The fried chicken is notably good (and I'm picky about fried chicken), the grilled mahi-mahi was excellent, the salmon ceasar was good. I guess it's the desserts that seem to cheapen the whole place. If you're tempted, like me, to order a milkshake with dinner, you're kind of stuck when it comes to dessert, as every dessert is an ice cream dessert...except for the s'mores...which were okay, but not great. The apple crisp was terrible! Cheap apple filling straight out of a can, with barely a sprinkling of dry oatmeal topping. I would not go back.
Counter/Quick Service
Columbia Harbor House
Great! Fried shrimp are very good quality and delicious! Grilled salmon with couscous was great. Excellent use of QS credit!
Starring Rolls
Unimpressed. After reading reviews on here, I was excited. But, as it turned out, everything seemed to be cheap buffet-quality pastries. We did not try the cupcakes. The sandwiches, however, were very good.
Boulangerie Patisserie
Excellent! Ideal use of snack credits! Chocolate mousse, napolean, and fruit tart were excellent! (Creme brulee -- which I love and am picky about -- was not good -- and neither was the chocolate cake.)
I've posted a quick review of our park experiences here, if you'd like to read those as well!
