Misti
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Hi guys!
Just back from WDW! We ate at:
Grand Floridian Cafe (breakfast)
Food quality good as usual. I do miss the pastry basket that used to be served with every breakfast dish. Now, it is a la carte. It's been gone a while now but I still miss having it. I just can't see paying $8 bucks for it now
The service this time around was so-so. I've noticed some turnaround with the wait staff. We used to see the same servers each stay which was quite nice. This time, many of the CM's seemed new. A couple of our orders came out wrong and we were charged incorrectly, too. My mother is a small eater and asked for a small omelet (rather than the HUGE one they usually serve and without the hash brown side that comes with it). They accomodated the request but charged her the same price as the regular speciality omelet on the menu. Not a big deal, we're talking about a matter of dollars here. But, that seemed a little stingy. In the past, they acomodated her requests for smaller meals and made the price a little lower, too. That being said, I still really enjoy this place.
California Grill
WONDERFUL meal! This was also the first time I was able to get a window table which made it all the more special. Our table had a direct view of the castle and the fireworks--truly magical. A great way to spend our first dinner. We had a flatbread, spinach, porcini mushroom and fontina cheese--excellent. Also had the pork and polenta. My only surprise was that they no longer serve the famous soufflees (sp!). The server said they did away with them a year ago. I missed having one.
Spoodles
Yummy meal! It was practically dead the night we dined here, at 6:30Pm no less. I hope this one will still be around. It just seems that each time we go, the place isn't that crowded. We are light eaters so we split the salmon and sweet onion risotto dish. We each had the spinach salad with gorgonzola cheese, apples and warm bacon vinegarette.
Rose & Crown Pub
We ate here for the CPDP and we ate entirely TOO much! LOL Appetizer, entree, dessert is a bit much when you tend not to eat much anyway. But, it was a good meal. My mom had the prime rib and yorkshire pudding and I had the fish and chips. The servings were HUGE! For dessert, I had the sinful sticky toffing pudding with vanilla custard (YUM!) and my mom had the white and dark chocolate mousse parfait. With this huge meal, we were glad we ate early (4:45PM).
Potobello Yacht Club
This was our improptu surprise favorite. We were set to do 1900 Park Fare but with the huge Rose and Crown meal the night before, we had no desire for an all you can eat buffet (even IF Pooh was there LOL). So, at the tail end of our shopping excursion at the Marketplace, we decided to head over to Portobello. I have to say, this is a great restaurant. And, judging by the many Wine Spectator accolades on the wall, others have found it to be good, too. The restaurant is beautifully decorated during the holidays with a nice view of the water/Empress Lily boat. I'm not sure if it was b/c it was early or if it is like this all the time but there were also fewer children. So, it was a nice, quiet laid back meal. Nice to not have screaming kids everywhere for a change. We again split a entree: rigatoni with sun dried tomato, olives and sweet fennel sausage in a light white wine sauce. We had two house salads to start. Service was excellent.
If you have any questions, please let me know!
We didn't really do any lunches since we usually have an early dinner. Just picked up snacks here and there during the day.
Just back from WDW! We ate at:
Grand Floridian Cafe (breakfast)
Food quality good as usual. I do miss the pastry basket that used to be served with every breakfast dish. Now, it is a la carte. It's been gone a while now but I still miss having it. I just can't see paying $8 bucks for it now
The service this time around was so-so. I've noticed some turnaround with the wait staff. We used to see the same servers each stay which was quite nice. This time, many of the CM's seemed new. A couple of our orders came out wrong and we were charged incorrectly, too. My mother is a small eater and asked for a small omelet (rather than the HUGE one they usually serve and without the hash brown side that comes with it). They accomodated the request but charged her the same price as the regular speciality omelet on the menu. Not a big deal, we're talking about a matter of dollars here. But, that seemed a little stingy. In the past, they acomodated her requests for smaller meals and made the price a little lower, too. That being said, I still really enjoy this place. California Grill
WONDERFUL meal! This was also the first time I was able to get a window table which made it all the more special. Our table had a direct view of the castle and the fireworks--truly magical. A great way to spend our first dinner. We had a flatbread, spinach, porcini mushroom and fontina cheese--excellent. Also had the pork and polenta. My only surprise was that they no longer serve the famous soufflees (sp!). The server said they did away with them a year ago. I missed having one.
Spoodles
Yummy meal! It was practically dead the night we dined here, at 6:30Pm no less. I hope this one will still be around. It just seems that each time we go, the place isn't that crowded. We are light eaters so we split the salmon and sweet onion risotto dish. We each had the spinach salad with gorgonzola cheese, apples and warm bacon vinegarette.
Rose & Crown Pub
We ate here for the CPDP and we ate entirely TOO much! LOL Appetizer, entree, dessert is a bit much when you tend not to eat much anyway. But, it was a good meal. My mom had the prime rib and yorkshire pudding and I had the fish and chips. The servings were HUGE! For dessert, I had the sinful sticky toffing pudding with vanilla custard (YUM!) and my mom had the white and dark chocolate mousse parfait. With this huge meal, we were glad we ate early (4:45PM).
Potobello Yacht Club
This was our improptu surprise favorite. We were set to do 1900 Park Fare but with the huge Rose and Crown meal the night before, we had no desire for an all you can eat buffet (even IF Pooh was there LOL). So, at the tail end of our shopping excursion at the Marketplace, we decided to head over to Portobello. I have to say, this is a great restaurant. And, judging by the many Wine Spectator accolades on the wall, others have found it to be good, too. The restaurant is beautifully decorated during the holidays with a nice view of the water/Empress Lily boat. I'm not sure if it was b/c it was early or if it is like this all the time but there were also fewer children. So, it was a nice, quiet laid back meal. Nice to not have screaming kids everywhere for a change. We again split a entree: rigatoni with sun dried tomato, olives and sweet fennel sausage in a light white wine sauce. We had two house salads to start. Service was excellent.
If you have any questions, please let me know!
We didn't really do any lunches since we usually have an early dinner. Just picked up snacks here and there during the day.
DH and DS will be happy, that's for sure.
