Les Chefs de France - Disapointment of the Trip

zddPaul

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I'm really curious. I've read a lot of positive reviews of Les Chefs de France and I'm trying to figure out if our disappointment indicates a bad night for the restaurant or if perhaps it is just a matter of personal taste.

I went to Disney World for 4 nights with my sister and cousin. We had a fabulous time. The best meal we had was at the Yachtsman and we were very pleasantly surprised with Coral Reef. Compared to restaurants outside of the World both of these restaurants are very expensive but as we were on Free Dining, no problem!

On to Chefs. I had flatbread, pork and sorbet. My sister had the onion soup, half chicken and puff choux. My cousin had the onion soup, pork and the crepe.

I thought the flatbread was very good as was the sorbet but the pork was a cheap cut and it was dry and flavorless. It was served with a sauce that tasted like it came from a dry packet.

My sister and cousin both thought their onion soup was very disappointing. Any old bakery would have a tastier cream puff and the crepe was average at best.

I thought I might not like Chefs but only because I thought there might be sauces or flavors that I wouldn't like. As it turned out I thought that the entrees lacked flavor. Mine tasted like it came from an American kitchen and a very uninspired one at that.

Perhaps we ordered the wrong things or the kitchen was off that night but I'm curious what other people think.

Just as an aside we kept track of what we would have spent on food if not on the plan and it was over $270 per person for 4 nights. This is more than the package price cost us per person including 4 nights at the All Star Sports, Free Dining and a 1 day park ticket. If I had been paying out of pocket I would have spent less on food but it certainly would have been $200 or so.
 
We had lunch there and I was not impressed. I've had much better French Onion soup at places like Fridays and the tuna sandwich I had a Columbia Harbor House was better than Chefs de France. My daughter had the steak and it was tough and full of gristle. I don't remember what everyone else had but they said it was just all right.
 
My DH and I have eaten at Chefs de France 3 times. First time we loved it. Then they changed the menu and we have also thought the last 2 times were bland (we do like the appetizers of escargot and the goat cheese torte). We much prefer the upstairs restuarant, Bistro de Paris. Much better food.
 
I've been to Chefs lots of times and usually enjoy my meal but a few weeks ago I too had the pork. Yuck. Dry and tough. I definitely won't order it again - they've got some work to do on that one haha.
 

I've eaten at Chefs only once. The food was pretty good, not great, but pretty good. The atmosphere, for me, was horrible. We were at a table in the main room by a window. The tables were packed in like sardines; it felt like we were sitting right with the people beside us and there was little elbow room. I just couldn't relax and enjoy my meal.
 
I just recently:sad2: at Chef's and would never go back. The chicken was pre-cooked, cold and dried out! I was not pleased.
 
We just ate at Chefs last Friday, and loved it. I had the pate' appetizer and grilled salmon, DD had salmon tartare and Chicken, and DH had escargots and seared tuna. We all enjoyed our meal immensely. Service was great and they have a good wine selection. No one had dessert...too full!
 
I went a few years ago and loved it, but in June I went and it was the worst meal of the trip. It seems to be hit or miss to me.
 
I've always enjoyed my meals at Chefs de France, but I haven't eaten there since Nov. 2006. I LOVED their French onion soup and creme brulee - so the French Menu for lunch was a great value. I also had an excellent filet for dinner back in 2001.
 
We have dinner twice at the Chefs. Both meals I would rate a 8.5 out of 10. Food was well prepared and tasty. Atmosphere is about a 6. I agree that they try to sit. too many people. My biggest issue was the waiters. The ones we dealt with spoke virtually no english and as I do not speak french it was a bit odd. Not very friendly either The waitresses were great, polite and friendly and just loved our infant son. Wines were great as was the pastries. I would assume that we will go back again but we are taking a break from it for the next couple of trips.

Bon Appetite!
 
We were also very disappointed. Although the atmosphere was great and the service (although a bit rushed) was very good, we all pushed aside our plates after only a few bites. The only thing that was "ok" was the flatbread appetizer. The bisque tasted like it was out of a can. The lamb was "rubbery" and full of gristle. The fish was incredibly dry & tasteless. And the desserts? Ehhh. :sad2:
 
Used to be my favorite, this trip (Sept 4-12) biggest disappointment of the trip food wise.

They gutted the menu- I think due to free dining :( I'd have paid for the filet Ive eaten there in the past but it wasn't offered, neither was the potato leek soup I loved. The dessert was a full third smaller than last time (two puff pastries instead of three)- and the server charged me for Perrier when we got it for free with the DDP everywhere else we ate (it was early in the trip and I didn't know yet).

I don't think we'll go back there for a long, long looooooooooong time. Menu overhaul is in order- the staff was rude- except for our poor server who was frazzled and very inefficient. . .I wanted my TS credit back LOL
 
We ate there last week and were extremely dissapointed!!

I had the Mac and Cheese (It had a much fancier name but I don't remember it!). It was very dry!! It was Ziti pasta with some cheeze sprinkled on top. No sauce or creaminess at all!!

DH had the pork which he said was very dry.


I will definately NOT go back!!!
 
Hi we were there too (just put up my review) and our dinner there was just fine, my pork was big enough, but it was dry, my onion soup was good, but the dessert we had (chocolate tart) was FABULOUS, truly fabulous! My husband's chicken was good, and the rest of our meal was good, but nothing was fantastic or wanting us to try it again, well....except for that tart ;)

It's definitely a matter of taste, we didn't hate it and we had a nice time there and my dd & I live to shop in France (in 3 years we'll be shopping in the real country, keeping fingers crossed and hopping that I don't keep spending my vacation money going to Disney, lol).
 
I was considering booking Les Chefs however I have changed my mind with the food descriptions and poor reviews. Thank you for providing an honest review of Les Chefs.
 
We had a truly uninspired, outright lousy meal there in February. My husband's escargot were rubbery, my pate platter was bland (more sliced baloney than I've ever seen on a plate in my life), my husband's filet was a miniscule hockey puck (and he ordered it medium rare) and the french fries on my son's and my plate were brown, oily and limp. Quite frankly, I'd never seen anything like it at a French restaurant. Desserts were fine. And our tab was over $200 OOP. We cancelled the rest of our reservations and ate offsite the rest of the trip.
 
We, too had a bad experience at Chefs de France. I was surprised at how chaotic it was. Our server was good, but noticeable stressed out. Hopefully they will improve.
 
We just ate there last week and , overall, it was the worst meal of the trip. I had the Tuna and it was pretty flavorless. My DH had the duck and it was only OK. DD11 had the Mac & Cheese (forget what they call it) and she didn't like it at all. She said it was the worst food she ate all week. Dessert on the other hand was great! The Chocolate Torte was very good and DD loved the puffs with chocolate sauce. We were all very disappointed, given the good reviews I had read. We probably won't go back here.

Edited to add: The tables here were VERY small and we could barely fit our plates and glasses on the table without knocking things over. We were seated in the corner in the window and while it made for good people watching, there were several times when children would walk by and knock on the window and make faces at us. A little distracting when you are trying to enjoy a nice dinner.
 





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