The last night of our trip I tried to move the Concourse ADR up so we could get in a last few hours at MK. No luck. We showed up 20 minutes early. No beepers. Was told to come back in 10 minutes for a beeper. No beeper. 20 minutes later, we got a beeper. Three host/type CM's were sitting around the podium area. Seemed disorganized and chaotic.
After another 20 minutes past the ADR time, DS hangs over the wine showcase and asks a female CM if he can possibly get a table because he is very hungry.(Remeber, this is my Aspie DS - he speaks his mind) There are three empty tables that we can see - and they've been empty for awhile. The CM he had grabbed sprung to action, started moving around and we were seated in 5 minutes!
Once seated, all was well, but there were still 3 empty tables and many waiting outside. We were seated in a half booth. DS ordered a smoothie. I ordered a lite beer, DD coke. We enjoyed our appetizers of Onion Rings, Honey chicken wings for DD, and yet another tomato mozzarella salad.Wonderful soft fresh mozzarella..mmmm. They brought DS a different sauce for his onion rings. For our entrees, I ordered the filet mignon. It was served with Mediteranean bread salad, which was croutons soaked in a tomato/vinegarette. Not very good. The filet was fine - on a par with the one at Le Cellier and Kona's, but that bread salad next to it really did not blend too well, flavor-wise. DS had the strip steak, and oredered the red wine reduction on the side, but loved it and added more. DD ordered the Chicken and Penne Pasta, but we asked if they could leave off the mushrooms and olives. This was a mistake, as the dish arrived with dry pasta, chicken, a few chopped fresh tomatoes and a dab of spinach.
However - and I will give great praise for this - when they came over to check on how the dinners were, I asked if there were any sauce available for DD. In a few minutes, a large, freshly-made bowl of Alfredo sauce arrived at her place. It had just been whipped up right then and there.
Concourse is a la carte, so a baked potato is a separate order not included on the dining plan - thus the Mediteranean bread salad. In retrospect, I just should have ordered and paid for the potato OOP, or maybe the server would've let it slide.
Dessert was creme brulee vanilla bean for me and DS, while DD scooped out her 7th bowl of vanilla gelato this trip.
Overall, Concourse was good, but the seating plans and hostessing need some changes. Again, it was more than adequate but didn't blow me away.
This concludes the Dining Review portion of our trip as far as TS restaurants.
We ate CS at Peco's Bill's, Sunshine Seasons, Roaring Forks, Beach Club Marketplace,DTD - Wolfgang Puck's Express -( which I included here) and proabably one other spot that has faded already.
This was our 2nd time w/
DDP - alas, not free like last year - but it works well for our family the way we eat now. Still, it felt like too much food. Lots of CS beverages and desserts went in our room, we used CS for breakfasts and lunches and worked like mad sometimes to use the snack credits - but how many Dole Whips can a family eat???
We will be using DDP on our January trip for DS' 16th and I just made the ADR's yesterday. We are repeating LeCellier and Kona.Adding Spoodles, Brown Derby, Ohana Breakfast, HDDR, and CP. DS is also requesting Flying Fish and Hollywood and Vine. We'll see. I will not return to PTC or San Angel anytime soon. Wish Alfredo's was still open.
So for the voting: Best Meals: Kona Cafe(DD and me), Le Cellier(DS)
Best Service: Alfredo's
Worst Meal: San Angel
Best Steak: tie - Kona or LeCellier
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