Mexico's San Angel Inn & China's Nine Dragons

[sam3996]

Anyone know anything about these two? Also if anyone has tried the Pecos Bill Cafe, El Pericos, or The Trails End?

 

[Uncleromulus]

I know San Angel Inn is noisy, crowded, tables jammed right up next to each other, has pretty poor service and the food is fair, at best. They also have the wrong kind of Dos Equis on draft (light--not the amber).

It possibly might be OK if there were just two of you and you got a table right next to the River of Time.

 

[DisneyFreak06]

My nephew and I ate at Peco's Bill's in March. We enjoyed it, I think we both got either hamburgers or cheeseburgers. They have the fixing bar (I think that's what it's callled.) where you can add your own toppings to your burger.

 

[Dana49]

We were very disappointed with Nine Dragons when we ate there in November 2007. It wasn't as good as the Chinese restaurants that we have at home. I'm hoping that with the scheduled renovation, they'll improve their menu and food quality.

 

[jenniferhornsby]

I agree with earlier poster. San Angel is noisy and the food isn't good. The River is nice, but rarely will you get to sit right by it. We've found that eating at the Cantina de San Angel is much nicer. The food is better and you can sit on the water and enjoy the view of the Epcot ball and all the countries.

 

[rgf207]

San Angel Inn isn't bad but it's not great. We have great mexicn food places near my house and San Angel Inn doesn't compare. The atmosphere is great though. We like it but it's not a must do on every trip. If you like mexican, go for it but don't expect it to compare to the restaurants locally to your home.

We ate at the Cantina de San Angel Counter Service outside and will never do it again. It was the worst meal we had. We were actually given our CS credits back because it was so bad and we could not eat the food

 

[rsimon]

We have eaten at San Angel Inn several times starting a few years ago. At first it was pretty good (even though they have always served bagged tostido chips and bottled salsa). However, our last trip (January '08) we were VERY disappointed with the food. We all ordered different items, and the steak on my meal and DD's meal tasted burned even though it wasn't.. DW's meal was served cold and when we told them it was cold, they took it back and just put more sauce on it (which was warm).

We were so disappointed that we cancelled our other ADRs for the trip and wrote a complaint to Disney about the food quality there.

Save yourself and eat someplace else.. Just go in and visit for the great atmosphere as that is probably the best there is in Epcot.

 

[daisy112878]

We love going to Nine Dragons. We've always had good food and service. Really like their appetizer sampler.

San Angel Inn - we didn't really enjoy but my sister and her family love going there. I wasn't impressed with the menu. Service was fine and the darkness didn't brother us. Dh and I just feel there are other restaurants in Epcot we like better.


Personally I take every review whether on here or allearsnet with a grain of salt. Only you know if your family will like the food and enjoy the restaurant. My philosophy is give it a chance and try it out.

 

[a1tinkfans]

I agree with earlier poster. San Angel is noisy and the food isn't good. The River is nice, but rarely will you get to sit right by it. We've found that eating at the Cantina de San Angel is much nicer. The food is better and you can sit on the water and enjoy the view of the Epcot ball and all the countries.

Totally agree.
We love Pecos bills and the wraps are YUMMY, never mind the chocolate dessert they have!
We have not eaten at Trails end, simply due to location, but have heard it is a good buffet, if you like buffet style dining.
Have a great vacation where ever you choose to eat!

 

[MickeyNicki]

We are eating at San Angel Inn tonight, my reviews will be up later

 

[eeyoremum]

San Angels is one of our must do restaurants. It is our first evening dinner.

I also loved Nine Dragons, my family does not care for chinese food so we have only eaten there once.

 

[DVCJEN]

The only thing worse than the food at San Angel is the service. Save yourselves the disappointment-- don't go.

 

[ShaneH]

We loved Nine Dragons, probably our best meal of the trip. The food was good, the service was good and fast. It was pretty quick for a sit down meal, food came out quick and service was quick. All of our other sit down meals took so long we hated missing out on park time but Nine dragons was fast but not like they were trying to rush you out the door. Oh the raspberry ice tea was really good there.

 

[kujoman]

I agree with DVCJEN. This is, by far, the worst table service rest. we have eaten at. Taco Bell has better food and more adequate seating.

 

[Tiggr924]

I know San Angel Inn is noisy, crowded, tables jammed right up next to each other, has pretty poor service and the food is fair, at best. They also have the wrong kind of Dos Equis on draft (light--not the amber).

It possibly might be OK if there were just two of you and you got a table right next to the River of Time.

I think you described it perfectly. Even with two people near the River of Time, you still can't hear each other or have a decent conversation.

We went to Nine Dragons last year because we were on DDP and the restaurant in Japan was not open yet. Boy, were we disappointed. It was extremely crowded the two tables next to us were on top of us. If you have ever had good Chinese food then you will be even more disappointed with this food because it was worse than the local take-out in my town. The food was very bland and unauthentic.

I don't mean to be a Negative Nancy or offend any of the pp, but we will not be returning to either of these restaurants anytime soon.

 

[DumboDash2006]

I've been to San Angel Inn, once in 2006. We loved it! The service WAS on the slow side to start but then improved. We enjoyed the atmosphere and thought the food was wonderful. Sure the chips and salsa were ordinary but our other appetizers and entrees were delicious!

My mom and sister had been there before many years before that and also really enjoyed it that time, which is why we tried it in 06. I was hesitant based on reviews here, but was very pleasantly surprised.