More than Once?

Chef Mickey's dinner. I know this place gets no love on here, but it's a must do for us. The food isn't gourmet and it is expensive, but we love it. The atmosphere is great, you get to see the "main" characters, the food is good (not great but we like it), and we love Contemporary.

Rainforest or TRex- they are fun places to eat with pretty good food

Tutto Italia we've been to repeatedly, but will probably skip it next time. We love the food and just the feel of the restaurant.
 
@pens4821 we haven't been since 2010, but Chef Mickey's was a big favorite when my son was little. The character entertainment was top-notch for him, and I always loved the Parmesan mash and prime rib or flank steak. The soups were always great too.
 
@1GoldenSun The Ger's Bread Pudding at Raglan Road is to-die-for!

"It's not bleeding chowder" is a great dish, as is the steak, but the bread pudding--OMG! You cannot imagine how fantastic it is until you taste it with the sauces that come with it. Beyond anything else you've ever eaten.
 
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I have California Grill reservations four times in a 16-day span for my next trip :eek:... so, I pretty much should be the #OfficialKeelsOfCaliGrill. It's probably my favorite restaurant at all of Disney.

Other Must-Do's: Morimoto, Biergarten, Chefs de France and Brown Derby/Brown Derby Lounge
 

Our repeats are Crystal Palace breakfast (3), Via Napoli (2), Tusker House breakfast (2), 1900 Park Fare (2), Restaurantosaurus (2), Portobello (2), Les Halles (3), BOG (1 breakfast, 2 lunches) 'Ohana (1 breakfast, 1 dinner), Raglan Road (2).

We took some first-timers with us on two separate trips, so some of these places we revisited were done so merely so they could experience them too. We won't hesitate to go back to Via Napoli, Les Halles or Raglan Road.
 
Repeat must-do's for us for every trip.
TS: Teppan Edo, GFC, Plaza
QS: Lotus Blossom Cafe, Les Halles, La Cantina, Pinocchio Village Haus, Captain Cook's.
 
We eat at Boma on every trip. Rose & Crown and Trails End are favorites that we go to on most trips. We also repeat Kona and Via Napoli.

As for quick serve, we go to Columbia Harbour House sometimes more than once a trip and repeat Kringla, Les Halles and Harambe Market.
 
50's Prime Time Cafe!! Love the food, love the interaction and LOVE the atmosphere! We wish our kitchen looked like that!!
 
Every trip: Ohana (breakfast), Via Napoli, Yak & Yeti, HDDR.
Most Trips: Cape May (breakfast and dinner), Ohana dinner, Chef Mickeys (though I always try to talk them out of it), Columbia Harbor House.
Never Again: Hollywood and Vine

While I always try to plan new places, the family will absolutely rebel if the every trip locations are not included. My son, who really does not like anything in AK (pre-Pandora so I hope this will change), still insists we go there for at least a half day just to eat at Yak & Yeti.
 
When I first started my annual solo trips, I was focused on trying mostly new restaurants each trip, but now I'm revisiting more each year.

I've done my annual pizza night at Via Napoli every year since 2012. Gotta get my pizza fix!

A couple of years ago I discovered The Wave - breakfast there is now an annual must-do, and I've enjoyed lunch and dinner there, too.

Also a couple of years ago I tried lunch at HBD and that is becoming an annual thing now, too.

My annual QS must-do is Tangierine Cafe. Bring on the lamb shawarma!
 
To be fair, we've only been once. But these are the places we absolutely must do again on our next trip in 2 weeks!

1900 Park Fare breakfast
Yak & Yeti lunch
'Ohana dinner

This time we're trying Narcoossee's, California Grill, Via Napoli, Skipper Canteen, BOG dinner (had lunch before, it was meh) and Crystal Palace breakfast. I'm hoping one or more of these can be added to my must-do list.
 
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Our family has many that are one and done, and just as many or more that are repeats each trip. Because we have different types of eaters in our family, different members request different repeats. This past trip we did deluxe dining for the first time and while it was too much food for us, it was fun to try out so many new restaurants on our 10 day trip.
Here are some of our family's results: (none of these were bad experiences by the way... we've been lucky, just some became favourites, while others were just ok)
REPEATS:
AK - Tiffins (did it twice in one trip)

MK - Skipper's Canteen, BOG lunch

EP - Chefs de France, Coral Reef, Le Cellier

HS - Brown Derby, 50's Prime Time

Resorts - Trail's End, Kona, Flying Fish, Sanaa, The Wave, Captain's Grille

One & Done:
AK - Tusker House

MK - BOG dinner, CRT, Crystal Palace

EP - Biergarten, Marrakesh, Garden Grill

HS - Sci Fi

Resorts - Whispering Canyon, Grand Floridian Cafe, Citricos, 1900 Park Fare, Boma
 
We loved BOG dinner, Garden Grill breakfast and Kona breakfast and would go back for all of these. There are so many restaurants and we don’t get to WDW as often as DL so we probably will try some new restaurants next trip.
 
When you've gone a lot, they all become repeats. I'm going in a few weeks and taking my son and his family who have been many times and I'm also taking my SO for his first Disneyworld trip (he's NOT a Disney fan). So the number one requested repeat from son/family is bluezoo which is my favorite also. We usually hit this one every time. While there are many others I enjoy, I tend to rotate and am not bothered by skipping them. For this trip we are going to V&A, bluezoo, Tiffins, Brown Derby, the Wave and Frontera Cocina.
 
I'm not a risk taker so we tend to repeat restaurants a lot lol. Here's the ones we do over and over:

Biergarten
Boma (probably been here the most of any wdw restaurant)
Teppan Edo
 
Ones that we've repeated: Liberty Tree Tavern, BOG lunch, Teppan Edo, 50s Prime Time, Raglan Road, HDDR
 
Our repeat custom goes to
Narcoosees- so good we went twice last trip
Shulas -impeccable service and the best steak imo
The yachtsman - husbands favourite
Yak and Yeti CS is hands down our fave CS
 


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