My Disneyland dining reviews, with pictures

Here's my quick food report:

We drove in from Vegas and discovered a few Chick-Fil-As along the way (we don’t have any in Vegas). Since we weren’t going to any parks on Thursday night we just couldn’t pass up a stop at one. Yummy at always

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Friday

We really didn’t have any plans for breakfast. We were starving by about 9am so we ate of one of my favorites, River Belle Terrace. These pancakes and sausage are always so good. Oh and I always have to have a strawberry milk. DH had the Steamboat Platter, which is eggs, bacon and a biscuit, he enjoyed his meal too. Total cost: $27.00

Sorry, DH had eaten Mickey's face before I took the picture:
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Such a pretty restaurant for quick service:
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Lunch: We always try to do something different every time we go to DL and this time it was Big Thunder BBQ. Wow was this food good. I’m not a big fan of chicken on a bone but I loved it here, along with the ribs. I didn’t eat the coleslaw or beans but my DH loved them although, he prefers pork in his baked beans, these were vegetarian. We didn’t stay for dessert but would have loved to try the cookie bucket. I asked if we could order just dessert but the server wasn’t sure. Overall, I am glad we did it and loved the food but it was kind of expensive. It’s $19.99 and that doesn’t include soda or dessert. Total cost: $49.98
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Dinner: We went to the Yankee-Angles game that night so we didn’t have dinner in the parks. We did have chicken nachos at the stadium and they were really good.

Snacks during the day: cream cheese pretzel – delicious, beignets – good but they weren’t cooked all the way

Saturday

Breakfast: Usually we never have time for a sit down meal because we are only in the parks one day. Since we were there for two days we had time to actually sit and enjoy breakfast. We ate at Carnation Café. We both had croissant eggs benedict with a side of breakfast potatoes. The eggs benedict was good but OMG are those potatoes great. They have so much flavor and are actually creamy, another great meal. Total cost: $28.00

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Lunch: we decide to enjoy some things from the Food and Wine Festival. Now, it’s no where’s near the level of WDW but we loved it and thought it was a nice little something extra to DCA. We ordered the white cheddar cheese soup, beer battered halibut, beef slider and the chocolate profiterole.

Soup was amazing, dare I say even better than Le Cellier in Epcot, halibut was great, DH wanted more but was too full, beef slider was just ok as was the profiterole. I am not a big pastry fan but I thought it tasted like the refrigerator. DH liked the pasty part but didn’t like the filling. Of course we also got two sodas so we could use the fancy coke machine. I just got some fruit punch with a slash of Sprit but DH got an Orange Coke (which he liked) followed by a cherry coke. Don’t know if refills were allowed but there were no signs saying you it wasn’t so we did. Total Cost: $26.00

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Dinner: Pizza Port, we have dinner here every trip and always get the same thing chicken fusilli. They have changed a few things on their menu but was happy to see they have not changed our chicken as it was good as usual. They did change the breadsticks, which we don’t like. Instead we got a slice of pizza, I would have rated it just ok but for $6.00 a slice, I rate it terrible. This place is still one of the best deals in the park IMHO because the chicken is big enough to spilt. Total Cost: $23.00

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Snacks: I swear DL has the best cotton candy and a mint sundae from Gibson Girl – was good but did not have hot fudge, isn’t that a requirement of a sundae?

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I have to say I think the park food is so much better at DL than in WDW and this trip didn’t disappoint.

Thanks for reading.
 
I have to say I think the park food is so much better at DL than in WDW and this trip didn’t disappoint.

I totally agree! We took our first trip to WDW last December and I was looking forward to trying all the new and wonderful foods I had always heard so much about. Our very best meal ended up being at Rainforest Cafe which we always do at DL anyway. We found ourselves missing all our DL favorites! I cannot wait til our DL trip in November!
 
I have to say I think the park food is so much better at DL than in WDW and this trip didn’t disappoint.

With the exception of a few of my Epcot favorites I would have to agree too. We went to the MK in Jan and I couldn't find anything but burgers, hot dogs, and other really generic foods. We settled on CHH, but it wasn't anything special.

I love that we have Gumbo, skewers, baked potatoes, Mexican Food and the French Market! So many more choices than the boring ones at MK!
 
OMG I shouldn't have looked at this thread! YUM!!! We are leaving in about 5 hours for DL and now I am even hungrier and more excited than I was a few minutes ago!

I will try to remember to take pictures of our food so you all have some new food porn to drool over!!!
 

OMG I shouldn't have looked at this thread! YUM!!! We are leaving in about 5 hours for DL and now I am even hungrier and more excited than I was a few minutes ago!

I will try to remember to take pictures of our food so you all have some new food porn to drool over!!!

Have a great time!

Boy do I love those chocolate covered strawberries:thumbsup2:thumbsup2
 
Instead we got a slice of pizza, I would have rated it just ok but for $6.00 a slice, I rate it terrible.
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The eggs Benedict on a croissant look SO good! Can't wait to eat at Carnation next time I go!
 
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The eggs Benedict on a croissant look SO good! Can't wait to eat at Carnation next time I go!


Seconded...that picture has convinced me that I won't be taking advantage of the free breakfast at the hotel I usually stay at on my next trip! :laughing:
 
Okay people, how will I make it onto any rides when my trip plan is now made up of all of the restaurants you've all listed? :rotfl:
 
Okay, Since my BF is a great photographer and the pictures he took makes me drool and crave to eat everytime I see them, I thought I'd share some food from our recent trip!

Breakfast at Carnation Cafe is now a MUST for every visit, I haven't stopped thinking about those potatoes since I got back!

Cafe Scramble
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Mickey Waffle with Strawberry topping
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Carnation Cafe lunch

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Carne Asada and Enchilada plate from Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante
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Broccoli and Cheese bread bowl from Pacific Wharf (I must have ate 3 of these)
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Of course, Cafe Orleans Pomme Frites
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DLR also has this Minute Maid Pomegranate Lemonade that is AWESOME. (Which I haven't seen anywhere in Hawaii yet :confused3)
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Beignets!
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Snacks!
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Okay, Since my BF is a great photographer and the pictures he took makes me drool and crave to eat everytime I see them, I thought I'd share some food from our recent trip!
Of course, Cafe Orleans Pomme Frites
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Snacks!
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I was dreaming of these today popcorn::
 
OK, it's been a while since there has been any food porn here. I took these pictures while I was there last month intending to post them so I guess it's time.....

Here are a few shots that we took from the Chef's counter at Napa Rose restaurant. I don't know exactly what these dishes were, but they looked yummy as they were going out.

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Let the Dry Spell end!
 
Here are the ones that I took on my trip last month (I would've taken more, but my battery died on me):

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Partially eaten churro (my choice of food if I ever get stuck on a desert island with only one item of food available).

Celebration Round-up:

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My uncle wanted sweetened iced tea with lots of sweetener...he got lots of sweetener. Inside the bucket were napkins, cutlery, and wet wipes (you know you're at a place that serves barbeque when they have wet wipes).

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Initial spread included sweet, tangy beans, coleslaw, pork ribs, chicken, and 4 pieces of sweet cornbread.

I liked it all (except for the coleslaw, which I avoided like the plague because I hate cabbage, I don't think anyone liked the coleslaw). The beans had a brown sugar sweetness and an almost vinegary tanginess. The chicken was rubbed with spices and the ribs had a minimal amount of sauce on them. Both meats were juicy (I love barbeque chicken that isn't dried out). The cornbread was good, but nothing special (which was fine with me because I happen to love cornbread-mix cornbread, especially after having some rather disgusting dry and tasteless "savory" cornbread at the dining halls this past academic year). The lemon wedges came with the water that my aunt, my mom, and I ordered.

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We got the big bucket (compared to a smaller bucket right behind the big bucket) when we ordered a second round on the meat (this was a full second round following an order of two chicken breasts...you can ask for only one type of meat, like only chicken legs, and stipulate how many, which I thought was nice).

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Extra barbeque sauce (for those of us who like our ribs really "wet").
 












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