My Disneyland dining reviews, with pictures

[AC7179]

That is sad......are they replacing it with anything?

 

[smiley_face2]

Well it sure is too bad. I think a location in Downtown Disney, or even the DL hotel would be much better. PPH is too out of the way for foot traffic through DTD.

 

[smiley_face2]

Did anyone get over to Mimi's this morning to get their gift card? I meant to have a look on the Hojo cam to see if the line was long but forgot!

 

[teatime]

you know of all the concierge lounges now (I have stayed in all 3),
This was probably the worst in my opinion only. The afternoon hot appetizers while we were there were horrible. Only one i even remotely remember was some sort of teriyaki beef skewer. My DH disagrees with me but i clearly remember and have pics to prove the lounge at the PPH had more food avail( portions) and thier hot appetizers were good.
The Grand is the best concierge!!
Thier hot appetizers were scrumptious( mini crab cakes, wonton like item etc.
and they are the only ones to serve the mickey scones. loved them
But in asnwer to your question yes lots of Coke, Sprite, milk, dasani water bottles no other selection but at the disneyland hotel they have a huuuge fridge like a sub zero size fride with nothing in it but coke, sprite, water, apple juice boxes and milk. my little loved this lol.

you mean you can get meals if you do concierge ??that all looks so good! do you only get a sampling or is it take what you want? all that looks so good!
So of all the concierge at the three motels , what was the best ?? thanks

 

[magicallyDisney001]

All these pictures look great! I'm getting hungry just looking at them!

 

[got2travel]

I read yesterday that Yamabuki is closing, so everyone who is thinking about a PS might want to move quickly...

And I'm sad because it was on our list for December!

That's so sad. I just discovered it and now its going to be gone.

 

[robynv]

I also want to ask about the concierge lounges. We are staying for the first time at PPH concierge.. What will the offerings be like? Could we make meals out of the food? We know the drinks alone are a great value, but I am really hoping to save some cash on food if possible. I would really love it if you could really describe the food in the lounge of PPH.

Also if you were going to do 2 meals what would it be? My son would like a birthday dinner character meal. And we love the fun dining at WDW, such as whispering canyon etc.. anything like that at DL?

 

[Sherry E]

I also want to ask about the concierge lounges. We are staying for the first time at PPH concierge.. What will the offerings be like? Could we make meals out of the food? We know the drinks alone are a great value, but I am really hoping to save some cash on food if possible. I would really love it if you could really describe the food in the lounge of PPH.

Also if you were going to do 2 meals what would it be? My son would like a birthday dinner character meal. And we love the fun dining at WDW, such as whispering canyon etc.. anything like that at DL?

Pycess312 has some great photos of the PPH concierge offerings on Pages 72 and 73 of this very thread! Here is the link to page 72 so you don't have to search for it: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1253888&page=72

There are 5 character meals to choose from. Does your son like Princesses? If not, then you can rule out Ariel's Grotto. People seem to love Minnie and Friends and Lilo and Stitch. I love Goofy's Kitchen. Storytellers is ok to me. If I were doing only two separate meals at DLR, I would do Goofy's and probably Carnation Cafe.

 

[Krissy Marissy]

IMO if you are trying to justify the extra cost of CL on eating snacks you'll never come out ahead. Saying that I do love CL at GCH. You just should think of the food offerings as a sweet bonus.

I am sad about yamabuki closing. Wonder if they'll replace it. I agree that PPH is just too far out of the way for a restaurant to keep busy.

 

[Sherry E]

IMO if you are trying to justify the extra cost of CL on eating snacks you'll never come out ahead. Saying that I do love CL at GCH. You just should think of the food offerings as a sweet bonus.

I am sad about yamabuki closing. Wonder if they'll replace it. I agree that PPH is just too far out of the way for a restaurant to keep busy.

Yeah, that's the problem. Even though we do love our 'short cut' from the PPH through the GCH lobby, it is true that because PPH is across the street and not in the direct straight path/line that connects DLH to the entrances of both parks and provides access to the GCH, many people probably never make it over there or discover it because they don't have to see it in passing from Point A to Point B. I would bet that a lot of folks never knew Yamabuki existed. If not for the Lilo and Stitch meal, PCH Grill would likely fall under the radar too. Well PPH has to get another restaurant there in Yamabuki's place, so I can't wait to find out what it will be. I think they are lacking in Asian cusine in DLR, so they should put something comparable in there, but something that kind of 'fits' in with the whole beach/surf theme on a more elegant level. Maybe a really nice seafood place. With so many places shutting down in DTD and now Yamabuki leaving, along with the transformation of DCA, the 'face' of DLR is changing before our eyes!

 

[DizNee Luver]

I agree with you Sherry on the Paradise Pier's location hurting them. We had dinner at the PCH Grill & the restaurant was almost empty. The food & service was superb & we're going again this trip. I don't think people want to wander that far for a meal...which is a shame. Yamabuki wasn't my type of restaurant but the pics on here, showed me that it was a very good restaurant & reviewers seemed to love it. It & the PCH Grill just aren't visable enough unless you're staying at the hotel.
Maybe Disney can promote some of the restaurants out of the line of sight from the parks.

 

[Sherry E]

I agree with you Sherry on the Paradise Pier's location hurting them. We had dinner at the PCH Grill & the restaurant was almost empty. The food & service was superb & we're going again this trip. I don't think people want to wander that far for a meal...which is a shame. Yamabuki wasn't my type of restaurant but the pics on here, showed me that it was a very good restaurant & reviewers seemed to love it. It & the PCH Grill just aren't visable enough unless you're staying at the hotel.
Maybe Disney can promote some of the restaurants out of the line of sight from the parks.

I agree - Yamabuki is not my type of restaurant either, but the folks who liked it really seemed to speak highly of it so I guess it was a very good place.

I am ashamed to say that as many times as I have stayed at PPH, I have never even eaten at PCH Grill!!! Isn't that awful? I barely even know it is there when I am a guest of that hotel, so how is anyone else across the street suppposed to know about it, especially folks who don't have PS's or dining plans of any kind and are just wandering around DLR looking for food?!! Location is definitely key, because so many people make spontaneous dining decisions based on accidentally stumbling upon a restaurant en route to something else. However, the more I hear about PCH Grill, I think I will have to try it. I think I would like it. PCH Grill and Steakhouse 55 are on my 'must try' list for the next couple of trips, and then either Lilo and Stitch or Minnie & Friends.

 

[Krissy Marissy]

I am just like you Sherry. I used to stay at PP before the GCH hotel opened and the only times we "ate" at PCH Grill was when we had room service...not often. PP is just so out of the way that it makes it hard to entice people over to eat/shop. If the food was super amazing and you couldn't find anything else better on all of the property then I would be a little more tempted to eat there. However with other places to find great meals without a long walk I just dont see it being a hoppin joint anytime soon

 

[Sherry E]

I am just like you Sherry. I used to stay at PP before the GCH hotel opened and the only times we "ate" at PCH Grill was when we had room service...not often. PP is just so out of the way that it makes it hard to entice people over to eat/shop. If the food was super amazing and you couldn't find anything else better on all of the property then I would be a little more tempted to eat there. However with other places to find great meals without a long walk I just dont see it being a hoppin joint anytime soon

Yes, sadly, I think you are right. PPH won't be a hoppin' joint for destination eating unless they put a really fantastic restaurant in place of Yamabuki. Now that I think of it, whenever I am taking the short cut either to or from PPH via the GCH lobby, and I pass by the PCH Grill - it always looks virtually empty. There may be people at a couple of tables but basically it never looks crowded. And I hear the food is really good there - DizNee Luver confirmed that. I think I forgot that PCH Grill was behind the room service food. I almost ordered room service on the December trip when I was by myself for one night.....but instead ate the rest of my gingerbread man with ears cookie and my Snowman cookie!!:thumbsup Anyway, I am going to try to make a point of eating at PCH Grill on one of the next trips. We know they probably have to keep it open and not close it like with Yamabuki because they have to have a character meal in that hotel, so some restaurant has to be up and functioning in the PPH at all times to host the character meal.

Who knows? Even though Yamabuki and PCH Grill are not the same sort of cuisine, maybe now that Yamabuki is closing PCH Grill will actually pick up a tiny bit in business because it will be basically the only choice for table-service eating (not counting the little coffee/snack/sandwich place in the lounge area) for a little while. Some of the PPH hotel guests who are tired and hungry but don't want to schlep across the street to where all the restaurants are may just saunter downstairs and into PCH Grill because it's right there.

 

[Mom of three]

Our very first DL trip 3 years ago we stayed at PPH and felt compelled to eat at PCH Grill for the mere convenience. It was okay, nothing great. Actually got bored with the menu and grimmaced at the thought of trying to find something that sounded good. We did not even try Yamabuki for the fact that it did not appease to the rest of the family, only myself.

I really wish I would have explored our dining options a little more and ventured out. But I suppose you learn things as you go along.

 

[Sherry E]

Our very first DL trip 3 years ago we stayed at PPH and felt compelled to eat at PCH Grill for the mere convenience. It was okay, nothing great. Actually got bored with the menu and grimmaced at the thought of trying to find something that sounded good. We did not even try Yamabuki for the fact that it did not appease to the rest of the family, only myself.

I really wish I would have explored our dining options a little more and ventured out. But I suppose you learn things as you go along.

Is PCH Grill sort of the standard burgers and sandwiches kind of place, or are there more chicken, steak, pasta and pizza-type dishes?

I really wish they would bring back the Monorail Cafe. That place was great. It was a coffee shop-diner type of place, but really good food. I suppose they couldn't put the Monorail Cafe in the PPH because its original home was the DLH and it wouldn't make sense, but I wish they would!

 

[blackjackdelta]

Wrong post

 

[QueenDoOver]

Is PCH Grill sort of the standard burgers and sandwiches kind of place, or are there more chicken, steak, pasta and pizza-type dishes?

I really wish they would bring back the Monorail Cafe. That place was great. It was a coffee shop-diner type of place, but really good food. I suppose they couldn't put the Monorail Cafe in the PPH because its original home was the DLH and it wouldn't make sense, but I wish they would!

PCH definetly has the chicken, steack, pasta, pizza, salad, soup stuff. But, we have always found it to be very mediocre, and we are always the only ones eating in there too.
But, they are a gem for breakfast in the morning, roomservice. We would order one breakfast, the americana? which came with juice and cocoa and then an extra coffee carafe with extra cream. It fed our family of 4 breakfast, and gave us enough coffee and left over cocoa to have an iced mocha when we returned for afternoon break.

 

[Sherry E]

PCH definetly has the chicken, steack, pasta, pizza, salad, soup stuff. But, we have always found it to be very mediocre, and we are always the only ones eating in there too.
But, they are a gem for breakfast in the morning, roomservice. We would order one breakfast, the americana? which came with juice and cocoa and then an extra coffee carafe with extra cream. It fed our family of 4 breakfast, and gave us enough coffee and left over cocoa to have an iced mocha when we returned for afternoon break.

I had one night and one morning to myself at PPH last December (in between friend arrivals), and I was tempted to order room service for either dinner or breakfast, and I decided against both. BUT, I looked at the menu and I saw that American or Americana breakfast and that was the one I was going to order IF I had ordered. I remember thinking it looked really good, and it sounds like a lot of food! Very clever idea to use your leftover coffee and cocoa to have iced mochas when you got back in the afternoon!!

 

[Stacerita]

Took a few pics at Redd Rockets last week.

Chicken Fusilli (sorry, DBF and I started eating it before I took a pic)

Cesar Salad

Slice of cheese pizza cut in half to share.