Napa Rose Updates

[DontSpamMe]

Has anyone been to the updated Napa Rose? Is it worth it? Did they improve the food and restaurant enough to justify a dinner there without entering the parks?

 

[Elk Grove Chris]

We were there April 12. Same quality for sure, but price fixe menu, $188/head. I have not processed those pictures yet.

We started with an amuse-bouche. A quite spectacular mushroom soup-wish I had a whole bowel of that.

Then choices were a seared scallop, a crudo (which was very good), duck stuffed morell mushrooms (very good), I think a seafood soup in an urchin shaped bowel, and I think a beet something.

Main course choices were rib eye (excellent), branzino (my DW loved this), small rack of lamb, and a crepe dish (forgot what was inside-but my DD raved about it).

A selection of desserts which were all very good and some chocolate as a parting.

Five star service, food, and ambience (there were some changes to decor and seating). We ate at Ocean 48 in Irvine the next night and Napa Rose was right there with quality of food (though less selections). Worth it will vary, but we would go back for sure.

 

[Elk Grove Chris]

Well, glad I took a picture of the menu, misremembered a few things.

 

[YoHo_YoHo]

Any news on the chef's counter? Is the process still the same, calling to book rather than online reservations? Only thing I've seen online is that it's "more curated," not sure what that means as it's always been curated.

 

[katejc]

Do they still have a bar/lounge area? We used to love stopping in there just for drinks and snacks.

 

[Elk Grove Chris]

Chefs counters were full when we went there as was a singles counter. Lounge looks larger than I remember, but never sat in the back by the terrace, looks great. Full booths in back of lounge near terrace.

 

[AstroBlasters]

Has anyone been to the updated Napa Rose? Is it worth it? Did they improve the food and restaurant enough to justify a dinner there without entering the parks?

I went the week after it opened. It was “good but not great”. Maybe I’ve just become spoiled by other fine dining pre-fix, but a number of the dishes were just “fine” because the flavors didn’t pop enough.

I’ve decided I’m never going to do a wine pairing at a Disney establishment again. I thought that since this was about Napa that maybe they would have a better pairing to go with the food, but we would have been MUCH better off just taking the money we spent on the pairing and buying a bottle of red and a bottle of white that we know we would enjoy and having that.

The physical space that we were in was nice and elevated from where it was pre-remodel.

 

[cruisehopeful]

Do they still have a bar/lounge area? We used to love stopping in there just for drinks and snacks.

Yes they do.

 

[evilmommie]

Yes, the lounge is open and beautiful. The outdoor patios are going to be spectacular when they open, maybe they have. These pics are from 5 weeks ago.

 

[katejc]

Yes, the lounge is open and beautiful. The outdoor patios are going to be spectacular when they open, maybe they have. These pics are from 5 weeks ago.
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Love that outdoor space! Hopefully it’ll be open when we’re there in a couple weeks.
Thanks for sharing pictures!