No cottage pie at Rose & Crown!!!???

[LoveMyLAP-BAND]

I just checked the menu at R&C on allears and there's no cottage pie listed (although it is still on the kids menu )

Tell me this isn't true. I don't like ANYTHING on the new menu, but really wanted to try it for the (possible) Illuminations view.

Anyone eat there lately?
Thanks!

 

[wolverine2010]

this is a result of the ddp in my op...slowly things are going away esp at epcot

 

[Lives4Disney]

We ate there during out May trip. It was my favorite at R & C and I was looking forward to it. Sorry to say it is not on their dinner menu. I asked about it and was told it is available for lunch only.

I ordered pork and it was OK, but pretty bland and blah. Nothing else appealed to me, though. We did have a front row Illuminations view, though, so I guess it was worth it - Oh! And dessert is delicious at R & C.

Lives4Disney

 

[baileybelle]

The menu has changed and the portions are a lot smaller and the prices have gone up. Here's a link to the new dinner menu. http://allearsnet.com/menu/menu_rc.htm

The lunch menu is almost identical. My DIL had the chicken. What a joke!! For $14 dollars she got a small boneless breast of chicken with a few leeks. It didn't even come with mashed potatoes. The fish and chips have also shrunk in size. I had the bangers and mash. Two small sausages, a scoop of mashed potatoes and a spoonful of cabbage. My DS and DD both had the cottage pie(available at lunch). It is now made with a mixture of ground lamb and beef. They both said it was OK, but not as good as before.

We were 5 adults and our bill was $120. including the tip for lunch, no appetizers or desserts. We were still hungry. We was so disappointed. Probably won't be returning.

 

[3DisneyBuggs]

I made an ADR there based on the old menu- glad I read this thread though.I eveb had the 730 ADR- nothig looks good. Maybe I can order a kid's meal if they have the pie.

 

[Vijoge]

I made an ADR there based on the old menu- glad I read this thread though.I eveb had the 730 ADR- nothig looks good. Maybe I can order a kid's meal if they have the pie.

I did the same, just for the cottage pie. Now I have to decide if I should try to cancel dinner and get an ADR for lunch or not go at all.

 

[sunee]

this is a result of the ddp in my op...slowly things are going away esp at epcot

Yes, things have changed a lot and for the worse. But how do we know this is DDP related and not just another Disney cutback? (I just said this on the other thread, lol.)

 

[kaytieeldr]

this is a result of the ddp in my op...slowly things are going away esp at epcot

Oh, goody. First the DDP is the reason all the expensive entree items are being removed from the menus. Now it's the reason the LEAST expensive items are slowly going away from the same menus. Pretty soon there won't be ANY food available in ANY restaurant at Epcot... and apparently none of the changes could possibly be normal menu changes to keep attracting new diners because, after all, each respective Epcot restaurant's menu offered its entire same menu with no changes/additions/subtractions from 1982 (or whenever a given restaurant opened or revamped) through 1/2/05 when the DDP started. It's only in the last two years and five months that ANY menu has undergone ANY change.

 

[abeyst]

I wonder if they left the pie on the lunch menu b/c it was a popular entree, and they're trying to fill the restaurant at lunch by removing it from the dinner menu (since a lot of peeps do dinner here for the illuminations view during their meal).

 

[abeyst]

But this is great news at 7:20AM when I just made my ADRs at R&C for dinner!! Time to call back and sit on hold .....

 

[DisneyMomx7]

I'm thinking of cancelling our ADR for R&C also. The new menu just doesn't look appealing to me. We have an early (6:00) ADR for 4th of July. I'm going to call and see if I can switch things around. Maybe we'll just end up at Beaches and Cream!

 

[LoveMyLAP-BAND]

Thanks all. We usually eat breakfast at our timeshare condo, a counter service lunch and a nice dinner so I booked a late breakfast at Cape May as our "nice" meal of the day.

I'll still keep R&C- I'll just think of it as our "counter" service meal and then I won't expect much. We will already have had our "nice" meal of the day. I may just order the cheese plate and the potato soup or the kid's cottage pie.

I'm hoping to get patio seating, but the viewing area for indoor guests will do. I have a child that just can't sit still and it was a nightmare to wait with him the last time for IllumiNations. The patio or viewing area will make it nice.

 

[baby<3]

Is the stew still there for dinner?
Thats one of my dad's all time favorite Disney meals.
We have ADRs specifically just so my family can get the stew.

 

[LoveMyLAP-BAND]

I just checked allears and it looks like no stew!

Sorry!

 

[Katiebell]

Oh, goody. First the DDP is the reason all the expensive entree items are being removed from the menus. Now it's the reason the LEAST expensive items are slowly going away from the same menus. Pretty soon there won't be ANY food available in ANY restaurant at Epcot... and apparently none of the changes could possibly be normal menu changes to keep attracting new diners because, after all, each respective Epcot restaurant's menu offered its entire same menu with no changes/additions/subtractions from 1982 (or whenever a given restaurant opened or revamped) through 1/2/05 when the DDP started. It's only in the last two years and five months that ANY menu has undergone ANY change.

I just looked at R&C's menu -- looks pretty authentic: steak, fish and chips, bangers and mash, a curry appetizer, potato leek soup, stewed mushrooms, braised lamb shank, roast pork, chocolate Guinness torte, sticky toffee pudding, Irish Coffee trifle -- definitely not the same as any other Disney restaurant, British food, definitely different. If you can't find anything on that menu sounds remotely appealing, then you must not like British food -- so why would you want to eat at a pub?

Menus change all the time -- at almost all restaurants, everywhere. New dishes are added; older, often less popular, dishes are removed; ingredients are changed; prices go up (usually...the don't often go down unless something is on special).

At Disneyland, they just revamped the Blue Bayou menu. The Monte Cristo sandwich used to be 13.99 -- now it's 18.99! The lunch menu used to be about $13-$16, averaging about $10 less per person than dinner. Now the lunch menu is 18.99-27.99, and dinner runs 24.99-35.99. Several of the dishes are different and new (they sound good, but wow, expensive!) And they kept a couple of their signature items like the Monte Cristo and the gumbo.

Prices higher (a LOT higher). Menu changed. Many dishes are now gone. Lots of new stuff. And guess what -- Disneyland doesn't have the DDP. Why all the changes? Disney wants to make more money, and knows that people will pay it -- pirates are a hot property right now. The revamped menu really emphasizes the PotC connection: Buccaneer's Short Ribs, Tesora Island Chicken, Port Royal Mahi Mahi, Flying Dutchman Cookie Boat, Tortuga Trio Creme Brulee.

 

[3DisneyBuggs]

Katiebell I have never tried English food which is why I made the ADR at R&C. The chicken pasty and cottage pie are really the only 2 items i would eat. But if I really were to tell the truth- I am going for the sticky toffee pudding- I had the one Haagan Daz made and want to try the real thing!

 

[LoveMyLAP-BAND]

I ditto that Angela. The cottage pie and chicken pastry (which is still on the lunch menu ) sounded yummy.

 

[Katiebell]

Katiebell I have never tried English food which is why I made the ADR at R&C. The chicken pasty and cottage pie are really the only 2 items i would eat. But if I really were to tell the truth- I am going for the sticky toffee pudding- I had the one Haagan Daz made and want to try the real thing!

I ditto that Angela. The cottage pie and chicken pastry (which is still on the lunch menu ) sounded yummy.

The menu looks authentic to me. British food is...well...

"I'll bet what motivated the British to colonize so much of the world is that they were just looking for a decent meal." - Martha Harrison.

"Today in Iraq, American and British troops handed out food to hundreds of Iraqis. But to no surprise the Iraqis handed the British food back." - Conan O'Brien

It doesn't have the best reputation, but much of that scorn is really undeserved. Good British food is...good. The Brits are famous for excellent beef, roasts and steaks (forget about that recent rash of nasty mad cow disease ). They invented the sandwich. Other well-known English dishes are trifle, Yorkshire pudding, curry (there are a lot of folks from India in England), fish and chips, bangers and mash (sausages and mashed potatoes), assorted cheeses, afternoon tea (ok, that's not a "dish", but definitely one of my favorite English meals...)

We missed our dinner at R&C because DH was sick I was really hoping for a patio table for Illuminations; it would have been a lovely way to end our vacation. Oh well, maybe next time. But I'd say, go to R&C, try it out, it might be wonderful

 

[DVC Sadie]

this is a result of the ddp in my op...slowly things are going away esp at epcot

ITA! The food offerings are becoming less while the menus are becoming more generic. For us the DDP is no longer a feasable option for us and would rather choose to eat off-site for most of our dinner meals.

 

[LiteBrite]

IIRC, the cottage pie has only been available at lunch for several years now. If you've had the cottage pie at R&C for dinner, feel free to correct me.