Since I began this thread. . .I figured I'd come back and let everyone know (who might care), that we did in fact keep our Be Our Guest reservation.
I was a little concerned at first when our server started going on about "the favorite dishes". . .and when I told him my husband and I were vegetarians, he said "ratatouille it is!" and sort of chuckled. (oh, dear I thought) He went on to mention the soups as an option as well. . . I asked if there was anything else that we might be overlooking on the menu----that perhaps he's had other vegetarians order. Came back with a quick 'no'. . .as if to say, "order from the menu". I scoured quickly and asked if we could get say a side dish of something. . .and he said anything that we saw paired with an entree could be a side dish. . .and left us to ponder further.
So. . .along with the basket of rolls that was placed at the table, we ordered two servings of the potato and leek soup (was fine. . .but we felt Rose & Crown's was far better later in the week!). We each ordered the mixed greens salad also from the appetizer menu. We ordered one entree of the ratatouille (since as you may have read earlier, i wasn't sure if my husband would be jazzed by it). And we ordered a side dish of the macaroni au gratin that otherwise came with one of the meat entrees.
My husband did try the ratatouille. . .though it probably wasn't his favorite. He really liked the macaroni side dish, so with the exception of a tiny bite on my part, I left that with him.
Though I thought the ratatouille was nicely presented, the vegetables seemed very sparse compared to the quinoa "cake" on the bottom. Had I known, I would have scoured the menu further for a side of green beans or something to accompany it. . .I almost felt like their should have been an extra vegetable side with the dish. . . Had I not ordered the soup and salad, I would have been disappointed.
Oh well. . . I was glad we kept the ADR so we could experience the new place. . .I got to carry a candelabra into the castle when our pager went off. It was quite amazing inside of course. . .but stayed incredibly loud throughout the meal---such that my husband and I really couldn't carry on a conversation without raised voices or saying, "what?" again and again.
I was surprised with the popularity of the restaurant and so many people dying to get in, that they were only utilizing the ballroom and west wing for dinner. Not sure if that is always the case. . .maybe the other room doesn't lend itself to a dinner experience. . .
To give our server credit. . .he did a wonderful job outside of his initial comments that made me nervous. He offered to serve our meal in three courses so we had our soup first, salad next. . .and then entree---nicely supplied with an extra plate. Later he told us that his wife is a somewhat recent vegetarian and that actually he rarely eats meat because of her and doesn't miss it. . .went on to talk about these amazing falafel she makes!
