It was time to think about lunch. There was only one place we were thinking about and it was the BoatHouse. It was Saturday and I knew it would be busy and it was.
I stopped at the outside reservation desk and was told it would be about a 20 minute wait. She asked if I wanted inside of outside. We wanted inside it was hot out and who wants to sweat while you are trying to enjoy a good meal.
While we were waiting we walked just a short distance to look in the Ganachery. There was a line to get in and we have been in the Ganachery many times. So it was not a big deal.
Also the line for Gideons was really long. We usually pop in there, but with the line backed up and around the corner we gave it a pass, but I did take a photo of what I call is the constipated Gargoyle on top of Gideons……..LOL
It was just about 10 minutes later when I received a text that our table was ready. I walked back to the BoatHouse and when I checked in the lady said they had only had outdoor seating. I reminded her when I had just walked up 10 minutes ago that we specifically requested indoor seating.
She then told me they did not have any indoor seating at this time. I told her it was to hot to eat outdoors and I would look for somewhere else to eat.
She then told me to go to the hostess inside and she would take care of the seating situation.
The hostess then said she could seat us inside. She took me to the middle dining room past the boat. It was busy inside. But there were tables available.
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room. I don’t know about the possible disconnect with the indoor dining room availability and the outdoor reservation person, but only when I was ready to walk away from eating here do to no indoor seating was the outdoor reservation person willing to cave and send me to the indoor hostess for a table indoors.
My interaction with the outdoor reservation lady was cordial so no issue there. Let’s just say the whole interaction and dishonesty left me with a bad taste in my mouth. I have eaten here a few times and never had this happen before.
My sister was looking in a store and I texted her and let her know where are table was and she was arrived in no time.
They delivered some ice water and some rolls that had a drizzle of some kind of light frosting on them. They tasted like a dessert roll and were very good.
Are waiter arrived and took our drink orders.
We ordered some of the large shrimp. The picture does not do it justice. The shrimp were huge and I’am glad we did not order more.
We ordered the wedge salad and the waiter said it is massive so we decided to share this and I was so glad we did as it was almost a whole half head of lettuce.
My sister K ordered a Bloody Mary and she said it was very good. It was topped with olives, lime wedge, pepperoncini and gulp another big shrimp.
I ordered a Coke Zero.
We both ordered the New York strip and fries and we both asked for a medium rare steak. I asked for no garlic gloves on my steak as the last time I was here they put a lot on the steak.
So when my steak arrived there were garlic cloves on it. I just took them off.
I have ordered this same meal many times before and the steak is cook to perfection and is tender.
This time my steak was overcooked and tough. I ask my sister how her steak was and she said it was good. So I did not want to send my meal back as it would take time to get another meal and she would be done when my new meal arrived.
My fries were good.
Our waiter was nice, but he seemed to be distracted and lagged significantly in making sure our drinks were refilled and dishes were taken away in a timely manner. I had ro flag him to refill my drink and it took him forever to return.
I chocked it up to the fact that is was a Saturday and they were busy.
This was not the best experience that I had come to expect of a meal at the BoatHouse.
So I think in the future I need to think about another place to lunch at Disney Springs. This could have been a one off, but over all not the same experience I had come to expect of the BoatHouse.
After lunch my sister said she had saw some of the BoatHouse Duck sippers and we looked for those and found them.
The ducks in the amphicars were cute.
