Ok you guys...its on, the LIVE Nicki and Todd..Summer edition!

[relcx4]

Okay the photos of RR were basically the nail in the coffin. Hubby and I decided to change (thank you for your review-hopefully you just spared us the same fate you had)...just got off the phone from changing to WPC. I've seen some good reviews. Have you been there? Please feel free to weigh in on that selection. Thanks and btw, CG looks great. We'll have to try that next time. I've wanted to try Narcoossees for a while now and so that's what we've booked this time.

 

[Minnie&Nana]

Finally, I found you!! Kathy told me I just had to follow your live dining reviews as I would love it..as always, she's right - fabulous!!

Thank you so much for making not being at WDW so much fun and even tolerable!

 

[ChelleinNC]

Hey Mis Amazing One...how is the cruise??? Better there than in water logged WDW!

She seemed to be having fun when she called us before taking off or whatever it is you do on boats earlier, but we'll have to wait till she gets back to find out how it was!

So I knew I was going to order the Grilled Pork Tenderloins with Goat Cheese Polenta, Button Mushrooms and Zinfandel Glaze. The pork is cooked medium and is literally melt in your mouth tender, the polenta was super creamy and had a wonderful tangy rich taste...went perfect with the pork. The zinfandel glaze was amazing, it was the best sauce I have ever had with pork. DH had the mushrooms and he said they were great. DH loved my pork...but wasnt keen on the medium part so he ate the edges and I ate the wonderful middle. This was a huge amount of food, 3 huge portions of pork!

YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

 

[butiflfeet]

Ok, I've had dinner and thought it was pretty decent. Then I come on these boards and I'm so jealous! Why do I do this to myself? It looks like CG made up for RR big time

Oh how I would love to go back to CG, like tomorrow. I'll keep checking in on your updates to keep me sane until our next trip, whenever that might be.

 

[mskayjay]

"Me too...you have got to go to CG...oh jeez I will dream about that place tonight!"


I knew.....I just KNEW you would love this place!!!!!!! I'm tellin' ya...it is my favorite! When we were there in September I had the fillet but I knew I wanted that polenta and Walter asked the kitchen to change it out for me! Soooooo good!!!!!

If you are ever there on a DDP it is 2 TS for dinner there but so worth it! I'm so sorry about the weather Nikki. You'll have to go again another time when you're there and experience Wishes from your seats. I have photos on the desktop but I'm on the laptop right now. I'll post them and show you one day. I'll also have to show you how they delivered DH's gift from me with his dessert! lol Very pretty.......

Now I'll have to try Jiko since your reviews have aligned with my tastes so much.

FYI we aren't going for F&W. I didn't realize that was first week of October. I'm trying to avoid crowds! I would love F&W but DH would have no interest..... HOw is it late October? Quiet?

Sweet dreams!!!!!

 

[TigerKat]

So glad y'all enjoyed CG, but I'm so sad the rain is hanging around. We're making a return trip to CG in October and really looking forward to it. Thanks so much for your awesome reviews, you really are the queen of live reviews my dear, YOU ROCK NIK!!!!!!

 

[mskayjay]

Ok, I've had dinner and thought it was pretty decent. Then I come on these boards and I'm so jealous! Why do I do this to myself? It looks like CG made up for RR big time

Oh how I would love to go back to CG, like tomorrow. I'll keep checking in on your updates to keep me sane until our next trip, whenever that might be.

You will not be disappointed! SEriously though......have a flatbread before dinner in the lounge. We had a chicken one and oh my.....I would have been thrilled with just that. I don't know anyone who has been disappointed at CG. Expensive, yes but by far at the top of the list for Disney dining.

 

[MickeyNicki]

Okay...I am now drooling. I didn't eat dinner tonight because DH is umpping two baseball games (trying to make money for those meals in Marco Island) and I hate eating alone. We don't normally do signature restaurants when at Disney but, AS USUAL, your review has changed my mind. That pork looks absolutely perfect--and pork is my favorite! Guess this will be on the top of the list for 2010!

I hope you have a day tomorrow without rain!

Now you know I had the pork at the Wave back in March and loved it but Cali Grill was sooo much better!

I'm so glad you enjoyed dinner! That risotto looks wonderful. I think the next time I eat at CA Grill I'm going to have to try the pork.

It was incredible! You will love it!

I have to admit, I had butterflies in my tummy waiting for your review of cali grill! I am so glad you loved it. Sorry about the rain!

Ah we are used to the rain living in FL but at WDW it just stinks!

Oh my gosh! Your CG food looks great! We're not seafood eaters and all the reviews have so much seafood on them that I just passed this place over... Now I have some rethinking to do! We haven't had dinner there in 10 years, but now I want to give it a try again!

If only I could change my RR lunch to a CG lunch -- that would be so easy!

Glad you had a wonderful meal -- the storm rolling in looked really neat until your final photo where you can't see out the window...

Please keep your wonderful reviews coming, and thank you again for taking the time & effort to post them (and all the great photos of the food and the menus!)

I love seafood but sometimes you need some meat and Cali Grill is a great place to get it! It was a gorgeous storm to watch!

Okay the photos of RR were basically the nail in the coffin. Hubby and I decided to change (thank you for your review-hopefully you just spared us the same fate you had)...just got off the phone from changing to WPC. I've seen some good reviews. Have you been there? Please feel free to weigh in on that selection. Thanks and btw, CG looks great. We'll have to try that next time. I've wanted to try Narcoossees for a while now and so that's what we've booked this time.

I want to try Narcoossees too, the food looks really good, make sure you let us all know what you think about it

Finally, I found you!! Kathy told me I just had to follow your live dining reviews as I would love it..as always, she's right - fabulous!!

Thank you so much for making not being at WDW so much fun and even tolerable!

Welcome! Any friend of Kathy's is a friend of mine!

Ok, I've had dinner and thought it was pretty decent. Then I come on these boards and I'm so jealous! Why do I do this to myself? It looks like CG made up for RR big time

Oh how I would love to go back to CG, like tomorrow. I'll keep checking in on your updates to keep me sane until our next trip, whenever that might be.

I do that too, eat a Lean Cuisine while drooling over someones else food reviews!

I really wanted to go back to see the fireworks but we did walk out on the catwalks and they were ankle deep in water...I was sliding all over the place so it was just as well that we went back to the resort. You will flip over Jiko, it is fantastic. We usually go mid to late Oct but this year we are going Oct 22 to Nov 1....the crowds are the worst on the weekend, Mon-Thur you will be fine.

So glad y'all enjoyed CG, but I'm so sad the rain is hanging around. We're making a return trip to CG in October and really looking forward to it. Thanks so much for your awesome reviews, you really are the queen of live reviews my dear, YOU ROCK NIK!!!!!!

Oh shucks girl you are making me blush! Cali Grill was da bomb and I cannot wait to go in Oct again! Hopefully this rain will cease by tomorrow night, I want to try MK at 1am!!

You will not be disappointed! SEriously though......have a flatbread before dinner in the lounge. We had a chicken one and oh my.....I would have been thrilled with just that. I don't know anyone who has been disappointed at CG. Expensive, yes but by far at the top of the list for Disney dining.

I am thinking we should pop in one night for the lounge and have those flatbreads..maybe his Highness will be Feeling them next week

 

[TXMomof3boys]

I was so sad, yet thankful to read your review of RR! I was so looking forward to the bread pudding - like all the other food it looked so yucky!! Time to find another ressie for later this month. Thinking about the Wave, Cape May Clam Bake or the Biergarten. Any thoughts???

I just love your reviews!! You are so amazingly thorough and take so many wonderful pictures! I am going to have to try the passion fruit mango freeze!!

Your Cali Grill review had me drooling!!! Your pork and polenta looked so tasty! I love polenta. I am trying to convince my DH to take a sans kids trip in 2010 for the F&W festival. If it works out we will definitely eat at CG!!!

Sorry it is raining tonight. Hoping tomorrow is rain free! Enjoy your evening

 

[mickeymotto]

I'll also chime in about your RR experience...what a bummer!!! This was one of our new favorites from last trip. The photos of that food looked horrible. We have 2 ADRs for our upcoming trip in a couple weeks. If we have a similar experience we will be changing our 2nd ADR for sure.

So glad you liked CG. Its one of our favorites as well. We love the sushi, you will have to try it next time. Glad you had a great meal.

So how are the crowds over all? Everything looks rather empty.

 

[MickeyNicki]

I was so sad, yet thankful to read your review of RR! I was so looking forward to the bread pudding - like all the other food it looked so yucky!! Time to find another ressie for later this month. Thinking about the Wave, Cape May Clam Bake or the Biergarten. Any thoughts???

I just love your reviews!! You are so amazingly thorough and take so many wonderful pictures! I am going to have to try the passion fruit mango freeze!!

Your Cali Grill review had me drooling!!! Your pork and polenta looked so tasty! I love polenta. I am trying to convince my DH to take a sans kids trip in 2010 for the F&W festival. If it works out we will definitely eat at CG!!!

Sorry it is raining tonight. Hoping tomorrow is rain free! Enjoy your evening

We had a great meal at the Wave, I have a ton of pics in my March review...Cape May (pics in my Oct link) and Beirgarten (pics in my April link) are awesome, they are a few of DH's favorite places. If you can get to F&W do it, you will not be sorry, you may run into us as well!

I'll also chime in about your RR experience...what a bummer!!! This was one of our new favorites from last trip. The photos of that food looked horrible. We have 2 ADRs for our upcoming trip in a couple weeks. If we have a similar experience we will be changing our 2nd ADR for sure.

So glad you liked CG. Its one of our favorites as well. We love the sushi, you will have to try it next time. Glad you had a great meal.

So how are the crowds over all? Everything looks rather empty.

I cannot even look at those RR pics anymore

Overall the crowds are ZIP! It is great...but then again we have just been to DTD for a few hours and a few hours at HS but Cali Grill was not busy at all, there were a ton of tables open and we were there for 2 hours...but the host said they were sold out that night? Weird. Our resort is a ghost town, no one at the bus stops, no one at the food court...but we are happy about that

 

[MickeyNicki]

Our plans for tomorrow will be another take it easy and relax day, breakfast at the Food Court POFQ, pool and hot tub for most of the morning and afternoon...drinks at the bar I hope and lunch at the food court again....we should get to MK around 4 and we have dinner plans for Tony's....hoping to stay until late 1am but if the rain comes out we will change things around again.

I will do my best to update before we go to MK and maybe when we get back...depends on how wired I am

 

[hopeforus]

I was really bummed that I had to cancel RR, but now..... We won't be going to Cali Grill, but WOW! I think you guys went to Jiko, can you remind me what you got. We have ressie for Tues. nite. I hope the rain clears up. Nothing like running in the rain with a 6 yr old and a 2 yr old!!!!

Thanks,
hopeforus

 

[MickeyNicki]

I was really bummed that I had to cancel RR, but now..... We won't be going to Cali Grill, but WOW! I think you guys went to Jiko, can you remind me what you got. We have ressie for Tues. nite. I hope the rain clears up. Nothing like running in the rain with a 6 yr old and a 2 yr old!!!!

Thanks,
hopeforus

I think you will be happy that you cancelled RR...Jiko was incredible, we ate there in Oct (link to pics and reviews in my Oct thread) for my b-day and it was the best meal ever...DH is still talking about it!

Hope you have a great trip and that the rain will scram!

 

[Halloweenqueen]

Love it!

Can't wait to hear about Tonys. Have a blast!

 

[medicgirl911]

OMG! Cali grill looked to die for!!! Do tell about the pork tenderloin dish...did it have a lot of mushroom flavor??? I can not stand mushrooms at all, but there isn't many on the plate, I could push them aside I am thinking I may have to change up some things for my upcoming ADR's!! I have seen several reviews of cali grill recently and it looks so scrumptious!

 

[Sandy321]

*sigh

flatbreads are back, so that means Cali Grill is back on our list!!

teh wine list you posted - $10 - $15 per glass? Oh well, its Disney, its a night out...

I cant believe you havent been here before!! When we were there last I ordered the chicken entree with gnocchi, I've never had that - it was super delish! The fillet looks wonderful to me - as I was reading it I wondered how it would compare to the LeCellier Fillet of old!! Yes, my mouth is watering!! Thank you!!

 

[madameleota71]

Sorry you had a bad food experience at Raglan Road. That polenta and pork dish from CG looks sooooooooo good! Do they have a drooling smilie?

 

[dizneeat]

hear ye hear ye....flatbreads are officially back at cali grill!!!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank god and thank you for letting us know!!!!!!!!!

 

[dizneeat]

Well, I finally finished reading CG review! I am SO glad that you liked it! The two of you just picked my menu , risotto, pork and the valhrona cake
It's such a shame about the rain - or can I say - another reason to go back!

Have a magical day today!