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[mapa2smjn]

We may be meeting realitives one day during our vacation. They will not have park tickets but want to do a NICE dinner. I know zero about offsite or resort restaurants. Any thoughts on where we might want to eat? I have 4 children(ageas 7-15) and there will be 10 in our group.
I thought about a dinner show somewhere but then you really can't "visit" with each other. A nice restaurant...maybe DTD or a resort?

Help!!
K

 

[tortoni]

How about Spoodles at the Boardwalk. It is a wonderful dining room with great food and then you have the activities on the Boardwalk afterwards. You can even see some of the fireworks over Epcot.

 

[oogieboogie]

what do they or you like to eat? There are plenty of great restaurants in the resorts. Buffets would probably be a good idea with that many people.

Whispering Canyon Cafe at Wilderness Lodge is a fun place, especially with a large group. 'Ohana at Poly is also a good choice. Cape May Clambake at Beach Club is another good place to eat. Chef Mickey's is a great character dinner to go to at the Contemporary. For a little adventure, there's Boma at Animal Kingdom Lodge.

If you don't want buffet, Kona is good, Trail's End is reasonably priced, Beaches & Cream if you guys want the Kitchen Sink which would be real fun, but with 10 people may be hard to get a spot.

I'm sure you'll get a lot of different answers here. It really depends on what all of you like to eat.

 

[Disneyrsh]

I would do the hawaiian luau at the Polynesian (this isn't Ohana's it's different) it ranks up there with the all time most fun trips I had ever-twenty years ago when I turned 13 we all went there for my birthday and they made my dad get up and dance the hula-rolled up pants, grass skirt and all.

It was a blast! It's not cheap, at least 50/person for the grownups, but very, very memorable.

You can also do dinner at 1900 Park Faire at the Grand Floridian. This is a character buffet with Cinderella and Prince charming, but relaxed, fun, and the food is absolutely fabulous!

Definitely call 407-wdw-dine to make advance reservations for either one of these. You don't need park tickets, just go to the hotels.

 

[crisi]

What do you consider nice?

Nicest would be California Grill, Jiko, Artist's Point, Flying Fish, etc. But a meal for 10 will set you back maybe $800 - possibly more.

Kona is a great value in terms of type of food for the price.

Spoodles, Whispering Canyon, Ohana etc. are all fun places. The food and atmophere is less "fancy" and so are the prices.

I personally think buffets are hard with a crowd. But I'm not a buffet fan.

These are all hotel restaurants. Downtown Disney would give everyone a chance to do a little shopping and strolling as well (though I'd rather go resort gawking)

My own two cents would be to pick one of the Boardwalk area restaurants (including the Y&BC and Swan/Dolphin). You can spend some time hanging out around the Boardwalk, maybe catch part of Illuminations or the Fantastic fireworks from the bridge between the BW and the Dolphin. There is often street theatre in the evenings on the Boardwalk.

What sort of food do you like as well? Kona is sort of Asian Fusion. Spoodles tends to be Mediterrian and casual. Cape May is a clambake buffet with seafood. Yachtsman is a very nice steakhouse, as is Shulas. Narcoosee's has good seafood. Bongos (in DTD) is Cuban. Whispering Canyon does BBQ. Jiko has an African flair, and Artist's Point tends to have buffalo on the menu.

 

[raidermatt]

Yes, a BW area or DTD area restaurant would give you something relaxing to do aftewards, including dessert at one of the ice cream places.