Quick "dress code" report

[glass slipper girl]

DH and I have an ADR for Yachtsman as a date night on this upcoming trip. The kids will be at a kids club. Is the general consnesus that if it is warm enough, he would be OK in a nice pair of tailored shorts and a polo type shirt with a collar and I in casual skirt and blouse? Of course if it is cooler we will bring pants. If it is cooler I know DH won't mind khaki pants rather than jeans but if it is still in the 70s I know he would prefer jeans.

 

[tone.def]

I ate at Bistro de Paris last February and the dress code was enforced, a family of 4 who arrived just ahead of us was offered seats at Chefs de France as they were not "properly" dressed for upstairs, there was a slight stink made and I think the family was getting comped deserts for the inconvienience so they dropped the argument.

We just brought a change of clothes with us and rented a locker and then changed before our meal - no sweat - just a wrinkle or 2! I got to put on more deodourant after being in Epcot all day.

I made an ADR for California Grill for December and the CM told me it was business casual dress code - I guess I'll see what theat means.

 

[Peter Pirate]

Thanks Uncle. At our recent trip to 'Ohana we even had a fellow diner (not me) in the dreaded tank top!!!

Ate at FF last weekend and it was come as you are.

 

[Uncleromulus]

Glass slipper girl: That should be just fine!!

 

[riaesq]

I ate at Bistro de Paris last February and the dress code was enforced, a family of 4 who arrived just ahead of us was offered seats at Chefs de France as they were not "properly" dressed for upstairs, there was a slight stink made and I think the family was getting comped deserts for the inconvienience so they dropped the argument.

We just brought a change of clothes with us and rented a locker and then changed before our meal - no sweat - just a wrinkle or 2! I got to put on more deodourant after being in Epcot all day.

I made an ADR for California Grill for December and the CM told me it was business casual dress code - I guess I'll see what theat means.

We have ADR's at Bistro and the CM told me it just meant no tank tops or swimwear. We were planning on subdued Aloha-type shirts and shorts with our Tevas. Any idea what the folks who were turned away were wearing? The CM said shorts were fine (I can't imagine wearing pants all day in the park-- YUK!)

 

[rcyannacci]

I'm guessing Disney CMs play it cool; they'd be more likely to place people with more casual attire at more out of the way tables than turn them away.

We've always found that we get excellent service when we dress up for dinners.

 

[Uncleromulus]

Actually, that's never happened to us all the times we dined at WDW.

And servers should never "assume" that the well dressed will be the better tippers, or order better meals. They would make a BIG mistake in thinking that of Uncleromulus!!!!

 

[tone.def]

We have ADR's at Bistro and the CM told me it just meant no tank tops or swimwear. We were planning on subdued Aloha-type shirts and shorts with our Tevas. Any idea what the folks who were turned away were wearing? The CM said shorts were fine (I can't imagine wearing pants all day in the park-- YUK!)

The family was wearing clothes that any family would wear at a park all day, jean shorts, cargo short, running shoes, tank tops, practical park stuff - all the no's for Bistro de Paris.
Maybe it has changed a bit, but when I was there - this was over 18 months ago - it seemed like all formal attire. When in doubt, bring a change of clothes and rent a locker for the day. Call the restuarant to be sure I guess? It's not black tie like V&A's.

 

[krbq]

The two times we've eaten at the Bistro we didn't get dressed up -- we just wore nice slacks or jeans, and may have been wearing sneakers since we planned to walk around Epcot after dinner. Nobody seemed to mind.

 

[honeymo78]

I experienced similar "non-enforcement" at CG and Yachtsman during the first week of Oct. Actually CG was much more "theme park attire" than I had expected. While most adults wore shorts and polos or plain t-shirts, there were many kids and adults in print t-shirts - even a group of young men in number t's (think baseball jersey). At Yachstman, most were in pants or shorts with polos or non t-shirt tops but I did see several flip flops (nicer than beach flops). The hostesses did make a comment after a man left to change about being glad he was going to change (he was dressed in a bathing suit and wet t-shirt but stopped by to check on the time of his ADR - no one told him he had to change though).

DH wore khaki shorts and polo each time and I wore shorts and tank with lightweight jacket to CG and a skort and sleeveless top to YS.

 

[ktbugsmom]

Interesting topic. We stayed at AKL last summer (August) and spent a day at the parks. We were supposed to head to Epcot for dinner, but were tired, so stopped by Jiko and asked if they had anything available for dinner on short notice. They did. We mentioned running to our room to change (we were in typical park attire) and they said not to bother and that we were fine in shorts and polos. We did not feel out of place at all. BTW - we loved our meal there. Great wine selection too!

At CG last January, they mentioned the dress code to us - business casual - but I think many interpret that differently. But, DH wore tan pants and collared shirt and I wore slacks and a blouse - but neither of us was "dressed up" in our opinion. Other patrons were dressed in similar fashion.