Ralph Brennan's Jazz-kid friendly for dinner?

[peaches0313]

We are trying to find a dinner spot for our arrival night. Just doing pool at our resort (GCH) so considering either ordering pizza to hotel, doing Storytellers (kinda boring?) or trying out Ralph Brennan's Jazz kitchen. My husband was wondering how "kid-friendly" the restaurant was though... thoughts?

 

[maltdizzy]

It's a family restaurant at DTSD, plenty kid friendly.

If you child isn't an adventurous eater, they have a kid's menu...
http://www.rbjazzkitchen.com/menus_display.php?id=191

...though my son would prefer the fried calamari, boudin balls and gumbo.

 

[peaches0313]

Thanks! I figured any restaurants in DTD was kid-friendly for the most part...just wondering if it was any "fun" for the kids ?

 

[Indiana Scott]

Yes, no problem and they have great food!

 

[ADLFAN]

The balcony seating is beautiful and you can watch the people traffic!

 

[figment_jii]

I've taken a 3 year old to Brennan's Jazz Kitchen and she enjoyed her meal, but it's not "fun" in that there aren't going to be activities for the kids or characters roaming around or a lot to watch inside the restaurant. She did enjoy sitting outside and seeing what was happening in DTD, but she did ultimately end up getting kind of bored. I still think Brennan's is a great choice for food and a great place to get kids used to dining at TS locations (because Disney venues are very friendly to children), but it's not RFC with all the things for kids to see while eating (audio-anamatronic animals, thunder storms, fish tanks, etc.).

 

[maltdizzy]

Oh, well, I think others have address "fun." It's a restaurant...does you child(ern) get bored easy? Will they be antsy because of the proximity to the parks? Etc. You know your child best.

But does it have a buster tying balloon animals (Naples) or audio-animatronics (RFC)? Nope. But often live music though and, for adults, the food will be worlds better than the cafeteria-quality stuff at RFC.

 

[figment_jii]

But does it have a buster tying balloon animals (Naples) or audio-animatronics (RFC)? Often live music though

No audio-animatronics and I don't recall seeing a balloon animal-maker recently. You can see the schedule of musical acts on their webpage:
http://www.rbjazzkitchen.com/calendar/calendar.php?op=cal&month=8&year=2015

 

[peaches0313]

Thanks everyone. My kids might like the live music, for something different. We already plan on Rainforest Café one night (a usual for us) and tortilla joes w/ the balloon people. People watching from the balcony sounds cool.

 

[maltdizzy]

No audio-animatronics and I don't recall seeing a balloon animal-maker recently. You can see the schedule of musical acts on their webpage:
http://www.rbjazzkitchen.com/calendar/calendar.php?op=cal&month=8&year=2015

Yeah, I forgot a word in my post. I was trying to say Brennas's had neither of those, but the simple omission of "Nope" made that ambiguous. Fixed.

 

[figment_jii]

People watching from the balcony sounds cool.

There are also outside tables on the first floor as well!

 

[tiffjoy]

My kids do love Storytellers, just as a note. We always make at least one visit there. I don't know if any restaurant (aside from RFC, which terrified my youngest) is entertaining.

 

[peaches0313]

We love Storytellers for breakfast. That was another consideration for dinner but just seems kind of "blah". We have eaten dinner there before

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

My kids love Storyteller's - especially the build your own pizza. They also really like the food at Jazz Kitchen, so I don't think you can wrong with either.

They also really like Naples (great pizza!), who does have people doing balloon animals/characters.

 

[luulu1999]

ESPN also has games to play in it so it is "fun"