Reviews w/lots of pics. Jan 27-Feb 4. UPDATED DAY 5 BLUEZOO
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How much is a dinner at Victoria and Alberts? Thank you for your reviews - I love living vicarously thru others grand experiences!!
Thank you also for posting the pictures, dh was just talking about a coffee set up which sounds like the one you posted - the dis search was down, so I couldnt show him pictures!!
Thank you also for posting the pictures, dh was just talking about a coffee set up which sounds like the one you posted - the dis search was down, so I couldnt show him pictures!!
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Wow, V & A's sounds very special. Some very decadent looking desserts there!
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Everything looks so yummy! 
I think next time I go to WDW, I'm going to have to place an ad here in the DIS for a dining companion at V&A! I'd love to go, but there is no one in my family who likes to eat fancy schmancy stuff. LOL
I think next time I go to WDW, I'm going to have to place an ad here in the DIS for a dining companion at V&A! I'd love to go, but there is no one in my family who likes to eat fancy schmancy stuff. LOL
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Thanks for the reviews!
I keep thinking one day I'll get to V&A with my hubby!! Until then it's great to hear other's experiences!!
I keep thinking one day I'll get to V&A with my hubby!! Until then it's great to hear other's experiences!!
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Awesome updates! I'm all caught up!
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Great reviews so far~~
We are going to V & A in May for our 25th. A question about dressing..me not the food..can I get away with dressy pants or must I put a dress on this body??
You can wear a pantsuit or dressy pants - that's what my mom did and she looked fine.
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The reviews were fantastic! As for V&A, you can get the Chef's Table menu in the main dining room if you request it when you make the reservation. It might be a good compromise for you next time. I've done the Chef's Table twice but not the main dining room. I actually liked it better because we were able to talk above a whisper. And you can take flash photos. 
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Great to know...thanksYou can wear a pantsuit or dressy pants - that's what my mom did and she looked fine.
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Great Reviews!
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Sorry it's been so long everyone, it's been a little crazy around here lately. DH and I are both sick and we're also attempting to re-do our 1 bathroom in the apartment. 
Thanks everyone who has posted such nice responses!
Dinner was $125 per person, the foie gras upgrade was $15 and my glass of wine was around $15 also. We had the 20% DDE discount, so it definitely helped with the cost.
That is a great idea! I'm still going to work on DH to try to do the Chef's table next time but if it doesn't happen I'll try your suggestion.
Thanks everyone who has posted such nice responses!
Dinner was $125 per person, the foie gras upgrade was $15 and my glass of wine was around $15 also. We had the 20% DDE discount, so it definitely helped with the cost.
The reviews were fantastic! As for V&A, you can get the Chef's Table menu in the main dining room if you request it when you make the reservation. It might be a good compromise for you next time. I've done the Chef's Table twice but not the main dining room. I actually liked it better because we were able to talk above a whisper. And you can take flash photos.
That is a great idea! I'm still going to work on DH to try to do the Chef's table next time but if it doesn't happen I'll try your suggestion.
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Day 5
Breakfast was at Roaring Fork. DH just ate some fruit and I had the kid's breakfast platter. It came with scrambled eggs, shredded potatoes, bacon, a biscuit and a juice box. I liked everything except for the biscuit, it was kind of dry.
We were at Animal Kingdom this day and we could not find any counter service that sounded interesting to us. We wandered around and checked out all of the menus but didn't find anything we really wanted and we weren't interested in doing a sit down lunch. DH just decided to get an orange from the fruit market in Africa and I decided on Restaurantosaurus. I had the 10 piece chicken nugget meal. It comes with fries but not a drink. I would have ordered the kid's meal version of this (4 nuggets) but I misunderstood DH and I thought he was going to share with me. It was your standard McDonald's fare. I felt awful after I ate it and vowed not to eat it again. I wish I would have just settled on something from one of the other places. After we left the park DH went to Chick-fil-A and got a grilled chicken salad for his lunch.
Dinner was at bluezoo. We had a 6 pm reservation and when we got there the restaurant was pretty empty. Around 7 it started filling up. Our first few pictures we were able to use flash but then they seated another couple right next to us and we didn't want to bother them with the flash so the last few pictures may not be as good as the first ones. It was a really pretty restaurant and the service was fabulous. I drank water and DH happily drank a Sierra Nevada. We decided we would share everything to eat. We totally over ordered but we were able to sample a lot of different dishes. The bread basket came out first and it was wonderful. My favorite was the soft focaccia bread. I loved the fennel butter and used way too much of it. Eventually I just had to move the basket out of sight so I wouldn't be tempted. DH had never tried raw clams so he decided to order 4 of them to try. This was the only thing we did not share. He really loved them. I wasn't in the mood try them so I just took his word for it. It came beautifully presented and with a cocktail dipping sauce and a vinegary sauce. He preferred the cocktail sauce over the vinegar. Next we had Olive's classico flatbread. This was my favorite dish of the evening. It looked deceptively simple but the flavors were all perfect. The sauce tasted very fresh and there was a nice olive oil taste as if they spritzed it on top of the flatbread. Next appetizer was the yellowfin tuna tartare with a cucumber salad, crispy rock shrimp, orange glaze and scallion cream. This dish was only okay. I loved the presentation but the flavors were only so-so. The tuna was lovely and very fresh but the flavors of everything together seem to have somehow missed the mark. The final appetizer was the seared sea scallops with braised beef short rib and silky cauliflower puree. The scallops were cooked really well but the short rib was very disappointing. It totally lacked any flavor and didn't add anything to this dish. For an entree we chose the bacon wrapped tuna which came with silky potatoes and garlic spinach. The potatoes were a very creamy puree on the bottom of the plate which was different but tasty. The tuna was pretty disappointing. The whole dish was kind of dry and bland and lacked any bold flavor to it. I think the idea of tuna wrapped in bacon was more appealing than the final product. We ordered two side dishes with our meal, the zaatar spiced carrots and the tempura green beans. The carrots were cooked perfectly, not mushy at all. They were very spicy and just a little sweet. They were too spicy for me so I didn't have much of them. The tempura green beans were awesome. They came with truffle aioli but they were so good on their own that the aioli didn't add anything to them. I happen to love truffles so I enjoyed having the dipping sauce. The star of the whole meal was our dessert, the belle Helene. It was a poached pear on a vanilla supreme with roasted almond ice cream, chocolate sauce and roasted almonds. It was so freakin' good, I don't have the right adjectives to describe it! Overall we had a decent meal but felt some of the dishes were missing a punchiness or the bold flavors that would have sent them over the edge. I'm glad we tried it but probably won't be back again.
Breakfast was at Roaring Fork. DH just ate some fruit and I had the kid's breakfast platter. It came with scrambled eggs, shredded potatoes, bacon, a biscuit and a juice box. I liked everything except for the biscuit, it was kind of dry.
We were at Animal Kingdom this day and we could not find any counter service that sounded interesting to us. We wandered around and checked out all of the menus but didn't find anything we really wanted and we weren't interested in doing a sit down lunch. DH just decided to get an orange from the fruit market in Africa and I decided on Restaurantosaurus. I had the 10 piece chicken nugget meal. It comes with fries but not a drink. I would have ordered the kid's meal version of this (4 nuggets) but I misunderstood DH and I thought he was going to share with me. It was your standard McDonald's fare. I felt awful after I ate it and vowed not to eat it again. I wish I would have just settled on something from one of the other places. After we left the park DH went to Chick-fil-A and got a grilled chicken salad for his lunch.
Dinner was at bluezoo. We had a 6 pm reservation and when we got there the restaurant was pretty empty. Around 7 it started filling up. Our first few pictures we were able to use flash but then they seated another couple right next to us and we didn't want to bother them with the flash so the last few pictures may not be as good as the first ones. It was a really pretty restaurant and the service was fabulous. I drank water and DH happily drank a Sierra Nevada. We decided we would share everything to eat. We totally over ordered but we were able to sample a lot of different dishes. The bread basket came out first and it was wonderful. My favorite was the soft focaccia bread. I loved the fennel butter and used way too much of it. Eventually I just had to move the basket out of sight so I wouldn't be tempted. DH had never tried raw clams so he decided to order 4 of them to try. This was the only thing we did not share. He really loved them. I wasn't in the mood try them so I just took his word for it. It came beautifully presented and with a cocktail dipping sauce and a vinegary sauce. He preferred the cocktail sauce over the vinegar. Next we had Olive's classico flatbread. This was my favorite dish of the evening. It looked deceptively simple but the flavors were all perfect. The sauce tasted very fresh and there was a nice olive oil taste as if they spritzed it on top of the flatbread. Next appetizer was the yellowfin tuna tartare with a cucumber salad, crispy rock shrimp, orange glaze and scallion cream. This dish was only okay. I loved the presentation but the flavors were only so-so. The tuna was lovely and very fresh but the flavors of everything together seem to have somehow missed the mark. The final appetizer was the seared sea scallops with braised beef short rib and silky cauliflower puree. The scallops were cooked really well but the short rib was very disappointing. It totally lacked any flavor and didn't add anything to this dish. For an entree we chose the bacon wrapped tuna which came with silky potatoes and garlic spinach. The potatoes were a very creamy puree on the bottom of the plate which was different but tasty. The tuna was pretty disappointing. The whole dish was kind of dry and bland and lacked any bold flavor to it. I think the idea of tuna wrapped in bacon was more appealing than the final product. We ordered two side dishes with our meal, the zaatar spiced carrots and the tempura green beans. The carrots were cooked perfectly, not mushy at all. They were very spicy and just a little sweet. They were too spicy for me so I didn't have much of them. The tempura green beans were awesome. They came with truffle aioli but they were so good on their own that the aioli didn't add anything to them. I happen to love truffles so I enjoyed having the dipping sauce. The star of the whole meal was our dessert, the belle Helene. It was a poached pear on a vanilla supreme with roasted almond ice cream, chocolate sauce and roasted almonds. It was so freakin' good, I don't have the right adjectives to describe it! Overall we had a decent meal but felt some of the dishes were missing a punchiness or the bold flavors that would have sent them over the edge. I'm glad we tried it but probably won't be back again.
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