I hesitated to post this, because it's so negative in spite of all these positive reviews, but... maybe it will add another perspective.
We didn't care for Ohana's for either bkfst or dinner when we tried it last May. It was ok - but not someplace we would want to experience again.
We are a family of 2 grandparents & 2 grandchildren, ages 4 & 7.
Breakfast was just fair. We were seated in the "main" dining room. The character interaction was also just fair - maybe we're just not into the Lilo & Stitch thing. The food was less than fair - the eggs were lukewarm and the sausages had an "off" taste. The price for the 4 of us was over $60.00 for breakfast food we really ate less than 1/4 of.
The dinner was a little worse - I can't say that we REALLY enjoyed any offerings for this mediocre meal costing well over $100. The bread was pretty good - things went downhill from there. Drsg on the salad was far too sweet for our tastes - definitely not balanced by the lime juice. Chix wings were sweet, but decent. Potstickers were dry as hockey pucks! Meat skewers were not great - but not exactly bad, either. Shrimp skewers were almost inedible - dry, tasting of iodine, and difficult to peel. The noodles were a total disaster - dry & well past their prime! They'd been prepared for quite some time before they were served, and they suffered greatly! The dessert was pretty good actually, but not good enough to redeem the meal.
Now on to another problem: we were seated behind a large fireplace for dinner with absolutely no view of the dining room. (We requested seating in the main DR when we made our ADR's. The big draw of Ohana's was for the children to be able to participate in the festivites - coconut "racing", etc.) When we indicated we'd be willing to wait for a more acceptable table, we were told there would be at least an hour wait. (We had early ADR's - for around 5PM or so, I believe.) Unfortunately, by this time, there was nowhere for us to wait besides at the bar - not something you'd want to do with 2 young children. By this time, families were lined up beyond the bar and lounge area - into the hallways of the Ceremonial House! So we opted to keep our table. The performers came back behing the view-blocking fireplace and tried to include those of us seated there, but the experience was just not the same. We could hear the festivities going on just outside our view - and I would say all of the patrons seated in this particular section of the restaurant felt we missed out on the experience.
I can't say that either bkfst or dinner was a total bust, but I would never want to go back to Ohana's for either.
I always take negative reviews with a grain of salt - thinking people are more likely to complain, rather than praise, but I'm truly not a disgruntled customer. Just one who doesn't care to repeat the experience.
I'd also like to mention that we felt rushed thru our meal - and IF we had wanted to request anything additional ( such as skewers) we would NOT have - due to the harried demeanor of our servers.
If you do decide to partake at Ohana's I hope you have a wonderful meal!
