Booyakasha
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Just returned from DW where we dined at Flying Fish, Blue Zoo, California Grill and Artist's Point.
Here are some select comments.
Kids - First off there were kids at all of the restaurants and they were all Very well behaved. We had no problems with any kids of any age disrupting a dining room. Way to go parents! That being said Blue Zoo was by FAR the most adult oriented restaurant. When we left at 8:30 there were 5 kids that I could see in the entire large restaurant. The restaurant was of course very kid friendly, maybe it was just that particular night. CG had the largest proportion of kids.
Dress - I was pleasantly surprised, almost everyone was dressed appropriately and I would say that the norm was traditional business casual (not Disney business casual) at all the restaurants. There were of course some iffy t-shirts and shorts but they were by FAR the minority. At FF a young woman in denim cutoffs was refused entry. Way to go FF!! Again, Blue Zoo was by far the dressiest restaurant and CG the most casual.
Food - FF was easily the best meal followed by AP and CG. Blue Zoo was very good also but the "roasted fish" special was very poor so I dropped it to the end. All of the meals were well prepared, served promptly and the service was good.
Misc - The meals were one of the true highlights of our trip. There were really no negatives except for the reservation system at CG. There were 10 of us and the earliest we could get was a 7:40 reservation. We showed up 15 min early and were not seated until 8:30. According to CG this happens all the time as they have no way to control how long people sit at a table watching fireworks. I know there might be some waiting envolved but 50 min is unacceptable. Acording to the manager and waitstaff this happens quite often. Disney needs to find a better way to deal with this. That being said it was worth the wait as we got a GREAT table in the wine room with plenty of space and it was very quiet and we could see Illuminations. I highly reccommend this room over the main dining room. You can't see Wishes but you can always use the balcony.
Yak and Yeti - This restaurant was recently panned in the Orlando paper and I have to say our meal was quite the opposite. The food was well prepared, fresh and very flavourful. I would highly reccommend this restaurant.
Best Disney dining experience - Standing in line at the fish and chips place in the UK at Epcot. Couple of guys 2 places ahead of me were having a hard time trying to figure out who should buy dinner. I jokingly said that could buy my dinner too if they wanted. They laughed and moved on. The next gentleman in line gets up to the window and pulls me up there and says "I'll buy your dinner" I thought he was joking but he was not, I told him I was buying for 4 people and that I couldn't let him do that. He would not take no for an answer and he just said "pay it forward". True Disney magic.
Funniest moment - Sitting in the Rose and Crown just before Illuminations, the table next to us opens up and is cleared and reset. A group of 6 seeing the empty table from the bar jump in it and sit down. They are all high fiving each other and laughing at being able to "find" such a great table. The waitstaff and restaurant manager are just staring at them. The look on their faces when the manager told them that all the tables were by reservation only and there were no more reservations available that evening was priceless.
B.
Here are some select comments.
Kids - First off there were kids at all of the restaurants and they were all Very well behaved. We had no problems with any kids of any age disrupting a dining room. Way to go parents! That being said Blue Zoo was by FAR the most adult oriented restaurant. When we left at 8:30 there were 5 kids that I could see in the entire large restaurant. The restaurant was of course very kid friendly, maybe it was just that particular night. CG had the largest proportion of kids.
Dress - I was pleasantly surprised, almost everyone was dressed appropriately and I would say that the norm was traditional business casual (not Disney business casual) at all the restaurants. There were of course some iffy t-shirts and shorts but they were by FAR the minority. At FF a young woman in denim cutoffs was refused entry. Way to go FF!! Again, Blue Zoo was by far the dressiest restaurant and CG the most casual.
Food - FF was easily the best meal followed by AP and CG. Blue Zoo was very good also but the "roasted fish" special was very poor so I dropped it to the end. All of the meals were well prepared, served promptly and the service was good.
Misc - The meals were one of the true highlights of our trip. There were really no negatives except for the reservation system at CG. There were 10 of us and the earliest we could get was a 7:40 reservation. We showed up 15 min early and were not seated until 8:30. According to CG this happens all the time as they have no way to control how long people sit at a table watching fireworks. I know there might be some waiting envolved but 50 min is unacceptable. Acording to the manager and waitstaff this happens quite often. Disney needs to find a better way to deal with this. That being said it was worth the wait as we got a GREAT table in the wine room with plenty of space and it was very quiet and we could see Illuminations. I highly reccommend this room over the main dining room. You can't see Wishes but you can always use the balcony.
Yak and Yeti - This restaurant was recently panned in the Orlando paper and I have to say our meal was quite the opposite. The food was well prepared, fresh and very flavourful. I would highly reccommend this restaurant.
Best Disney dining experience - Standing in line at the fish and chips place in the UK at Epcot. Couple of guys 2 places ahead of me were having a hard time trying to figure out who should buy dinner. I jokingly said that could buy my dinner too if they wanted. They laughed and moved on. The next gentleman in line gets up to the window and pulls me up there and says "I'll buy your dinner" I thought he was joking but he was not, I told him I was buying for 4 people and that I couldn't let him do that. He would not take no for an answer and he just said "pay it forward". True Disney magic.
Funniest moment - Sitting in the Rose and Crown just before Illuminations, the table next to us opens up and is cleared and reset. A group of 6 seeing the empty table from the bar jump in it and sit down. They are all high fiving each other and laughing at being able to "find" such a great table. The waitstaff and restaurant manager are just staring at them. The look on their faces when the manager told them that all the tables were by reservation only and there were no more reservations available that evening was priceless.
B.
