Skipper's Canteen...overhyped?

[Smugpugmug]

MK is mainly for snacks to me at this point.

Yeah this is the case for me too. I'm not even asking for anything crazy in terms of flavor but I've had meals at MK table service restaurants that didn't even have salt or pepper....the bare minimum.

 

[ktc34]

Our family used to enjoy it many years ago. My wife still does, but myself and two kids now find it only meh. We did all love the Brazilian cheese bread which is basically what three of the four of us ordered the last time we visited. I know that it is no longer on the menu. Has anyone been recently where they have requested it and were not able to get it?

 

[sponica]

We went 3 years ago and thought it was ok, not bad but not awesome.

We're only going this year because we're going on a party day in the heat of august and we DON'T want Liberty Tree Tavern in that weather.

 

[kylenne]

Our family used to enjoy it many years ago. My wife still does, but myself and two kids now find it only meh. We did all love the Brazilian cheese bread which is basically what three of the four of us ordered the last time we visited. I know that it is no longer on the menu. Has anyone been recently where they have requested it and were not able to get it?

Pão de queijo has always been a “secret” menu item, I cannot ever remember it being listed on the actual printed menu

 

[Genie+]

The whole Lion Fish was spectacular. It was very lightly battered and served upright 3-D on a platter. Young DS ordered it the first time to be adventurous and picked it clean. Delicious! Ordered it every time after too, later learning he was doing his part to remove an invasive species from Florida.

 

[MikeOhio]

I feel like it's one of the least hyped restaurants in the parks. There is a reason you can pretty much always get a table.

Thus it's not overhyped because it essentially has no hype lol.

 

[loves to dive]

We ate there a few times when it first opened up but haven't been since the trying times. To be fair, I am rarely in MK after lunch and don't want a large sit down meal at lunch. I think my son and his family ate there a year ago and I didn't hear anything bad from them. Truth time, I've been going to WDW since 1983 and have never eaten at Liberty Tree or Columbia Harbour House or Crystal Palace. LTT and CP because I don't do AYCE or Buffets, I just don't eat a lot at one time. CHH because I'm not a sea food fan.

 

[Genie+]

I feel like it's one of the least hyped restaurants in the parks. There is a reason you can pretty much always get a table.

Thus it's not overhyped because it essentially has no hype lol.

Well for a while it was regarded as a hidden gem that typically was also easier to book. It was an interesting menu, strong value, and convenient. After all the menu changes, the only remaining highlight is booking ease.

 

[Simba's Mom]

We got a lunch reservation here. And I really enjoyed the campy waitress jokes and stuff. The ambience is also very cool. Just disappointed in the food. The secret cheese bread was amazing, and GF for my wife. But my meal was just meh for the big TS pricing. I had much better at Liberty Tree. Anyone else feel this way?

Imagine it without any campy waitress jokes. The server acted just like a server at Liberty Tree, and since I was in the little room (library?), I didn't see anyone else enjoying any jokes. And please be kind when I say that I wasn't Wowed by the cheese bread. Should I duck and cover now? I was so disappointed since I love the Jungle Cruise and their corny jokes. It was definitely a one and done for me.

 

[Genie+]

And please be kind when I say that I wasn't Wowed by the cheese bread. Should I duck and cover now?

Haha I had the same thought and fear about mentioning it

I realized it wasn’t up my family’s alley when we had a bread assortment somewhere and those were the only rolls left at the end of our meal. It’s OK but we enjoy other types of bread more.