So how's the food and atmosphere at Yak & Yeti you ask?

[Disney owl]

thanks for the review

 

[dzneelvr]

Great Reviews and Fab Pix it doesn't look like something DH would like so I think we'll pass. See you in June 08!

 

[Lexxiefern]

Thanks for the review.

 

[my3disneygirls]

My3disney girls - how about the new tusker house buffet?

I wanted to do the character breakfast, but now I'm thinking of sleeping in that day and doing the lunch or dinner there. The foods for lunch and dinner sound pretty good.

 

[hematite153]

I wanted to do the character breakfast, but now I'm thinking of sleeping in that day and doing the lunch or dinner there. The foods for lunch and dinner sound pretty good.

Okay, so, why not...

Character breakfast, spend the whole day at AK and then head to AKL for dinner at either BOMA or Jiko. (After all, AK closes much earlier than the other parks so it is easy to spend the whole day in the park but then go elsewhere for dinner.)

 

[my3disneygirls]

Okay, so, why not...

Character breakfast, spend the whole day at AK and then head to AKL for dinner at either BOMA or Jiko. (After all, AK closes much earlier than the other parks so it is easy to spend the whole day in the park but then go elsewhere for dinner.)

That's a good idea. I haven't tried Boma yet and I always wanted to give it a try.

 

[disneygirlinnj]

I think we might still try Yak and Yeti when we go next week. I've been scouring podcasts and other boards and there's like a 75% pro opinion vs. 25% con opinion of here. All I do know is NOT to get the Pho! haha I figured we'll give them a few weeks to get some of the kinks out. All of the negative reviews I've read were within the first like 3 days of opening and that's NEVER a great way to tell how a restaurant will turn out!

 

[Peter Pirate 2]

I hate to say I told you so but....

Eating at McLandry's restaurants will never be mistaken for fine dining...It's just too darn bad Disney no longer feels they can do things (run restaurants, hotels and transportation, etc.) better than other people anymore. Outsource, outsource, outsource = medicority.

 

[disneygirlinnj]

So I had subscribed to this thread before our trip and now that we're back, I think I'll add my review to it.. I wrote a review of it with pics in my trip report but i'll just paste the text here. If you want to see pics... go here

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1646137&page=11

OK... so we headed over to Yak and Yeti for our early-ish dinner. I was excited to try the new place! And we weren't disappointed at all!

First of all, the detail that was put into this restaurant is amazing. I wish we had more time to look around but we had to quickly eat and head back to the hotel.

We started off with the Pork Pot Stickers - pan seared or steamed, soy lime dipping sauce. These were yummy! The soy lime dipping sauce had a nice flavor and the pot stickers weren't dry and were a perfect size....

We also had the Wok-Fried Green Beans - battered green beans, sweet Thai chili dipping sauce. OMG these were AWESOME! And yes, I know deep frying anything makes it better but I could have eaten these all night. The beans were still crispy, which I loved. The batter on them wasn't too heavy and had a nice flavor to it. And the dipping sauce was scrumptious! haha! I think we used it for the dumplings too towards the end. mmm... I'm getting hungry thinking about them!

The only thing that kind of annoyed me during the meal is that my mom ordered tea and the waiter came back and told us that it wasn't included on the meal plan as a drink. REALLY?! It was a tablespoon of tea leaves! It wasn't a problem paying extra for it but it was included everywhere else so I'm not sure if the waiter was mistaken or if it really wasn't included.

So back to the meal...lol...

My mom had the Tempura Shrimp - chili plum sauce, coconut-ginger rice, stir fried vegetables. She said she really liked it and ate most of it, which is a good sign for my mom!

I finally decided on the Baby Back Ribs - slow-roasted ribs, hoisin BBQ sauce, chicken fried rice, sweet chili slaw. These were YUMMY! The ribs had great flavor and were perfectly cooked, pretty much falling off the bone. I did ask for extra BBQ sauce since I love anything bbq. The sweet chili slaw was nice, but it was warm, which kind of threw me off. Not sure if I liked it hot? And the chicken fried rice had a nice flavor, but it was a little dry, like it's been sitting in the bowl on the counter for awhie.

Sarah had the sweet and sour chicken, which she enjoyed, but said that it was only slightly better than sweet and sour chicken that you can get at any chinese restaurant.

Next up was dessert...

We first tried the Fried Wontons - Skewers of fresh pineapple and cream cheese wontons, vanilla ice cream, honey vanilla drizzle. Sarah and I were a good team...I really enjoyed the fresh grilled pineapple and she really liked the cream cheese wontons. I found the wontons a little too sweet for me. It didn't interest mom so she didn't even bother trying it.

Our 2nd dessert we tried was the Chocolate Brownie Sundae - chunks of brownie, vanilla ice cream, chocolate and caramel sauces, fresh whipped cream. Pretty asian, right? haha! This thing was HUGE! But it was pretty yummy! The brownie was nice and warm and everything was just...good!

After we paid, I wanted to go upstairs and see the rest of the restaurant and even though the top half of the restaurant wasn't open yet, they let us go upstairs and wander a bit. Again...awesome detail!!