So, just how bad is Tony's Town Square?

[EGW113]

Any news how the package is?

We loved the dining package!

 

[TexasPrincess1]

How was the VIP area for the electrical parade?

 

[TinkFan74]

My daughter loves this restaurant, but I find that it is very bland; it reminds me of hospital cafeteria food.

 

[TexasPrincess1]

We loved the dining package!

Y'all won't believe this. I really enjoyed Tony's today!

After reading all of the negative feedback and watch the DIS podcast I expected the worst. It was fine. Cute restaurant. I had the tuna, zucchini fries, tiramisu, and a cappuccino.

The tiramisu was way better than any dessert I had last night at the Wishes dessert party.

Great service too! They even made plain buttered penne for my son. Very attentive.

 

[TexasPrincess1]

Y'all won't believe this. I really enjoyed Tony's today!

After reading all of the negative feedback and watch the DIS podcast I expected the worst. It was fine. Cute restaurant. I had the tuna, zucchini fries, tiramisu, and a cappuccino.

The tiramisu was way better than any dessert I had last night at the Wishes dessert party.

Great service too! They even made plain buttered penne for my son. Very attentive.

 

[goofy4prez]

The tiramisu was way better than any dessert I had last night at the Wishes dessert party.
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That's not saying much. It's like saying I had a hamburger at Wendy's and it was way better than any burger I've had at McDonalds... LOL...

***just kidding***

 

[mikeyg1479]

What I've always said about Tonys..

Do you go to Olive Garden and greatly enjoy your meal? Do you eat most of your Italian from the local pizza joint that also has some pasta dishes? You will be fine at Tony's.

Otherwise, if you are:

1. Italian, and have had a lot of good "home cooking" in your life.
2. Live in a big city, and have a lot of "authentic" restaurant options available to you...

then you will probably regard Tony's food as awful Chef Boyardee level stuff and probably should avoid. You know what level of Italian food snobbery you probably have. Choose accordingly.

Me- I don't mind the place- no it isn't the most amazing Italian you will ever have, but you are having a decent meal on Main St in the Magic Kingdom (IMO unbeatable ambiance), so its all good to me.

 

[NotAMouse]

I went there for the first time a few weeks ago. I'd rate it:

somewhere between Chef Boyardee and Olive Garden.​

In other words, not totally inedible, but worse than you could easily make any Tuesday night. (The red sauce was worse than Ragu from a jar -- order a salad if you have to go there.)

 

[rosiebean]

What I've always said about Tonys..

Do you go to Olive Garden and greatly enjoy your meal? Do you eat most of your Italian from the local pizza joint that also has some pasta dishes? You will be fine at Tony's.

Otherwise, if you are:

1. Italian, and have had a lot of good "home cooking" in your life.
2. Live in a big city, and have a lot of "authentic" restaurant options available to you...

then you will probably regard Tony's food as awful Chef Boyardee level stuff and probably should avoid. You know what level of Italian food snobbery you probably have. Choose accordingly.

Me- I don't mind the place- no it isn't the most amazing Italian you will ever have, but you are having a decent meal on Main St in the Magic Kingdom (IMO unbeatable ambiance), so its all good to me.

Respectfully disagree. It has little to do with your personal access to authentic Italian home cooking or authentic restaurants and everything to do with personal tastes and expectations.

I have Italian relatives whose authentic cooking is heavenly. Yet...I can still appreciate Tony's (and my local pizza joint and Olive Garden) for what they are.

I've lived in several big cities (in which lies as many mediocre Italian restaurants as good ones in my experience)...and yet I can still appreciate Tony's (and other examples) for what they are.

Most of my Italian meals are from really amazing restaurants or from my Italian relatives. Yet...I still appreciate Tony's, my local pizza joint that serves some pasta dishes, and even Olive Garden for what they are. They're standard, Americanized, slightly bland versions of authentic Italian food. Just like my local Chinese take out (which is very, very, very fresh and good...for what it is) is enjoyable, despite the fact that I've had real and amazing Chinese food made by friends who grew up in China and in really amazing, really authentic ethnic eateries in the large cities I've lived in.

As I've said on this board before, when I go to Tony's...or Olive Garden, or the 'pizza joint that serves some pasta dishes...I don't expect my SIL's Aunt Lina's cooking or the amazing authentic food I've had in Toronto, New York, New Orleans, etc. (likewise, family members who have traveled extensively in Italy enjoy Tony's). And I'm not disappointed, because Tony's doesn't try to present itself as an authentic experience the same way the Italian restaurants in Epcot do. It has been enjoyable for what it is in my experience, and I've personally had more mediocre and less enjoyable meals in WDW...we don't go to Tony's every visit, but it's on our rotation of standards.