Terrible food at Disneyland this week

[DLgal]

Thank you. We have eaten in a couple of the GC restaurants but I wasn't sure if it was the same for the lounge.

The lounge is open to anyone, absolutely. It is often crowded though. Be prepared to wait.

 

[Aurora0427]

We ate at Storytellers on Christmas Day 2019, and the food was awful. However, we went back in August of 2022, and it was delicious! We did the brunch. Tons of options and everything was good. I think we stayed almost 90 minutes…. We had a big party and the restaurant had quieted down. We had a lovely CM and she was so nice and told us to stay as long as we wanted. Probably our favorite sit down meal to date at Disneyland.

 

[GracieB]

We just got home following 5 days at DL. 12/26-12/30

We are CS style eaters, I personally don't like the whole dining experience with reservations months in advance for mediocre food. We prefer to eat when we want, with whatever is close by at that time. That is our vacation style.

I was very surprised at the inability to order things without cheese for DH. Most of the sandwiches, burgers etc came with cheese and he can't do cheese. We could only order hamburgers, the occasional plain chicken sandwich or a hot dog for him as everything else came with cheese and they "don't do special orders" or "Modifications".

Standard burgers, fries and chicken strips from Galactic Grill were decent one day and then stone cold and hard another day.

What is up with no lids for drinks? A tray full of $6 sodas and no dang lids. This was a trend throughout the parks,

Splitsville was ok but 1.5 hrs of bowling and dinner for 8 (pizza/fries) was $800

Our hotel had a really good complimentary breakfast which we took advantage of and then a couple of nights, we returned to our hotel and ordered UberEats for dinners.

Bread Bowls in French Qtr were extremely disappointing. It was raining, no real place that was dry to eat and they gave us a cold, hard sourdough bread and a container of stew to disassemble and reassemble ourselves. That lunch was just plain miserably awful. My stew had no meat, too many large chunks of onions and DH's had an overabundance of mushrooms.

Funnel Cake from Hungry Bear was a lump of gooey dough.

Ice cream carts had few selections.

CornDog on main street was cold, burnt and lacked any real corn dog flavor.

The Cold Brew coffee with Taro Cream at Docking Bay was amazing.
My family liked the offerings at Docking Bay. they ate there twice but Hubs the finicky wouldn't eat there and we went to Hungry Bear for chicken sandwiches.

I enjoyed several turkey legs.

The pasta cones in DCA were quite good.

Flo's french fries were yummy

Snack and cocktails at LampLight was a highlight. The Aioli Brussel sprouts were to die for!

Churros in Fantasy Land were good - hot and crisp.

We enjoyed drinks at Oga's twice.

Coffees at Ghirardelli did not disappoint.

Dinner for 10 at Mimi's on Friday night was the culinary highlight of the week. Good food, great space to relax, excellent service and not anywhere near Disney prices with far better quality.

IMO Disney has never had "great" food, I never really understood what everyone raved about. I had low expectations and therefore was not really disappointed.

 

[Disney0010]

Oh no, is Catal closing in the future?!

Yes. Both Catal and Uva will be closing. Both are being changed to become a more upscale Mexican themed restaurants named Paseo and Centrico. Actually hate to see this happen to Catal.

 

[Blue32]

This is probably not the right thread for this, but with all the dining talk I thought I would ask here....
We have not been to SWGE yet.... where do you all eat your Ronto Wraps? Is there seating nearby? If you have several people eating wraps, are you allowed to sit inside Docking Bay to eat them?

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

This is probably not the right thread for this, but with all the dining talk I thought I would ask here....
We have not been to SWGE yet.... where do you all eat your Ronto Wraps? Is there seating nearby? If you have several people eating wraps, are you allowed to sit inside Docking Bay to eat them?

There are tables near Ronto Roasters and in nearby outdoor areas, and you are also welcome to eat inside Docking Bay 7. I do it all the time as my kids usually eat from DB7 and I get a Ronto Wrap.

 

[DLgal]

Yes. Both Catal and Uva will be closing. Both are being changed to become a more upscale Mexican themed restaurants named Paseo and Centrico. Actually hate to see this happen to Catal.

I hate it too.

 

[DLgal]

This is probably not the right thread for this, but with all the dining talk I thought I would ask here....
We have not been to SWGE yet.... where do you all eat your Ronto Wraps? Is there seating nearby? If you have several people eating wraps, are you allowed to sit inside Docking Bay to eat them?

None of the counter service dining seating anywhere at Disneyland is restricted. You can bring food from anywhere and sit anywhere to eat it. There is plenty of seating around Ronto Roasters, then outside and inside DB7.

 

[LizzyS]

Yes. Both Catal and Uva will be closing. Both are being changed to become a more upscale Mexican themed restaurants named Paseo and Centrico. Actually hate to see this happen to Catal.

Well, that's a bummer!

 

[Blue32]

None of the counter service dining seating anywhere at Disneyland is restricted. You can bring food from anywhere and sit anywhere to eat it. There is plenty of seating around Ronto Roasters, then outside and inside DB7.

Thanks! I thought I had read somewhere about cast members policing the tables at DB7 but I could be mistaken. I also didn't realize that Ronto had its own seating.....thanks for the responses.

 

[cmph]

Thanks! I thought I had read somewhere about cast members policing the tables at DB7 but I could be mistaken. I also didn't realize that Ronto had its own seating.....thanks for the responses.

that was probably from me. They did have a CM at the door the week between Christmas and NYE during the busy part of the day when we were there. I think it was really due to being crazy crowded though, that particularly week, and there was no one there at all in the evening after the dinner rush. (We did not eat there but wanted to go in and see it.)

 

[DLgal]

Thanks! I thought I had read somewhere about cast members policing the tables at DB7 but I could be mistaken. I also didn't realize that Ronto had its own seating.....thanks for the responses.

They often have CMs at the doorway just checking to make sure you have a mobile order ready for pickup, because often the lines get long and they have to control access to the inside so it doesn't become overwhelmed. They do this at Pizza Planet, as well as Pym's, DB7, and Smokejumpers when it's busy. If you have food and need a place to sit, you will always be allowed to sit down anywhere.

 

[sleepymouse]

Just wondering if anyone has had the plant-based pasta at Blue Bayou. Is it any better than most of their food?