The "Is BOG worth it?" Thread

[saskdw]

BOG is a nice restaurant. Atmosphere and scenery is great. We found the service good and the food good.

The food was "good", but not "Great" or "Fantastic". All things being equal we would eat there every trip. There isn't really anything better inside the MK. However BOG isn't at a level that matches how hard the ADR is to get. We couldn't get a dinner ADR on the day and time we wanted for our upcoming Mid December trip. It isn't a big deal. The place is nice, but not a must do favorite. Not worth worrying about or continually looking for a cancelation.

 

[T_O]

Judging by the poll so far, it looks like BOG breakfast is the least popular choice.

 

[VACamm]

We love the BOG dinner. Its a great atmosphere and it feels fancier than Breakfast or Lunch for some reason. PLUS you get to meet Beast!

 

[bumbershoot]

I've been there for lunch and dinner, and the service was good and the food that we ordered was good, and neither time was overly expensive, so yes, it's worth it for us. We ordered vegetarian items, to be specific about what it was we liked. Their soups are vegetarian and delicious, and I enjoyed their salads, and at lunch I enjoyed their quiche with soup.

 

[Boardwalk Tigger]

I like to see BOG but don't like the food at all! We go for lunch and enjoy looking around but dislike the food

 

[Raeven]

We were disappointed by lunch, but loved the dinner. Found it much more relaxed and with better food.

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

We've had both lunch and dinner there, and we enjoyed both. It will be our must-do QS for lunches now. We loved the food at lunch and the ability to pre-order. The atmosphere is definitely not as fancy at lunch, but it was still a lot of fun. We loved the cupcakes that we chose for dessert - Master's, Lemon, and Strawberry. All soooooooooooooooo yummy!

The atmosphere at dinner is fantastic. I would go back just for that. The food was good but my dish was a bit too salty. DH loved his meal. I think it was red meat of some sort - steak, maybe. I chose the seafood dish with scallops and shrimp. DH and I also had the french onion soup. That was outstanding, and I would go back just for that, too! I don't do red meat and have found it difficult to find a great vegetarian french onion soup, but this is it. DD is a picky vegetarian, so she had trouble choosing. She ended up with the potato leek soup, which she loved, and the salad appetizer, which she said was okay. I tasted the salads and thought they were interesting and delicious. Dessert was a little disappointing because we were really looking forward to the Master's cupcake again, but it was not available. DD and I had the grey stuff dessert which was good but not as good as the Master's cupcake. I cannot remember what DH had for dessert that night. Our server that meal was our most favorite server of the trip. She was so much fun and we enjoyed getting to learn a little about her and how she ended up at Disney.

We ended up in the West Wing both times.

We will try to get reservations again on our next trip - at least two lunches and one dinner, so, yes, we found it worth it.

 

[Shanti]

We did breakfast twice with PPO reservations a couple weeks ago. It was worth it to us to get into the park early and to get to ride 7DMT before the rope drop crowd got there and PP before it got too busy. That allowed us to save fastpasses for other things later in the day.

I agree that it's worth it as a PPO. We also enjoyed exploring the interior of the restaurant and getting to select our table in the themed room of our choice. The food was fine- nothing to write home about, but nothing wrong with it, either.

Obviously there would be fewer complaints if it were less expensive, but it is what it is: breakfast at the Magic Kingdom's best-themed restaurant. It isn't a suburban Denny's two blocks from the interstate, and it's never going to be priced that way.

 

[GrumpyDad1974]

Lunch yes, we have always had a good meal. Dinner haven't tried it. Breakfast haven't tried but would love to if the menu was different... I have some very picky eaters.

 

[tlriv5]

we ate there twice last week. Our first visit was for dinner and I thought it was well worth it. The restaurant is gorgeous, the staff and service was great and we all enjoyed our meals. I had the braised pork, delicious! Two of my party got the steak, which they enjoyed, I personally wish it didn't come with fries, other daughter got shrimp and scampi pasta which she enjoyed. We were on the dining plan so we decided to go to breakfast for PPO. It was not bad knowing we were on dp, but did not think the food was worth out of pocket prices. Dh got the gaston dish and it was what we all wish we had gotten. The egg sandiches were edible, but just not worth the price. I would not order them again. We did enjoy getting to eat in restaurant again and seeing the park when less crowded. It was also the only way I would have been able to get my teenagers to a park that early so we rode quiet a few rides before the 11am crowds! I would definitely go back for dinner again!