The "Must Do" for Disney Dining?

[Khayman]

Hello,

I am new to these boards, and my wife and I have booked our first Disney Trip. This will be my first time, and her 2nd time, she was 13 when she went before (she is slightly older now).

Anyway, some friends of ours that have gone before tell us that we need to make dinner reservations for places that we want to go to because it is hard to get into them the day you want to go. The problem is, we have no idea where we want to go.

So we are looking for some must do Disney dining tips as to what things we HAVE to experience for our first time in Disney. One example is our friends say that we should do dinner at Tony's one night to watch the electric parade (I guess you can see it from the resturaunt?).

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated, we want to make the most of our Disney Trip.

Thanks

 

[3princesses4us]

Our must-dos are Le Cellier Steakhouse in Epcot's Canada for a fabulous dinner and for Disney fun and great desserts we like 50's Prime Time at MGM.
Hope this helps. Have fun!

 

[Kae]

Check out www.allearsnet.com Deb has all the menus. Tony has a huge love/hate thing. We did not care for it. Depending on when you are going I would much rather be by the bridge in Liberty Square for the parade & wishes. The Deluxe hotels have some great places to eat. Also get a couple of guide book I like Passporter & wdw fo Couples.

Kae

Kae

 

[CoolDisneyCat]

Welocome to the Disboards!

There are 2 places my family and I go every single trip .. Spoodles and Yachtsman Steakhouse.

After those 2, I would recommend Boma, Kona Cafe, Rose and Crown, 50's Prime Time, Flying Fish, Jiko, Liberty Tree Tavern (lunch is menu, dinner is all you eat set menu w/characters) and the character breakfast at Cape May Cafe.

As far as going to Tony's for the parade .. the only problem is there are very few tables by the window where you can see the parade. I would eat at Tony's or another MK place and find a spot on the curb to watch the parade afterwards.

Be sure to have some meals in resorts. I think the food there is a great deal better than most in the parks. Besides, it is fun visiting other resorts than your own.

Here is a link that has the menus for all the restaurants at WDW. You can enjoy reading thru them and seeing what makes you drool.

http://www.allearsnet.com/menu/menus.htm

 

[Drake]

Our 'must do' meal is Cape May Cafe
We also love the Brown Derby ..... but, have eaten there about 5 times....so will pass on it this coming trip.

 

[Wendi2000]

I'm a HUGE fan of Boma. We enjoyed it so much for dinner on our trip that we stopped on the way out to make an ADR for breakfast another day. Breakfast was fantastic too.

Our most attentive meal was at CRT for dinner, but the food wasn't really all that great, and now that it's up to 2 credits I'm not really dying to go back or anything.

Teppanyaki is a lot of fun... very entertaining, our chef was sooooo funny!!! We also had a wonderful time meeting the other people at our table/grill. The food was good, but I have to try the other side of the restaurant on this next trip!

'Ohana is pretty good too, they do a lot of fun stuff with the kids, the food is good (I'm not a meat eater, but apparently the meats were a bit on the dry side) everything else was good and the service was excellent!

 

[disneyfreakjackie]

For couples the California Grill at the Contemporary is A MUST!!!

 

[crisi]

I think you should drop the idea of "must dos" for your trip. Instead, review the menus on Allearsnet and make some plans about where you will be each day. Then choose a nearby restaurant that appeals to you. You may want to ask for some opinions, but keep in mind that places some people love, other people hate. And some spots get very mixed reviews. Hoop de Do is a "must do" for a lot of people - I've been going for twenty years and have never gone and I'm not losing sleep over it.

This isn't because we don't give great advice and input. Its because your first Disney trip can be overwhelming, and you can't accomplish everyone ELSE'S must dos. And Dining, while something I really enjoy doing at Disney, can become a distraction to the reason most people go to Disney.

I'd also encourage you - in restaurant board blasphamy - to skip Le Cellier - its a steakhouse - a good one for the money, but every American town has a steakhouse - and concentrate on the restaurants that are usuaul or at least well themed. For instance, the Sci Fi or Boma.

 

[kaykels]

ANOTHER ENTHUSIASTIC VOTE FOR BOMA!

Don't be put off by the menu listings on Deb Will's site. It sounds "weirder" than it is. There is always prime rib, the soups are to die for, and you're life will never be the same after you eat a ZEBRA DOME for dessert.

 

[Mackey Mouse]

Our "must-do" is Citrico's.... Good food, great service, and quite elegant.

It is upstairs in the Grand Floridian and definitely is one to experience if you have not before.