Last night, I was able to eat at Disney's new restaurant, The Wave. Disappointing is the best way to sum up the entire experience.
The atmosphere was pleasant. Apparently, Disney swapped some wavy ceiling tiles from the Soarin' attraction to compliment the decor. The inside was pretty, but felt like a vast amount of decorations were lost in shipping. There were not many people in The Wave last night... but the acoustics are poor. I had to strain to hear people at my own table - but screaming children sitting on the other side of the room sounded like they were right next door.
The food was a mixed bag. Disney wanted an organic menu. While this sounds like a good idea, it leave the menu with only about 8 different entrees for you to select from. You can order a chicken pot pie (which comes in a cute crock pot complete with bones sticking out from the top). Two different steaks - both were extremely tasty. Lamb, which I won't eat. Selected "sustainable" fish of the day, that a family walking out let us know was terrible. The citrus and avacado salad was disgusting. They managed to make a concoction of soggy oranges, hard avacado, and bitter dressing.
All the servers have come from different restaurants. Ours came from the closed Concourse Steak House. She was horrible. Although she only had 3 tables, we were left to ourselves often. When asked about getting a steak knife for my meat, I was told that I "had one." As if I was a moron - who doesn't expect your butter knife to double as a meat-cutting machine? We had to ask, repeatedly, for water.
The experience was made MUCH better by our neighboring table. Once that started mocking the restaurant, the food, and service outloud to us, we realized that The Wave has a lot of potential that wasn't lived up to. Hopefully, they'll work things out. Maybe they'll get more menu choices or drop the organic twist.
It was sad to see Disney TURNING PEOPLE AWAY last night from coming in to eat - but there were only about 6 tables being occupied at a 7pm dining time. Sad, sad, sad.
The atmosphere was pleasant. Apparently, Disney swapped some wavy ceiling tiles from the Soarin' attraction to compliment the decor. The inside was pretty, but felt like a vast amount of decorations were lost in shipping. There were not many people in The Wave last night... but the acoustics are poor. I had to strain to hear people at my own table - but screaming children sitting on the other side of the room sounded like they were right next door.
The food was a mixed bag. Disney wanted an organic menu. While this sounds like a good idea, it leave the menu with only about 8 different entrees for you to select from. You can order a chicken pot pie (which comes in a cute crock pot complete with bones sticking out from the top). Two different steaks - both were extremely tasty. Lamb, which I won't eat. Selected "sustainable" fish of the day, that a family walking out let us know was terrible. The citrus and avacado salad was disgusting. They managed to make a concoction of soggy oranges, hard avacado, and bitter dressing.
All the servers have come from different restaurants. Ours came from the closed Concourse Steak House. She was horrible. Although she only had 3 tables, we were left to ourselves often. When asked about getting a steak knife for my meat, I was told that I "had one." As if I was a moron - who doesn't expect your butter knife to double as a meat-cutting machine? We had to ask, repeatedly, for water.
The experience was made MUCH better by our neighboring table. Once that started mocking the restaurant, the food, and service outloud to us, we realized that The Wave has a lot of potential that wasn't lived up to. Hopefully, they'll work things out. Maybe they'll get more menu choices or drop the organic twist.
It was sad to see Disney TURNING PEOPLE AWAY last night from coming in to eat - but there were only about 6 tables being occupied at a 7pm dining time. Sad, sad, sad.
They did seem to love the decor, except for the wood-grain laminate. One person didn't like their appy at all & switched with the other. The other appy salad was good. The Spice-crusted Chicken Salad was deemed excellent. The other salad entree wasn't what they expected or what was described on the menu. Other than that, they enjoyed it. They were happy with the desserts. 
