This family of five is looking for some new places to go...what do you think?

[tlriv5]

We are mom, dad and three teenage daughters. We've been a three times now and this trip we thought we may do no repeats. (We'll see how that goes). I am thinking about not leaving the parks too much to eat unless it is a Magic Kingdom day. Here is where we've eaten...
LTT, Crystal Palace, Chef Mickey's, Ohana (B & D), 1900, Biergarten, San Angel, Marrakesh, Tutto, Coral Reef, 50's, Sci Fi, Boma, and Whispering Canyon
Here are a few we were considering trying... Le Cellier (lunch), thought we'd better finally try it. Mama Melrose (and do fantasmic pkg.), thinking about Rose and Crown too. We need five in all and I do not want to do any signature restaurants. What do you all think? any suggestions that I may have missed. We aren't picky and also we've loved trying Epcot dinners.

 

[goldenears]

If you are interested in Epcot dinners, you might want to try out Teppan Edo. It is a Japanese steakhouse and it is a fun experience with good food.
We have done dinner at Mama Melrose before and will never eat there again. My husband comes from a big Italian family, so that probably explains it .

 

[disnut8]

Second Teppen Edo. Might also want to look at Chefs de France. I don't see anything on your list for Animal Kingdom so check out Tusker House or Yak and Yeti. Even Rainforest Cafe (you leave the park but not really leave the park). No help on the Studios since you've done 50s and Sci Fi and those are the only two places I'd really venture into.

 

[aristocat9237]

I aslo agree on tepan edo. It is one of my favorites.

 

[vicb]

Last trip my DD was 17, her favs were lunch at Les Chefs, dinner at Kona and breakfast at Boma.

oops just saw you said not leaving the parks.... we always do lunch at Plaza in MK. Have a ressie for Via Napoli next month for lunch.

 

[Sue/Kalamazoo]

Via Napoli is great too!

 

[martinolichfamily]

We've been to Mama Melrose on our past trips..very good both times! We did F! Package last April...it was great!

 

[ncc1701]

We enjoyed Rose & Crown for both dinner & lunch. Only had salad and flatbreads at MM but really enjoyed our meals there.Chefs de France is a great place for lunch. Love the lobster bisque and the quiche

 

[Coconuts]

We've enjoyed Garden Grill, San Angel Inn, and Teppan Edo at Epcot. A few of our friends have been to Via Napoli and raved about it. We loved Tusker House breakfast and can't wait to go back. All of the other places we've been to and would recommend are on your list of "already tried". Good luck.

 

[mfd25wife]

AK- Yak & Yeti. I like Tusker for B, but not crazy about it for lunch.

Epcot-Love Rose & Crown, Chefs, Teppan, and if you can get LaHacienda just before illuminations, it's great. It's biggest drawback now is that they are so slooooow. Honestly, I didn't care for it the 1st visit but the view was excellent. Really liked it the 2nd visit and still loved the view. Both times, we did not get checked out until after the park was closed. It was a peaceful walk through with no one around but us and a handful of cm's.

DHS-Mama Melrose. if you like calamari, their's is really good. The have great steaks, and the tomato & mozzarella app is really good.

MK-Recently discovered CHH. I really like it.

If you decide to leave the park, I like Kona and then go to the beach and watch wishes. Sanaa and Turf Club are also really good.

 

[LBlovesM&WDW]

Of the ones you haven't tried, we(including a teen) really enjoy Kona Cafe (Poly), Via Napoli, Le Cellier and Tepan Edo (EPCOT).

 

[TinkerbellinLouisian]

We are mom, dad and three teenage daughters. We've been a three times now and this trip we thought we may do no repeats. (We'll see how that goes). I am thinking about not leaving the parks too much to eat unless it is a Magic Kingdom day. Here is where we've eaten...
LTT, Crystal Palace, Chef Mickey's, Ohana (B & D), 1900, Biergarten, San Angel, Marrakesh, Tutto, Coral Reef, 50's, Sci Fi, Boma, and Whispering Canyon
Here are a few we were considering trying... Le Cellier (lunch), thought we'd better finally try it. Mama Melrose (and do fantasmic pkg.), thinking about Rose and Crown too. We need five in all and I do not want to do any signature restaurants. What do you all think? any suggestions that I may have missed. We aren't picky and also we've loved trying Epcot dinners.

we will have 4 Teens at next visit... I've got a Le Cellier Lunch... (LOVED it last visit ) MM F! Dining pkg (done all the other F! Dining pkgs) We always do Teppan Edo (it is a family tradition) and CRT (another family tradition) i've also booked Y&Y (tried it and loved it last visit much like PF Changs) we also have Sci FI...we LOVE "Ohana B but didnt book this visit. We do have HDDR this visit LOVE THAT ! Look into it ! I think you'll like it !


Have a magical visit !
Mary

 

[Castillo Mom]

Kona Cafe has very good food and I also recommend Rose and Crown. We've eaten at Mama Melrose - never again, bad food, bad service. Haven't eaten at Teppan Edo but it's on our to do list as I've read a lot of good reviews. My family also enjoyed Le Chefs de France last trip. Haven't tried Via Napoli, but again, good reviews for that one as well. Don't know if you plan on trying any of the signatures but Jiko is a unique experience.

We plan on trying some new places as well so we've added Flying Fish and Via Napoli.

 

[disneybliss2]

My suggestions are: Via Napoli, Akershus, Teppan Edo, and Kona Cafe. Good luck deciding!

 

[staceycrouton]

Some Epcot restaurants that you haven't tried are Chefs de France and Teppan Edo. We love both of these! Also, definitely try Le Cellier! The filet mignon, cream cheese mashed potatoes and chocolate "moose" are amazing! (starting to drool just thinking about it). Your family might also want to try T-Rex in Downtown Disney. The atmosphere is a lot of fun and we've enjoyed the food each time that we've gone!

 

[DisneyFive]

It would help greatly to know your schedule of parks. Which ones, and how many days each.

Dan

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

We also loved Teppan Edo, my daughter who is 7 really enjoys it and she is pretty picky. We've always had good meals @ Le Cellier. I would stay far far away from Mama Melrose, ilk, only place I have eaten @ WDW that I have a complaint about. Food wasn't edible, chef never came out to talk to us about food allergies (all Disney chefs do) instead the waitress said "I think this is safe" and service was slow and it was in the middle of May so parks weren't packed. We all really enjoyed the Captian's Grille last year we just ended up waiting FOREVER even with ADRs and an empty dining room, IDK what was up with that, but the dinner was great! IDK if the wave was on your list, but I enjoyed it, our party of 11 was split on it though, half enjoyed it, half didnt. GL! I know you didnt want to leave parks, but Captian's Grille you could walk to from epcot so no biggie, and the wave just hop on monorail if your at MK for the day.

 

[tlriv5]

Thanks for the ideas. We really don't make a park schedule. We get park hoppers and go with the flow. We don't enjoy Animal Kingdom enough to eat there. Yak and Yeti does sound good though. We are definitely going to try le cellier. Trying to decide between Rose and Crown and Teppan Edo. We like the Japanese restaurants but is it like ones we have at home? We want something different. I am curious about Chef's de France too. We wouldn't care to go to Epcot for most of our meals. The main reason for Mama Melrose is for fantasmic pkg. Our last trip we didn't get to see the show because of the crowd. My brother enjoyed mama's. I had forgotten about Kona I have seen it talked about on the boards a lot. Haven't read much on The Wave. Which is better Wave ot Kona?

 

[CamoMama]

I haven't been to Kona, but did have dinner at Wave in February. We won't eat there again. The food wasn't bad, but it wasn't good enough to warrant a second visit when there are so many restaurants that are amazing at WDW.

 

[ddluvsdisney]

These are some of our favorites:
Teppan Edo
Le Chefs (french onion soup is awesome so is mac & cheese for adults!)
Rose & Crown (make a late ressie and request the patio- AWESOME place to watch Illuminations.)
Garden Grill
Via Napoli (this year will be our first time)
I guess we are an Epcot restaurants family.