jgreen
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CAST DH (45) Loves most all foods
DW (41) Likes most foods, but leans toward seafood & LOVES wings
DS (11) Pretty picky eater, mostly sticks to burgers & nuggets
DD (8) Also picky, but can surprise you sometimes!
8/26 Whispering Canyon Café
DH Sassy Sues Southwestern Chicken Soup
Rockytop Rickys NY Strip Steak
Half yard Michelob Ultra
Banana Dustbowl
DW Wild Wild West Wings
River Run Sauteed Grouper
Margarita
DS Jeffros Glazed Pork Chops (shared w/ DD)
Coke
Chocolate Moose Stampede
DD Pork Chops
Coke
Kids Worms & Dirt
We had an 8:30 P.M. ADR for this meal due to our original flight being scheduled to arrive at MCO at 4:17. I ended up switching to the red-eye out of Calgary leaving at 12:55 A.M. and connecting through Houston with an arrival at MCO at 11:09 A.M. With the late notice I was unable to move our dinner up any earlier. Once we arrived at AKL and checked in we went straight over to the Magic Kingdom and spent a few hours on rides and shared a turkey leg in Frontierland. At around 6:30 everybody was getting fairly tired and hungry so we decided to hop on the boat over to WL. I arrived at the check-in for WCC at 7:15 and explained that we were quite early, but was wondering if we could get an earlier seating. The CM at reception said sure, and gave us the paging device and said it would be about 15-20 minutes.
To kill a little time we went over to the gift shop and browsed around, and then looked around the impressive lobby area. We grabbed a couple of chairs and chatted with some of the other guests for a bit, and by this time close to 40 minutes had gone by. By now the kids were starting to nod off. At the 1 hour mark I went back to the hostess counter to get an update. She said that we were second in the order, and should be seated in just a few minutes. All of this was not a problem, but I wished that if they knew that it was not going to be 15-20 minutes to just tell us that front. I realize that we were way early, but if it was not going to be possible to get seated any earlier we could have strayed a little further away from the restaurant and everyone would have not been battling the travel fatigue so much.
Once we paged we were seated and our waitress explained the skillet and what she felt were the better meals offered on the menu. We went ahead and ordered drinks while we decided on starters and main courses. Since the kids were still feeling tired and not super hungry they decided to split the pork chops. The wife is a HUGE fan of wings and decided to get those for an appetizer. Myself, I decided to get the Southwestern Chicken Soup. For main courses I went with the NY Strip and DW ordered the Grouper.
Starters came and the wings were pretty much standard fare and DW decided to, as Emeril says kick it up a notch, by asking for some Tabasco sauce. Now, I should probably point out that my wife is from South Korea, and anybody that is familiar with this cuisine knows that it tends to be pretty spicy. So much so that what is listed as spicy on menus, is really not all that spicy to her. She will usually ask for Tabasco at most restaurant meals. If she does not, it is usually because the meal is really superior, and she does does not want to spoil the flavor as is, or it is already spicy enough. My starter, the soup, was especially tasty. As a family we usually share tastes of everything we order, and this was judged a winner by everyone.
Main courses arrived a while later, and they were all pretty good. The grouper that DW had was a nice piece of fish and was nice, moist and flaky. The kids pork chops were good but nothing spectacular. My NY Strip was a decent, but again nothing out of the ordinary.
Desserts were quite good, but I must say that the portions on WDW desserts are huge. The amount of food that you get with starters and main courses is already far more that ample, so IMHO the desserts could be about half the size and still be more than enough.
The theme of the restaurant is fun, and as everyone else has posted before it is quite loud. I pretty much knew what to expect as far as the ketchup thing, etc., but what really cracked me up was when one of the servers loudly asked everyone to keep it down because cant you see this guy is on the phone, pointing out a gentleman on his cell.
GRADES FOOD = B
SERVICE = B
8/27 Teppanyaki
DH - Sushi Combo
San-Kai (NY Steak & Lobster)
Hot Sake
Green Tea Ice Cream
DW Spicy Tuna Roll
Nihon Kai (Lobster, Shrimp & Scallops)
Cold Sake
Fresh Fruit plate
DS California Roll
Nihon-Kai
Coke
Orange sherbert
DD Miso Soup
Kids Shrimp
Sprite
Fresh Fruit plate
Let me preface this review with the statement that this was in everyones Top 3. DW and I have eaten in quite a few Japanese Steakhouses, and knew that we would probably like this, but the kids were thrilled with the meal and ate rally well.
The server made sure that we understood that all of us were able to order an appetizer, and even DD8 was able to get any appy she wanted. We oredered a cross section of sushi and sushi rolls, but DD still wanted miso soup. Thats the funny thing, my kids are really pretty picky, mostly burgers, dogs, nuggets, etc., but they both love seaweed and rice. The server takes the orders of all at the table (8) at the same time, including beverages, starters and main courses. We had two younger couples at our table, and I think they were a little worried when they saw somewhat younger children at their table. Ill say this, my kids are definitely no angels, but DW and I are both pretty strict parents and expect our children to behave in social settings. I especially am from the old school where children are to be seen and not heard. I could tell that our table partners were pleasantly surprised that the kids were well mannered, and also were impressed with the kids chopsticks skills.
The appetizers were pretty good, but I think that some of the sushi is probably prepared somewhat in advance. Not a big deal, but I just prefer the freshly rolled sushi. I could be wrong about this, but I have eaten at a LOT of sushi places, and previously lived in Asia for 5 years (S. Korea, Malaysia & Singapore) so I think I know my sushi.
The main courses were all very good. The NY strip in my meal was a far better piece of meat than the one I had at Whispering Canyon the night before. All of the seafood was fresh and of good quality, and all portions were plentiful. DW & DD had the fresh fruit plate for dessert, DS had orange sherbert and I had the green tea ice cream. They were all very good, especially the fruit which was very nice and flavorful.
GRADES - FOOD = A
SERVICE = A
Counter Service reviews Part 1 http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=908941
Counter Service reviews Part 2 http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=908944
TS Dining Reviews Day 3 & 4 http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=904614
TS Dining Reviews Day 5 & 6 http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=904615
TS Dining Reviews Day 7 & 8 http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=905161
TS Dining Reviews Day 9 & 10 http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=905429
DW (41) Likes most foods, but leans toward seafood & LOVES wings
DS (11) Pretty picky eater, mostly sticks to burgers & nuggets
DD (8) Also picky, but can surprise you sometimes!
8/26 Whispering Canyon Café
DH Sassy Sues Southwestern Chicken Soup
Rockytop Rickys NY Strip Steak
Half yard Michelob Ultra
Banana Dustbowl
DW Wild Wild West Wings
River Run Sauteed Grouper
Margarita
DS Jeffros Glazed Pork Chops (shared w/ DD)
Coke
Chocolate Moose Stampede
DD Pork Chops
Coke
Kids Worms & Dirt
We had an 8:30 P.M. ADR for this meal due to our original flight being scheduled to arrive at MCO at 4:17. I ended up switching to the red-eye out of Calgary leaving at 12:55 A.M. and connecting through Houston with an arrival at MCO at 11:09 A.M. With the late notice I was unable to move our dinner up any earlier. Once we arrived at AKL and checked in we went straight over to the Magic Kingdom and spent a few hours on rides and shared a turkey leg in Frontierland. At around 6:30 everybody was getting fairly tired and hungry so we decided to hop on the boat over to WL. I arrived at the check-in for WCC at 7:15 and explained that we were quite early, but was wondering if we could get an earlier seating. The CM at reception said sure, and gave us the paging device and said it would be about 15-20 minutes.
To kill a little time we went over to the gift shop and browsed around, and then looked around the impressive lobby area. We grabbed a couple of chairs and chatted with some of the other guests for a bit, and by this time close to 40 minutes had gone by. By now the kids were starting to nod off. At the 1 hour mark I went back to the hostess counter to get an update. She said that we were second in the order, and should be seated in just a few minutes. All of this was not a problem, but I wished that if they knew that it was not going to be 15-20 minutes to just tell us that front. I realize that we were way early, but if it was not going to be possible to get seated any earlier we could have strayed a little further away from the restaurant and everyone would have not been battling the travel fatigue so much.
Once we paged we were seated and our waitress explained the skillet and what she felt were the better meals offered on the menu. We went ahead and ordered drinks while we decided on starters and main courses. Since the kids were still feeling tired and not super hungry they decided to split the pork chops. The wife is a HUGE fan of wings and decided to get those for an appetizer. Myself, I decided to get the Southwestern Chicken Soup. For main courses I went with the NY Strip and DW ordered the Grouper.
Starters came and the wings were pretty much standard fare and DW decided to, as Emeril says kick it up a notch, by asking for some Tabasco sauce. Now, I should probably point out that my wife is from South Korea, and anybody that is familiar with this cuisine knows that it tends to be pretty spicy. So much so that what is listed as spicy on menus, is really not all that spicy to her. She will usually ask for Tabasco at most restaurant meals. If she does not, it is usually because the meal is really superior, and she does does not want to spoil the flavor as is, or it is already spicy enough. My starter, the soup, was especially tasty. As a family we usually share tastes of everything we order, and this was judged a winner by everyone.
Main courses arrived a while later, and they were all pretty good. The grouper that DW had was a nice piece of fish and was nice, moist and flaky. The kids pork chops were good but nothing spectacular. My NY Strip was a decent, but again nothing out of the ordinary.
Desserts were quite good, but I must say that the portions on WDW desserts are huge. The amount of food that you get with starters and main courses is already far more that ample, so IMHO the desserts could be about half the size and still be more than enough.
The theme of the restaurant is fun, and as everyone else has posted before it is quite loud. I pretty much knew what to expect as far as the ketchup thing, etc., but what really cracked me up was when one of the servers loudly asked everyone to keep it down because cant you see this guy is on the phone, pointing out a gentleman on his cell.
GRADES FOOD = B
SERVICE = B
8/27 Teppanyaki
DH - Sushi Combo
San-Kai (NY Steak & Lobster)
Hot Sake
Green Tea Ice Cream
DW Spicy Tuna Roll
Nihon Kai (Lobster, Shrimp & Scallops)
Cold Sake
Fresh Fruit plate
DS California Roll
Nihon-Kai
Coke
Orange sherbert
DD Miso Soup
Kids Shrimp
Sprite
Fresh Fruit plate
Let me preface this review with the statement that this was in everyones Top 3. DW and I have eaten in quite a few Japanese Steakhouses, and knew that we would probably like this, but the kids were thrilled with the meal and ate rally well.
The server made sure that we understood that all of us were able to order an appetizer, and even DD8 was able to get any appy she wanted. We oredered a cross section of sushi and sushi rolls, but DD still wanted miso soup. Thats the funny thing, my kids are really pretty picky, mostly burgers, dogs, nuggets, etc., but they both love seaweed and rice. The server takes the orders of all at the table (8) at the same time, including beverages, starters and main courses. We had two younger couples at our table, and I think they were a little worried when they saw somewhat younger children at their table. Ill say this, my kids are definitely no angels, but DW and I are both pretty strict parents and expect our children to behave in social settings. I especially am from the old school where children are to be seen and not heard. I could tell that our table partners were pleasantly surprised that the kids were well mannered, and also were impressed with the kids chopsticks skills.
The appetizers were pretty good, but I think that some of the sushi is probably prepared somewhat in advance. Not a big deal, but I just prefer the freshly rolled sushi. I could be wrong about this, but I have eaten at a LOT of sushi places, and previously lived in Asia for 5 years (S. Korea, Malaysia & Singapore) so I think I know my sushi.
The main courses were all very good. The NY strip in my meal was a far better piece of meat than the one I had at Whispering Canyon the night before. All of the seafood was fresh and of good quality, and all portions were plentiful. DW & DD had the fresh fruit plate for dessert, DS had orange sherbert and I had the green tea ice cream. They were all very good, especially the fruit which was very nice and flavorful.
GRADES - FOOD = A
SERVICE = A
Counter Service reviews Part 1 http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=908941
Counter Service reviews Part 2 http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=908944
TS Dining Reviews Day 3 & 4 http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=904614
TS Dining Reviews Day 5 & 6 http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=904615
TS Dining Reviews Day 7 & 8 http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=905161
TS Dining Reviews Day 9 & 10 http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=905429
