What is your favorite restaurant at WDW?

[Hallowishes]

California Grill for the amazing food and the atmosphere. i eat there once every trip and it is always the meal i look forward to the most. eating up there and watching wishes ...

 

[DSNY4ever]

Aw geez, my hands are up... Boma or the Hollywood Brown Derby. I can't decide!

Shoot, now I'm hungry.

 

[cathie1327]

I'm a sucker for characters and we haven't eaten at a lot of the nicer places...sooooo I'm gonna have to go with Crystal Palace

 

[itsmuggsie]

It's hard to pick one! Narcoossee's, Brown Derby and Kona are my faves.

I haven't eaten a Citricos yet, but I would like too soon.

 

[BriarRosie]

I love how Todd English gets a trademark!

I've been doing that for a few years now on the Restaurants forum. I did it as a snarky dig at Todd English for putting his name on every restaurant he owns. I thought it was pretentious that the last part ("bluezoo") was in lower case lettering.

So every time I refer to the restaurant, I will either type out the entire thing with the trademark, or refer to it as "Todd's Place".

 

[SamSam]

Hmmm, very difficult but my favorite 5 are:
Jiko's
Narcoose's
California Grill
Brown Derby
sushi at Polynesian

 

[baby1disney]

Hmmmm..I'm stuck between Crystal Palace and 50's Prime Time!!! The pot roast at 50's is REMARKABLE!!!!! Ahhhhhh....I can taste it now!!!

 

[bigmoonmullen]

Here's our picks

Jiko

California Grill - Now I might switch these if you happen to have a window seat during the fireworks.

Shula's

I can't count either

Trying Narcoose's & Chefs de France on our upcoming trip.

 

[mysanchez]

Our family really likes Le Cellier and Prime Time for Table Service and our favorite Counter Service is Wolfgang Puck Express...meatloaf is soooo good.

 

[Sassagoula Billy]

I've been doing that for a few years now on the Restaurants forum. I did it as a snarky dig at Todd English for putting his name on every restaurant he owns. I thought it was pretentious that the last part ("bluezoo") was in lower case lettering.

So every time I refer to the restaurant, I will either type out the entire thing with the trademark, or refer to it as "Todd's Place".

Just found this! I love it. The man is completely pretentious. But lord, he can make a parmesean crisp salad thingamajig better than anyone I know.

 

[jessrose18]

Le Cellier...my last supper would be cheese soup, pretzel bread, cream cheese mashed potatoes, filet medium, and chocolate mouse from this place!

Favorite buffet is cape may dinner!

 

[OKW Lover]

Lots of good suggestions here. I wouldn't hesitate to go with any of them.

On a bit of a different tract though, I'll suggest something really different if you just want a really good burger - Dolphin Fountain. I used to rave about the burgers at B&C, but after going to the DF several times I'm convinced that their burgers are better.

 

[Cruz Family]

Jiko

 

[TheTXTaylors5]

Thank you for all the great suggestions!

DH and I usually try and have one childless dinner while at WDW. I get a sitter (KNO) and we make an adults-only night of it. We plan to do the same this December.

Here are our front runners for dinner:

Jiko
Yachtsman Steakhouse

We'll be staying at the BCV. So, Yachtsman makes the most sense because we can just walk over there (or take the boat back if we have too much vino ). However, we have eaten there before and I really wanted to try something new, like Jiko. We'll have our minivan. So, transportation is not an issue. I did have an ADR for bluezoo. But, when DH was able to get a Yachtsman ADR, I canceled the bluezoo one.

Decisions, decisions ...

Jennifer

 

[yitbos96bb]

Thank you for all the great suggestions!

DH and I usually try and have one childless dinner while at WDW. I get a sitter (KNO) and we make an adults-only night of it. We plan to do the same this December.

Here are our front runners for dinner:

Jiko
Yachtsman Steakhouse

We'll be staying at the BCV. So, Yachtsman makes the most sense because we can just walk over there (or take the boat back if we have too much vino ). However, we have eaten there before and I really wanted to try something new, like Jiko. We'll have our minivan. So, transportation is not an issue. I did have an ADR for bluezoo. But, when DH was able to get a Yachtsman ADR, I canceled the bluezoo one.

Decisions, decisions ...

Jennifer

In food, ambiance and romance Jiko is FAR superior to Yachtsman.

 

[yitbos96bb]

I have not.

I dont own a suit or sport jacket.

Buying one to go to one dinner seems extravagant.

If I were forced to wear a jacket and slacks to dinner, I'd be miserable and that would color the entire experience.

I've looked in several times and it holds absolutely no appeal to me at all.

I love the casual elegance of Jiko, Citricos and Narcoossee's. There is a certain to feel and sound to a well run restaurant. That low buzz of conversation from the dining room and the subtle noise of the kitchen are all appealing.

The times I've looked in V&A, that's missing....but I'm not suggesting that it's not well run. I'm suggesting that it's not my style.

I don't know how big or small you are (based on the pod cast descriptions you range in size to comic proportions both ways), but V and A DOES have some jackets to lend if you ever want to try it.

From a purely food standpoint, its amazing. I think you'd love the food.

 

[yitbos96bb]

Le Cellier...my last supper would be cheese soup, pretzel bread, cream cheese mashed potatoes, filet medium, and chocolate mouse from this place!

Favorite buffet is cape may dinner!

Wow, I really find it sad that you would want THAT to be your last meal... Enjoyable sure, but the last thing to every touch your lips... yuck.

For my last meal, I want a meal from a Pellegrino Top 10 Restaurant list... Noma, El Bulli, Fat Duck, Alinea, Per Se...

Restaurants that really show you the pure artistry that food can be... challenging ALL the senses, not just taste.... Stuff that no Disney restaurant can currently match (although Victoria and Alberts is the closest... although MILES apart from the ones mentioned above.

That is one thing I wish Disney would do... bring in a world's best chef to design a restaurant instead of an overrated celebrity chef such as Cat Cora or Emeril. Why bring in a hack when you could have someone like Grant Achetz, Thomas Keller, Heston Blumenthal, or Ferran Adrià. Heck, if you need a celebrity chef, get a guy like Gordon Ramsey or Charlie Trotter whose is a 3 michelin star chef... or get a guy like Rick Bayless or Rick Tramonte.

But I could only imagine the dining mecca that you turn a place like DTD into if you had Keller and Adria design restaurants... Heck Keller already has a Disney Priced (not the $200 plus a person that Per Se and French Laundry are) restaurant that gets rave reviews in Sonoma...

It would be amazing.

 

[*NikkiBell*]

Wow, I really find it sad that you would want THAT to be your last meal... Enjoyable sure, but the last thing to every touch your lips... yuck.

Regardless of whether or not you like Le Cellier, is it really fair to criticize someone for their choice? Everyone has their own unique tastes and preferences. What one might consider the ultimate in restaurant experiences another might not like at all. Different strokes for different folks.

 

[jpeka65844]

Le Cellier...my last supper would be cheese soup, pretzel bread, cream cheese mashed potatoes, filet medium, and chocolate mouse from this place!

You said it!! That's EXACTLY what I would order too! And I HAVE ordered it all 4 times I've been there!

But, now that it's a 2-credit meal, we probably won't eat there as often. For 2 credits, we'd do Y'men or Artist Point. Unless we're paying OOP.

Our favorite table service is Le Cellier; fave buffet is Crystal Palace.

 

[kaligal]

Crystal Palace breakfasts, Restaurant Marrakesh dinners.