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Boma

California Grill

O'Hana

Bongo's

Wolfgang Puck

Dh and I are split, but I really like Coral Reef.  Dh is just "meh"

Whispering Canyon for the experience, the food is ok

What about the dinner shows? Hoop-De-Do is hilarious!  And we liked the hula show too.

 

I know there are more, but I can't think of them right now.  Enjoy!!!  Do you want counter service places too?

 

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Crystal Palace in the Magic Kingdom

Le Cellier in Epcot

Boma (if you like a big variety of exotic flavors)

Coral Reef in Epcot

 

We were not impressed with Tutto Italia.  I spent some time looking at menus on allears.net and tried to find places that had dishes that were within our tastes.

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We enjoyed sushi at California Grill, but that's not the best bang for your buck if you are concerned with that part of the dining plan. 

Kona for breakfast was great

Crystal Palace was wonderful for an early breakfast

Tusker House was a decent character meal, although I was not that impressed with the food.  It might have been an off day.  It was nice to see the characters though.

Boma's atmosphere was quite nice; I might try a different AKL restaurant next time.  We like all kinds of ethnic food, spices, exotic but I didn't find the food *that* fantastic.  Our meal was very "buffet" in quality, iykwim. Good though and we enjoyed it. I really liked our server and the atmosphere.

We enjoyed BoG for lunch

We liked Morocco's platters, Uk's fish and chips, ham and cheese croissants (was a snack credit and we were tired of sweet everything) in France.  Grapefruit beer was lovely as well :)

Starring Rolls for cupcakes.  Next time I'd like to hit Boardwalk Bakery

Via Napoli was decent.

ice cream at Beaches and Cream was fun after we rode around on a surrey bike.  I think we paid OOP.

 

 

I wish I had kept our Le Cellier ADR.

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Kona (for breakfast)

'Ohana

Rose & Crown (you can watch Illuminations from the patio if you make your dinner ressie for about 7:30 or later)

Via Napoli

Tutta Italia

Les Chefs de France

50s Prime Time

Brown Derby (the lounge on the patio is excellent)

Be Our Guest

Liberty Tree Tavern (lunch only)

Crystal Palace (breakfast)

Artist's Point

Whispering Canyon Cafe (be sure to ask for ketchup and straws)

Beaches & Cream

Yak & Yeti

Tusker House (breakfast)

Yachtsman

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We're going in April.  On our short list:  Be Our Guest (for lunch, evening meals are hard to come by, I've heard), T-Rex Cafe (my kids love dinosaurs), Sanaa (at Animal Kingdom Lodge).

 

Be Our Guest isn't easy at lunch either. It's counter service. Opens at 10:30. When we got there at 10:45am, about two weeks ago, they weren't taking any more customers without fast passes for the rest of lunch that day. Only specially invited people get an invite to get a fast pass for BOG at lunch.

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Oh, and not to need a reservation, but we love getting the Kitchen Sink at Beaches and Cream.

You can make reservations for Beaches and Cream now! :)

 

Crystal Palace (early breakfast before park opens)

1900 PF with the evil stepmother and sisters for excellent character interaction

Boma (breakfast is good too!)

 

Be Our Guest is doing invited FastPass + reservations only for lunch right now, per an article on Chip and Company's blog. They said it's possibly just a trial, but thought I'd mention it. http://www.chipandco.com/guest-quick-service-serving-fastpass-guests-200615/

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I thought you would never ask.

 

MAGIC KINGDOM

Cinderella’s Royal Table only if traveling with a young child.

Crystal Palace only for super early breakfast so I can get some castle photos before the park opens

Liberty Tree Tavern for turkey and dressing. You have to ask for the cranberry sauce. Do not forget.

 

EPCOT

Rose and Crown Pub and Dining Room for the fish and chips, baby!

San Angel Inn for a fish with olives. I cannot remember the name.

 

ANIMAL KINGDOM

Rainforest Cafe is very loud, but very good food.

Yak and Yeti Restaurant same chain owners as Rainforest. All is good.

 

DISNEY’S HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS

’50s Prime Time Cafe, burger, fries, and a malt.

Hollywood Brown Derby. THE COBB SALAD! Just lay your face in the bowl. Top it off with grapefruit cake.

 

ANIMAL KINGDOM LODGE AND VILLAS

Jiko just slice your wallet open and do the safari on the savannah with the chef's table dining.

 

BOARDWALK

Kouzzina. Get the breakfast flatbread. Yeah, you will be thanking me.

 

CONTEMPORARY

California Grill. Waiter named Bill. Steaks and, well, everything is great.

 

CORONADO SPRINGS

Maya Grill. Owned by the San Angel Inn people. Everything is awesome!

 

DOLPHIN

The Fountain. Just get dessert. No need to eat anything else. You will collapse from ecstasy as you stand to leave.

Shula’s Steak House, well duh, the steaks. To die for.

Todd English’s bluezoo. Weird, but always new, crazy good food. Portions smaller so cannot share.

 

FORT WILDERNESS

Hoop Dee Doo Revue. Food is terrible, show is corny fun.

 

GRAND FLORIDIAN RESORT AND SPA

1900 Park Fare. Only for a character meal when traveling with small children.

Alice in Wonderland Tea Party. A must for young children.

Citricos. MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE!!! I love it so much that I had my wedding reception there, top it all off with the Fairytale Cuvée.

 

POLYNESIAN

Kona Cafe best sundae in America.

‘Ohana a must for everyone, both breakfast and dinner. Bring an empty stomach because the food just keeps coming.

 

PORT ORLEANS RIVERSIDE

Boatwright’s Dining Hall. Call in advance and ask the chef to buy stuff for the old pot roast that was dumped on mash potatoes. If you beg enough, they will put it on as a special. Just lay your face in it and suck it up your nose. Pure pleasure.

 

SWAN

Il Mulino New York Trattoria- let's just say I still have pleasure dreams about the gnocchi. Um, um, good.

 

WILDERNESS LODGE

Artist Point great atmosphere and mildly romantic. Ask for the table in the corner.

Whispering Canyon Cafe, fun with a capital "F". Do not ask for ketchup under any circumstances.

 

YACHT CLUB

Yachtsman Steakhouse, steak, steak, steak.

 

DOWNTOWN DISNEY

Marketplace

Rainforest Cafe see above

T-Rex see rainforest cafe

 

Pleasure Island

Portobello. Love it! Again, try the gnocchi.

Raglan Road, Shepherd's pie!

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Wowzer, thanks!

 

I thought you would never ask.

MAGIC KINGDOM
Cinderella’s Royal Table only if traveling with a young child.
Crystal Palace only for super early breakfast so I can get some castle photos before the park opens
Liberty Tree Tavern for turkey and dressing. You have to ask for the cranberry sauce. Do not forget.

EPCOT
Rose and Crown Pub and Dining Room for the fish and chips, baby!
San Angel Inn for a fish with olives. I cannot remember the name.

ANIMAL KINGDOM
Rainforest Cafe is very loud, but very good food.
Yak and Yeti Restaurant same chain owners as Rainforest. All is good.

DISNEY’S HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS
’50s Prime Time Cafe, burger, fries, and a malt.
Hollywood Brown Derby. THE COBB SALAD! Just lay your face in the bowl. Top it off with grapefruit cake.

ANIMAL KINGDOM LODGE AND VILLAS
Jiko just slice your wallet open and do the safari on the savannah with the chef's table dining.

BOARDWALK
Kouzzina. Get the breakfast flatbread. Yeah, you will be thanking me.

CONTEMPORARY
California Grill. Waiter named Bill. Steaks and, well, everything is great.

CORONADO SPRINGS
Maya Grill. Owned by the San Angel Inn people. Everything is awesome!

DOLPHIN
The Fountain. Just get dessert. No need to eat anything else. You will collapse from ecstasy as you stand to leave.
Shula’s Steak House, well duh, the steaks. To die for.
Todd English’s bluezoo. Weird, but always new, crazy good food. Portions smaller so cannot share.

FORT WILDERNESS
Hoop Dee Doo Revue. Food is terrible, show is corny fun.

GRAND FLORIDIAN RESORT AND SPA
1900 Park Fare. Only for a character meal when traveling with small children.
Alice in Wonderland Tea Party. A must for young children.
Citricos. MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE!!! I love it so much that I had my wedding reception there, top it all off with the Fairytale Cuvée.

POLYNESIAN
Kona Cafe best sundae in America.
‘Ohana a must for everyone, both breakfast and dinner. Bring an empty stomach because the food just keeps coming.

PORT ORLEANS RIVERSIDE
Boatwright’s Dining Hall. Call in advance and ask the chef to buy stuff for the old pot roast that was dumped on mash potatoes. If you beg enough, they will put it on as a special. Just lay your face in it and suck it up your nose. Pure pleasure.

SWAN
Il Mulino New York Trattoria- let's just say I still have pleasure dreams about the gnocchi. Um, um, good.

WILDERNESS LODGE
Artist Point great atmosphere and mildly romantic. Ask for the table in the corner.
Whispering Canyon Cafe, fun with a capital "F". Do not ask for ketchup under any circumstances.

YACHT CLUB
Yachtsman Steakhouse, steak, steak, steak.

DOWNTOWN DISNEY
Marketplace
Rainforest Cafe see above
T-Rex see rainforest cafe

Pleasure Island
Portobello. Love it! Again, try the gnocchi.
Raglan Road, Shepherd's pie!

 

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Here are our reservations for our next trip:

 

Liberty Tree Tavern

Coral Reef

50's Prime Time

Biergarten

La Hacienda de San Angel

Tusker House

T-Rex

San Angel Inn

Garden Grill

Yak & Yeti

Le Cellier

Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater

Be Our Guest

Tokyo Dining

 

With the exception of Be Our Guest, we've been to all of these at least once, and some multiple times, so we like them all.  However, some are more for the fun/atmosphere (T-Rex, Sci-Fi) rather than the food.

 

On our recent (short) trip, we went to:

 

San Angel Inn  (we end up there every time)

Rose and Crown

Tutto Italia (Our second time, although we agreed that we were done there and wouldn't be going there anymore.  The food was okay, but just not that special for the price, and there's nothing compelling about the restaurant itself either.)

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