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Pepper market at CSR- one word to describe this is expensive. We ate here the very first day that we arrived since I had not made an adr for anything. Two of us had the chicken fajitas which were okay. Our kids had chicken strips, with chips and juice. One roasted chicken and a burger with fries. This meal was over two hundred dollars.
That's ridiculous!!!
We ate a PM a few years ago and loved it and I thought it was actually a pretty good value using the dining plan. But to be charged over $200 is a crime! Obviously not a good deal to pay OOP.
Thanks for sharing your reviews - I enjoyed reading them
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Enjoying your reviews, thanks. Lots of places I haven't been.
I was inspired to respond by this one though:
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Pepper market at CSR- one word to describe this is expensive. We ate here the very first day that we arrived since I had not made an adr for anything. Two of us had the chicken fajitas which were okay. Our kids had chicken strips, with chips and juice. One roasted chicken and a burger with fries. This meal was over two hundred dollars.
Holy smokes!! I just went to look at the menu on All Ears, and that is awful! We stayed at CBR last time, so I did a comparison, and their most expensive CS entree is 9.99...I'd be hard pressed to find anything less than $10 at PM. Plus those are the most expensive CS kids' meals I've seen; often the TS kids' meals are less. Wow. Who'd'a thunk it?
Thanks again for taking the time to do the reviews.
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JoAnne and family (dh, ds 10 and dd 7) WDW May 06 (Pop/AKL/Poly); Jan 07 (CBR); DCL Magic Eastern, Dec 07. CSR Sept 2009.
Hoping to book for February 2011 to check out Hogwart's
I stayed at CSR back in 2003 and ate at the PM many times. Although, never for dinner. It was always breakfast everyday and a couple of times for lunch. Alway table service for dinner. I like to go to good places for dinner. I don't remember the PM being that expensive. Although, not cheap. That's ridiculous. Maybe you were overcharged on items or some doubled. Might want to check your receipts if you still have them. Somethings not right!
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I stayed at CSR back in 2003 and ate at the PM many times. Although, never for dinner. It was always breakfast everyday and a couple of times for lunch. Alway table service for dinner. I like to go to good places for dinner. I don't remember the PM being that expensive. Although, not cheap. That's ridiculous. Maybe you were overcharged on items or some doubled. Might want to check your receipts if you still have them. Somethings not right!
Hey maybe your right but We paid cash on that day and didn't even question it. We had just arrived and were very tired. I remember my husband also getting a desert. It is was it is. Funny cause we were verycareful to check all our meals especially to see if gratuity was included before we added a tip. I guess traveling with two kids all day got the best of us. I agree with you though something is not right with the price. just so everyone knows I loved CSR and would being going back again but next time watch my pepper market receipt closely
Hey maybe your right but We paid cash on that day and didn't even question it. We had just arrived and were very tired. I remember my husband also getting a desert. It is was it is. Funny cause we were verycareful to check all our meals especially to see if gratuity was included before we added a tip. I guess traveling with two kids all day got the best of us. I agree with you though something is not right with the price. just so everyone knows I loved CSR and would being going back again but next time watch my pepper market receipt closely
If you were on a dining plan of any kind then the tip is included. Since it's counter service, I believe 10% is added on to the cost before sales tax. Always figure out the tip based on the cost before sales tax, when paying cash. You can do it on the total cost when paying by credit card, but you don't have too. It's up to you. On the receipts now, Disney includes suggested tipping, based on 18 or 20% in table service restaurants and lounges too before sales tax.
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Pepper market at CSR- one word to describe this is expensive. We ate here the very first day that we arrived since I had not made an adr for anything. Two of us had the chicken fajitas which were okay. Our kids had chicken strips, with chips and juice. One roasted chicken and a burger with fries. This meal was over two hundred dollars. We didn't eat at the pepper market for the rest of the trip. We ordered from the Garden grocer and had drinks, food, snacks, fruit in our room. we had breakfast in our room Saved us a tun of money.
Hey maybe your right but We paid cash on that day and didn't even question it. We had just arrived and were very tired. I remember my husband also getting a desert. It is was it is. Funny cause we were verycareful to check all our meals especially to see if gratuity was included before we added a tip. I guess traveling with two kids all day got the best of us. I agree with you though something is not right with the price. just so everyone knows I loved CSR and would being going back again but next time watch my pepper market receipt closely
So how many of you in your family ate at the overly expensive meal at the Pepper Market? Hopefully, we can try to make some sense of this?
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Thanks for your reviews! I have booked Tony's for our upcoming 'free dining' trip in august. My goal was to see the parade and fireworks after dinner. I am glad to hear it was not horrible and that the kids liked the atmosphere.
Anita Answer had a great "Answer" for the reason why the Pepper market at CSR is soo expensive. Take a look:
My sister and I recently stayed at the Coronado Springs Resort and ate daily at the Pepper Market. We noticed from visiting the different moderate resorts that the prices at the Pepper Market were always $2 to $3 more and that was before the 10% gratuity was added. We checked out the prices when we got home on the AllEars.Net web site and noticed the same thing. Why is this?
First, it's located in the only moderate resort that caters to conventioneers. They're a captive audience, as they're busy at meetings in the hotel rather than visiting the rest of WDW.
Second, the restaurant isn't run by Disney like the other food courts are. Pepper Market, along with the six other food and beverage outlets at Coronado Springs, plus all convention food and beverage services at the resort, are owned and run by Springs Food Services. Springs Food Services is part of Palmas Services, which also owns and runs the San Angel Inn and Cantina de San Angel in Epcot's Mexico pavilion.
That's quite interesting regarding the prices at PM. I found them a bit pricey when I stayed there 6 years ago, but not overwhelming. Maybe they've gone up more in regard to other eateries in WDW during this time. Didn't know it was run by an outside company.
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Thanks for all you wonderful reviews. We have never eaten with the princesses before because my boys are afraid of "princess cooties" however on our next trip my niece is going with us so I am trying to sneak in one on this trip. I enjoyed reading your reviews of CRT & Akershus. My boys will be 4 & 5 yrs old on the next trip, did your son prefer one of these over the other?
Thanks for all you wonderful reviews. We have never eaten with the princesses before because my boys are afraid of "princess cooties" however on our next trip my niece is going with us so I am trying to sneak in one on this trip. I enjoyed reading your reviews of CRT & Akershus. My boys will be 4 & 5 yrs old on the next trip, did your son prefer one of these over the other?
My ds has a little sister so has seen many, many princesses. Actually, he was quite star-struck at lunch at Akershus, and the princesses made a big deal over him. He also liked CRT, the wishing ceremony and the sword keep it interesting for boys. (They're still giving out the swords I think?) I have a wonderful pic of ds in one of the "thrones" in the waiting area/entry at Akershus, which is more rough mideval-ish castle-y, than the fancified Cindy's castle. For boys, I'd say, 6 of one, half-dozen of the other...whichever suits your plans/tastes better.
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