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There are other changes as well.
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It's time to move on and move forward.
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Are there any meals at WDW that you've eaten and been sorely disappointed about? There are so many threads on here about great food, but I'm curious about food that didn't quite hit the mark.
In general, any meal that I've eaten on property has been good if it came from a table service restaurant. I've had more than one blech meal from a counter service. I wonder if I'm just ordering the wrong thing, or if this is true of many CS.
Meals that I was mad that I paid for:
Contempo Cafe in Contemporary - some sort of chicken alfredo dish - gummy, flavorless, pasty
Germany counter service in Epcot - lukewarm bratwurst
Dolphin cafeteria - every meal that we ate there. Ever. the cheese on the whole pizza we ordered was NOT a cheese consistency.
Lest you think I'm a grumpy Gus here are a few that I loved:
fish and chip shop in England - Epcot
Columbia Harbor House - MK
I suppose both of those were fish and chips based.
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Biergarten in Germany. They seat you at a table with other parties, which is fine. However, they seat several tables at once, and it is a buffet style restaurant. This means that everybody gets in line at one time. I hardly got to taste any of the food offered because you couldn't even get up to the buffet.
The Italian Restaurant at Epcot - The spaghetti w/meatballs was atrocious and absurdly overpriced. I could have made a better meal at a fraction of the price.
Best meal at Disney - Canada Pavilion - Le Cellier - Everything we had was amazing and thoroughly worth the price.
I find the counter service meals all over Disney are meh at best. Nothing special.
The last time we ate at Tony's in the MK. We had an early lunch ADR (like as soon as it opened) and literally 5 minutes after we ordered, our food was put down in front of us. I'd have to read through my TR to remember exactly what I thought of it but I obviously wasn't thrilled with it since we haven't been back since that meal.
I also remember eating at Sci-Fi and not being overly thrilled with the food. Unfortunately that trip was with mom (7 years ago) and I don't know how much of a TR I did, if any, to refer back to what I didn't like about it.
The first time we went to Wispering Canyon it was good the second time not so much and our server was really bad the second which just added to the disappointment.
I had really lousy onion rings (soggy) and hard chicken tenders at Good's to Go (counter service at OKW) I was also less than thrilled with the Wave (service was awful) and breakfast at Grand Floridian Cafe (the eggs benedict was lukewarm) Normally, we have really great eating experiences - but I will be hard pressed to return to those places.
For me the worst meal I had was at Coral Reef. I ended up sending my meal back TWICE. They finally got a a decent plate out to me on the third try. But that being said, my folks and I enjoyed watching the fish and sharks in the tank along with goofing around with the scuba diver.
The best meals I had were at Boatwright's and Boma. The food was very delicious, served piping hot and freshly made, and our severs were great.
I've had a few experiences in our trips that have been a departure from what we expected. I wouldn't say they were terrible, just not our cup of tea. :
1. Tony's- Sweet spaghetti sauce that just didn't agree with our palate
2. Mickey's BBQ- Poorly maintained and organized
3. Planet Hollywood- Too loud
Most magical:
1. Jiko- The lighting, food, and waitstaff were wonderful!
2. Kouzzina- The whole fish is a magical thing when you share with your DH
3. Via Napoli- Because arancini+agua fresca= happiness
Mama Melrose - we ate there for the Fantasmic package with a party of 15px.
Firstly we missed the parade as we did not want to be a minute late (as we were such a large group) and then we were made to wait 90mins! No where to sit, told not to go far away, "it won't be long"...
The waitress was middle aged and had no idea what she was doing (clearly she was not experienced like we first thought) and she missed several orders. She insisted that we should order three courses even though we would not have room for them (I know now that this was because we were on DDP and she gets paid the auto tip on the bill cost). By the time some people got mains others were on dessert! Food was not hot, drinks were not replenished and requests not filled. Overall we were not happy but we wanted to leave to use Toy Story fastpasses. Unfortunately the waitress screwed up the bill (with four families, I understand) and we had to wait for the manager. Manager couldn't see through the mess either and waitress went MIA. Not an experience I wish to repeat.
Most other meals have been magical or near perfect!
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The only place that I can say I have had a bad meal was at The ABC Commissary - counter service at Disney Studios. I ordered the cheeseburger meal and the whole thing was not good! : I was so surprised! I ended up throwing most of it away.
Asian Chicken Sandwick at the Yak and Yeti Counter Service was bad-bland. The fried rice was worse than the cheapest Chinese restaurant. Hadn't had such bad "Chinese" food since my college days.
we also ate at Pizza Planet, many many years ago and would never go back-tasted like frozen pizza. I also find the Lotus Blossom Cafe at Epcot to be "meh." I've had better potstickers from the freezer.
When we stayed at CBR, I thought the food court was disappointing at bast-food was cold-even breaakfast.
I went for a solo trip last May and stayed at POFQ. On the last day I had one CS credit left and ordered a chicken quasidia at the resort. The chicken tasted old and was disqusting. If it wasn't for the fact that I was catching the ME to MCO soon I would have went ahead and got something else.
Some meals have been blah, but the only thing that I've eaten at WDW that I really didn't like at all was the darn turkey leg. How in the world people eat that thing, I have no idea. Yuck!
I thought I was the only one that didn't enjoy Mama Melrose. It just didn't seem Italian enough to me. Tony's has been hit or miss. Two years in a row we visited Tony's and I ordered the same entree both times (chicken parm). The first time, it was delicious and tender and perfect and the second time it just wasn't any of the above. When we want Italian, we stick to the World Showcase from now on. I am spoiled by having Italian family that really knows how to cook very well and having a ton of great local restaurants at home. The same goes for pizza. I just avoid all pizza in Florida.
I'm not a fan of Tangierine Cafe. Not that it's bad, it's just not my thing and I really didn't enjoy what I ordered, and it's been so long that I don't remember what exactly it was. I would be willing to try again.
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