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Absolute Favorite Restaurants
Mermaidpop - November 28, 2008
What is your absolute favorite restaurant at the WDW Resort. We LOVE Ohana. The family atmosphere and crazy great food can't be beat. Plus the hula teacher and fireworks over Magic Kingdom...WOW! I know others out there have to have this passion for their favorite haunts please share your great dining experiences.
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Carriefunk - November 29, 2008

We have three! I can't post pics, my computer won't connect to the internet, sorry!

Crystal Palace in Magic Kingdom with Pooh bear & Friends is a lot of fun. The food is great, they have things for the kids, and the adults.

1900 Park Fare at the Grand Floridian - Breakfast or Dinner The characters change up here, we eaten with lots of different ones over the years. The food is always excellent and the service is top notch! My kids like the choices for food that they like and we like the appealing items for us.

Chef Mickey's in the Contemporary is the all time family fave! We have to go there when we are in WDW! The characters are full of energy and the food is wonderful.

So that's our vote for places to eat.


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Ministry_mom - November 29, 2008

We have a few favorites we have to hit every time we go.

Then Garden Grill at Epcot. My boys love the characters and the fact that we are rotating overlooking The living with the land attration. My husband loves that he can eat as much grilled steak as he can.

Teppan Edo also at Epcot. The boys love to watch the chefs grill at our table.

This year we went to the Ohana BF breakfast and i'm adding that to our list. The atmosphere is great and so is the food.


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Mermaidpop - November 29, 2008
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  We have a few favorites we have to hit every time we go. Then Garden Grill at Epcot. My boys love the characters and the fact that we are rotating overlooking The living with the land attration. My husband loves that he can eat as much grilled steak as he can. Teppan Edo also at Epcot. The boys love to watch the chefs grill at our table. This year we went to the Ohana BF breakfast and i'm adding that to our list. The atmosphere is great and so is the food.  
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we used to LOvE Garden Grill for breakfast. It is a real shame they don't serve it any more. It was a great country style breakfast with characters.
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cynbri02 - December 02, 2008

We love the Crystal Palace in the Magic Kingdom for the chance to meet Winnie the Pooh and friends and the food is pretty good too.

We also like 'Ohana, just a short monorail ride away. The food is great and there is plenty of action to keep the kids entertained.

We absolutely love Le Cellier, Teppan Edo, and Tutto Italia in Epcot. Yummy!


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Mermaidpop - December 02, 2008
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  We love the Crystal Palace in the Magic Kingdom for the chance to meet Winnie the Pooh and friends and the food is pretty good too. We also like 'Ohana, just a short monorail ride away. The food is great and there is plenty of action to keep the kids entertained. We absolutely love Le Cellier, Teppan Edo, and Tutto Italia in Epcot. Yummy!  
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We have never been able to get in at Le Cellier but, I have heard there is an amazing cheese soup...did you try it?
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susabax - December 03, 2008
My son's favorite is definitely Chef Mickey's. Awesome selection for adult. Lively place and the napkin twirling parade is fun. Great fun on birthdays!
In Magic Kindgom, Crystal Palace would be our favorite.
My husband favorite--Chefs de Paris.
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tsizemore4 - December 03, 2008
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So many! We absolutely love the Akershus Princess Story Book Dining. The food from Norway is just spectacular. And the princesses, of course, are lovely.
The Crystal Palace has the best buffet. The resteraunt is gorgeous and so welcoming.
We had the Garden Grill last month for the first time and it was very good. The Girls really liked the rotating. We always choose the Dining plan because it is a great way to eat expensively for a cheaper price.
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bellefreeman - December 03, 2008
There are so many...Pinnochio village Haus for quick service, Ohana breakfast, Marrakesh in Epcot, LOVED Trails End Buffet at Fort Wilderness.
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QuazimodemEsq - December 04, 2008

Victoria & Alberts
A little known secret ... Central Florida's only 5-star/5-Diamond restaurant. At V&A there are 2 options ... regular dinner service (2 seatings per night) and the chefs table (1 table - 3-4 hours - max of 10 people - book well in advance). The cozy little restaurant located in the Grand Floridian seats about 60 people. Each table has its own maid and butler at their beck and call, hence Victoria and Albert. Chef Scott Hunnel creates an innovative feast each day and tailors YOUR menu to your dietary needs and desires. Kids under 10 are not allowed and the dress code requires men in jackets and women in dresses or suits. We dined at the Chef table on our honeymoon and it was an experience I will never forget ...worth every penny of the $400 bill!

Jiko
For the normal fare ... hands down, we enjoy Jiko. The food is amazing and service is impeccable. It is not the usual "kids" place although we do take them.

Chef MIckey's/Cape May Cafe/Crystal Palace/Play and Dine
The kids enjoy Chef Mickey's. We usually save Chef Mickey's for the last day so they can say good bye to Mickey Mouse. Alternatively, the Cape May Cafe Breakfast sports, Minnie, Goofy and now Donald. They are buffets and generally I do not like buffets. I find buffets to have lower quality food and poor service but Disney does breakfast buffets well and the kids a fed quickly and are entertained which is key with two ADD inclined toddlers. Crystal Palace and Play and Dine are good as well for similar reasons but do require park admission and on the last day ... we don't usually go to the parks.

Fast Food
I prefer the food court at the Land Pavilion at EPCOT if we are doing counter service. Much like the ALL Star food courts, there is a lot of variety and not just your average burger and chicken fare.

I have much more to say on this topic but I must get to work .... I will post more later. Feel free to shoot me questions about other restaurants or the ones I have mentioned. We are Disney Foodies!


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ceciliacochrane - December 04, 2008
We just came back from our 2nd trip to disney world this year - We had the dining plan and it used it especially for table service meals..
My kids favorites of course were the Garden Grill at Epcot - and Chef Mickeys- The food at both was fantastic , we actually had more turkey and beef brought out at the garden grill.
My husband and I for the first time ate at the Japanese steak house - It was one of the best meals we have had at WDW (10 trips) My children didnt quite enjoy theirs but they were well entertained..
Another one that tops the list is the Breakfast at Boma in the Animal Kingdom lodge- we stayed their in May and ate their everyone morning..
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