karajeboo
DISmom by land and by sea!
- Joined
- Mar 25, 2007
DH and I just took a quick 3 night trip to Disney a couple of weeks ago to celebrate our 11th anniversary - yea for us!!!
We've been to Disney many times before and each time we try to eat at different restaurants...... and this time was no different.
I'm going to focus on photos and reviews and try to keep it from getting too wordy. After all, I was PLENTY wordy in my TR!!! (see link in siggie!)
For our dinners we chose Raglan Road - DTD, Chefs de France - Epcot, France, and Tutto Italia - Epcot, Italy.
For lunch we chose Tangierine Cafe - Epcot, Morocco, Cantina de San Angel - Epcot, Mexico, and Backlot Express - Hollywood Studios.
Dinners first....
DH was so NOT looking foward to Raglan Road - "It's Irish food! What do the Irish know about good food?"
So as we headed over on our first night we were pleasantly surprised by the warmth and comfort of Raglan Road as we entered.
Main Dining Room...
Our little comfy corner....
Right near the service bar.... which helped!
Speaking of bars, how about a nice beer flight to begin the vacay?
The bread served was delish! Served with a sweet malt dipping sauce...
There were soooo many offerings for dinner. Way more than either of us anticipated! I was torn between the Shepherd's Pie, Salmon, or Fish n Chips. I always go with the server's recommendation, and our server Pedro recommended either the Shepherd's Pie or Fish n Chips, so I opted for the latter.
Yes, it's "just" fish n chips, but it was VERY good!
I talked DH into the It Ain't Bleedin Chowder, because of the reviews I had seen on the DIS and it was INCREDIBLE!!!! 2 DIE 4!!!
The sauce was soooooo creamy and yummy! I'm not a huge shellfish fan, so I knew I couldn't order it, but I was able to take plenty of bites of this and got lots of fish and sauce and I would so order it myself if I went back!!!
For dessert we both chose the two items that Pedro recommended, and were not disappointed.
DH got the Sticky Toffee Pudding.
Now this was very good, HOWEVER, once I tried MY dessert, Ger's Bread and Butter Pudding, there was NO going back to the Sticky Toffee PUdding.
Heaven on a plate!!! The two little pitchers held a butterscotch sauce in one, and a white sweet cream sauce in the other. The allowed me to choose how much sauce I wanted to add. So I only added a little bit of the butterscotch, but a TON of the creamy sauce! 2 DIE 4!!!!
All in all, this was an excellent meal!!! DH is so funny whenever we use the DDP - he wants to get the most bang for his buck so he always opts for the higher end dishes!!! This time however, we both agreed to just order what looked good.
If we had paid out of pocket, I think this bill would have looked like this:
Fish and Chips $17.95
It Ain't Bleedin Chowder $23.95
Sticky Toffee Pudding $7.99
Ger's Bread and Butter Pudding $7.99
Beer Flights (not sure but I'm thinking $11.99 each?) $23.98
Total before tip - $81.86
20% tip rounded up $17.00
TOTAL BILL $98.86
My rating scale:
Food: A-
Service: A - Pedro was very attentive (which was nice cause he sure was purty!). He told us that desserts would take a while longer because there was only one gal handmaking each dessert, and Free Dining was surely causing a lot more people to eat dessert!
Atmosphere: B - only because this was Disney World and it wasn't real "Disneyfied" but still very comfortable and fun!
Value: B - it's hard to justify some of the restaurant prices in Disney, but this was definitely satisfying and tasty.
Overall: B+
Not our typical "night out on the town" but very good indeed!!!! We walked out of RR full, and very happy with our choices. We're already talking about when we might eat there again, and we still have a couple of places in WDW left to try!!!!
Up next, Chefs de France.....
We've been to Disney many times before and each time we try to eat at different restaurants...... and this time was no different.
I'm going to focus on photos and reviews and try to keep it from getting too wordy. After all, I was PLENTY wordy in my TR!!! (see link in siggie!)
For our dinners we chose Raglan Road - DTD, Chefs de France - Epcot, France, and Tutto Italia - Epcot, Italy.
For lunch we chose Tangierine Cafe - Epcot, Morocco, Cantina de San Angel - Epcot, Mexico, and Backlot Express - Hollywood Studios.
Dinners first....
DH was so NOT looking foward to Raglan Road - "It's Irish food! What do the Irish know about good food?"
So as we headed over on our first night we were pleasantly surprised by the warmth and comfort of Raglan Road as we entered.
Main Dining Room...
Our little comfy corner....
Right near the service bar.... which helped!
Speaking of bars, how about a nice beer flight to begin the vacay?
The bread served was delish! Served with a sweet malt dipping sauce...
There were soooo many offerings for dinner. Way more than either of us anticipated! I was torn between the Shepherd's Pie, Salmon, or Fish n Chips. I always go with the server's recommendation, and our server Pedro recommended either the Shepherd's Pie or Fish n Chips, so I opted for the latter.
Yes, it's "just" fish n chips, but it was VERY good!
I talked DH into the It Ain't Bleedin Chowder, because of the reviews I had seen on the DIS and it was INCREDIBLE!!!! 2 DIE 4!!!
The sauce was soooooo creamy and yummy! I'm not a huge shellfish fan, so I knew I couldn't order it, but I was able to take plenty of bites of this and got lots of fish and sauce and I would so order it myself if I went back!!!
For dessert we both chose the two items that Pedro recommended, and were not disappointed.
DH got the Sticky Toffee Pudding.
Now this was very good, HOWEVER, once I tried MY dessert, Ger's Bread and Butter Pudding, there was NO going back to the Sticky Toffee PUdding.
Heaven on a plate!!! The two little pitchers held a butterscotch sauce in one, and a white sweet cream sauce in the other. The allowed me to choose how much sauce I wanted to add. So I only added a little bit of the butterscotch, but a TON of the creamy sauce! 2 DIE 4!!!!
All in all, this was an excellent meal!!! DH is so funny whenever we use the DDP - he wants to get the most bang for his buck so he always opts for the higher end dishes!!! This time however, we both agreed to just order what looked good.
If we had paid out of pocket, I think this bill would have looked like this:
Fish and Chips $17.95
It Ain't Bleedin Chowder $23.95
Sticky Toffee Pudding $7.99
Ger's Bread and Butter Pudding $7.99
Beer Flights (not sure but I'm thinking $11.99 each?) $23.98
Total before tip - $81.86
20% tip rounded up $17.00
TOTAL BILL $98.86
My rating scale:
Food: A-
Service: A - Pedro was very attentive (which was nice cause he sure was purty!). He told us that desserts would take a while longer because there was only one gal handmaking each dessert, and Free Dining was surely causing a lot more people to eat dessert!
Atmosphere: B - only because this was Disney World and it wasn't real "Disneyfied" but still very comfortable and fun!
Value: B - it's hard to justify some of the restaurant prices in Disney, but this was definitely satisfying and tasty.
Overall: B+
Not our typical "night out on the town" but very good indeed!!!! We walked out of RR full, and very happy with our choices. We're already talking about when we might eat there again, and we still have a couple of places in WDW left to try!!!!
Up next, Chefs de France.....
Great start!!!
