So much Disney food is terrible

[0FF TO NEVERLAND]

Add summerhouse to this list. ( Even though its Disney Springs )

The signature restaurants at Disney I have always enjoyed and are delicious. Mainly the ones at the resorts.

Summerhouse was the most bland food I have ever had at Disney and I will never go back

Nothing more annoying than a beautiful space with just bad food

 

[gatordoc]

Add summerhouse to this list. ( Even though its Disney Springs )

The signature restaurants at Disney I have always enjoyed and are delicious. Mainly the ones at the resorts.

Summerhouse was the most bland food I have ever had at Disney and I will never go back

Nothing more annoying than a beautiful space with just bad food

I’m generally not picky about food at Disney, but I have to agree. Tried a number of different dishes and bland is exactly correct. Not really a fan of the cookies either. Sad about that, because as you said, it’s a beautiful space and the people working there were lovely.

 

[nickster91]

Merry Christmas to whoever resurrected this post!

It may have been me. Got back from Disney and wanted to complain about the lousy food. Thanks for starting the thread. I commend you for your honesty. It is a difficult conversation to have with folks. Disney needs to do better. People are spending thousands to vacation at Disney, and vacations include meals. Disney is a great place, but it sadly is capitalism at its worst. I wish this would change. Merry Xmas.

 

[nickster91]

Then I ordered an iced tea and asked for lemon and the waiter said they don't carry lemons there. Okay.

Come on. Don't they have a bar?

 

[nickster91]

We are here now after not visiting for a few years and we can honestly say the food has gone down hill. The only one we have truly enjoyed so far has been Crystal Palace. We did not enjoy Boma, Sanaa, definitely not Chef de France. I ordered the salmon there and I understand most chefs cook salmon to about medium, However, this was just too way undercooked for us, definitely not cooked enough to kill the pathogens that live in salmon. It was just way too busy to even try to send it back.

Sorry to hear about Chef de France. Ate there a few years ago. Had the tenderloin pre-fixe (was right before they upped the price ridiculously). Wasn't spectacular, but was enjoyable at the time. I would've sent the salmon back. I don't eat salmon it unless it's well done, as I don't like it.

 

[nickster91]

I don't blame you, I know others were sort of defensive about it. These conversations get weird easily.

I think people get pretty defensive because they love Disney and can't face the truth about how cut-throat of a corporation it is. It's a wonderful place to vacation, but also maniacally corporate to the point where you're like "come on!" People want something to love and hate when others call it out. The truth is, Disney is wonderful and terrible at the same time.

 

[Chili327]

We are here now after not visiting for a few years and we can honestly say the food has gone down hill. The only one we have truly enjoyed so far has been Crystal Palace. We did not enjoy Boma, Sanaa, definitely not Chef de France. I ordered the salmon there and I understand most chefs cook salmon to about medium, However, this was just too way undercooked for us, definitely not cooked enough to kill the pathogens that live in salmon. It was just way too busy to even try to send it back.

I’d assume the Salmon isn’t fresh anyway so it had been frozen at some point, so it can be eaten raw… I understand you may not like it raw I’m just saying I think it’s safe either way.

 

[bobgobblin15]

I’d assume the Salmon isn’t fresh anyway so it had been frozen at some point, so it can be eaten raw… I understand you may not like it raw I’m just saying I think it’s safe either way.

That’s what I keep telling myself that surely Disney of all places would know salmon needs to be frozen. But then I’ve been stuck in the hotel room with 103 fever for three days and had a doctor come to the room so of course that’s not helping my paranoia lol

 

[bobgobblin15]

Sorry to hear about Chef de France. Ate there a few years ago. Had the tenderloin pre-fixe (was right before they upped the price ridiculously). Wasn't spectacular, but was enjoyable at the time. I would've sent the salmon back. I don't salmon it unless it's well done, as I don't like it.

I like mine well done as well. I really should have I was just busy freaking out and it was just incredibly packed lol

 

[Cfabar1]

I find with Disney you have to know where to go...

In general resorts are better than the parks...

In general Disney Springs is better than the parks...

Some favorite places we eat in the parks include from a "value for quality" standpoint:
- Sautil at AK
- Nine Dragons at EPCOT
- Spice Road Table at EPCOT

Some favorite resort places we like to eat:
- Grand Floridian Cafe (although our most recent food was not great)
- Narcoosee's
- Citricos
- Steakhouse 71
- Yachtsman
- Trattoria Al Forno
- Olivia's Cafe
- The Mexican Restaurant at Coronado Springs
- Sanaa

Some favorite Disney Springs Places:
- Boathouse
- Frontera Cucina
- Enzo's Hideaway

Have been to many other restaurants, while not bad we aren't eager to return to them, and sometimes we are split in our household (eg. Tiffins)

 

[Brob2132]

I think people get pretty defensive because they love Disney and can't face the truth about how cut-throat of a corporation it is. It's a wonderful place to vacation, but also maniacally corporate to the point where you're like "come on!" People want something to love and hate when others call it out. The truth is, Disney is wonderful and terrible at the same time.

Or maybe not everyone thinks it’s terrible and they want to express that?

Disney is a multi billion dollar business in a capitalist society. Their function is to increase profitability and return for shareholders. Otherwise, the things that you love wouldn’t exist.

 

[Cfabar1]

Or maybe not everyone thinks it’s terrible and they want to express that?

Disney is a multi billion dollar business in a capitalist society. Their function is to increase profitability and return for shareholders. Otherwise, the things that you love wouldn’t exist.

yes, and if people didn't find value in their products no one would use them. Disney seems, if anything to have the opposite problem - too much demand and not enough supply.

 

[nickster91]

Or maybe not everyone thinks it’s terrible and they want to express that?

Disney is a multi billion dollar business in a capitalist society. Their function is to increase profitability and return for shareholders. Otherwise, the things that you love wouldn’t exist.

The things I love can still exist without the excessive corporate greed.

 

[RivShore]

The things I love can still exist without the excessive corporate greed.

And who decides what's excessive greed and what's a reasonable profit?

 

[Lewisc]

And who decides what's excessive greed and what's a reasonable profit?

The stockholder decide reasonable profit and the customers decide excessive greed....Most industries. A few industries are regulated, electrical utilities in at least some areas.

 

[mikehn]

Add summerhouse to this list. ( Even though its Disney Springs )

The signature restaurants at Disney I have always enjoyed and are delicious. Mainly the ones at the resorts.

Summerhouse was the most bland food I have ever had at Disney and I will never go back

Nothing more annoying than a beautiful space with just bad food

Everybody knows its all about location, location, location. You come to summerhouse for the view and the bonus happy hour drinks. Then go somewhere else to eat.

 

[RivShore]

The stockholder decide reasonable profit and the customers decide excessive greed....Most industries. A few industries are regulated, electrical utilities in at least some areas.

Exactly, if you don't supply the right amount of profit to shareholders, you cease to exist and if you don't supply the right amount of value to the customers, you cease to exist.

Disney is finally doing the first part of that again and, as proven by the crowds still showing up, must be providing perceived value to many customers. The free market cures these ills, it may take a bit of time but it will cure it in every industry where there is competition.

 

[RivShore]

Everybody knows its all about location, location, location. You come to summerhouse for the view and the bonus happy hour drinks. Then go somewhere else to eat.

Do they make a decent happy hour burger at least? Anyone try it yet?

 

[zackiedawg]

I found Summerhouse food to be fine on my visit - it wasn't spectacular or the best meal on property, but there was nothing bad about it. Being an American, slightly leaning towards healthy/fresh fare, I expected it to be light on the seasonings which it was - at places like that I always request salt and pepper at the table to put a little pop back into somewhat bland dishes - but everything was cooked properly and of good quality, so with a little pop of S&P, it was fine for me. One reason I like ethnic food restaurants, and 'southern cooking' restaurants, is that they're not afraid to use lots of spices, oils, butters, fats, and other things that make the food tasty and interesting. I still enjoy the high quality meats and vegetables at some places known for 'healthier' fare, but find I need to add my own basic spices sometimes to wake the food up a bit. I'll request extra butter, salt and pepper and add as needed to meats and veggies at those places - and again, I'm not disappointed when the food comes out a bit more bland because I knew that going in.

There are some places in Disney where I haven't really liked the food much, and others that I find reliably good. I don't expect the finest restaurants I've ever seen at amazingly low prices when I'm at Disney - I expect everything to be overpriced, but with the wide selection, can always find some good spots to eat when I'm there, and sometimes even specific dishes where the restaurant may not do other things well, but can do that one dish well. And yes, they change around enough that sometimes a once-good restaurant goes downhill, and occasionally a previously poor restaurant improves with a new chef or menu. I'm at Disney 20-30 days a year and probably less than 5 of my meals each year end up disappointing, 15 - 20 of them end up being satisfying, and a handful end up being very very good.

 

[nickster91]

Exactly, if you don't supply the right amount of profit to shareholders, you cease to exist and if you don't supply the right amount of value to the customers, you cease to exist.

Disney is finally doing the first part of that again and, as proven by the crowds still showing up, must be providing perceived value to many customers. The free market cures these ills, it may take a bit of time but it will cure it in every industry where there is competition.

We're talking about a company whose former CFO said to shareholders that Disney could reduce food portion sizes not only to save money, but to help trim America's waistlines. She made in excess of 20 million dollars a year in salary.

In fact, as a result, it was a discussion on this board that she should be fired. https://www.disboards.com/threads/christine-mccarthy-should-be-fired.3903138/

You're talking about a corporate system that works for everyone at top, but doesn't work well for anyone else. And that's fine if you subscribe to that school of thought that this is okay ... that this is working the way it should. I do not. But to say that corporate greed is sort of subjective, I think, is a way to try and gaslight the masses.