Blue Bayou worth it?

[yohoyohobloggerslifeforme]

I've never eaten here but it looks pricey. Is it amazing or just okay? I'm used to dinig at WDW.

 

[Californian Elitist]

It's not worth it, in my opinion. You don't have to eat at table service spots during your entire stay at the DLR.

 

[yohoyohobloggerslifeforme]

I know we want to eat at the wine country place @ CA Adv. Maybe we will just do Plaza Inn @ DL

 

[Mawg]

It's somewhere between amazing and just OK. But the ambiance it what people dine here for. It's one of the most popular restaurants in Disneyland. Worth the experience.

 

[RandomPrincess]

Food no - ambiance - yes!

 

[kap91]

The ambience is worth it! The food is really good but not out of this world - it's the combination that makes it special.

 

[Californian Elitist]

I know we want to eat at the wine country place @ CA Adv. Maybe we will just do Plaza Inn @ DL

Plaza Inn is counter service. We have a thread on food. I can't post it right now.

 

[westie]

Its overpriced, the food is so-so, its noisy, the tables are to close together and kids run all over the place like its an attraction instead of a restaurant. Unless your lucky enough to sit up front where the boats go by I'd save my money for steakhouse 55 or carthay circle.

 

[GiveMeTheMusic]

Disneyland is really lacking in good table service options, but the fantastic quick service options compensate (IMO). Blue Bayou is sold as an experience and it's one that has been diminished in recent years and the price point is kind of ridiculous. For a similar (but still higher) price you can eat at Steakhouse 55 or even Napa Rose and enjoy actual fine dining.

Carthay Circle does nothing for me. Overpriced, small portions, mostly unimaginative food and service that can only be described as inadequate. The lounge is quite nice though.

 

[dweezil78]

If you've never been before, absolutely. Would recommend lunch over dinner, I think the menu is better.

You are mostly paying for ambiance, but the food isn't terrible.

As others have said though, you'll get a much better meal out of Napa Rose or Steakhouse 55 for a little bit more.

Also, IMO, Storytellers Cafe is the best hidden gem on property for a solid table service lunch in close proximity to the parks. Almost always a table available at lunch time, good food, and reasonably priced!

 

[seahawk7]

The quick services are better options in my opinion. I like the Hungry Bear in Critter Country.
http://www.wdwinfo.com/disneyland/dining.htm

I like this website because you can research all dining and menus.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

I say it's worth doing once if you've never done it before. But go at lunch to save some money and get a mid-day break.

For all the price increases and menu changes, there's still something genuinely "special" about the enviroment.

 

[180º]

Eat at Blue Bayou for lunch, share a Monte Cristo (extra plate, not split plate). More than enough food for two, and it's a better value than anything else in the resort, especially overpriced QS restaurants. The rest of you aren't doing it right.

 

[Disneysea05]

Go for it! I love it there, but I have only ever been for lunch. Have yet to try to the dinner menu.

If you don't mind waiting extra time, when you arrive request a table by the water. I always book a reservation right at opening time for the restaurant, for a better chance at getting waterside table. It's worked out so far.

If you don't eat here, I would recommend that you at least try Cafe Orleans, another TS, across the way in New Orleans Square. The Pomme Frites and the Chicken Gumbo Crepes are really good!

 

[Disneysea05]

The rest of you aren't doing it right.

I think that a lot of times too! Haha

 

[Californian Elitist]

Eat at Blue Bayou for lunch, share a Monte Cristo (extra plate, not split plate). More than enough food for two, and it's a better value than anything else in the resort, especially overpriced QS restaurants. The rest of you aren't doing it right.

One can get the Monte Cristo at Cafe Orleans for cheaper... Who's not doing it right now?

 

[GiveMeTheMusic]

Blue Bayou also charges extra now if two people share one meal.

 

[180º]

One can get the Monte Cristo at Cafe Orleans for cheaper... Who's not doing it right now?

Café Orleans is great, but you don't get an appetizer or endless bread and butter. From my experience, at Café Orleans, it doesn't go as far between two people. And it's a difference of a few dollars.

 

[180º]

Blue Bayou also charges extra now if two people share one meal.

Split plate charge is $12. It splits the entrée and gets you an extra appetizer and sides. Don't do it.

They allow you to simply ask for an extra plate, at no extra cost. Do that.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Café Orleans is great, but you don't get an appetizer or endless bread and butter. From my experience, at Café Orleans, it doesn't go as far between two people. And it's a difference of a few dollars.

It's not a few dollars, it's at least $10+ dollars. And I find bread and butter along with a Monte Cristo redundant. Also, I don't know anyone who'd be cool splitting a Monte Cristo lol.