Food@Disney:
Food@Universal:
'nuff said.
Food@Universal:
'nuff said.
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Dining: Uni vs WDW
- Thread starter Disneyhead'71
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Californian Elitist
Well-Known Member
Can't one get fine dining food at WDW, too? And can't one get the simple quick service food at Universal?
englanddg
One Little Spark...
Yep. And the quick service at Uni isn't very good at all, in my experience.
Hakunamatata
Le Meh
What are the prices of these two dishes?Food@Disney:
Food@Universal:
'nuff said.
englanddg
One Little Spark...
englanddg
One Little Spark...
Just post more food pictures!
Animaniac93-98
Well-Known Member
Victoria & Albert's can't compete with that bag of Doritos I got exiting UNI studios.
englanddg
One Little Spark...
The best dining on the parks (not Citywalk) they have is Mythos.
Most of their stuff is QS sludge. Their pizzas are terrible, the fried chicken merely passable, and the burgers are not even worth remembering...and, they don't even try. They serve it all cafeteria style.
They do have some decent QS options (like Blondie's sandwich shop...the dagwood, YUM!), but...on average, I think WDW wins for food offerings.
Ok, so it's pretty obvious that my OP was disingenuous. But in light of the trolling thread deleted earlier, this is actually a topic worthy of discussion.
But just too show I'm a good sport, Disney dining room:
Universal dining room:
But just too show I'm a good sport, Disney dining room:
Universal dining room:
Animaniac93-98
Well-Known Member
I'd rather eat at Mythos than most in-park WDW table service restaurants, but I'd prefer lunch at Be Our Guest to lunch at Fantastic Four Cafe.
In reality food quality is mixed at both resorts, but unless we're doing direct comparisons than this discussion is pointless.
This is exactly where I was going with this.
Both resorts have some great examples of really bad counter service. Circus McGurkus and Cosmic Rays tie for the worst counter service in the major Orlando theme parks.
Both resorts have very high quality fine dining. V$A's is obviously the best of the best. But that doesn't mean that Universal doesn't have some top shelf food offerings. And I agree that the only real way is head to head comparisons. Something like 'Ohana VS Emeril's Tchoup Chop. Or Palm Restaurant VS Yatchman's Steakhouse. Or BiCE VS Tutto Italia Ristorante. BOG VS Mythos. Rose & Crown VS Finnagan's. You get the idea.
BryceM
Well-Known Member
I think Circus McGurkus is very well themed, but the food... 
Three Broomsticks, Thunder Falls Terrace and Captain America Diner (mainly for the view) are way better quick service options in Islands of Adventure. I hated the one time I ate at Comic Strip Cafe, in which I ate outside at a rusty table with a beautiful view of carnival games!
Three Broomsticks, Thunder Falls Terrace and Captain America Diner (mainly for the view) are way better quick service options in Islands of Adventure. I hated the one time I ate at Comic Strip Cafe, in which I ate outside at a rusty table with a beautiful view of carnival games!
maxairmike
Well-Known Member
I'd much rather have the QS pizza at Louie's than the personal pizzas at Disney, but pizza preference is a very fickle thing, and regional as well, so I don't put much stock in anyone's opinion when it comes to one park's QS pizza over another. However, Louie's is the only QS I eat at in USF (at least until Leaky opens)*, so I really can't argue about that park's food, and I pretty much refuse to eat at Richter's. IOA is a completely different story, though. Thunder Falls and 3 Broomsticks are two of my favorite QS locations in the Central Florida parks with very good food, and I find most of the other IOA locations to have food that is just as unforgettable as most non-unique Disney QS food. I will give Disney the edge for having more frequent "unique" offerings available across the resort (excluding World Showcase), but I honestly don't eat them often, or eat in the parks much period. CityWalk, on the other hand, is my favorite place for food at the parks outside of EPCOT. Panda, Red Oven, and Hard Rock are all delicious, and the menu for VIVO is making me anxious to go and check it out.
EPCOT obviously stands on its own in the food department thanks to the World Showcase, so I generally exclude that in my observations about food because it has to be diverse and unique by its very nature. I've probably spent as much on food at EPCOT alone as I have at all the other Central Florida parks (thank you Via Napoli, crepes, beef-stuffed rolls, mango green tea, and Food and Wine).
*I have eaten at Fast Food Blvd. a few times, but I typically avoid it unless I'm craving those mini cupcakes or a specialty drink because I just am not enamored with the menu. I love that they have lots of different/"unique" offerings, but I've started to forget that food option is there (partly thanks to the previous food location's mediocrity since I skipped over it in my mind all the time).
EPCOT obviously stands on its own in the food department thanks to the World Showcase, so I generally exclude that in my observations about food because it has to be diverse and unique by its very nature. I've probably spent as much on food at EPCOT alone as I have at all the other Central Florida parks (thank you Via Napoli, crepes, beef-stuffed rolls, mango green tea, and Food and Wine).
*I have eaten at Fast Food Blvd. a few times, but I typically avoid it unless I'm craving those mini cupcakes or a specialty drink because I just am not enamored with the menu. I love that they have lots of different/"unique" offerings, but I've started to forget that food option is there (partly thanks to the previous food location's mediocrity since I skipped over it in my mind all the time).
TalkingHead
Well-Known Member
Universal dining room:
Ah, the QS place with the Peoplemover-like ride that goes through it. Never ate there, but it's pretty cool to see it from the ride.
Three Broomsticks is better than anything I've ever had at WDW QS. The shepherd's pie I had a few weeks ago was very good and makes me optimistic that Leaky Cauldron will be great, too.
Fast Food Blvd isn't bad, either, but I think it's a little overrated by the fan community.
TalkingHead
Well-Known Member
I agree about the menu. I do like the syrup that comes with the chicken sandwiches. And, I have to say, the grilled chicken sandwich I had last week at FFB was a thousand times better than the last sandwich I had at Cosmic Ray's.
Neither sandwich was excellent, but the Cosmic Ray's one was inedible.
