News Tiana’s Palace Coming to Disneyland Later this Year

MarvelCharacterNerd

MarvelCharacterNerd

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BuzzedPotatoHead89 said:
Tried a few things, as we waited roughly 30 minutes since mobile order was done by noon Saturday. Overall probably the best food we had this trip (we stayed 3 days for OBB).

Top items:
- Muffuletta sandwich - my favorite. The bread was good and olive spread was perfect complement with a surprisingly hearty amount of meat (though I do wonder how many picky eaters are aware of this). On par with the Muffaletta I’ve had in NO. We had with the Mac n Cheese which was decent, but nothing to write home about. 9/10
- Po Boy - very good but also simple. I liked the Muffuletta better. Bread was fine but was a bit hearty. Wasn’t a huge fan of the red beans and rice. 7.5/10
- 7 Greens Gumbo with chicken and sausage. Fantastic! Super flavorful. Better than the Gumbo and Blue Bayou by a mile. You do have to be a fan of white beans and collared greens (which I am), but very flavorful. 8.5/10
- Other items:
- cornbread (a tad bit dry but flavorful) - 6/10
- Ice box lemon beignet (custard was good but it’s basically a donut, not a beignet, stick with the ones next door) - 5/10

If the menu is missing something I’d recommend maybe a deconstructed Muffaletta salad or fried green tomatoes. But there’s a decent amount here. I think this will be a hit but this menu is a decent test as this definitely experiments with more Southern flavors than your typical family from Tustin, Brea, or Whittier may be accustomed to. I also hope it can maintain its standards a year or two out.
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The Po'Boy has been tempting me but I'm not a fan of beans (I'd be fine with plain rice if I could get it but not sure if it's pre-mixed or not).
 
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Parteecia

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Has anyone asked for substitutions?

I'm still mad that I'm no longer allowed to buy a piece of fried chicken ala carte since the pandemic closure.
 
Emmanuel

Emmanuel

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I had the beef po'boy this past Sunday and it was decent. I ordered the house beignet but the fryers ended up broken when it opened for the day. I was offered 3 options

A.) Come back in the afternoon to pick it up
B.) Sub for a 3 pack of normal beignets from the Mint Julep Bar
C.) Refund

I ended up just getting refunded for the beignet since I already had a 3 pack beignet that morning and the fact that I had other things to do in the afternoon that I wouldn't had time to go back.
 
mickEblu

mickEblu

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Tiana’s got nothin on my Gumbo!

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TrainsOfDisney

TrainsOfDisney

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I made sure to have lunch here a few weeks ago. A couple of thoughts -

Nice job on the new decor - it feels like historic Disneyland with a tasteful touch of IP.

Name - is this the airport / theme park franchise location or was Tiana’s dream to open a cafeteria?

Efficiencies - I thought they’d fix the inefficient mess of pushing your tray along and waiting for other guests to have food made. They didn’t. I had my gumbo plated and ready to go but the family in front ordered multiple made to order sandwiches with only 1 CM making them one at a time.

Drinks - they took mint juleps off the menu :(
But I did try the Joffrey’s hickory coffee cold brew and it was good.

Food - the menu is an improvement over the most recent French Market menu, but not nearly as good as the French market of days gone by. I had the vegetarian gumbo - it tasted like it may have been a little burnt? Not sure. I’d give it another try to see if it was that batch or sometimes a little more fresh.

Seating - they really should limit seating to those with food. So many people taking up tables without any food - which is fine if there are lots of empty tables but there weren’t. I ended up eating on a trash can by rivers of America… which is the full Disney parks culinary experience! Haha
 
Too Many Hats

Too Many Hats

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TrainsOfDisney said:
Seating - they really should limit seating to those with food. So many people taking up tables without any food - which is fine if there are lots of empty tables but there weren’t. I ended up eating on a trash can by rivers of America… which is the full Disney parks culinary experience! Haha
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This has been an issue for years. I wonder if Disney is unaware, or if they think it’s unenforceable.
 
gerarar

gerarar

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TrainsOfDisney said:
I’ve seen them enforce it at WDW.

Maybe I just got lucky in the past but I’ve never seen it this bad at DL.
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WDW was enforcing it today at Satu’li Canteen at Animal Kingdom. They don’t let you in the seating area unless you have food in your hand or waiting on a mobile order. Ate there today and was in and out real quick. Fantastic unique food too.

DL seems so behind with their food efficiencies. We also waited an additional ~20 mins for our food at Tiana’s Palace, and we mobile ordered ahead. Even the beignets, the pickup was also delayed after the return window. This was back in November of last year.
 
Vegas Disney Fan

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TrainsOfDisney said:
Food - the menu is an improvement over the most recent French Market menu, but not nearly as good as the French market of days gone by. I had the vegetarian gumbo - it tasted like it may have been a little burnt? Not sure. I’d give it another try to see if it was that batch or sometimes a little more fresh.
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We ate there shortly after it reopened and we thought both the interior and exterior were an upgrade over French Market, we also found the menu far more exciting… unfortunately both our dishes were just bad, I had the shrimp and grits and found it flavorless and my Gf had the gumbo and it was so peppery we couldn’t finish it.

We used to get the gumbo and the jambalaya at the Jazz kitchen express all the time so we’re not exactly food snobs but we found the food at Tiana’s palace horrible in comparison.

We haven’t given it another chance since then. I miss having a good gumbo or jambalaya option on property so we may have to give them another chance just to see if we visited on a bad day.
 
Too Many Hats

Too Many Hats

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TrainsOfDisney said:
I’ve seen them enforce it at WDW.

Maybe I just got lucky in the past but I’ve never seen it this bad at DL.
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It was a problem back in the French Market days. I haven’t even eaten at Tiana’s yet, but I suspect the issue has gotten even worse.

gerarar said:
WDW was enforcing it today at Satu’li Canteen at Animal Kingdom. They don’t let you in the seating area unless you have food in your hand or waiting on a mobile order. Ate there today and was in and out real quick. Fantastic unique food too.
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This sounds heavenly.
 
gerarar

gerarar

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Ne'er-Do-Well Cad said:
This sounds heavenly.
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There is usually 2 or 3 CMs stationed at the front checking for mobile orders or food. Then there's one more holding a mobile order sign, basically advertising it.

That's additional staffing that DL food/bev would have to take on I'd imagine if they would do a similar approach.

Plus on my DL visit last November, I don't recall a single instance where a CM was actively standing at the front of any quick service advertising mobile ordering. Guess it's just a WDW thing since they have that to a tee at this point, imo.
 

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