Phonedave
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I happened to be hanging around early one F&W (waiting for the regional for the Bocuse D'Or to open) and watched them do load in for one of the stands. Large boxes of frozen baklava straight from Sysco.
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Am I Alone... WDW Food is BAD
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I happened to be hanging around early one F&W (waiting for the regional for the Bocuse D'Or to open) and watched them do load in for one of the stands. Large boxes of frozen baklava straight from Sysco.
Phonedave
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If you like chicken thighs, duck confit is not that far off. A bit richer, a bit more fat.
This is what stops WDW from putting things on their menus like that - it really is not a big stretch, but people see it and run screaming. i'm not asking for jellyfish, sea beans, sea cucumber, durian, or rocky mountain oysters, but just something interesting. I guess when 75% of your customers order "the filet" that's the way they go.
danyoung56
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I've had many fine meals at the California Grill - their beef filet is quite simply the best hunk o' meat I've ever enjoyed. And the best chicken dinner I ever had was from La Hacienda de San Angel. Is every meal always perfect? Of course not. But dining in the World is one of my favorite things to do.
Benjamin_Nicholas
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PixarPerfect
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Disney is masterful at marketing and profiling its audience, which is why there are so many of the same dishes on the menus. How many charcuterie trays are there now?
One of the hidden gem restaurants, IMO, is in Epcot's Morocco. The food has always been good, the menu a tastier and healthier alternative to other restaurants' heavier pasta and meat dishes, and the staff more than wonderful. They've even nailed the mint tea pour. Yet it's been near-empty each time we've eaten there over the years. That has never failed to amaze me.
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Benjamin_Nicholas
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That's because middle America has this odd thing about the Middle East... As if it's ALL evil.
And that's fine because it allows me to eat there without needing a reservation
polynesiangirl
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Oh boy, the food at WDW is such a mixed bag for me. I've had some really great/fun meals there over the years, and plenty of AWFUL junk (Pecos Bill, I never liked you to begin with, but that last meal was UNFORGIVABLE. 
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I wouldn't put most of it in the "best [whatever] I ever ate" category, but in general it's not like I'd turn down a meal at California Grill, for example. As a group they haven't always been consistent, but I've never had a meal at one of the "nicer" places I thought was truly bad. I've had a few where I've definitely been like "this was not worth the cost", and a few where I was pleasantly surprised.
The regular table service restaurants are fine, for me personally. I wouldn't tell anyone to book a trip to WDW because of how much I liked one of them, but I might recommend one or another to someone who's already going.
) I wouldn't put most of it in the "best [whatever] I ever ate" category, but in general it's not like I'd turn down a meal at California Grill, for example. As a group they haven't always been consistent, but I've never had a meal at one of the "nicer" places I thought was truly bad. I've had a few where I've definitely been like "this was not worth the cost", and a few where I was pleasantly surprised.
The regular table service restaurants are fine, for me personally. I wouldn't tell anyone to book a trip to WDW because of how much I liked one of them, but I might recommend one or another to someone who's already going.
mdcpr
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You might be able to get gravlax at Ikea.
mdcpr
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Technically is Northern Africa, but I get it.That's because middle America has this odd thing about the Middle East... As if it's ALL evil.
And that's fine because it allows me to eat there without needing a reservation
Jon81uk
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Why didn't you return the sandwich and ask for a refund or replacement?
bsiev1977
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Your thread title is misleading.
There’s a big difference between saying you’ve never had a “that’s the best ever” meal and saying the food is “bad”
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bsiev1977
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Why can’t you just accept that people have different taste in food? You can’t just discount their opinion because you feel,differently.
I feel it has gone downhill at several location yet at the same time had some much better options at other places then years ago. Mine my be a bit Biased since my family is all vegetarian, so options were sometimes limited in the past.
This year, Jungle Navigation Co. LTD Skipper Canteen, was amazing. The best meal my entire family had during our stay, well worth the price.
Curried Vegetable Crew Stew, and Congo Connie's Coconut-Curry Concoction so good and the service was great.
We miss the previous Veggie burger they had a Cosmic rays, when we went last it was some other type of patty that looked awful (I hear they changed it again)
This year, Jungle Navigation Co. LTD Skipper Canteen, was amazing. The best meal my entire family had during our stay, well worth the price.
Curried Vegetable Crew Stew, and Congo Connie's Coconut-Curry Concoction so good and the service was great.
We miss the previous Veggie burger they had a Cosmic rays, when we went last it was some other type of patty that looked awful (I hear they changed it again)
Cado603
Member
Oh I have
eatten in Le Celier and Calli Grill and was very disapointed. Last time in Calli Grill it was over priced bird food. Of course I paid, not meal plan when you think everything is free because you pre paid
networkpro
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Eatten (sic} at places where there are quite a few reviews on this site, Yelp, etc and being disappointed when they match shouldn't be a surprise. Concept and execution diverge at times when theres not a coherent working staff... sometimes the kitchen is off, some times its the wait staff, sometimes the management or a combination of all three.
Not all concepts will match your personal dining preferences, but they do for other people.
Are u eating quick service or table service? We were just there and ate our dinners at Table service restaurants and it was delicious.
Klizco
Member
You're not alone ... On our first visit (2014), my wife and I were a bit disappointed after reading/hearing lots of hype from blogs and YouTube videos. We also got the Deluxe Dining Plan and made TERRIBLE use of it (Rookie mistake!) and so we were left with the annoyance of having to find time to eat lots of sit down meals, and the knowledge that we came out far, far behind $ wise.
We've adjusted our expectations accordingly and now forgo the dining plan. We'll make one ADR for a place we've never tried, and then subsist mostly on corn dog nuggets from Casey's, Mickey Bars, Dole Whip, Avocado Margaritas, and Pretzels (B/C Childless Millenial).
MichaelaSP
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I try to keep the $ out of the equation and I usually don’t do table service. I do know my own palette and I’m very adventurous, which helps. Having lived all around the globe I’ve had amazing food from all sorts of backgrounds, but when I eat at Disney I try to find the happy medium.
I would like good food at a reasonable theme park price, so that’s what I look for and that’s what I eat. I really like the Yak & Yeti at AK, I like the Rainforest Café’s specialty menus, had great meals in Pandora, Star Wars, and a bunch of other places. France has a great little grab and go place way in the back that’s reasonably priced and tastes nice (I love me a fresh baguette) and of course the various offerings at EPCOT during the International Food and Wine Festival. I’ve also had some stuff that I didn’t finish, because it just didn’t make my mouth happy.
In the end I think we just have to remember to have fun...like when we were little. We’re not going to disney for the cuisine, we go for the Magic!
MichaelaSP
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I was kicked out of an all you can eat shrimp place once, because I just kept eating low carb shrimp...