New dining location - 'The Hollywood Brown Derby Lounge' opens next week at the Studios

[cinderellafan6]

So exciting the DDP will not be accepted!! Now a lot of us passholders that just go for the day can actually get a nice meal.

 

[JillC LI]

It would be lovely to sit down here and share a Cobb salad and slice of grapefruit cake for lunch.

 

[Bryner84]

Who eats lunch any more anyway? Disney prefers:

8 am: Counter service breakfast or character meal

11 am: snack credit

2 pm: snack credit

5 pm: sit down dinner or counter service with Little Debbie-quality carrot cake

You can hate on the carrot cake all you want but start dissing my miniature tub of trashy awesomeness that is the Disney chocolate cake and we might have problems. Inventive? No. Overpriced? Of course. Delicious? You bet your sweet snack credit it is!

 

[JerseyDad]

.....sounds like an outdoor bar ...with up-scale (aka: expensive) bar food.

 

[flynnibus]

http://www.wdwmagic.com/dining/the-...lywood-brown-derby-lounge-opens-next-week.htm

Here's hoping an adhoc bar service place stands a chance in Disney!

 

[WDWFan_Boston]

Great idea, but let's not stop there. How about these tasty ideas:

The Be Our Guest Lounge: Enjoy a plate of pommes frites while lounging atop of the faux rockwork
The Coral Reef Lounge: Sample bite size portions of your favorite seafood dishes while swimming with fishes...literally!

For the record, I think the BD lounge is a great idea

 

[MickeyPeace]

I just ate at the Brown Derby and I can't figure out where this patio is that is going to be converted. Is it the front walkway with the awning? Anyone know or have a pic of it?

 

[RandomPrincess]

I just ate at the Brown Derby and I can't figure out where this patio is that is going to be converted. Is it the front walkway with the awning? Anyone know or have a pic of it?

I was wondering the same thing. Do they have and outdoor seating area ?

ETA - I found this picture -

 

[LucyK]

One more place to try some artisanal cheese! We'll have to check it out next year if it's still around.

 

[tirian]

Why so? Because it results in a "dumbing down" of the menu? Or are there other negatives? (I'm just curious -- I never ate in a restaurant at WDW in the years prior to the introduction of the dining plan, so I have no basis for comparison.)

In addition to what others have already said, I'll add the prices were more reasonable and it was easier to get a table prior to the DDP.

 

[englanddg]

I just ate at the Brown Derby and I can't figure out where this patio is that is going to be converted. Is it the front walkway with the awning? Anyone know or have a pic of it?

Here.

http://goo.gl/maps/xFVrL

 

[MickeyPeace]

I was wondering the same thing. Do they have and outdoor seating area ?

ETA - I found this picture -

That is Starring Rolls behind it.

 

[CDavid]

I wish they would remove more restaurants from the DDP.

The forum software regrettably will not permit me to like this more than once. But i agree. I agree wholeheartedly.

 

[Rob562]

That is Starring Rolls behind it.

No, there are 8 tables with umbrellas in a straight line across the front of the building that fall under the Brown Derby's control. Starring Roll's tables are around the corner (out of view of the photo), clumped in a courtyard.

If you go to Google Maps on the link that englanddg provided and turn off the 45-degree view option, you can see the layout.

-Rob

 

[brifraz]

Upon first reading the headline, a very small voice in the back of my head said as loud as it could, "The Catwalk Bar is coming back." I then read the full copy and was sad that the little voice was wrong, but hopeful that this will be a good new addition.

 

[Rob562]

Upon first reading the headline, a very small voice in the back of my head said as loud as it could, "The Catwalk Bar is coming back." I then read the full copy and was sad that the little voice was wrong, but hopeful that this will be a good new addition.

You're not the only one who had that thought...

-Rob

 

[MickeyPeace]

No, there are 8 tables with umbrellas in a straight line across the front of the building that fall under the Brown Derby's control. Starring Roll's tables are around the corner (out of view of the photo), clumped in a courtyard.

If you go to Google Maps on the link that englanddg provided and turn off the 45-degree view option, you can see the layout.

-Rob

Thanks I couldn't get the link to load. I never noticed the 8 tables. Are they currently accessible from the dining room or from the street? If from the street, they are just for guests to relax or is part of table service?

 

[englanddg]

Thanks I couldn't get the link to load. I never noticed the 8 tables. Are they currently accessible from the dining room or from the street? If from the street, they are just for guests to relax or is part of table service?

They are to the left of the "entrance"...near the restrooms (outside). Before becoming an eatery, they were the smoking section outside the restaurant.

 

[MickeyPeace]

They are to the left of the "entrance"...near the restrooms (outside). Before becoming an eatery, they were the smoking section outside the restaurant.

Thanks I have never noticed them before. But then I just returned from an 11 day trip and then realized when I got home that there was a new Pirates attraction in HS that I completely did not notice or remember to do.
So either it's my mind failing, poor design of the park or a combo of both.

 

[englanddg]

Thanks I have never noticed them before. But then I just returned from an 11 day trip and then realized when I got home that there was a new Pirates attraction in HS that I completely did not notice or remember to do.
So either it's my mind failing, poor design of the park or a combo of both.

Hah, well, the Pirates attraction is really well hidden (just like the previous resident, Lion Witch and the Wardrobe). The only reason I knew about it was that I got stuck there in a rainstorm a few years back and had a rather interesting conversation with an off-duty Monorail driver and his wife.