News Revamped Dining Room Unveiled at EPCOT's San Angel Inn Restaurante

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Revamped Dining Room Unveiled at EPCOT's San Angel Inn Restaurante

Revamped Dining Room Unveiled at EPCOT's San Angel Inn Restaurante

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[Animaniac93-98]

Is there more seating than before, are the tables as squished together?

After seeing the pictures it looks much nicer than before

 

[donsullivan]

Looks a little more open and easy to move around than it did previously. If the photo is to be believed, they finally resolved the lighting issue where the tables were previously so dark you couldn't even read the menu. Looks like a nice refresh.

 

[tired_photog]

Ate there for the first time this past December and loved the food and atmosphere. However, with the old seating arrangement you were right on top of the party next to you. This looks like a major improvement.

 

[Sectorkeeper71]

Glad to see them bringing some order to the chaos that was the previous seating layout

 

[JIMINYCR]

Better lighting is a godsend. I know the darker ambiance was to connect with the volcano theming but it was hard to read the menu. I started bringing a mini flashlight with me when we dined there. Previously it was very cramped and hard to move in and out of your seating. It’s a welcome update to the dining area.

 

[Captain Culpepper Cline]

Much improved

 

[Epcot82Guy]

I'll be interested to see it in person. It ruins the lakeside illusion a little bit (in the pictures). But, overall, I really like it. It looks much nicer from the restaurant perspective. Even if it looks little less "al fresco dining".

 

[DCLcruiser]

Love that place. Are the bench seats new?

 

[HauntedPirate]

This looks like a fairly well-done improvement to the restaurant. We never ate there but the (many) times we were inside the pavilion it was so dark we never understood how people could read the menus or eat.

The cynic in me (Damn you, Bob) says, "Fewer tables means they can reduce staff", though.

 

[mysto]

Looks like they wen't from not enough light to too much. Another cafeteria. Hopefully the overheads are dimmable and they just turned them up for the photo. The little lamps on the table should be enough.

The seating looks great!

 

[UNCgolf]

Seating looks like a big improvement. It previously felt like everyone was on top of each other.

I agree the lighting now seems too bright (after previously being too dark), but that could partially be due to the camera.

 

[aladdin2007]

Seating looks like a big improvement. It previously seemed like everyone was on top of each other.

I agree the lighting now seems too bright (after previously being too dark), but that could partially be due to the camera.

agree on both,,,,are the tables still along the water? Im not a fan of all the poles in the middle making the view somewhat cluttered and the bright lights ruining the mood of the cozy atmosphere. could always just use your phone light to read the menu.

 

[SplashJacket]

Huge improvement.

 

[JohnD]

Haven't been back in a while. Time for another ADR there on my next trip.

 

[BrianLo]

They also added a new wall so that the busing is tucked away. I sat right against the building behind the order entry server kiosk and it was less than ideal. Glad to see that no longer exists.

 

[neo999955]

This looks wonderful, although I hope they update the menu as well. I've found La Hacienda de San Angel to be better food, but perhaps we just had a bad experience the first time we were at San Angel Inn.

 

[DCLcruiser]

This looks like a fairly well-done improvement to the restaurant. We never ate there but the (many) times we were inside the pavilion it was so dark we never understood how people could read the menus or eat.

The cynic in me (Damn you, Bob) says, "Fewer tables means they can reduce staff", though.

Highly recommended spot. Get a margarita and enjoy a nice evening watching the boats float by. My (now) wife, and I went for a nice romantic dinner there early on in our relationship. Worked like a charm haha.

 

[Figments Friend]

Really like this restaurant.
Love the ambiance and the food.

Although the seating looks to be quite a improvement, I can see two issues that mess with the visual aspect of this restaurant…

The poles supporting the string lighting are now blocking the view of the volcano background somewhat.
The view is now ‘cluttered’ which I am not overly thrilled to see.
There is a clear reason why the original designers did not use poles.

The other quibble is the dividers between the new table arrangements.
This takes away from the feeling of dining ‘waterside‘ and has a feel of just about any other restaurant with booths.
From a design standpoint, I think it would have been better to not include the dividers.

Seems this experience has been compromised, at least visually, which is a big part of why some want to dine here.
But the spreading out of the seating is a plus and needed.

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[solidyne]

I agree with "too bright" and "cluttered." It is now both. Really bad. I'll add that those dividers look flimsy and cheap, and, due to their low height, they add zero privacy.