Steakhouse 71 coming to Disney's Contemporary Resort along with new dining at California Grill

[Indy_UK]

The menu looks good. We’ll certainly make a point to book and visit.

Do we know what’s happening at the California Grill exactly?

 

[JohnD]

For the record, I really want to cancel my 10/1 6:55 pm ADR (I have another one for the evening of 10/5) but I can't cancel using MDE. I'm told I have to call. I would like for someone else to have it but I'm not waiting 90 minutes on the phone to cancel. I'll try later.

 

[Smiley/OCD]

DW & I made our reservations during our trip in November....it was between S71 & Space 220...we both agreed that for right now, this was the better option, menu wise.

 

[Bullseye1967]

For the record, I really want to cancel my 10/1 6:55 pm ADR (I have another one for the evening of 10/5) but I can't cancel using MDE. I'm told I have to call. I would like for someone else to have it but I'm not waiting 90 minutes on the phone to cancel. I'll try later.

Any clue why you cancel using MDE? It was up till 24 hours ahead of your ADR. I would cancel too.

 

[nickys]

Any clue why you cancel using MDE? It was up till 24 hours ahead of your ADR. I would cancel too.

Some people have been unable to cancel ADRs online for a wee while now, a few weeks maybe. Likely a glitch but not sure how widespread it is.

 

[JohnD]

Any clue why you cancel using MDE? It was up till 24 hours ahead of your ADR. I would cancel too.

I dunno. It’s cancelled now. Obviously someone else has it by now.

 

[SteveAZee]

Some people have been unable to cancel ADRs online for a wee while now, a few weeks maybe. Likely a glitch but not sure how widespread it is.

I was having this sort of problem back in late 2019... had to call to cancel.

 

[DCBaker]

Tiktok video showing some of the menu -

 

[castlecake2.0]

The bits of the dining room you can see are a huge U turn from the wave’s look

 

[DCBaker]

 

[Communicora]

Tiktok video showing some of the menu -

Looks good. I hope the screeching tik tok narrator isn't there if I visit.

 

[Archie123]

Man that is one ugly restaurant. I was hoping for an upgrade from The Wave which looked like a nursing home dining room but this looks worse.

 

[Gabe1]

My dads dining hall for his physical rehab was nicer and had more charm.

 

[TheGuyThatMakesSwords]

So a Steakhouse 71 question... who is the proprietor? Anyone know?

 

[Hockey89]

If their mission was to make an ugly ugly room, they hit a homerun.... Man, Disney can't figure it out anymore....

 

[Weather_Lady]

Man that is one ugly restaurant. I was hoping for an upgrade from The Wave which looked like a nursing home dining room but this looks worse.

It's so bland and joyless, it reminds me of every one of the dozens of cheap, dated hotel banquet halls I've been required to spend hours in for Continuing Legal Education classes over the years. The tables (is that formica?!!?) and pleather chairs in the dining area look like they were picked up at a garage sale. Even the loveliest of murals cannot distract from the sad brown fire door and folded partition walls, straight out of my church basement ca. 1982.

I guess I was expecting something more upscale and elegant, like [the now-closed] Steakhouse 55 at the Disneyland Hotel. I was wrong.

That being said, I think the entry area, sofa seating and bar look far more inviting and attractive than the dining area itself.

 

[Archie123]

If their mission was to make an ugly ugly room, they hit a homerun.... Man, Disney can't figure it out anymore....

It looks like they just threw tables in a room and put some Disney art on the walls and called it a day.

 

[MaryJaneP]

If this abbreviation is not already used elsewhere, Steakhouse at Disney = SAD

 

[castlecake2.0]

My dads dining hall for his physical rehab was nicer and had more charm.

This is the side room used for overflow seating during busy times, not sure why all ears didn’t show the main dining room

 

[Gabe1]

This is the side room used for overflow seating during busy times, not sure why all ears didn’t show the main dining room

Same room I ate in for the Wave in 2019 and the entire place was early empty. I find All Ears spot on