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Time to eat at Ohana
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HouCuseChickie
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Well, 'Ohana only serves breakfast and dinner. They are also very different meals. Breakfast is a character meal with food served family style. Dinner is non-character, but there is some entertainment/fun during the meal and the food is a never ending meat parade.
We've done both and while the service and characters were great when we did breakfast, the food was not. We had to send it back several times and never got a plate of food that was quite right (raw sausage, rock hard potatoes and waffles, undercooked eggs- each time). Dinner has always been pretty good for us and would be our preferred meal of the two. We like to time it so we're finishing up before Wishes so we can head out to the beach or dock to watch/listen.
We've done both and while the service and characters were great when we did breakfast, the food was not. We had to send it back several times and never got a plate of food that was quite right (raw sausage, rock hard potatoes and waffles, undercooked eggs- each time). Dinner has always been pretty good for us and would be our preferred meal of the two. We like to time it so we're finishing up before Wishes so we can head out to the beach or dock to watch/listen.
lunchbox1175
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Dinner, the breakfast food is just average. I love Mickey Waffles, but you can get them at other places and spend less money. Also, the breakfast seems very rushed, the last two times that we have done the breakfast, the characters started coming to our table right as we sat down, i didn't even have time to take my coat off and had to start digging for my camera before i sat. It seems like they really try to get people in and out in the morning, dinner seems much more relaxed.
lostpro9het
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IMO, having done each about 6 times, 60/40 Breakfast/Dinner. Some things that make this decision for us are:
Value of the price vs. food you get. IMO this favors breakfast.
Check in wait time: IMO, this favors breakfast. We've never had to wait longer than 5 minutes past our ADR time for breakfast but have never been in before 15 after our ADR time for dinner.
Character experience: Obviously this favors breakfast
Ambiance: This favors dinner, especially if you go after sunset.
Food variety: Slightly favors Dinner. Most all of the breakfast items can be had elsewhere.
Feeling of being rushed: IMO, this favors breakfast. We've never felt like we had time to enjoy our dinner as the servers were too hasty in bringing all the courses out without us finishing the previous one.
Again, just my opinion but after our last experience in May we probably wont do dinner for a while but already have a breakfast ADR for this May.
Value of the price vs. food you get. IMO this favors breakfast.
Check in wait time: IMO, this favors breakfast. We've never had to wait longer than 5 minutes past our ADR time for breakfast but have never been in before 15 after our ADR time for dinner.
Character experience: Obviously this favors breakfast
Ambiance: This favors dinner, especially if you go after sunset.
Food variety: Slightly favors Dinner. Most all of the breakfast items can be had elsewhere.
Feeling of being rushed: IMO, this favors breakfast. We've never felt like we had time to enjoy our dinner as the servers were too hasty in bringing all the courses out without us finishing the previous one.
Again, just my opinion but after our last experience in May we probably wont do dinner for a while but already have a breakfast ADR for this May.
lunchbox1175
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@lostpro9het brings up a good point, and a previous thread on here somewhere when it comes to "Feeling of being rushed" when it comes to dinner. My advice, don't let the servers rush you, if you are enjoying the appetizer portions, and want to continue to do so, just tell them that you aren't ready for the meats yet. We frequently request seconds on the wings, noodles, and potstickers, and tell our server when we are ready for the next round to be brought out.
DizneyPryncess
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Dinner is one of our favorite meals in WDW, a must do on each trip for my family. 
harveyt0206
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We prefer dinner, but since it is just me and hubby, we don't need to do character dining. O'Hana is just a WDW classic, in my opinion. Always a great time.
Disneydreamer23
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Try to get. Ressie where u can see wishes there it's awesome!
righttrack
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The best breakfast on property is right nextdoor to Ohana, so we never have eaten breakfast at Ohana. As for dinner, it is a regular stop for us. A family tradition. It's always good. It's like going out for Brazilian with a Polynesian flair.
MotherofaPrincessLover
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We had breakfast there our last trip and loved it! The food isn't that varied, but we found it very good. My daughter loves Lilo and Stitch, so that helped also. I guess I don't really like sitting around at meals, so I can't comment on if I felt rushed or not.