Universal's food is still pretty bad

[Tom Morrow]

Universal has made a ton of improvements over the last nearly 15 years since Potter opened, but one thing still rings true: their food still mostly sucks.

In my entire life I don't think I have ever once received food from Universal that was actually hot*. It always comes out lukewarm no matter what restaurant. There is not a single restaurant that's better than "okay" even if the food was actually hot.

Yes, even Mythos. Even the HHN and Mardi Gras food. Even the Potter restaurants. All of it. Always mid and always served lukewarm.

Disney's quick service and full service ranges from "mid" to "excellent", but Universal's ranges from "terrible" to "okay". It's odd that they're still so far behind in this aspect.



*Okay I take that back - I had a hot fresh churro recently.

 

[DisneyAndUniversalFan]

Facts

 

[King Panda 77]

Strange . I find USO food to be on par with Disney. Ymmv

 

[JT3000]

I question the judgment of anyone who voluntarily eats a theme park churro.

 

[Andrew25]

Universal has made a ton of improvements over the last nearly 15 years since Potter opened, but one thing still rings true: their food still mostly sucks.

In my entire life I don't think I have ever once received food from Universal that was actually hot*. It always comes out lukewarm no matter what restaurant. There is not a single restaurant that's better than "okay" even if the food was actually hot.

Yes, even Mythos. Even the HHN and Mardi Gras food. Even the Potter restaurants. All of it. Always mid and always served lukewarm.

Disney's quick service and full service ranges from "mid" to "excellent", but Universal's ranges from "terrible" to "okay". It's odd that they're still so far behind in this aspect.



*Okay I take that back - I had a hot fresh churro recently.

Universal has improved slightly, but lightyears beyond where they should be.

Minion Cafe/Circus McGurkus are an exception, it's high-quality and possibly top 5 QSR options in Orlando. However, there's not much else after that. When Mel's went down for refurb, they reopened Cafe La Bamba with an attempt at potentially keeping it open after, but the food quality went down significantly after the first few months.

Mel's after the refurb is better than what it was before. Nothing newsworthy however since it's just chicken tenders & burgers, but I find it's quality better than Cosmic Ray's.

I think Universal can make good food, but they're operations unfortunately hold them back.

For Universal, I always recommend eating at Circus McGurkus, Thunder Falls, Minions Cafe or Leaky Cauldron. Outside those, just pay a few extra dollars at a CityWalk restaurant.

 

[avenger1138]

Universal has made a ton of improvements over the last nearly 15 years since Potter opened, but one thing still rings true: their food still mostly sucks.

In my entire life I don't think I have ever once received food from Universal that was actually hot*. It always comes out lukewarm no matter what restaurant. There is not a single restaurant that's better than "okay" even if the food was actually hot.

Yes, even Mythos. Even the HHN and Mardi Gras food. Even the Potter restaurants. All of it. Always mid and always served lukewarm.

Disney's quick service and full service ranges from "mid" to "excellent", but Universal's ranges from "terrible" to "okay". It's odd that they're still so far behind in this aspect.



*Okay I take that back - I had a hot fresh churro recently.

Not sure the last time I ate in the actual parks…I always go to City Walk. Toothsome used to be great pre-covid but the last few times they seemed to fall off as well. Hard Rock is decent for what it is.

I eat at Sal’s back at the hotel a lot too .

 

[drkarcher22]

Universal has made a ton of improvements over the last nearly 15 years since Potter opened, but one thing still rings true: their food still mostly sucks.

In my entire life I don't think I have ever once received food from Universal that was actually hot*. It always comes out lukewarm no matter what restaurant. There is not a single restaurant that's better than "okay" even if the food was actually hot.

Yes, even Mythos. Even the HHN and Mardi Gras food. Even the Potter restaurants. All of it. Always mid and always served lukewarm.

Disney's quick service and full service ranges from "mid" to "excellent", but Universal's ranges from "terrible" to "okay". It's odd that they're still so far behind in this aspect.



*Okay I take that back - I had a hot fresh churro recently.

Mythos might be the most overrated restaurant in any theme park. You see the banners saying best theme park restaurant however many years running, then you go in and it’s okay at best. EPCOT alone has around a good half dozen places I would immediately go for over it and probably another 3 or 4 that I’d consider as well.

Gonna agree with others here, just head over to City Walk and grab something there

 

[Animaniac93-98]

When staying at those hotels, I like the food courts at Surfside/Dockside and usually eat there vs in the park.

Prices are a bit lower too.

 

[ToTBellHop]

We just snack through the day in the parks and have dinner at City Walk. Better food there.

 

[JoeCamel]

Mythos might be the most overrated restaurant in any theme park. You see the banners saying best theme park restaurant however many years running,

I only see the banner if I go to Elvey's house

 

[sonoma15]

Universal has made a ton of improvements over the last nearly 15 years since Potter opened, but one thing still rings true: their food still mostly sucks.

In my entire life I don't think I have ever once received food from Universal that was actually hot*. It always comes out lukewarm no matter what restaurant. There is not a single restaurant that's better than "okay" even if the food was actually hot.

Yes, even Mythos. Even the HHN and Mardi Gras food. Even the Potter restaurants. All of it. Always mid and always served lukewarm.

Disney's quick service and full service ranges from "mid" to "excellent", but Universal's ranges from "terrible" to "okay". It's odd that they're still so far behind in this aspect.



*Okay I take that back - I had a hot fresh churro recently.

Disagree!

 

[Tom Morrow]

I question the judgment of anyone who voluntarily eats a theme park churro.

It was free! And somehow very good or maybe I was just very hungry.

Mythos might be the most overrated restaurant in any theme park. You see the banners saying best theme park restaurant however many years running, then you go in and it’s okay at best. EPCOT alone has around a good half dozen places I would immediately go for over it and probably another 3 or 4 that I’d consider as well.

Gonna agree with others here, just head over to City Walk and grab something there

Agreed. It won "best theme park restaurant" for a few years and they coasted on that reputation for way longer than they should have.

We just snack through the day in the parks and have dinner at City Walk. Better food there.

Even at CityWalk I don't think I've ever gotten a meal that came out hot. Though I guess overall I did enjoy Vivo.

 

[My95cobras]

When eating in the universal area, we find the best places to go are bice, the palm and strongwater. Toothsome and cow fish are good too. But we don’t really do quick service anywhere.