What WDW restaurant is the best looking???

zeebs758

zeebs758

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In the Parks
Yes
I'll go with Brown Derby. It has that great old school Hollywood feel.

Bonus: The Blue Bayou in Disneyland. The theme is perfect and I love how you can see it when you ride on PotC
 
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Pete256

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Wife & I got food poisoning at Sci Fi last year so it could be the best looking place ever and we still hate the place. We really like the California Grille with open kitchen, wine cooler doors right as the elevators open and yes, the view. Of the on property Signature Dining places, this place consistently lives up to expectations.

Blue Zoo at the Dolphin is a really great room to dine in also - I love the bar there to just have a cocktail too
 
Figgy1

Figgy1

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Pete256 said:
Wife & I got food poisoning at Sci Fi last year so it could be the best looking place ever and we still hate the place. We really like the California Grille with open kitchen, wine cooler doors right as the elevators open and yes, the view. Of the on property Signature Dining places, this place consistently lives up to expectations.

Blue Zoo at the Dolphin is a really great room to dine in also - I love the bar there to just have a cocktail too
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I went to Sci-Fi to check it out not expecting much in the way of food, but when they brought out something that my ds is allergic to after speaking to the chef, NEVER AGAIN! That and cold food + warm beer!:eek::rolleyes::mad:
 
DaisyDoesDisney

DaisyDoesDisney

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Be Our Guest and Coral Reef are my favorites for feeling immersed in the park experience, but I really love the vibe of Citricos. It feels upscale without being stuffy. The decor is beautiful and elegant but still comfortable. The open kitchen is fun. A seat near the sweeping windows gives a gorgeous view of the Grand Floridian grounds and pool.
 
BlindChow

BlindChow

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Cendure said:
BoG for sure. Forgot about that one. Like stepping right into the movie.
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Except BoG's "Rose Gallery." Hated the Rose Gallery. With its bright white tile floor, it felt like a cafeteria. It was clearly an overflow-room afterthought to the two main dining rooms, with the theming literally painted on. Change the paintings (and the statue) to a different film and you could just as easily call it "Sleeping Beauty's Rose Gallery." Heck, the Gaston Snack place has far better and more immersive theming than that!

I'd agree the other two rooms are gorgeous, though. ;)
 
Tuvalu

Tuvalu

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BlindChow said:
Except BoG's "Rose Gallery." Hated the Rose Gallery. With its bright white tile floor, it felt like a cafeteria. It was clearly an overflow-room afterthought to the two main dining rooms, with the theming literally painted on. Change the paintings (and the statue) to a different film and you could just as easily call it "Sleeping Beauty's Rose Gallery." Heck, the Gaston Snack place has far better and more immersive theming than that!

I'd agree the other two rooms are gorgeous, though. ;)
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Could not disagree more. The Rose Gallery is our favorite room to dine in, since it is quieter than the ballroom (and much less hustle and bustle) and it is not dark like the West Wing (which can also be a little scary for young children.)

The "statue" is actually a music box of Belle and Beast and the paintings are on canvas, not painted directly on the wall.

So you and I will never be competing for the same table when dining at Be Our Guest. ;) :D
 
BlindChow

BlindChow

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Tuvalu said:
Could not disagree more. The Rose Gallery is our favorite room to dine in, since it is quieter than the ballroom (and much less hustle and bustle) and it is not dark like the West Wing (which can also be a little scary for young children.)
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No argument there, but the OP was asking about the "best looking" restaurants, not least crowded. :p There's a reason everyone wants the other rooms...its the immersive theming, with the very structure of the room clearly designed from the ground up to resemble something from the movie. Not just a few pictures¹ & and a statue (okay okay, a rotating statue :D) sprinkled around an otherwise unremarkable room.

And there's surprisingly little "magic" there in what is supposedly an enchanted castle. Little details like the snow falling outside the Ballroom windows adds so much to the experience. Nothing like that in the Rose Gallery. I was at least hoping something would happen when the clock on the front of the music box struck the hour. But nope, nothing. The clock wasn't even working. It was simply a statue.

The room was quiet, though. The night we went (end of June), they were only seating half the Rose Gallery. Could you imagine them doing that in either of the other wings the week before July 4th?

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¹ [And yes, I even have issues with the subject of the paintings--scenes from the movie where clearly no one was present to paint a portrait. Would it have killed them to put a little thought into the kind of art royals actually had painted? How about formal portaits of various characters? Heck, even pics of the servants pre-transformation would work. (It seems kinda gauche that they would hang pictures of cursed household appliances that were once actual people...) Ahem, sorry, my theming OCD is showing... :eek: :joyfull:]
 
NiarrNDisney

NiarrNDisney

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I would say:

California Grill (CR)
Coral Reef (Epcot)
Flying Fish (BWR)
Hollywood Brown Derby (DHS)
Kimonos (Swan)
San Angel Inn (Epcot)
Sanaa (AKL-KV)
Spice Road Table (Epcot)
Teppan Edo/Tokyo Dinning (Epcot)
Wave (CR)
 

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