docnabox
Active Member
I have had it both bad and good at GG.
I never had rude servers, but at times the food has been sub-par. Other times it has been good.
It's not fine dining, but when done right, the flank steak is very good. In fact it is one of my youngest daughters favorite dishes - when it's done well. She even notices (and she is 9). Sometimes we go there and she is all excited to eat, then she takes a bite and says "it doesn't taste right this time does it dad?" I would not go so far as to call the food disgusting, just when it is off, it is bland and uneventful.
I make the steak at home (the recipe for the marinade is in the recipe thread) and it always comes out good, so I don't know what the problem is with the restaurant.
-dave
It really is sort of a shame at what has come of the Garden Grill although I guess the same could be said for so many others as well. Some restaurants have always been bad as so many have noted but there have been times when my meals at GG were the best of the trip....not always and not even regularly, but sometimes. As noted, their flank steak was memorable more than once. However, my last meal there was not good. It was not my worst meal ever at WDW but portions were small, getting seconds was near impossible, refills on drinks nonexistant and the food was either bland and flavorless or tasted "off." We are not huge into characters and generally chose GG because I travel with some extremely picky eaters and this gave them fare that was more "standard" but the character interaction was minimal as well...all of them just walked past our table and waved without even pausing.
PS - That picture of me was from several years ago when the food and overall experience were great.