Yak and Yeti's menu: anyone disappointed?

[sarabi]

So is anyone else disappointed that Yak and Yeti's menu doesn't seem to feature a lot of Indian food? I was really looking forward to naan bread, curries, and palak paneer and whatnot. It's something that I don't think WDW has yet and could use. Instead the menu seems pretty run of the mill.

Am I just a food snob, or does anyone else feel this?

 

[Master Yoda]

I too was incredibly disappointed with the menu. Not only is there nothing all that special about it but what is on the menu is not all that good and the prices are incredibly high even for Disney.

 

[RiversideBunny]

They need to revise the menu. We looked at it and decided not to eat there.
The concept is good- just needs some tweaking.

Maybe they could add a 'Big Yak'.

 

[primetime52]

Is there any particular reason why you expected to see Indian dishes on the menu? All of the hype I heard during it's construction led me to believe it was going to a typical "Americanized" Chinese menu.

 

[Disneyfanman]

Well it's pretty expensive, but we tried it anyway. Every dish was great, and if somebody didn't like theirs (my son) we traded. We decided that it's worth the money, and it's a new favorite. We shared the din sum appetizer (very good) and each of us tried a different dish. The orange chicken was the favorite of the table, but we liked everything.

The price was about 25 per person for lunch (comporable to a buffet restaurant). It was, if I remember correctly, much higher for dinner. We sat upstairs right next to a window looking toward EE.

We will absolutely eat there again.

 

[Pioneer Hall]

I didn't do the sit down when I was there, but I did like the quick service location. I thought that the order of chicken I got was very good for the price and it was tasty.

 

[BillyBuff]

I wasn't impressed with the menu as well. But I still ponder why the place is always crowded?

I liked the quick service "Americanized" Chinese fried rice and egg rolls though :slurp:

 

[tooltime]

Is this just a rumor?: i heard a Hawaiian restaurant is in the plans...they're going to call it the...

Don heave Ho
​

 

[Jimmy Thick]

Yak and Yeti was a huge disappointment. The food is processed garbage warmed in a microwave, served with a dinner roll.


Not a fan.

 

[Tiggerfanatic]

We had saved a night on our last trip for Y&Y, and then when the menu became available, decided to eat at Boma instead. I can get mass-produced fried rice and an eggroll at my local Chinese buffet.

 

[Pioneer Hall]

I wasn't impressed with the menu as well. But I still ponder why the place is always crowded?

I liked the quick service "Americanized" Chinese fried rice and egg rolls though :slurp:

All Disney Table-Serve restaurants are crowded (especially the in park ones).

 

[BRER STITCH]

We had saved a night on our last trip for Y&Y, and then when the menu became available, decided to eat at Boma instead. I can get mass-produced fried rice and an eggroll at my local Chinese buffet.

You obviously looked at the wrong menu.

Fried rice and eggrolls are only offered as appetizers and optional side dishes.

Most likely that's for all the "local Chinese buffet lovers" who would have moaned and complained had they not been available to order.

 

[BRER STITCH]

The price was about 25 per person for lunch (comporable to a buffet restaurant). It was, if I remember correctly, much higher for dinner. We sat upstairs right next to a window looking toward EE.

We will absolutely eat there again.

I'm pretty sure that there was only one menu and it was the same for lunch and dinner when we were there in December, so lunch and dinner are the same price. (Maybe that changed since December, but I haven't seen any new menus floating around.)

We loved our selections too and will defintiely be eating there again!

What a great view from up there too!

:slurp:

 

[sarabi]

Is there any particular reason why you expected to see Indian dishes on the menu? All of the hype I heard during it's construction led me to believe it was going to a typical "Americanized" Chinese menu.

Yeah, I expected Indian dishes because the theming in "Asia" is so good, and Anandapur seems to be set in India, so I just thought it logical to have an Indian restaurant. To be honest, I didn't have a lot of time to read the hype because by the time the menu was being discussed, I had just given birth to my first child and am only now having time to return to the boards.

 

[SallyShine]

If I were a food snob the last place I would vacation is WDW. Really, what do you expect? My son and I are looking forward to trying it out. I'm sure we'll survive the "processed garbage warmed in a microwave".

 

[MinnieMee]

Mount Everest is in Nepal and Tibet. I guess that explains the Chinese style food. Indian food would have made a nice change though after all there is already Chinese food on offer at Epcot.

 

[MKCP 1985]

*sprinkles pixie dust in thread of negativity*





*waits for new thread seeking expressions of disappointment that there wasn't more variety of colors within the pixie dust*


:lol:

 

[lunalovegoddess]

I've heard mixed reviews so far about Yak and Yeti. I hope that service and the food will become consistently better.

As for Indian food on the menu, I was hoping for that as well. *sigh* (I gravitate towards more authentic cuisine.)

 

[fillerup]

This may have been already linked to somewhere on the site, but I couldn't find it.

Here's the Sentinel's food critic's review of YY, pretty bad.

Granted, this guy can sometimes take a pretty snobby approach in his reviews, but from the tone of his article - YY has real problems.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/community/news/southofdowntown/orl-chow1808jan18,0,1931983.story

 

[ZapperZ]

This is a late incursion into this thread, but what the hey....

I'm always "torn" about food at WDW. On one hand, I want authenticity. After all, Disney tries to be as authentic as possible in the guests' experience. Their meticulous attention to details is what separates them from your typical theme parks. So I tend to expect that from the food as well.

But on the other hand, if they go "too authentic", especially as far as exotic cuisine from a particular part of the world, then they could severely limit the number of clientèle's that are brave enough to try the food. Not many guests would go for authentic indian food, for example (I would, since I'm a big indian food fan).

My take on this is to compromise. Have familiar items in the menu. I have no problem with seeing americanized chinese cuisine. However, there should also be items that scream "exotic" and authentic, especially for a restaurant in an exotic part of AK. The same can be said for World Showcase restaurants. I don't mind, for example, that the Tangerine cafe out front by the Morocco pavilion serves your run-of-the-mill Mediterranean/Middle Eastern fare that you could find anywhere else in the US, but I want Marrakesh to stick to really authentic Moroccan cuisine as closely as they can.

So yes, I want the "exotic" restaurants to be different enough that it isn't something one can get elsewhere easily. This is why, for example, I don't go to the Rainforrest Cafe, since it is everywhere. If they make these exotic restaurants rather generic, then I don't see any compelling reason to go there when I can get the same type of food here in Chicago. I might as well save my money and eat a cheap hamburger, or spend it at Sunshine Seasons.

BTW, if it is still there, for anyone craving for good southern indian cuisine near WDW, try Dakshin at the Crossroads strip mall, just outside of WDW at the corner of Hotel Plaza Blvd. and 535. I haven't been to the restaurant in about a year, so I hope it is still there. It would be a shame if it has closed down.

Zz.