FSU Girl
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 20, 2016
MAY 23rd - TUESDAY
YACHTSMAN STEAKHOUSE
Today ended our stay at the Grand Floridian and our switch to our second hotel, the Boardwalk Villas. I was really excited about staying here. It was the first time I had stayed at an Epcot resort and we were staying in a one-bedroom villa. After sadly not getting my only request of a king bed for the last hotel I was excited to know one was guaranteed with this new room. Of course today was the only day I wish I could have slept in late, so instead of going to get breakfast with my boyfriend I sent him to get it and stayed sleeping a little longer. We checked out of our room close to 11am and made our way over to the Boardwalk. YACHTSMAN STEAKHOUSE
I had been nervous before getting here because of advisories warning about limited parking and construction going on. We found a parking spot almost immediately pretty close to the building and I'm happy to say we never saw any construction. The most we saw was someone painting the wall in the hallway one morning.
Our room was not ready, which I expected, so we left our bags with the bell service and off we went to Hollywood Studios. We took the boat over, which was a fun new experience compared to the monorail. Only thing is I wish they ran more frequently, if you missed a boat it could be a while before you saw another one. This was something I noticed was more common when it was really busy, not when it was a slower time of the day.
The day was really hot and I was sleepy so we stopped to get some coffee for me.
We went to a stand selling Joffrey's coffee and I got a frozen cappuccino. It was not as refreshing as I would have hoped and I didn't end up finishing it. I've had it before in Epcot and liked it a lot more over there.
It was around lunch time and we had just finished riding Toy Story Mania so we walked over to an outside booth selling hot dogs and pretzels. We had originally had a reservation at Sci-Fi but had cancelled a couple days before because the time just wouldn't work in our schedule. I forgot to take pictures of the food, but did take a picture of the booth.
I had gotten a pretzel with cheese and my boyfriend had gotten a hot dog. I didn't really like the pretzel so I ended up eating the second half of the hot dog instead. My boyfriend is pretty familiar with me eating his food instead of mine. The cheese was terrible, not real cheese and not hot or melty in it's little cup. Not a fan. The hot dog was a pretty standard hot dog and I liked it. One thing that was annoying, we were in this alley of Toy Story, but because of the construction we couldn't go down to the end where the star wars ride was. We had to walk all the way back the way we had come and circle around the buildings to get there.
Around 2pm we got a text saying our room was ready. I was excited since I know the villas aren't normally ready until 4pm and it was a crowded week here at Disney with the holiday and Pandora previews. I had booked a standard one-bedroom villa and was excited to see we had been upgraded to a pool/garden view! I also got both of my requests for this room. I had wanted to be on a high floor near the lobby. We were on the fourth floor and pretty close to the elevators. Our room looked out at the main clown pool, with another giant tree in our view
Also, unlike the Grand Floridian, they went above and beyond to celebrate my birthday. We got to the door and found a balloon tied to the front and I was given a card signed by Mickey himself.
I think this hotel might be one of my new favorites and I'll definitely be staying here again.
Now it was time to get ready for dinner. We showered and got all dressed up for our fancy steak dinner at Yachtsman Steakhouse. I had heard nothing but great reviews for this place and was really excited to try it. We decided to take the boat across so that we wouldn't get all sweaty. Of course we arrived as they were pulling away and waited ten minutes for the next one. We ended up being a minute late to our reservation, but they said it was fine.
The pool here looks really amazing and I want to stay here to experience it one day. Right now I am booked to stay for an upcoming trip in September, but might switch it to a Magic Kingdom hotel because we are thinking about doing the Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween party for the first time. Not sure if I can give up this awesome looking pool, though.
After basically running to get to our reservation on time we finally made it!
We checked in and they told us it would be a five minute wait. When 15 minutes had gone by my boyfriend asked how much longer it would be. They looked confused and saw that our ticket had been printed out, but they had forgotten to come get us. After this though everything was 100% perfect and one of the best meals we had on this trip.
They have a window when you first enter that has all the butcher cuts they serve. Just now I'm noticing there is a window on the other side with people sitting. That's an interesting thing to be able to look at your entire meal. I'm not sure if that room is Captain's Grille or part of Yachtsman.
They also have an open kitchen.
We were seated at a nice large table and handed our menus. Mine was customized with my name wishing me happy birthday. After we ordered they took my menu and rolled it up with a pretty bow for me to take home.
The first thing brought out was the bread. OMG. This was amazing. The roasted garlic was amazing. The special pull apart onion bread was amazing!
After finishing our first basket of bread we were asked if we wanted more and picked the special bread to have more of. It was so good I wish I could have some now. I was also starving since I barely had eaten anything for lunch.
For an appetizer we got the Jumbo shrimp cocktail. We had wanted to share something and this was what we could agree upon.
I ordered the 6oz filet mignon. I changed it up a bit and had the peppercorn sauce added and took another side dish of potato au gratin. You can choose from any of the sides and sauces that come with other cuts.
This was cooked to perfection (I like a medium well) and loved it so much!
Based off of opinions of people on here I ordered the truffle mac and cheese. This was AMAZING!! Definitely order this when you go. I barely at my side because I focused on this instead.
My boyfriend got the prime rib and didn't change the side or sauce for his. He really liked this. Both of our plates were cleaned. I ended up taking my potato to go and we put it in our fridge to have for a snack a few days later. (It's nice having a kitchen on vacation)
We were stuffed so we passed on dessert. Of course that didn't stop them from bringing me a free birthday dessert.
This was soooo good. I have no idea what was in it but it was delicious. Chocolate vanilla cake thing or something but so good.
When we were leaving and going back down the dock I saw a bunny
So my opinion on Yachtsman Steakhouse. This place is amazing! They treat you so well and cook their food to perfection. My boyfriend said we have to go back here so it's on the list of returns. If you love steak you definitely need to go here.
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