Tony's Town Square
Supper - December 30, 2017
For our first meal on our trip, we decided to try something new and made a reservation at Tony’s Town Square (despite all the negative reviews). It was December 30th, and we figured the park would be really busy, so we really wanted to make sure we had an ADR. We made it for quite late (like 9:30pm late), just to give ourselves wiggle room in case our flight was delayed (which turned out to be a good call – we were never in danger of missing our reservation, but our flight was over an hour late).
We checked in, and had a bit of a wait before being called. We were eventually led to a 4-top table in the back corner, and handed our menus.
We were brought a plate of bread with some oil while we read over the menu. We were both really hungry after a day of traveling, and we crushed the bread fairly quickly and then said yes to a second plate haha (which was also devoured instantly). The bread itself wasn't really anything super spectacular, but it was carbs - my favourite food group. I really enjoyed the spices/seasoning that was mixed in with the oil (although I’m fairly certain it was just basic Italian seasoning). #Imnotfancy
We decided that since it was the first night of our wedding trip, we would do something we’ve never done at a restaurant before – order a bottle of wine! #treatyoself
Keep in mind, I’m fussy with wine, and the only way I’d agree to drinking any of this was if it was a really sweet wine – so Luke, being the great husband he is (although he was still technically just my fiancé at this point), agreed to split a bottle of Moscato with me.
Coppo Moncalvina Moscato d’Asti, Piedmont – refreshing aromas and flavours of tropical fruit and sugar cane with a touch of acidity on the finish – $39/bottle
This was really good Moscato! It was nice and sweet, just the way I like my wine, without being sickly sweet over the course of a bottle. I don’t understand the language they use to describe wine, I can never taste the difference between different kinds of fruits used – obviously I’m not a wine connoisseur seeing as I only drink Moscato haha - I think
@ariane37 knows what I'm talking about! We had no issues finishing this bottle off (Luke drank way more than I did, I’m such a lightweight haha), and it wasn’t too expensive at all for restaurant prices (especially with my Tables in Wonderland card)!
For food, we skipped appetizers (as we almost always do - unless we're just making a meal of appys), and went straight for entrees. Luke went for the
Chicken Parmigana – lightly breaded chicken breast with melted mozzarella and Tony’s Marinara Sauce over spaghetti $26.
The spaghetti was nothing special, the sauce was basic but the chicken was cooked well. It gave Luke heartburn afterwards, but that's common for him with pasta (we pretty much only eat gluten free pasta at home - neither one of us are gluten free anymore (I was for about 5 years before being diagnosed with Crohn's), but we just prefer the taste of GF pasta. So, whenever we eat regular pasta we feel it sits a lot heavier in our stomach).
My eyes were larger than my belly, and I ordered the
Italian Trio – three classic favourites on one dish. Chicken Parmigiana, baked rigatoni and fettucine alfredo $32.
I’m not a huge fan of alfredo sauce typically, but this was really good (I think - or I was still really hungry and feeling the effects of the wine)! The chicken parm was standard, but tasty and the baked rigatoni was surpisingly one of the stars of this entire plate. I expected the bowl of baked rigatoni to be fairly basic, but it was so good!
There’s really nothing special about the food at this restaurant, but overall it was tasty and hit the spot. We had been led to believe that this restaurant wasn’t very good, so we went in with very low expectations – and we ended up being pleased with it! There’s no mistaking this place for fine dining, and there’s definitely better options on property, but I’m glad we went there and tried it – and we wouldn’t mind going back again one day..
The restaurant itself is really cute, with lots of Lady & the Tramp references (as seen on the menu above). The walls were decorated in artwork from the movie, and there was a giant fountain in the restaurant which was adorable.
I purchased a Tables in Wonderland card for the first time ever (seeing as this was my first trip to WDW as an annual pass holder, it was the first time I was ever eligible for the card). The cost to purchase a TIW card is $150 (no tax), but it will allow you to save 20% on food and alcohol at many restaurants on property. It does add an auto-gratuity to your check of 18%, but Luke and I tend to tip that much anyways. Also, parties of 6 or more have the 18% auto-gratuity added on even without a TIW card, and we knew almost every meal during the entire second week of our vacation would be with at least 6 people at a time.
I wanted to track the numbers and see how much we ended up saving by purchasing the card, so the numbers will be shared at the bottom of each review! Keep in mind I didn’t calculate the 18% gratuity in the cost to break even, since we would have been paying that anyways.
Tables in Wonderland Original Cost: $150
Break Even Point Before this Meal: $150
Savings this Meal: $19.40
Total until Breaking Even: $130.60
We also had done up a spreadsheet with estimated food costs per meal, and came on this trip planning to spend a little over $2600 on food (which is so much money, we were hoping to keep that lower, but at the same time not deny ourselves whatever we wanted since it was our wedding/honeymoon). I’ll be including those numbers at the bottom of each post as well so you can see how well we did with our estimations. Also – our estimated costs did NOT include tips, that was a separate calculation, and I will not be including tips in the actual cost listed here either (I subtracted the 18% auto-gratuity from our receipts to get the value of just our food/drink).
Predicted food budget: $2631.67 (I was precise haha)
Estimated Cost of this meal: $15(WestJet) + $37.87 (Pop Food Court - had we arrived on time) + $101.18 (Tony’s) = $154.05
Actual Cost: $19.48(WestJet - food only, Luke paid for the drinks & has no idea how much they were) +$0 (Pop Food Court) + $82.65 (Tony’s) = $102.13
Over/Under: Under by $51.92
Remaining: $2579.75
Thanks for joining!
I love my Moscato! And I've branched out to some Rieslings, too!
. The bad reviews kept us away for a few trips as well, but it was not anywhere near as bad as we were led to believe! I'd go back again!
