welovedis
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- Aug 31, 2000
Also wanted to share our most recent experiences from our December (9th-16th) trip. We dined at:
Spoodles, Le Cellier, Tony's Town Square, Cape May Buffet (Clambake), Mama Melrose and Coral Reef, plus many CS places.
We had the best experience at Spoodles, the chef beat the server to our table. My son was celebrating his 10th b-day the next day and the host remembered us from our July trip (Jacob got sick on his way to the restaurant & they arranged for a car to pick up up at the BWI entrance & drive us back to the resort). He arrange for Jacob to be chef of the day & toss pizza in the pizza kitchen-it was very awesome!
Le Cellier was not a great experience for us, we got a very new waitress who was either way too inexperienced or completely overwhelmed. She forgot to bring our bread, told me it was ok for me to eat the bread (I'm allergic to eggs & nuts which are in the breads), had to be asked 3 times to bring us water with our other drinks and the list goes on & on. Also, the chef didn't seem as confident or thorough in his understanding of either my allergies or the menu components. He first said that I could have pretty much any appetizer, I asked about the shrimp , because I thought it was in an egg based slaw, then he said "Oh, yes it is". This happened a couple of time so I was not feeling particularily confident. I chose what I've eaten there in the past to be on the safe side. We barely made it to our 6:45 CP, even though we got there at 4!
Coral Reef was my absolute nightmare experience though, our waiter didn't seem to want to be bothered to check with the chef so he just told me that I basically could have salad as an appetizer, nothing else. I had to ask twice for the chef to come to the table, and when he did he said he remembered me from a trip earlier this year, we talked for about 5 minutes or so--he was great. The server seemed to be put off by the fact that I could have my choice of many things and just was not the attitude we wanted on our last day in the world. To top it off, he said he could bring me a fresh fruit cup for dessert, which he did, topped off with plenty of pineapple, which I am also allergic to. When he placed my son's dessert & then my husbands & I saw him coming toward me with the large cup of fruit I had to put my hand down to stop him from putting it in front of me. I said, "Thanks, but I'm allergic to pineapple, like I told you when you mentioned the fruit cup offering so you'll need to take that back please." He become very apologetic but the meal was really ruined at that point. I just wanted to get out of there. It was really a concern because we were flying out a few hours later & the last thing I needed was an allergic reaction.
Mama Melrose was awesome, as usual! We had a terrific server, who, despite dealing with some really rude customers at a nearby table, was warm, gracious and terrific in dealing with my DS, who was having a little meltdown. Chef Gary here is awesome, he had a tofu cake set aside for me, but they gave to another customer
upsidedow ), however, he spent some time making me a delicious orange cream dessert (no eggs, nuts or pineapples!) with a lovely prince/princess edible disk on top. It was really nice to get a little special treatment from our favorite WDW chef!
Cape May did a terrific job as well, we had a chef from a small town near our home, so we chatted with him, he showed me the buffet & then brought me out a plate of clams and a seperate plate of shrimp from the back steamers. I'm allergic to only oysters & mussels, no other shellfish (go figure) so to be on the safe side they do this for me, it was great. He got me some sorbet for dessert, this is what I usually had for dessert most nights-fine with me!
Tony's did a good job, despite being packed because it was a MVMCP night. The chef was nice, our waitress was fine, it was the best dining experience, but nothing wrong with the meal or the service.
Anyway, just wanted to point our that any place can provide a good or bad experience. We've never had a bad (or even less than good) experience at either Le Cellier or Coral Reef until this trip. I'm not saying I wouldn't go back, but I would be a bit more vocal about having a chef at my table in each place.
Spoodles, Le Cellier, Tony's Town Square, Cape May Buffet (Clambake), Mama Melrose and Coral Reef, plus many CS places.
We had the best experience at Spoodles, the chef beat the server to our table. My son was celebrating his 10th b-day the next day and the host remembered us from our July trip (Jacob got sick on his way to the restaurant & they arranged for a car to pick up up at the BWI entrance & drive us back to the resort). He arrange for Jacob to be chef of the day & toss pizza in the pizza kitchen-it was very awesome!
Le Cellier was not a great experience for us, we got a very new waitress who was either way too inexperienced or completely overwhelmed. She forgot to bring our bread, told me it was ok for me to eat the bread (I'm allergic to eggs & nuts which are in the breads), had to be asked 3 times to bring us water with our other drinks and the list goes on & on. Also, the chef didn't seem as confident or thorough in his understanding of either my allergies or the menu components. He first said that I could have pretty much any appetizer, I asked about the shrimp , because I thought it was in an egg based slaw, then he said "Oh, yes it is". This happened a couple of time so I was not feeling particularily confident. I chose what I've eaten there in the past to be on the safe side. We barely made it to our 6:45 CP, even though we got there at 4!
Coral Reef was my absolute nightmare experience though, our waiter didn't seem to want to be bothered to check with the chef so he just told me that I basically could have salad as an appetizer, nothing else. I had to ask twice for the chef to come to the table, and when he did he said he remembered me from a trip earlier this year, we talked for about 5 minutes or so--he was great. The server seemed to be put off by the fact that I could have my choice of many things and just was not the attitude we wanted on our last day in the world. To top it off, he said he could bring me a fresh fruit cup for dessert, which he did, topped off with plenty of pineapple, which I am also allergic to. When he placed my son's dessert & then my husbands & I saw him coming toward me with the large cup of fruit I had to put my hand down to stop him from putting it in front of me. I said, "Thanks, but I'm allergic to pineapple, like I told you when you mentioned the fruit cup offering so you'll need to take that back please." He become very apologetic but the meal was really ruined at that point. I just wanted to get out of there. It was really a concern because we were flying out a few hours later & the last thing I needed was an allergic reaction.
Mama Melrose was awesome, as usual! We had a terrific server, who, despite dealing with some really rude customers at a nearby table, was warm, gracious and terrific in dealing with my DS, who was having a little meltdown. Chef Gary here is awesome, he had a tofu cake set aside for me, but they gave to another customer
upsidedow ), however, he spent some time making me a delicious orange cream dessert (no eggs, nuts or pineapples!) with a lovely prince/princess edible disk on top. It was really nice to get a little special treatment from our favorite WDW chef!Cape May did a terrific job as well, we had a chef from a small town near our home, so we chatted with him, he showed me the buffet & then brought me out a plate of clams and a seperate plate of shrimp from the back steamers. I'm allergic to only oysters & mussels, no other shellfish (go figure) so to be on the safe side they do this for me, it was great. He got me some sorbet for dessert, this is what I usually had for dessert most nights-fine with me!
Tony's did a good job, despite being packed because it was a MVMCP night. The chef was nice, our waitress was fine, it was the best dining experience, but nothing wrong with the meal or the service.
Anyway, just wanted to point our that any place can provide a good or bad experience. We've never had a bad (or even less than good) experience at either Le Cellier or Coral Reef until this trip. I'm not saying I wouldn't go back, but I would be a bit more vocal about having a chef at my table in each place.
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