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HulaJenny
Earning My Ears
Registered: April 2009
Location: Virginia
Posts: 8Review Date: Tue April 28, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9
Positive aspects of the product (pros): not as loud as most character meals Cons: restaurant slowly revolves, for some disorienting
This is some of the best family style food for a character meal. restaurant is small so character interaction is a plenty. Lure kids to touring epcot with a this character meal. My kids loved the make your own sundae with mickey sprinkles. 
justadisneygirl
coming soon...
Registered: August 2007
Location: Canada
Posts: 42Review Date: Sat May 2, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10
Positive aspects of the product (pros): not loud, good food, good service, great interaction Cons: none
The revolving part is interesting to the kids. The food is good. The characters came around a couple of times. It wasn't too busy when we got there...got busier later. One of the better character meals.
peacelovemickey
I followed the directions step by step
Registered: February 2006
Location: League City, TX
Posts: 287Review Date: Sat May 2, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Character interaction Cons: Didn't like the catfish
This is a "must do" for our family. The characters have always been very attentive and sometimes will come around twice. The kids are entertained with the revolving restaurant and watching the boats go by below. I really like the food. It is healthy and you get wuite a bit since it is family style. The kids love to decorate their own cupcakes.
Elise79
Moderator
Registered: August 2006
Location: East Anglia, UK
Posts: 3256Review Date: Sat May 2, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Family style food, good character interaction Cons: None
We really like this character meal and now that Liberty Tree Tavern has 'lost' its characters it is now the only family style character meal.
We prefer this to any other Character meal as the food is served to you (so you don't miss a character while you are getting your food) and the food it is always hot and fresh.
The Character interaction is really good and on the two times we have been all of the characters have visited us more than once. As the restaurant is small they seem to spend longer with you as well as visiting more often
Gaskorvan
Earning My Ears
Registered: April 2009
Location: Hamilton, ON
Posts: 71Review Date: Tue May 5, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Cons:
Good quality food. More adult atmosphere.
Daycounter
Earning My Ears
Registered: May 2008
Location: Houston, Tx
Posts: 35Review Date: Sun May 10, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Relaxing atmoshphere Cons: Limited selection
This is a nice restaurant to "get away" from the parks. I liked how the tables faced outward so you can watch the characters as they made their rounds. The food was nothing special, just the usual fried chicken, yada, yada, yada... I think I liked the atmosphere more than the actual meal.
msc_idiot
Mouseketeer
Registered: January 2009
Posts: 90Review Date: Tue May 12, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9
Positive aspects of the product (pros): The food and the character interaction. Cons: Having your table pass by the waiting area is akward.
One of my absolute favorites. The food was extremely good - nothing was even so-so. The wait staff was wonderful and the characters came around so often that we ended up having a reoccuring joke with Pluto (if that makes sense. He tried to find a new way to startle me each time he came around.). The turning of the seating isn't fast enough to be evident, but you get that wonderful water smell that Disney has while you pass over the ride. It is a wonderful experience.
stitchlover
DIS Veteran
Registered: January 2007
Location: Texas
Posts: 2747Review Date: Wed May 13, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 5
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Setting Cons: Food
This is generally a "must do" for our daughter and a "do I have to" for me. She loves the character interaction and I can't stand the food. On our last visit in March '09 she was very sad to see that they had removed the decorate your own cupcake from the children's menu. I find the meat is always overcooked and unappetizing. I think on our 2010 trip we will be skipping this one for the first time in 5 years.
But I have to say I have never had character interaction like I have experienced here. The location is generally not too busy and so you get to see the characters more than once and they tend to be quite playful.
Marc A. 
DIS Veteran
Registered: April 2005
Location: NW burbs, IL
Posts: 1306Review Date: Wed May 13, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Perfect for a family with little ones. Variety of foods. Cons: Could be a little crowded at the table
We have been to GG twice now and have loved it both times. The food (family style)is very fresh and the variety is good.
Since the restaurant is not too big the characters come around at least twice if you are not rushing thru the meal. The view of the Land ride is very nice as well.
The kids love the desserts and the one on one time with the characters.
This may be a must do for every trip if our stays are long enough.
Just a nice calm location, not typical for a character meal.
We love the GG.
WallE
Mouseketeer
Registered: July 2008
Location: Alabama
Posts: 210Review Date: Tue June 9, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Lots of character interaction; excellent food and service Cons: none
This was the most pleasant surprise on our trip. It was arguably the best character interaction on our trip. The characters of course went out of their way to entertain the kids, but they also played off the adults in a way that was lots of fun.
I had read some reviews that were less than favorable. I thought our service and food were superior as well as the location in the Land pavilion. This is a definite meal on our next trip!
Loz&J
Pod Cast Fan
Registered: March 2004
Location: Newcastle - United Kingdom
Posts: 37Review Date: Wed June 17, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Quiet, calm, great food, character interaction is well balanced Cons:
Food was a wonderful refreshing change from the all too often higher fat Disney options. Loved the fact that you helped yourself to a platter and there were no problems if you fancied a bit more of any one thing. Staff were attentive but not intrusive and the restaurant was spotless.
We did this as a surprise for my dad as he has only been to WDW once before and tends to back away from the characters, as he thinks that side of things is more for the kids. Boy did he get a shock when Chip & Dale loomed into view, his face was an absolute picture! This could have all gone horribly wrong, but he had the best time ever and our table of four adults did not feel out of place or left out (Unlike some other Character meals where we have felt a little cast aside)
Because the restaurant is relatively small, there is less of a rushed feel for the character interaction and often you get to see them all twice. A wonderful unrushed experience, that makes a really different relaxing lunch.
msufan
Earning My Ears
Registered: July 2009
Posts: 70Review Date: Sun September 20, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Best character interaction & Legit sweet tea!! Cons: Entrees are just okay
The salad at this place is soooo good. I cannot even begin to tell you how much we enjoyed it. The bread was great, the tea (we'd been looking for REAL sweet tea for a while) was yummy, and the dessert was to die for. The entrees were okay, but not great. They had turkey and dressing, mahi mahi and vegetables, and flank steak with roasted potatoes. You get a little of each of the entrees, because it is a "tasting menu." I don't like flank steak, so that might have been part of the reason I was not thrilled with the entrees. I did enjoy the turkey and dressing a good bit. I thought that the characters here were fantastic. I had so much fun with them, and felt like we had plenty of interaction. We even had Mickey come to see us twice and we were only there about an hour. I would highly recommend this place for a character meal. It is calm and pretty quite with pretty decent food.
bryon
I want to work at Disney...But do my own thing.
Registered: January 2005
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 125Review Date: Tue March 9, 2010 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Character Interaction Cons:
Probably my families favorite place to eat to date. Food was good, and characters were better than great.
Characters tended to be more active at the tables for us than at Chef Mickeys. At Chef Mickeys, you can watch the characters at other tables easily and the characters almost seem to put on a show for everyone at once. Here , its as if you have "private" time with the characters. They tended to give the kids more 1 on 1 attention. probably because they didn't have people on all sides of them at all time.
Food was excellent. And it was a big surprise when we noticed the place was actually moving.
irishtigger
Mouseketeer
Registered: March 2010
Location: Hamilton, NJ
Posts: 403Review Date: Tue April 13, 2010 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 1
Positive aspects of the product (pros): NOTHING Cons: everything
This is by far the worst place to eat in all of Disney World. The food choices were awful the server was not very helpful or nice. I would never go back here and its a shame cause it could be a great place to eat
jjbelanger
Earning My Ears
Registered: May 2009
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Posts: 7Review Date: Thu April 22, 2010 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: $110.00 | Rating: 9
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Great food and character interaction Cons: Fix menu
This trip we did 5 meals with the characters and this was the best by far. Mickey came aroud at least 3 times. All of them did spend a lot of time at our table. Food was fine and service was efficient. Yes you cannot select what you want but the meat, fish and turckey was great. My kids had a great time. We will go there again.
3xmom
Earning My Ears
Registered: February 2010
Posts: 8Review Date: Wed May 5, 2010 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 6
Positive aspects of the product (pros): good character interaction, not a buffet Cons: food not great
The characters were great and spent a lot of time with the kids. I liked that it wasn't a buffet so you did not have to worry about going up to get food and missing the characters. Food was okay-not great. Dessert was very good-strawberry rhubarb crisp with ice cream.
maryserv
Mouseketeer
Registered: February 2008
Location: Richmond, TX
Posts: 83Review Date: Tue May 11, 2010 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: $24.99 | Rating: 10
Positive aspects of the product (pros): food, characters, variety Cons:
We used the Garden Grill as our restaurant choice for the Candlelight Processional dinner package. I thought at first I was "settling" as none of my other choices were available. Wow. I was so happily surprised!
We've done several character meals and this was one of our best. For those who like Liberty Tree Tavern, this will definitely please, although the food is fresher (in a not dripping with sauce kinda way). All the entrees were very good as were the veggies, salad and dessert. We had seconds of the fish and the flank steak at our table. We of course got to see all the characters at least twice, and I think Chip was cruising by our table more often to flirt with my sister in law. : )
f.chadw
Earning My Ears
Registered: March 2008
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 65Review Date: Sun December 19, 2010 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: $300.00 | Rating: 9
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Food Cons: None
Ate here as part of the Candlelight processional.
Everyone thought the food was great, and we had plenty of interaction with the characters. Even my mom, who complains about every meal said how good it was. She even wanted to go back for another meal. Too bad we couldn't get in.
fastpass99
Earning My Ears
Registered: January 2011
Location: Québec, Canada
Posts: 11Review Date: Tue January 11, 2011 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Mickey! Chip n Dale! Cons: Price
This was a nice character dinner for us in March 2010, in fact our very first character dinner at WDW. Sons 8 & 11 loved Farmer Mickey and Chip n Dale too, lots of high fives and picture-taking occasions.
You hardly notice the room moving in a circle. Takes about an hour to go full circle, so throughout you get to see over the ramp the people riding below visiting the Land and parts of the nice decor. The food is OK and healthy though not fantastic. We were on the dining plan so, whatever. You eat what you want and that's great with the kids.
We recommend this place because of the characters.
downsouthca
Earning My Ears
Registered: December 2010
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 32Review Date: Tue January 11, 2011 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): good food, great time with Characters Cons: food can be inconsistent
This was a fun meal after a day at EPCOT. We loved the Turkey, Mashed potatoes, mahi-mahi, and sweet potatoes fries.
Drink offerings are slim. Roast beef was dry on first round. Much better on Second.
Characters were great thoughout the meal. they all took time to play and take pictures and mess with all the kids at the tables. I even got a nice massage from Chip !
My family thought this was the most fun meal of our trip.
DisneyFamily123
Hi! My name is Paul. And I'm a DisBoardaholic.
Registered: July 2009
Location: Maryland
Posts: 2453Review Date: Thu January 20, 2011 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Characters, Food,, Service Cons: None
Dec. 2010 -- great character interaction! Chip and Dale, Pluto and Mickey were all very interactive with us... more than the usual hello, take a picture, goodbye. They all kidded around with us. Be sure to ask them questions and be silly. Food pretty good, no complaints, we all ate plenty. I liked it was family style so I didn't have to get up and go to a buffet. Great for photos too -- at other character meals, it's sometimes difficult to take photos without other people in the background. Will definitely return here again.
DaisyFoote
Earning My Ears
Registered: February 2011
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 72Review Date: Wed June 15, 2011 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: $110.00 | Rating: 6
Positive aspects of the product (pros): characters Cons: cost
The characters were very good. The food was not that good in my opinion. I'd rather have good southern cooking; their food was very unusual. We could have went to Outback or Olive Garden for a lot less of the cost and enjoyed the food much better (but they don't have the characters so...). Plan this meal early in your trip if you decide to go because you see these characters many places. It is the only place to see Mickey in his farmer clothes though which is cute.
disneyfreak4
Earning My Ears
Registered: June 2005
Location: Northern Ireland
Posts: 13Review Date: Tue July 26, 2011 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Excellent food Cons: none
The salad was really outstanding. Beef, turkey and fish very plentiful. Dessert - peach and raspberry crisp was fantastic. Attentive service. A wonderful surprise. Exceeded expectations even though it had been recommended by friends.
jmartin42
Earning My Ears
Registered: December 2011
Location: Freezin my butt off in WI
Posts: 34Review Date: Wed December 28, 2011 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10
Positive aspects of the product (pros): the service, the characters, the food Cons: none
Where to begin. Well we showed up late for our ADR by an hour. The CM looked in the computer and we weren't even in the system as having one. Not sure if it was my 3 yr old batting her eyes or if he was just that nice but he said he would squeeze us in. Let me say that was awesome because the restaurant was packed. After a short 10 min wait we were seated. Our server, Jeff I think, checked if my DD was afraid of the characters. I wasn't sure so he suggested that all 4 kids sit on the outside so we would be able to take pictures easier. My DD was afraid. Chip and Dale did their best to get her out of her shell, playing with her and pretending to cry because she wouldn't go by them. First time around she wouldn't but on their 2nd trip around she did. Our server never left our food, family style, go empty and our drinks were always refilled by the time they were half full. The food was excellent and I was so full I didn't think I could eat another bite. Then they brought out dessert. It was so good my DH and I finished it off. There is no way I will miss this restaurant on our next trip.
Geomom
Mouseketeer
Registered: May 2010
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 235Review Date: Wed February 29, 2012 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9
Positive aspects of the product (pros): character interaction, rotating restaurant! Cons: wait time
We ate dinner here on 2/25/12. party of 8. Had a 5:45 reservation. Checked in at 5:30PM and requested 1 or 2 booths next to each other on the lower level so we could enjoy the views of the Land ride. Took over an hour of waiting to get 1 big booth. Manager was very apologetic and gave us 2 (group of 8) fastpasses to use that night. Waitress was apprised of our wait time and brought us rolls and salad immediately. The rolls were very yummy. Dinner consisted of Turkey/Gravy/Mashed Potatoes/Cranberry sauce, Beef with red wine butter sauce, vegetables (corn, carrots, broccoli?), Mahi Mahi over Spanish Rice. Kids platter had Macaroni and Cheese, Chicken drumsticks, Sweet Potato Fries, Broccoli. Enjoyed the food. I found the Mahi a little too fishy for my taste, but DH seemed to enjoy it. The Spanish rice did NOT taste fishy at all even though the fish was on top of it--feel free to eat the rice even if you don't like fish. We all enjoyed the kids' sweet potato fries. Waitress brought us more food when we asked, it came quickly. Dessert was Apple/Cherry/Raisin crisp with a vanilla whipped cream. Kids dessert was a red velvet cake. They brought dd12 a 'birthday' dessert with a candle in it. A nice chocolate/chocolate mousse layer cake. She was ecstatic as she wasn't going to eat the fruit crisp. They also gave her a character signed birthday card.
The atmosphere is great here! I love the rotating restaurant and going above the Land ride, very peaceful. Character interaction is great--Farmer Mickey, Pluto, Chip and Dale. Chip was hilarious. The family travelling with us had a full autograph book they were trying to get Chip to sign. He finally found a spot, and then proceeded to sign it 9 more times. He went on a signing spree and started signing napkins. The 4 kids were laughing hysterically.
Didn't get out of the restaurant until after 8PM, so we only managed to use 1 of the group fast passes at Soarin', but it was fun for all 8 of us to go on together.
If we ever have another party of 8, we will make a very early reservation in the hopes of having a shorter wait.
TXDad811
Earning My Ears
Registered: May 2011
Posts: 16Review Date: Thu May 31, 2012 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 7
Positive aspects of the product (pros): characters Cons: decor
This was an okay meal. The food was better than a lot of places and was different than a lot of places (definitely a big plus at Disney). My wife really enjoyed the fish. The whole inside of the restaurant is this annoying green color which was kind of off-putting. I probably wouldn't go back, although my wife said it was her favorite meal of the trip in terms of food.
Bornen
Earning My Ears
Registered: June 2012
Posts: 1Review Date: Sun June 24, 2012 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: $110.00 | Rating: 4
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Characters Cons: food, noice
Since our son likes Chip n Dale and Mickey a lot but dont like standing in the long lines to meet them in the park we decided to go to this restuarant so that he could see and hug them in a more relaxed environment. Our son really liked it! He hugged all of the characters, each time they came to our table. He even hugged Pluto that he was scared for before coming to eat. The food is nothing we will remember though. You get a plate with steak, fish and turkey which you can get refills for if you like. Nothing was really bad but nothing special either. If not for the characters it would not have been worth the money, we paid 110 USD for two adults and a coke in a souvernier mug for our 2.5 yo old son (his meal was free), we had coke as well, so the price did not include any alcohol. Also the restaurant is very load so it is almost impossible to speak across the table using a normal voice.
LuvTikiRoom
Earning My Ears
Registered: August 2008
Posts: 64Review Date: Sat January 5, 2013 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 5
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Seeing characters Cons: the food
The food was slightly below average - The restaurant did not rotate - We waited a long time to be seated.
The staff was great - We waited a long time to be seated and we wanted to leave, to get back to rides before the park closed. The server boxed up the dessert for the kids.
A very dull experience.
lisakramer
Mouseketeer
Registered: April 2011
Posts: 242Review Date: Wed January 9, 2013 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: $60.00 | Rating: 4
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Well, it's there... Cons: Nasty food. Poor service
This was one of the worst dining experiences we've had on property. I will not come back here.
The food tasted like it came from a school cafeteria. And it wasn't even hot.
Our server could barely be bothered to acknowledge our existence.
The character interaction was minimal.
I really have nothing good to say about it at all. AVOID.
Disgirl17
Earning My Ears
Registered: January 2013
Posts: 23Review Date: Wed January 23, 2013 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: $35.00 | Rating: 10
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Everything Cons: Nothing
This was a great experience. The characters were not rushed and they all came by the table more than once. The food was very good and this has became our must do. Whole dinner took about an hour and fifteen minutes. I would recommend this to anyone even only adults.
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