TABLE SERVICE DINING ACCORDING TO US

We have had the pleasure of dining at several of Disney’s table service restaurants over the years.  Actually, we have dined at 20 of them to be exact!  We still need to try the other 43 and will be knocking a few of those off the list this coming Fall.  My wife and I decided to look at the list of restaurants that we have dined at and rank our first five choices based on atmosphere, quality of food and menu choices. 

With this criteria in mind, we have decided that Chef Mickey’s is our 5^th choice.  We have dined there twice.  Both times we have had a wonderful buffet breakfast, hot and fresh!  The character interaction was great.  Each character would visit your table taking the time to pose for pictures.  We never felt rushed with our meal and/or time with the characters. 

Our 4^th place selection is Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater at Hollywood Studios.  Our girls loved this restaurant.  You dine sitting in cars, watching black and white sci-fi B-movies as if you were at a “Drive In”.  The icing on the cake for the kids was the fact that they could choose milkshakes for their drink and still order dessert!  You have to love that dining plan! 

Our 3^rd place went to Boatwrights.  This restaurant is located at Port Orleans Riverside Resort.  The atmosphere was nothing all that special compared to other Disney restaurants, but the food sure made up for it!  That meal was one of the most talked about that year! 

We decided to give 2^nd place to Ohana, which is located in the Polynesian Resort.  This all-you-care-to-enjoy meal offers a wonderful salad, stir fried vegetables, lo mien noodles and dumplings along with a main course consisting of shrimp, sausage, steak and pork.  The service style was similar to that of a Brazilian BBQ in which the servers visit your table with over-sized skewers of meat and give the guests the opportunity to sample as much or as little as they desire. The kids receive leis and are encouraged to participate in games and dance throughout the restaurant during the meal.

Finally, our 1^st choice is T-Rex.  We wouldn’t normally go with a “chain” restaurant, however, we all agreed hands down that this restaurant rated high in all categories.  The atmosphere was fantastic!  Similar in nature to Rain Forest Cafe, the restaurant's dinosaurs come to life every 15 minutes.  It is just done on a much grander scale with each area of the restaurant representing a different age of the dinosaurs.  We sat in room that resembled the Ice Age.  The walls were sculpted to look like ice and glowed in a variety of colors throughout the meal.  The menu choices were diverse and the food tasted out of this world.  We enjoyed the meal so much that we are actually going back during our upcoming trip.  Typically, we don’t like to repeat restaurants to insure that we are always trying something new.  However, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to eat there again.  That is why T-Rex is our number one choice