New menus for Blue Bayou and Cafe Orleans

[LSPoorEeyorick]

So much for the occasional lunch at BB. And why are the appetizers MORE expensive at lunch than at dinner?

It looks like I'll be happy with one of those yummy-sounding salads. (And the occasional heart-clogwich.) But the lack of vegan food is a bummer-- I hope they'll make the pommes without the parm for Tom, and the salad without the cheese and nuts.

[Alex]

Cafe Orleans is supposed to be reopening this Friday or Saturday if the final little things go well so it very well could be open this Sunday.

[cirquelover]

The desserts at Cafe Orleans sound divine to me! I have loved beignets since a trip to NO and Biloxi and now I can get them shaped like my favorite mouse! If they don't taste good though I can just go to DTD but I think there is something special about sitting outside down south and enjoying one though! I loved sitting on the Gulf and enjoying my beignet. I haven't had a crepe in years but was always a fan.

With the prices so high at BB, I'm glad to see I can get the monte cristo at CO. I will miss the BB potatoes though. It's a good thing I can just make them at home on special occasions or when we have prime rib.

[Prudence]

Holy Cow! We will definitely not be eating at the Blue Bayou any more, that's for sure! The only reason I was willing to pay the old prices was because of ambience (which lately hadn't been that great anyhow.) The food was never that great. And the portions have always been too big - and now they're bigger. It's not like you can really take home a doggie bag from there. I'm glad we went in January because we won't be going again.

[Stan4dSteph]

Originally Posted by Prudence

And the portions have always been too big - and now they're bigger. It's not like you can really take home a doggie bag from there.

Yes, and now there's a plate splitting charge, so sharing will still cost you more than just the price of one entree.

For those prices I'd rather go have dinner at Napa Rose.

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

Yes, and now there's a plate splitting charge, so sharing will still cost you more than just the price of one entree.

Do they take the literal view of plate splitting and only charge if you have them split the entree onto two plates? Or does the extra charge apply any time there are more diners than entrees, even if they just pass the plate and/or fork back and forth?

[tracilicious]

They got rid of the clam chowder? It was the best clam chowder in the resort. Why is it that WDW can do food that twice as good at half the price but friggin Blue Bayou charges $30 a plate?

[tracilicious]

Or the other place at GCH that is an all you can eat buffet. That place is gooooood.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

Or the other place at GCH that is an all you can eat buffet. That place is gooooood.

Storytellers.

Try the Corn Chowder. A little spicy and darned tasty.

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Storytellers.

Try the Corn Chowder. A little spicy and darned tasty.

Thx KB. Admittedly, I've not had corn chowder at a great deal of places, but the corn chowder at Storytellers is by far the best I've had.

Originally Posted by iSm

While word is that the food is supposed to be better at the Neu Bayou, they have priced themselves out of my willingness to give them a tenth chance. Of the last nine times I've eaten there, eight of my meals sucked. Telling me that, oh - it's better now ... but pay even more than previously outrageous prices to find out ... well, that's just not a strategy that's going to work with me.

No kidding. The food needed to be twice as good at the old prices. At the new prices it better be four star quality. We've been a few times. It's fun to sit by the water and eat clam chowder and then split an entree, but even those days are gone. Ah well. More meals at Storytellers.