New menus for Blue Bayou and Cafe Orleans - Page 3

Mousey Girl · 06-06-2006, 06:08 PM

The one time we ate at Blue Bayou, I was very unimpressed. It was for lunch and I had prime rib. I am not joking when I say that it was more than 1/2 fat and very tasteless. The only thing that made up for it was our server who, knowing it was Nick's special b-day lunch was really on her game. This was for his 5th b-day and we haven't been back since.

€uroMeinke · 06-06-2006, 07:24 PM

I hope the upscale prices reflect an improvement in the food - the menu is too familiar though for me to be optomistic about that. I hope I'm wrong.

innerSpaceman · 06-06-2006, 08:03 PM

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.

As for the Cafe Orleans ... I'm excited about it being a sit-down again, and can't wait to try the place out. If it's open this Sunday, I say let's hit it!

€uroMeinke · 06-06-2006, 08:08 PM

Yeah, I'll be waiting for some reviews first before venturing back in at that price point.

Not Afraid · 06-06-2006, 08:49 PM

The best bet for BB is to make late-nite dessert reservations. It's affordable and usually pretty decent.

innerSpaceman · 06-06-2006, 09:06 PM

Heheh, that's our plan for Napa Rose, too.

Never dined there, but love the place for cocktails ... and I'm dying to check out the Kevy/GusGus/GushedOver dessert.

As for the BB, I say we file complaints with City Hall. Let them roll out the new cuisine with lower prices to entice us. But with their crappy reputation, they've got a lot of nerve charging more first and proving themselves later. It should be the other way around, and I don't mind a form at City Hall with my name on it saying so.

Alex · 06-06-2006, 09:16 PM

I've never cared for Blue Bayou much. It has always been too dark, too crowded, and too loud for pleasurable dining and not up to the old prices. Plus, they make their monte cristos "wrong." (I know, they make them the way most people make them but I grew up with a monte cristo - from a great defunct pancake place in Rockaway Beach, Oregon - just being a double decker breakfast sandwich made with french toast, not a batter fried monstrosity).

That said, the food is comparably priced with Catal which also isn't all that good and only a couple dollars more than Rainforest Cafe which is horrible. I've not yet eaten at Napa Rose (since I don't drink wine or eat beef/pork it isn't worth the hassle) but there simply isn't any dining available at the Disneyland Resort where the quality is nearly worth the price (Hook's Pointe and Granville's come close; I don't care for Storyteller's at all; the food is blah and the service has always been terrible every time I go).

Disneyland Resort simply isn't a foodie destination. So I just eat what everybody else decides on. If they pick Blue Bayou I'll eat at Blue Bayou. If they pizz RRPP, I'll eat there. I draw the line only at Village Haus.

Ghoulish Delight · 06-06-2006, 11:37 PM

IF (that's a big if) the food really is significantly better (wonder how much truth there is to Al's report that Ouimet said in some meeting that it'll be "the finest restaurant in any Disney theme park, anywhere."), I think I'll be happy to see it priced into the "special experience" range again. But yeah, the food would definitely have to be good enough to merrit it.

Matterhorn Fan · 06-07-2006, 08:09 AM

So I've been thinking about this some more. I could make the only veggie meal at the BB in my own kitchen for about $5.

Although that cheese Monte Cristo sounds heart-stoppingly delicious, I probably won't ever eat one. The chances that they're deep-frying that in the same vat of oil as the ham sandwiches is 99.99%. That makes it decidedly NOT vegetarian.

I don't know what vegans do at the DLR. It's hard enough as a vegetarian.

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Ouimet said in some meeting that it'll be "the finest restaurant in any Disney theme park, anywhere."

Looking at the menu (and prices), it won't be. If Ouimet really did say that, he's long overdue for a trip to EPCOT.

Drince88 · 06-10-2006, 10:53 AM

The other thing I don't 'get' on the Blue Bayou vs WDW (since someone else brought it up first

is that they can do nice meals at WDW where a decently hungry person can get an appetizer, entree, and dessert and not feel like they're rolling out of the place. Yea, it's spendy at the nicer places, but for the most part, they are nice places - even in theme parks. Clearly, with a split plate charge, they are expecting people to not be able to eat a 'full meal' on their own. Makes no sense to me...

06-06-2006, 06:08 PM	#1
Mousey Girl Just Me Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In The Flagon With The Dragon Posts: 2,437	The one time we ate at Blue Bayou, I was very unimpressed. It was for lunch and I had prime rib. I am not joking when I say that it was more than 1/2 fat and very tasteless. The only thing that made up for it was our server who, knowing it was Nick's special b-day lunch was really on her game. This was for his 5th b-day and we haven't been back since.
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06-06-2006, 07:24 PM	#2
€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	I hope the upscale prices reflect an improvement in the food - the menu is too familiar though for me to be optomistic about that. I hope I'm wrong. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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06-06-2006, 08:03 PM	#3
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	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. As for the Cafe Orleans ... I'm excited about it being a sit-down again, and can't wait to try the place out. If it's open this Sunday, I say let's hit it!
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06-06-2006, 08:08 PM	#4
€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	Yeah, I'll be waiting for some reviews first before venturing back in at that price point. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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06-06-2006, 08:49 PM	#5
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	The best bet for BB is to make late-nite dessert reservations. It's affordable and usually pretty decent.
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06-06-2006, 09:06 PM	#6
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Heheh, that's our plan for Napa Rose, too. Never dined there, but love the place for cocktails ... and I'm dying to check out the Kevy/GusGus/GushedOver dessert. As for the BB, I say we file complaints with City Hall. Let them roll out the new cuisine with lower prices to entice us. But with their crappy reputation, they've got a lot of nerve charging more first and proving themselves later. It should be the other way around, and I don't mind a form at City Hall with my name on it saying so.
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06-06-2006, 09:16 PM	#7
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I've never cared for Blue Bayou much. It has always been too dark, too crowded, and too loud for pleasurable dining and not up to the old prices. Plus, they make their monte cristos "wrong." (I know, they make them the way most people make them but I grew up with a monte cristo - from a great defunct pancake place in Rockaway Beach, Oregon - just being a double decker breakfast sandwich made with french toast, not a batter fried monstrosity). That said, the food is comparably priced with Catal which also isn't all that good and only a couple dollars more than Rainforest Cafe which is horrible. I've not yet eaten at Napa Rose (since I don't drink wine or eat beef/pork it isn't worth the hassle) but there simply isn't any dining available at the Disneyland Resort where the quality is nearly worth the price (Hook's Pointe and Granville's come close; I don't care for Storyteller's at all; the food is blah and the service has always been terrible every time I go). Disneyland Resort simply isn't a foodie destination. So I just eat what everybody else decides on. If they pick Blue Bayou I'll eat at Blue Bayou. If they pizz RRPP, I'll eat there. I draw the line only at Village Haus.
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06-06-2006, 11:37 PM	#8
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	IF (that's a big if) the food really is significantly better (wonder how much truth there is to Al's report that Ouimet said in some meeting that it'll be "the finest restaurant in any Disney theme park, anywhere."), I think I'll be happy to see it priced into the "special experience" range again. But yeah, the food would definitely have to be good enough to merrit it. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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06-10-2006, 10:53 AM	#10
Drince88 Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 481	The other thing I don't 'get' on the Blue Bayou vs WDW (since someone else brought it up first is that they can do nice meals at WDW where a decently hungry person can get an appetizer, entree, and dessert and not feel like they're rolling out of the place. Yea, it's spendy at the nicer places, but for the most part, they are nice places - even in theme parks. Clearly, with a split plate charge, they are expecting people to not be able to eat a 'full meal' on their own. Makes no sense to me...
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