Good Dining in Anaheim? - Page 3

Chernabog · 11-05-2007, 06:44 PM

My favorite is Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen in Downtown Disney. Service is hit-and-miss but the food has always been excellent when I've gone.

Inside DL, the Cafe Orleans is the same -- hit and miss service but usually good food.

ESPN Zone (downtown Disney) is good food, but is noisy inside.

The Trattoria is usually pretty good (sit down restaurant in DCA at the winery... there's a pricey upstairs and a not-pricey downstairs, I've never eaten upstairs but at that point you might as well go to Napa Rose).

The restaurants I absolutely despise are: Storyteller's Cafe, Tortilla Jo's, Catal, Ariel's Grotto. All of those have either abysmally bad food, abysmally bad service, or both.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 11-05-2007, 06:45 PM

Food at DLR? Not easy to find.

Cafe Orleans
Goofy's Kitchen
Storytellers (Breakfast buffet is pretty good)

Off site - MIMI'S is very good. Breakfast is out of this world. Thier muffins are like small planets and very good.

swanie · 11-05-2007, 06:54 PM

Wow...I'm really surprised with the bad reviews for Storyteller's Cafe. We try to go once every trip for dinner, and we have never had anything but great food and service.

In fact, if you end up there for dinner ask for our favorite server, Vincente. He's an absolutely terrific waiter.

swanie

CoasterMatt · 11-05-2007, 07:17 PM

Hook's Pointe has wonderful service, too.

innerSpaceman · 11-05-2007, 09:16 PM

I second the recommendation for Jazz Kitchen. Easily the best restaurant on-property that you needn't rob a bank to pay the check. I've eaten there dozens of times, and have never had a less-than-delicious meal. (Um, try the soups ... don't think, just do it).

Everything else is just bleh. Storyteller's was good ... once upon a time, heheh. Trattoria also slid seriously downhill. I don't know if these restaurants ever recovered, and I'm not giving them any more of my time and money to find out.

Catal is usually good, but getting toward the expensivo side. Tortilla Jo's ain't bad ... but pretty expensive for Mexican food.

Don't go anywhere near Naples.

The Cafe Orleans in Disneyland is just about the best in-Park food. Other than that, don't expect anything good inside the theme parks.

Alex · 11-05-2007, 09:30 PM

Jazz Kitchen isn't really any good if you have a vegetarian in the group. Last time I was there they didn't have a single entree that was vegetarian without modification.

That may have changed though.

wolfy999 · 11-05-2007, 10:26 PM

It really depends want you want to spend and what you expect for the money.......so darn may choices in and around the Resort area. My favorites are Jazz Kitchen (a bit pricey if you to have it all), Rainforest Cafe (for the atmosphere) and of course Napa Rose's Lounge (which you can do, if your not going all out).

Snowflake · 11-06-2007, 09:53 AM

Well good (and yummy) suggestions!

I may have to rethink the no car idea. I just can't see us dining in the Italian Restaurant in the DoubleTree more than once. If it were me, alone, I'd try the steak house in the Disneyland Hotel (that's where it is, right?) I'm craving a nice rib-eye or something like that. With a vegetarian in tow, this is not a likely scenario (though she does eat fish)

Kevy Baby · 11-06-2007, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Snowflake

If it were me, alone, I'd try the steak house in the Disneyland Hotel (that's where it is, right?)

Steakhouse 55 - in the location of the former Grandvilles

Alex · 11-06-2007, 10:15 AM

Oh, if seafood is acceptable vegetarianism then Jazz Kitchen should be fine.

11-05-2007, 06:44 PM	#1
Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	My favorite is Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen in Downtown Disney. Service is hit-and-miss but the food has always been excellent when I've gone. Inside DL, the Cafe Orleans is the same -- hit and miss service but usually good food. ESPN Zone (downtown Disney) is good food, but is noisy inside. The Trattoria is usually pretty good (sit down restaurant in DCA at the winery... there's a pricey upstairs and a not-pricey downstairs, I've never eaten upstairs but at that point you might as well go to Napa Rose). The restaurants I absolutely despise are: Storyteller's Cafe, Tortilla Jo's, Catal, Ariel's Grotto. All of those have either abysmally bad food, abysmally bad service, or both. __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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Bornieo: Fully Loaded Lego Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Disneyland, USA Posts: 3,704	Food at DLR? Not easy to find. Cafe Orleans Goofy's Kitchen Storytellers (Breakfast buffet is pretty good) Off site - MIMI'S is very good. Breakfast is out of this world. Thier muffins are like small planets and very good.
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swanie Wiiiiiiiiiiiiid Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 321	Wow...I'm really surprised with the bad reviews for Storyteller's Cafe. We try to go once every trip for dinner, and we have never had anything but great food and service. In fact, if you end up there for dinner ask for our favorite server, Vincente. He's an absolutely terrific waiter. swanie
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CoasterMatt BRAAAAAAAINS! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: One Step Beyond... Posts: 8,802	Hook's Pointe has wonderful service, too. __________________ Do you like my photography? Visit photosbymatt.tumblr.com to purchase prints!
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11-05-2007, 09:16 PM	#5
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I second the recommendation for Jazz Kitchen. Easily the best restaurant on-property that you needn't rob a bank to pay the check. I've eaten there dozens of times, and have never had a less-than-delicious meal. (Um, try the soups ... don't think, just do it). Everything else is just bleh. Storyteller's was good ... once upon a time, heheh. Trattoria also slid seriously downhill. I don't know if these restaurants ever recovered, and I'm not giving them any more of my time and money to find out. Catal is usually good, but getting toward the expensivo side. Tortilla Jo's ain't bad ... but pretty expensive for Mexican food. Don't go anywhere near Naples. The Cafe Orleans in Disneyland is just about the best in-Park food. Other than that, don't expect anything good inside the theme parks.
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11-05-2007, 09:30 PM	#6
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Jazz Kitchen isn't really any good if you have a vegetarian in the group. Last time I was there they didn't have a single entree that was vegetarian without modification. That may have changed though.
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11-05-2007, 10:26 PM	#7
wolfy999 Eyes like Sapphires! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: 2.4 miles from Disneyland Posts: 1,523	It really depends want you want to spend and what you expect for the money.......so darn may choices in and around the Resort area. My favorites are Jazz Kitchen (a bit pricey if you to have it all), Rainforest Cafe (for the atmosphere) and of course Napa Rose's Lounge (which you can do, if your not going all out). __________________ Diane "Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy." - George Carlin 1937-2008 DISNEY IS FINALLY PAYING ME BACK......STILL OWES ME ABOUT (oh, wait....way too much)!
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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Well good (and yummy) suggestions! I may have to rethink the no car idea. I just can't see us dining in the Italian Restaurant in the DoubleTree more than once. If it were me, alone, I'd try the steak house in the Disneyland Hotel (that's where it is, right?) I'm craving a nice rib-eye or something like that. With a vegetarian in tow, this is not a likely scenario (though she does eat fish) __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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11-06-2007, 10:15 AM	#10
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Oh, if seafood is acceptable vegetarianism then Jazz Kitchen should be fine.
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