Lucnh: Chef Mickey's or Kona Cafe

[brian2000boston]

So I just realized on our first full day that CM is now offering lunch, I have read elsewhere that this is a character meal. I guess I dont trust those other boards and I want to get some feedback from the best !!!!

Does anyone know for sure if this will be a character meal? Would you eat there, i have heard that non breakfast meals at CM aren't great, any truth to this? We had breakfast and thought it was ok last year but not sure if this year having breakfast again and then adding lunch another day would be too much for this one dining location??? Would you say keep the breakfast at CM and have lunch at Kona instead?

Thank you for all your help!

[NJGIRL]

I'm interested to hear the replies. I have had breakfast at CM many times and have always enjoyed it but I have to say when we were there in Oct we didn't enjoy it as much. It wasn't awful but not as good as usual. It seemed liked they were skimping on the choices and the food was warm not hot.

[megustamex]

We had lunch at CM a few years ago. I would never return - it was the weakest meal of the trip. Very few food options, and what they had was lukewarm and really picked over. Granted, we went for a late lunch, but still. No comparison to the Crystal Palace buffet, which I use as a point of reference since it is another character buffet. Haven't been to Kona.
CM was a great place to see Minnie and Mickey. Just had bad food.

[Figment!]

Does anyone know for sure if this will be a character meal?

Chef Mickey's has offered a Character Lunch during the past several Free Dining Periods.

I have yet to come across an official announcement for this year listing the full dates of the offering, but a number of reservationists have confirmed that it is currently available in their systems for most, if not all, of the Free Dining Period.

The meal is typically the same buffet and character selection that is available at Dinner.

[Mom2princesses]

This past June we went to CM's for dinner. While the characters were great the food was horrible. I was not expecting gourmet food but I would say it was like eating cafeteria food. Yuck. I will not go back for dinner again.

[lockedoutlogic]

Chef Mickey = not so good

Kona = very good....very reasonable...very much not overhpyed and therefore, mobbed (what i like to call the "le Cellier effect")

[brian2000boston]

this is a bummer about CM, kind of was hoping food would be good enough and an added bonus on our full day with character interaction. I don't want to give up eating well though so I will keep my Kona ressie and dump the CM.

Thank you all for your help, much appreciation!

[LibertyTreeGal]

CM is the worst meal we ever had at Disney, but Kona gets good reviews all the time (never gone myself)

[jillluvsdisney]

Glad you are staying with Kona, wise choice.

[MonoMan]

We have repeatedly had excellent meals and service at Kona Cafe. We also go to CM for dinner, but we don't go for the food - it's all about the experience with the characters for our son. The last time we went (Feb 2009) the food was better than before, but still nothing to rave about.