Frank Bullitt
02-02-2009, 02:36 PM
And it was an eye-opener, I will be posting a trip report so this might be redundant but I wanted to make sure justice was done.
I got this as a last-minute ressie (as in called Tuesday night 1/27 and got a ressie for 10:10am on 1/31) so it is easier to get into than alot of the character meals.
I had misgivings about this place because I heard how boistrous it could be ('organized bedlam' was the term most used) but I had an opening that morning from the conference and decided to give it a try.
I arrived about 5 minutes early and was seated very quickly. Lynette was my server and was very helpful, they make excellent Bloody Marys, too :thumbsup:
The food is top notch, I have eaten at buffets in higher end hotels like Hyatt and so forth, but this is better. It has the unique offerings that adults like but I also saw kid-friendly offerings, usually it's one or the other, so the wide variety was welcome. I would like especially to single out the lobster benedict (poached eggs with lobster meat in a hollandaise sauce) the strawberry soup was delish and the bacon was done just right. They also had a create your own omlette station.
I was surprised that it was much lower key than I was expecting, but I was in the main room, and it was fairly empty at 10:10, still it was a pleasant surprise.
And that morning I was feeling somewhat fragile from the previous night (the night before I was entertaining 4 clients from Baden-Baden, Germany and they all wanted to go to Margaritaville) so the Bloody Mary was a welcome addition.
The Characters were nice; that morning it was Pooh, Tigger, Alice and the Mad Hatter, and Mary Poppins. They were all very friendly, in spite of me being a 30 year old solo guy in a suit and somewhat hungover. Tigger ribbed me gently about working on my Blackberry and 'tasted' my drink, Pooh was nice, Alice thought being hungover meant being hung over a hook by the chandelier, and Mary Poppins called me on the 'just getting autographs for my nieces' excuse, but was very sweet about it, something like "You know, you don't have to pretend, we don't mind seeing nice, well-dressed and mannered gentlemen like yourself."
All in all I give it a very resounding 2 thumbs up, I would probably reccomend a later breakfast or very early to avoid the crowds, I believe someone on the forums said that the other room (narrow) was louder and to avoid it at all costs.
I will be giving a more detailed report on the characters in the appropriate forum when I collect all my wits and notes but I wanted to post this...
I got this as a last-minute ressie (as in called Tuesday night 1/27 and got a ressie for 10:10am on 1/31) so it is easier to get into than alot of the character meals.
I had misgivings about this place because I heard how boistrous it could be ('organized bedlam' was the term most used) but I had an opening that morning from the conference and decided to give it a try.
I arrived about 5 minutes early and was seated very quickly. Lynette was my server and was very helpful, they make excellent Bloody Marys, too :thumbsup:
The food is top notch, I have eaten at buffets in higher end hotels like Hyatt and so forth, but this is better. It has the unique offerings that adults like but I also saw kid-friendly offerings, usually it's one or the other, so the wide variety was welcome. I would like especially to single out the lobster benedict (poached eggs with lobster meat in a hollandaise sauce) the strawberry soup was delish and the bacon was done just right. They also had a create your own omlette station.
I was surprised that it was much lower key than I was expecting, but I was in the main room, and it was fairly empty at 10:10, still it was a pleasant surprise.
And that morning I was feeling somewhat fragile from the previous night (the night before I was entertaining 4 clients from Baden-Baden, Germany and they all wanted to go to Margaritaville) so the Bloody Mary was a welcome addition.
The Characters were nice; that morning it was Pooh, Tigger, Alice and the Mad Hatter, and Mary Poppins. They were all very friendly, in spite of me being a 30 year old solo guy in a suit and somewhat hungover. Tigger ribbed me gently about working on my Blackberry and 'tasted' my drink, Pooh was nice, Alice thought being hungover meant being hung over a hook by the chandelier, and Mary Poppins called me on the 'just getting autographs for my nieces' excuse, but was very sweet about it, something like "You know, you don't have to pretend, we don't mind seeing nice, well-dressed and mannered gentlemen like yourself."
All in all I give it a very resounding 2 thumbs up, I would probably reccomend a later breakfast or very early to avoid the crowds, I believe someone on the forums said that the other room (narrow) was louder and to avoid it at all costs.
I will be giving a more detailed report on the characters in the appropriate forum when I collect all my wits and notes but I wanted to post this...