The Worst Of WDW Food Awards

[KimM82]

Can't believe we spent $10 for two mediocre spring rolls outside Adventureland. Daily Poutine was good while Artists Points was excellent. Steakhouse 71 was very good.

My husband LOVES the spring rolls (He had them in Feb. '23). He can't wait to have them again.

 

[CoachBeard]

My husband LOVES the spring rolls (He had them in Feb. '23). He can't wait to have them again.

I enjoyed them and didn’t the price was that bad. At Disneyland we have these pork lumpia that are good but not like the WDW rolls.

PS the DCA food and wine fest going on right now has a cheeseburger bao that is very nice.

 

[Lynne G]

The monkeybread sold for breakfast. At takeout place in Space area, in MK. Was sticky icky and hard. Would never buy again. The breakfast sandwiches were just a tad better. Think we’ll stick to breakfast at resort, at least the baked goods were tasty.

 

[jimim]

My husband LOVES the spring rolls (He had them in Feb. '23). He can't wait to have them again.

soooooooo good for fried food. . . .

 

[Skywalker3]

Flatbread at Pinocchio's village. blah. But I dont' like any of the pizza, like Pizzafari, or PizzeRizzo. DS didn't even like it. (DH disagrees and loves PizzeRizzo.)
Used to be the burgers at Cosmic Ray's , but I 've heard they're better?

 

[gottalovepluto]

The monkeybread sold for breakfast. At takeout place in Space area, in MK. Was sticky icky and hard. Would never buy again. The breakfast sandwiches were just a tad better. Think we’ll stick to breakfast at resort, at least the baked goods were tasty.

Oh yeah, I got suckered into that once! Ugg it was awful!

 

[VolvoManiac850]

I've heard mixed reviews about so many things at Disney anymore with food. I have a friend whose reviews I trust 100% tell me he was severely disappointed in V&A's last time.

All of my food at WDW was pretty good last go-round, but I was disappointed with how sweet the strawberry syrup was in the small kitchen sink at Beaches and Cream. Now I love Beaches and Cream and go there every trip but seriously, you can do better than fake-tasting syrup!! Needless to say I won't be getting anything strawberry there again!! (I'll stick to bringing a container of real strawberries!)

 

[VolvoManiac850]

So I just read through this thread and saw I didn't give any awards for bad customer service.

This one goes way back to 2000. It was on a cart on the Boardwalk (don't recall the exact name of it) and I was there with Grandma. She ordered a Diet Coke. Now that sounds like about the easiest order to get, right?

The guy working there went to get the Diet Coke and saw there weren't any cups in the little pop-up dispenser next to the machine. No big deal, just grab another bag of cups and restock, right?

Nope. This guy dropped every one of the cups. Granted, that could have happened to anyone. Honest mistake. However, he proceeded to loosely follow the "seven second rule" and picked them all up, shoving them in the dispenser...but it gets worse.

Rather than get Grandma's Coke, he must have worked up a storm with this task and poured one for himself--and drank it. About a minute or so later, he snapped out of it and realized he had a customer to serve. He haphazardly got the Diet Coke and wasn't apologetic or anything.

We still talk about this guy 24 years later. We like to joke that he's probably a high-profile attorney or surgeon now.

 

[Sweettears]

So I just read through this thread and saw I didn't give any awards for bad customer service.

This one goes way back to 2000. It was on a cart on the Boardwalk (don't recall the exact name of it) and I was there with Grandma. She ordered a Diet Coke. Now that sounds like about the easiest order to get, right?

The guy working there went to get the Diet Coke and saw there weren't any cups in the little pop-up dispenser next to the machine. No big deal, just grab another bag of cups and restock, right?

Nope. This guy dropped every one of the cups. Granted, that could have happened to anyone. Honest mistake. However, he proceeded to loosely follow the "seven second rule" and picked them all up, shoving them in the dispenser...but it gets worse.

Rather than get Grandma's Coke, he must have worked up a storm with this task and poured one for himself--and drank it. About a minute or so later, he snapped out of it and realized he had a customer to serve. He haphazardly got the Diet Coke and wasn't apologetic or anything.

We still talk about this guy 24 years later. We like to joke that he's probably a high-profile attorney or surgeon now.

Or a customer of one or the other or maybe both

 

[rxgal24]

Worst character meal (in terms of food) goes to Hollywood and Vine

I would have to agree

 

[gopherit]

Just wondering… has Disney food ever been good?

Interesting question. Define good? In longest standing park MK - I would say it's always been "typical" (as in, for a tourist venue). I would argue however that - with the initial advent of EPCOT - food WAS good, across the parks and resorts. Oh sure, there were still complaints about this place or that... but by and large, you went to Disney and expected that you were going to have at least a FEW really GOOD meals that you would remember and talk about! Dining as an experience had become a "thing", such as in the countries at EPCOT, further highlighting that country, using servers who actually hailed from those regions. Or the moving restaurant at (what was then the Kraft pavillion) wherein you were eating Kraft's products while rotating through scenes from the ride below. Or Coral Reef - dining amongst the fishies! And in that period ('90s into early 2000's), Disney dining was definitely part of the total Disney "experience" (as was the merchandise, with unique park merchandise and subsequent spawning and growth of hte Disney chain stores so that people could get that little "fix" of Disney outside the Land/World). Dining was not just with characters... it became novel and experiential, like Prime Time with sassy waitresses and Mom's comfort foods, or Sci-Fi drive in with B-rate horror flicks, malts and fries; the African food and culture at Jambo / AK venues; or the initial roll-out of signature events like luaus or barbeques. But that Eisner-era marketing eventually gave way to merchandise licensing for outside parties (who just mass-produced cheap crapola now sold everywhere, same stuff in EVERY store, in or outside Disney parks) and restaurants being "harmonized" to basically carry the same foods/ menu with just a different name slapped on it or perhaps not even Disney at all, owned by a 3rde party - and all with jacked-up prices for less and less "uniqueness" in the experience. On our last trip to Disney all of us (8 adults, 1 teen) commented that we were hard pressed to say any of our dining was something we couldn't get elsewhere... and some of our best food (in terms of quality) was definitely NOT the highest priced food (and was - sadly - at the 3rd party vendors, not technically Disney-owned). So while I do think there's good food to be had at Disney... it's not necessarily by Disney's doing these days - just a good vendor who happens to be within proximity of Disney property.

 

[katyjeka]

The 50th celebration cupcakes. Beautiful but yuck!!!