Disney Food Blog Part One

Hello!

We’ve had the best time on honeymoon in Orlando and obviously food has to be one of the highlights. I thought it would be handy to blog about some of the amazing food we’ve had and our favourite places that we’ve eaten.

Over the course of the three weeks, sean and I compiled a ‘Top 5’ for best meals. However, we soon realised that:
1. We weren’t going to agree as Sean will only really judge a restaurant on the quality of its burger and
2. We genuinely didn’t have a bad meal.

This meant choosing only 5 was too difficult, especially when each restaurant was so different. So for example, I didn’t choose the best meal at Charlie’s Toothsome Factory but the other meals and the overall experience (setting, dessert, staff etc) was SO good how could I knock this out of my ‘Top 5’?!

Okay, so basically it’s easier to tell you where we enjoyed and what we liked. To make it simple I’m going to split this blog into two parts: fast food dining (good places to eat on the parks or fast service) and restaurants or where we liked to eat at night time. So starting with night time meals:

Planet Hollywood

Sean and I both agree on this one, this has to be the best we had in terms of food, service, entertainment and setting. It is literally the overall package. We’ve both been to planet Hollywood’s in the U.K. but they weren’t half as good as this. We went to Planet Hollywood with our new found honeymoon twins, Heather and Sean (who are also both teachers and got married on the same day) and I know they loved it here too!
So starting with the good stuff…. FOOD!
We LOVED the ‘High Roller Sampler’ which had: chicken crunch, buffalo wings, five cheese dip (so good!) and peri-peri shrimp. The presentation was amazing and it came on a carousel type platter which was cool too!

I had the LA Lasagne for my main which was really tasty. Honestly, like no other lasagne I’ve tasted before and Sean (obviously) had a burger which he says was the best of the honeymoon.

Our cocktails came in light up souvenir glasses which we were able to keep and our server, Amanda, couldn’t do enough for us. She was a star. The whole restaurant occasionally bursts out into song as they project the video and lyrics onto the side of the dome. Amanda also managed to get us a shout out AND a live streamed video link of our table which, as you can imagine, we were all very excited about as it’s probably the closest any of us will ever get to being on TV.

A definite go-to on Disney Springs if you’re in Orlando!

P.s look out for the man photobombing in the group shot! So funny!

Cheesecake Factory

Have you been to America if you haven’t eaten here?! Ok, so mixed reviews in terms of the main meals. I absolutely loved mine (we went twice) and had chicken and pasta. Sean enjoyed his burger (how predictable?) but said it wasn’t the best he had tasted. However, let’s not lie, we didn’t really go there for the main meals. The dessert. Wow. Red Velvet Cheesecake has to be the nicest thing I’ve eaten. It’s what my dreams are made of. Sean loved the salted caramel cheesecake and we both tried the Reeses Peanut Butter Cup one and as nice as it was, it was very sickly (that didn’t stop me finishing it though). Service was fab although if you are going I would suggest going early as there can be quite a large wait time!

Charlie’s Toothsome Factory

I had been fantasising about this place since January and oh my goodness did it live up to expectation. From the architecture, interior design, food choices and cocktails, down to the staff in their characterised uniforms and mock English accents! It was a show from start to finish.

Food wise, I admittedly chose an appetizer for a main (!). Bad choice obviously. So it didn’t exactly satisfy my need but the Sean x2 and Heather’s meals looked amazing. Again, it’s the deserts and freakshakes here that set them apart. The deserts are HUGE, so warning, share a sundae, don’t get one each.

But definitely worth a visit on the City Walk at Universal.

Raglan Road

Heather and Sean recommended that we visited Raglan Road before the end of our trip and I wish we had done it sooner. It’s a little Irish Pub in the middle of Disney Springs that has character and atmosphere in abundance. We were two and a half weeks in when we visited so the sight of sausage and mash on the menu made me so excited! Sean ended up having the bangers and mash which came with a stew underneath and I had glazed ham. YUM!

Oh and their wheat bread starter was the BEST!

House of Blues

Another of our favourites on Disney Springs! We found ourselves at Disney Springs a lot as it was just across from our hotel so really handy to get too and from and we could both have a drink! Fab food and service but definitely book a table! The BBQ chicken flatbread is to die for and Sean raves about the BBQ burger he chose! Cocktails are strong so beware!

Like I said earlier, we didn’t have a bad meal during the whole three weeks but these were definitely our favourites. Other places we ate at were: Longhorns, Outback, Dominoes, TGI’s, Crackerbarrel and Olive Tree- all of which we would recommend too!