Okay, so I have done this one on Sunday. Pictures to follow, can't upload from this computer.
I had a 1 PM seating, so right when the Brunch started. I came in about 10 minutes earlier expecting a huge line (took me 20 minutes to get in for Cafe Mickey the day before). But there was only one family in front of me.
There was a huge surfboard with a picture of Stitch in the lobby and all CMs were wearing colorful Hawaiian shirts and some even leis. Also they had Elvis music and pretty much the same songs I know from the Lilo and Stitch US character meals playing.
I was sat near the buffet, placed my order for drinks and went off to the starters section when the music stopped and there was an announcement "please welcome Lilo and Stitch!" So pretty much who I hoped for when I heard "Hawaii" announced as theme.
They came running in and I almost didn't make it to my table back in time. Thankfully Stitch realized there was a pretty freaked out adult running back for her camera and came back.
Lilo came over next when Stitch had taken off. She went through my pictures and when I asked for a photo even dragged me to the next table to go and fetch Stitch. Seeing no server was in sight she even made the mom of the family there take our picture. (In the unlikely event you read this, thanks a lot again and I am really sorry for intruding.)
After that I had a little break and could eye the buffet.
I can't comment on the starters section that much because there was a lot of seafood and I can't eat that. Going from memory that selection was pretty much 1:1 with the standard Inventions character dinner buffet we had earlier in the month.
The entree selection did have some familiar dishes too. But they did try and come up with some Hawaiian influence there. Pizza "Hawaiian style" - Ham, pineapple and I think it was chicken - and some pork and I think plum skewers which were extremely yummy.
Unfortunately I couldn't try as much as I wanted. They did have labels this time, but about half of the non standard dishes were clearly mislabeled. Some fish casserolle did have a sign "potatoes with herbs" and something labeled as chicken was clearly rack of lamb.
I did point that out to a server, but nothing was changed. That was the one thing that did not impress me at all.
I didn't see any other characters for a while and was already telling myself "OMG you spent 60 Euros to see Lilo and Stitch!"
But then the floodgates opened and other characters came in. A lot of other characters. Chip and Dale in Hawaiian shirts, Mickey in Hawaiian shirt (I think with a lei too), Pluto and Minnie in an outfit that would have given Carmen Miranda a run for her money.
It would have been nice to see a couple of not that standard characters. In the report that's linked above the White Rabbit was mentioned and I think Scrooge too. But the Hawaii theming was very well done, so that wouldn't have made much sense. Or can anyone picture Scrooge with a lei?
After that 'assault' was over I finally went for the desserts and found myself in heaven. There is really only three words to describe the dessert buffet, and those words are "oh my god."
That's where they really went all out with the theme. There was a chocolate coconut mouse, several variations of pineapple dishes (flans, cremes, mouses and puddings), a Mango creme that was simply delicious, another mousse with I think passionfruit and some traditional "salt puddings", combined with the heavenly chocolate tartes that were my favorite at the standard buffet. I also recall Mickey waffles and fresh fruit.
I think I spent 2/3 of the time I was in the restaurant munching through the dessert options.
The place was maybe half full. If they would advertise that you're guaranteed to meet Stitch there I think they'd have a lot more people coming although the price is so high.
I asked a cast member and she told me that the Hawaiian theme was going to stick now for as long as the brunch was running and yes, Stitch was always there.
Was it expensive? Yes. Was it worth it? Yes. Absolutely.
This is the first character meal in Paris I was absolutely and truly happy with. Food was good (and warm... I thought first I must have taken a wrong turn somewhere
). I had an extremely attentive server who even came running to take pictures when a character was with me. No one rushed me with anything - the day before in Cafe Mickey I had a server appearing at my table out of nowhere as soon as I put down the fork for a moment, and that was extremely annoying. Gave me the impression they couldn't wait to get me out.
And most important for me: this was the first time I really got a lot of quality time with characters too. Chip and Dale even sat with me for a while and Stitch pretended to be my waiter.
The big negative were the wrongly labeled dishes. That should not happen.
Also like I said in another topic I was seated near the entrance, and three families coming in found it absolutely okay to have their children run up to the character who was with me and barge in. This is nothing the restaurant can do anything about though, and the characters handled the whole thing really well.
But if you have kids I would ask to be seated away from the entrance so that you don't have the same thing happen to you.
They did hand me and the adult couple sitting in my section survey forms to fill in. One question was if I liked that format. So I am guessing they are considering doing more "themed meals."
