DizNee Luver
Luver of all things Disney!
- Joined
- Feb 2, 2009
We walked onto Buena Vista Street and headed towards the exit.
We sent Mike inside the Carthay Circle Restaurant to see if he could get a picture of the gingerbread house in there......it was a Snow White themed one.
And.....since he was in there, he got a couple more pics (unfortunately.....nothing from the actual restaurant)
The Christmas Tree~~
Goodbye Disney California Adventure Park.....until we see you again!!
We headed into Downtown Disney.
The tower on top of Tortilla Jo's.
We checked in for our dinner reservation at Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen. This is a restaurant Mike & I discovered during our anniversary trip. Love this place!!! Well.......that is until tonight. We were damp from being out in the rain and we are seated outside. They have heaters out there.....but most of the time, they turned off......so we sat shivering in our wet clothes in the cold. I can't blame the restaurant for us being damp.....I also think on a warm evening.....sitting outside would be nice for our group.......but on a cold night, when they seemed to be short staffed and had issues with the heaters......it made for a not very nice experience.
Shortly after being seated, our waitress came by and got our drink orders. We also said we'd need to talk with someone regarding food allergies. We also requested the heaters be turned on. The manager came by and spoke with us about Shy's allergies and gave us suggestions and we asked about certain things we knew she'd eat. He turned the heaters on and left. About 20 minutes later, our drinks show up. She tells us she'll be back in a minute to take our order. So we wait........ After about 10 minutes, she comes back and gets our food order. Then we wait & wait & wait & wait. I was ready to leave as my fibromyalgia wasn't liking me & I was in pain from the cold (the heaters were off most of the time we were there). I think about an hour after being seated......we get our food.
Shy's food:
Addy & Anthony:
I got the crab cake appetizer and the Soup 1-1-1:
I don't remember what Ty or Mike had:
I also ordered the fried green tomatoes for the adults to share.
Ok.....so the food is served & we all go to eat it and it's already getting cold. My soups were steaming, but I pull off a spoon full and it's cold by the time it hit my mouth. Everyone was having the same problem.....it was cold enough to be cooling off the food. One of the soups I had was burnt....tasted like eating charcoal....ick!
So now we're tired, cold, wet & our food is cold.
We were done & ready to go. Finding our waitress so we could pay and go was also a long drawn out process. We finally had Tyler take the 4 kids back to the hotel while Mike & I waited it out. This was our MOST EXPENSIVE MEAL and not worth it!! Our poor waitress was running all over the place and I think the few of us banished to the patio were sometimes forgotten and ignored. Mike & I finally took our bill inside to be dealt with.
I can't tell you how disappointed we were this time.....it will be a long time before I go back. Seating people outside when the temp is in the middle to low 40's is not good business......especially if your heaters don't like to stay on and you're not having someone monitoring them. You also should have a waitress/waiter assigned to work just these tables. You're the furthest away from the kitchen and drinks.......so you need someone that can stay on top of that. I can't tell you if the food was decent or not......it was cold. Usually our meals here are worth the extra money.
PS: The Banana's Foster's is no longer on the dessert menu!!!
We headed back to the hotel.....but first stopping at Tortilla Jo's to get our dinner ressie the next night moved ahead & make sure it's noted NOT TO GIVE US AN OUTSIDE TABLE!!!! lol
We got back up to the room to watch the 2nd showing of WoC. Everyone was in PJ's, the heat was turned up in the room & we called it a night.
We sent Mike inside the Carthay Circle Restaurant to see if he could get a picture of the gingerbread house in there......it was a Snow White themed one.
And.....since he was in there, he got a couple more pics (unfortunately.....nothing from the actual restaurant)
The Christmas Tree~~
Goodbye Disney California Adventure Park.....until we see you again!!
We headed into Downtown Disney.
The tower on top of Tortilla Jo's.
We checked in for our dinner reservation at Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen. This is a restaurant Mike & I discovered during our anniversary trip. Love this place!!! Well.......that is until tonight. We were damp from being out in the rain and we are seated outside. They have heaters out there.....but most of the time, they turned off......so we sat shivering in our wet clothes in the cold. I can't blame the restaurant for us being damp.....I also think on a warm evening.....sitting outside would be nice for our group.......but on a cold night, when they seemed to be short staffed and had issues with the heaters......it made for a not very nice experience.
Shortly after being seated, our waitress came by and got our drink orders. We also said we'd need to talk with someone regarding food allergies. We also requested the heaters be turned on. The manager came by and spoke with us about Shy's allergies and gave us suggestions and we asked about certain things we knew she'd eat. He turned the heaters on and left. About 20 minutes later, our drinks show up. She tells us she'll be back in a minute to take our order. So we wait........ After about 10 minutes, she comes back and gets our food order. Then we wait & wait & wait & wait. I was ready to leave as my fibromyalgia wasn't liking me & I was in pain from the cold (the heaters were off most of the time we were there). I think about an hour after being seated......we get our food.
Shy's food:
Addy & Anthony:
I got the crab cake appetizer and the Soup 1-1-1:
I don't remember what Ty or Mike had:
I also ordered the fried green tomatoes for the adults to share.
Ok.....so the food is served & we all go to eat it and it's already getting cold. My soups were steaming, but I pull off a spoon full and it's cold by the time it hit my mouth. Everyone was having the same problem.....it was cold enough to be cooling off the food. One of the soups I had was burnt....tasted like eating charcoal....ick!
So now we're tired, cold, wet & our food is cold.
We were done & ready to go. Finding our waitress so we could pay and go was also a long drawn out process. We finally had Tyler take the 4 kids back to the hotel while Mike & I waited it out. This was our MOST EXPENSIVE MEAL and not worth it!! Our poor waitress was running all over the place and I think the few of us banished to the patio were sometimes forgotten and ignored. Mike & I finally took our bill inside to be dealt with.I can't tell you how disappointed we were this time.....it will be a long time before I go back. Seating people outside when the temp is in the middle to low 40's is not good business......especially if your heaters don't like to stay on and you're not having someone monitoring them. You also should have a waitress/waiter assigned to work just these tables. You're the furthest away from the kitchen and drinks.......so you need someone that can stay on top of that. I can't tell you if the food was decent or not......it was cold. Usually our meals here are worth the extra money.
PS: The Banana's Foster's is no longer on the dessert menu!!!
We headed back to the hotel.....but first stopping at Tortilla Jo's to get our dinner ressie the next night moved ahead & make sure it's noted NOT TO GIVE US AN OUTSIDE TABLE!!!! lol
We got back up to the room to watch the 2nd showing of WoC. Everyone was in PJ's, the heat was turned up in the room & we called it a night.
Thanx Kelly!!! 
