I last dined at Narcoosees in March 2003. The food was terrific, although it and the service paled in comparison to Citricos and California Grill. Also, I thought it overpriced, and I'm the sort of person who doesn't mind paying a lot of money for great food.
Well, I'm glad we gave it a second chance. My family and I had a fantastic dinner this Sunday. We arrived 10 minutes before our PS at 8 pm, after stopping by Mizner's for a pre-dinner cocktail (we were staying at the Contemporary). We were seated promptly. The restaurant was about a third full and no children in sight, which was a pleasant surprise: screaming children running on that hardwood floor soured my experience last time.
Our server Jose was knowledgable, polite, and best of all funny; he really warmed up once he realized we spoke Spanish. He brought our bottles of wine promptly and kept us amply supplied with hot, fresh rolls.
Their famous butternut squash soup is no logner on the menu (does the restaurant have a new chef?) but the replacement more than held its own. I ordered a yellow tomato soup: nice and cold, with the right amount of tang.
As a main course I ordered the pan-seared wasabi tuna over a bed of green beans and rice. It was phenomenal: light, spicy, and not very filling. The highlight of the meal, though, was the surf and turf my father ordered: a filet mignon with a lobster tail. Now, I live in Miami and know something about fresh lobster, and that night Narcoosees really delivered. It was melt-in-your mouth delicious, its taste helped immeasurably by a wonderful homemdade herb butter. The filet mignon was tender, not tough.
The key lime creme brulée is still on the menu, and still a delight.
The meal was quite pricey ($350 for 4 adults, with dessert all around and 2 bottles of wine) but worth it. I'll put it this way: I thought nothing could pry me away from Citricos (at which we ate on Friday; wait for my review of this superb dinner) but the quality of our meal at Narcoosees put the restaurant back on the list as one of WDW's very best.
Well, I'm glad we gave it a second chance. My family and I had a fantastic dinner this Sunday. We arrived 10 minutes before our PS at 8 pm, after stopping by Mizner's for a pre-dinner cocktail (we were staying at the Contemporary). We were seated promptly. The restaurant was about a third full and no children in sight, which was a pleasant surprise: screaming children running on that hardwood floor soured my experience last time.
Our server Jose was knowledgable, polite, and best of all funny; he really warmed up once he realized we spoke Spanish. He brought our bottles of wine promptly and kept us amply supplied with hot, fresh rolls.
Their famous butternut squash soup is no logner on the menu (does the restaurant have a new chef?) but the replacement more than held its own. I ordered a yellow tomato soup: nice and cold, with the right amount of tang.
As a main course I ordered the pan-seared wasabi tuna over a bed of green beans and rice. It was phenomenal: light, spicy, and not very filling. The highlight of the meal, though, was the surf and turf my father ordered: a filet mignon with a lobster tail. Now, I live in Miami and know something about fresh lobster, and that night Narcoosees really delivered. It was melt-in-your mouth delicious, its taste helped immeasurably by a wonderful homemdade herb butter. The filet mignon was tender, not tough.
The key lime creme brulée is still on the menu, and still a delight.
The meal was quite pricey ($350 for 4 adults, with dessert all around and 2 bottles of wine) but worth it. I'll put it this way: I thought nothing could pry me away from Citricos (at which we ate on Friday; wait for my review of this superb dinner) but the quality of our meal at Narcoosees put the restaurant back on the list as one of WDW's very best.
