Have you looked at the menus? The differences are significant. But both serve excellent food so it comes down to which menu looks better. I've eaten at both and can go either way. The bread service at Sanaa is a meal in itself.
To me the real choice at WDW is if the food is any good as, IMHO, most WDW restaurants are mediocre at best.
How much earlier in the day is Tiffin's?
We love both Sanaa and Jiko. Sanaa is probably our favorite 1TS restaurant, Jiko is amongst our favorite Signatures (and just to not leave Boma out, that is our favorite buffet). Signature restaurants are like an experience to us, where drinks, apps, entrees and dessert (even if shared) should be enjoyed. That would mean, to us at least, 2 heavy-ish meals in the same day. Which is fine, don't get me wrong. If your Tiffin's ADR is for like 11:30-12, I say stick with the plan you have. But if it is any later than that, I might reconsider Sanaa instead because the meal is a little more flexible, less heavy and has more options in case you aren't 100% recovered from lunch... if that makes sense.
Either way, you are in for quite a tasty day. Enjoy!
I liked our meal at Sanaa. Good Indian food and we had a lovely view of the animals. After dinner we hung out by the firepit on the savanna outside the restaurant, watching animals with night vision binoculars they lent us. Only at Disney...This would be for dinner around 8.
Tiffins is earlier in the day at noon.
Which would you choose and why?
Hope you love Tiffins as much as we do.
Jiko remains one of our favorite restaurants at WDW. We have ADRs at Sanaa in April and looking forward to trying it.
I agree at looking at the menus and decide based on that. Jiko is amazing and from what I have read, so is Sanaa. I don't think there is a bad choice there.
Thanks!
Yeah...I think that's what makes it such a hard choice. I've really heard good things about both of them equally rather than one overpowering the other.
So for now I'm at Jiko...but reserving the right to change my mind. (Advantage of being solo - no one to argue with. Though the disadvantage is I'm the only one making the decision when it's a tough one like this.)
That sounds like a good plan (love solo time for exactly this reason). I couldn't tell from your posts whether you have been to the lodge before, but if not, Jiko at Jambo house is the better choice imho (unless you plan on seeing both Jambo and Kidani anyway) the lodge is just beautiful, and much grander than Kidani is, I also agree with the pp that lunch at Sanaa is great due to the animal viewing opportunities from the windows.