Originally Posted By Autopia Deb It turns out the Friday after my son's birthday his best friend from the year we lived in AZ will be at Disneyland. So I'm taking off work a couple hours early and taking him down to The Parks after school. His friend's family will be driving back Saturday, but agreed to leave later in the day so Kyle can have a birthday lunch with him. So my question for you is, does anyone have a restaurant recommendation that is near but not in the parks that a couple of 14 year old boys would enjoy. Joe's Crab Shack is a possibility, but I may be taking him and his local best friend to one the weekend before his birthday and frankly it's not my favorite place (his, but not mine).
Originally Posted By tashajilek Espn zones a great choice. I love the cheesecake factory! im sure if its his bday he would be a free slice.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Where is The Cheesecake Factory? I know both boys love cheesecake. Bubba Gumps and ESPN also sound like good ideas, not sure if the friend would like it or not though, he never struck my as a sports fan.
Originally Posted By tashajilek Cheesecake factory is in the garden walk, not far from bubbagump actually.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I will definitely need to look into the Garden Walk, I know it's close, but I've never been.
Originally Posted By tashajilek If you are there for only a few hours the parking is free, the cheesecake factory has a huge menu and most of the food is awesome. I found bubba gump to be a bit on the expensive side for what you get. I think joes crab shack would be a better choice then bubba gump.
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin I thought Bubba Gump's was wonderful, the food was fresh and delish, the service was outstanding and it's seafood so, yeah...it probably would cost a bit more than a turkey sandwich at CF. But Bubba's is less prissy than CF and we are talking 14 y/o boys...
Originally Posted By tashajilek I guess it was what i ordered, i oredered like a trio of shrimp and they had them in paper cones. I thought wow thats a lot of shrimp, but then realised the cones were 3/4 full of lettuce haha. I oredered the bucket os shrimp for a appy and i agree it was really good. The place is really well themed and fun.
Originally Posted By Ursula Buca de Beppo is good if they like Italian. Joe's Crab Shack does this funny thing for birthday people. We had two dancing ladies in our party once. Bubba Gumps is fun.
Originally Posted By tashajilek ^^ Last time i was there, they made the birthday person run around their table with a horse head on a stick. They also had incredible ballon hats made.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS <---was forced to endure the birthday wrath of Joe's Crab Shack. I took my Sudo-nephew to ESPN zone for his birthday. He absolutely loved it. And, if you are a D23 member you get a hamburger with a free $20 game card or something like that. But let me warn all DL CMs - DO NOT USE YOUR CAST DISCOUNT THERE!! They will give you the 20% discount, but will AUTOMATICALLY add an 18% gratuity to the bill regardless of your party size. Their reasoning: CM's are cheap and will not leave a tip on discounted bills. (Yes, we were actually told that by a waiter.) We had our discount removed immediately and adjusted our tip to the "appropriate" amount.
Originally Posted By tashajilek Wow what b.s. So your savings would be a whole 2% only assuming you would be so generous to leave 18%.
Originally Posted By Ursula It is the same at WDW when you use your CM discount at any restaurant that accepts the CM discount. That 18% is ALWAYS tacked right on.
Originally Posted By darcy-becker Red Robin has amazing parmesan garlic fries. There are only a few things on the menu that come with them but our local one only charges 50 cents to upgrade. Of course they're really greasy and probably really unhealthy.
