Originally Posted By allygator206 Where do you guys think are the top 5 spots in DCA to eat? Consider fare AND atmosphere.
Originally Posted By ni_teach First and foremost keep in mind that EVERYTHING in DTD and the rest of the resort is expensive. You are just not going to find a cheap meal in the Disneyland Resort. If you want cheap you have to go off campus. My current personal favorite is Catal (upstairs) which is not to be confused Catal - Uva Bar – or the small Catal Café downstairs. The pricing is a bit expensive, but the food is very good, the service is also good and it’s quite. You can have a conversation with your friends at this place. Because it is upstairs, most people don’t seem to know about it and you can get a seat without a long wait.
Originally Posted By smeeeko Catal is in DtD though, not DCA.. if you want best dining in DCA I would have to say Wine Country Tratoria (although service can be spotty) or or the Vineyard room (although it's pricey but usually worth it). If you want a good cheeseburger or something Taste Pilots Grill has a good selection and variety.. (but if I'm graving cheeseburger I usually go to White Water Snacks in GCH for that or the grilled chicken). Still Taste Pilots is pretty good they also have good salads and bbq chicken, and I think ribs as well.. The snack place in Hollywood Pictures Backlot ('between takes' I think its called but not sure) has really wonderful and filling foccachia sandwich.. SeanYoda & I were able to split one of those and was more than enough! Corn Dog Castle over in Paradise pier was ok last time we tried it.. but that's about it. They (DCA) really don't have a lot of food places anymore. =( The ones they do have are rather mediocre at best.
Originally Posted By cheesybaby In no particular order: - Taste Pilot's Grill is good, but Whitewater Snacks is better. It's not technically in DCA but close enough (a very quick walk). Usually zero lines. The food is made to order, so it usually takes as long as Taste Pilot's Grill to get your food, but the difference is that you are sitting down in a nice atmosphere waiting for it to be brought to your table, not standing in a slow-moving line and then having to jockey for a table. Plus the quality is better IMO because it IS made to order. - Vineyard Room was wonderful, but we have not eaten there for many years (it was still Mondavi). The food was great and the atmosphere was very nice, although I personally think it is very odd to have an unobstructed view of PP from this restaurant instead of a nice lush view of Grizzly Peak, the waterfalls, the grapevines, etc. I think it is bizarre and backwards the way this was designed, but I may be in the minority on these boards... - Pacific Wharf Cafe has good bread bowl soups and salads, and the relatively new sandwiches are very good and a nice change of pace from usual theme park fare. I LOVE sourdough bread, so your mileage may vary... - I don't like corndogs, but my 6-year old does and I have to admit that the dogs at Corn Dog Castle are HUGE. - We tried the Wine Country Trattoria immediately after it opened (2002 I think?) and we weren't impressed. But I hear reports that it has improved (some say yes, some say no). My family still desperately misses H&D, where we ate fairly regularly while at the park. When they closed this place the impressive number of dining choices that opening-day DCA used to offer started its great decline. Today I'd have to say DL probably has more dining variety than DCA. A sad and dramatic turnaround IMO.
Originally Posted By iDisney72 I've only eaten at Taste Pilots Grill, Pizza Oom Mow Mow, and Pacific Wharf Cafe. I really like the salad and fries at TPG, and eat there frequently. I only ate at POMM once, but remember it being okay. I really like PWC, but that is probably because I am also a big Boudin's fan. Their broccoli and cheese soup is sooo good!
Originally Posted By lesmisfan i like the restuarant and the vineyard the best! they have great food, and i love the feel of eating at a vineyard and sitting outside and eating on a cool summers evening is the best! although they do have inside seating if that is what you prefer. the only other place i would suggest is the bread place on the pier. They have really tasty breadbowls with soups or salads. Everything else is kind of blah to me.
Originally Posted By tonyanton I found Taste Pilot's Grill very good, better than any of the burger places that I've eaten at DL. Pacific Wharf Cafe is also good for a tasty change of pace from typical fast theme park food.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer The Vineyard Room is the best, currently open Thursday thru Sunday nights from 5 to 9 PM, during the off season, it is only open Friday and Saturday nights. The biggest hit at DCA is Strips, Dips 'n' Chips, so much so, they basically stole most of the menu and moved it to the Stage Door Cafe in Fronteirland. Other good places, I like the Cove Bar, great Lobster Nachos, Spinach and Artichoke Dip and their BBQ Chicken Pizza. The Pacific Wharf Cafe is another filling choice, basically bread bowls filled with soup or salad, along with a couple of other choices. The Wine Country Trattoria is the park's sit-down restaurant, reasonable prices and decent food. And as for Taste Pilots Grill, there are plenty of times when their is a line, and a group of 20 or so can produce waits of over 30 minutes for hot food. I have had long waits many times, but it seems like it is becoming an AP hangout and is more popular nowadays.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros It is directly across the lagoon from the California Screamin' launch area. It can be accessed either by the path along the Pier, or from the San Fransisco section, via a small bridge. It is around the back side of the building with Ariel's Grotto character meals in it.
Originally Posted By GrumpysWife >>- Taste Pilot's Grill is good, but Whitewater Snacks is better. It's not technically in DCA but close enough (a very quick walk). Usually zero lines. The food is made to order, so it usually takes as long as Taste Pilot's Grill to get your food, but the difference is that you are sitting down in a nice atmosphere waiting for it to be brought to your table, not standing in a slow-moving line and then having to jockey for a table. Plus the quality is better IMO because it IS made to order.<< Is Whitewater Snacks a sit-down? I know they cook to order, but the couple of times I've been there we just picked up breakfast and took back to our room...I've never gone there for lunch or dinner.
Originally Posted By sjdimon Taste Pilots - the *ONLY* Place in DCA/DL that has a topping bar (so you can make a great salad to go with your Burger/Ribs). Also - a tip - I ordered the Ribs, but I don't eat Fries; my wife wanted the loaded fries (kind of like Nacho's but with fries instead of chips), instead of ordering the separate order of loaded fries, we "upgraded" the side of fries on the Rib Platter, plenty of food, and about 1/2 the price of the seperate order of loaded fries (and it seemed to be about the same portion). Corn Dog Castle - good sized Corn Dogs (if you like them). Wine Country Trattoria - good entrees, great to eat at after 8:00 PM on a night when the Electrical Parade is being performed. Sorry - I've only got three. Haven't tried any of the other places (ok - that's not entirely true - we ate at Ariel's Grotto 3 years ago - it was ok). Since we only tend to spend one of our days at DCA (and maybe another few hours hopping) we only have 1 or 2 meals here per visit (1 or 2 times per year).
Originally Posted By ChurroMonster Gotta say the best place to eat is the Cove Bar. Good appetizers, great drinks, wonderful view. Otherwise I like Taste Pilots for the best burger in the resort and a beer.
Originally Posted By YourPalEd i have never been there, to that winery inside the dca park, but someone told me that they have a meal deal for club33 members that also includes tickets just like a trip to club33. You pick your tickets up at guest relations, but you go to dca first, i guess. Instead of going to club33 and getting a multipark ticket, for whatever the price is, instead...you go to that restaurant inside dca, that has that film about growing grapes. I am an alcoholic, who doesn't drink, so i have never seen the film that changes with the seasons. I just didn't feel right learning more about alcohol, while cutting it out of my life completely. I do hope they have a few shots at least from fess parker's vineyard. That i might go to see.
