Originally Posted By disneyfanx3 Does anybody know if there is take out pizza near the Candy Cane Inn? When we stayed there 3-5yrs ago there was a little chinese restaurant like right across the street that was very good. Does anyone know if that is still there? I really liked Mimi's when we stayed at Hojo's last year but am thinking that is too far of a walk especially after being at the park all day long. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Originally Posted By quincytoo My sister stayed last year at CCI and they really liked the pizza across the street by the Chinese Food .. We have had Pizza delivered and the pizza from the take out menu a CCI (forget the restaurant, not a chain) was expensive but good
Originally Posted By disneyfanx3 Great, the parks will be closing early (8pm)when we are there so ordering pizza at the hotel sounds fun!! I am getting soooooooooo excited & still have 2 months to wait!
Originally Posted By Darkbeer You have a few good choices, Desert Palms is basically next door (on Katella just past 7/11) which has a Quizino's in the hotel lobby. And across the street from the Candy Cane Inn (just cross at the light at Katella headed east) there is the Chinese Buffet (similar to Panda Express), also a Subway, a Pizza place and more
Originally Posted By wonderingalice I read somewhere (maybe TripAdvisor) that the pizza at the place across the street is awesome. Mr. Alice and I plan to pick one up and eat by the CCI pool one evening this December. We pretty much had to just 'choke down' the Chinese food from the same shopping center. It was fairly nasty.
Originally Posted By tiggerdis_ I thought the Chinese food was nasty too. You are talking about the little strip mall with the Subway in it aren't you?
Originally Posted By disneyfanx3 I cannot remember where exactly the chinese restaurant was but if I recall it was just across the street I believe it was a strip mall but like I said this was quite a long time ago possibly 5yrs. It was very good then, I wonder if it has changed owners since? By the sounds of it I guess I may not want to go back. Maybe I will try Darkbeer's suggestion for chinese
Originally Posted By Darkbeer ^It sounds like the Chinese place I mentioned is the one getting the poor reviews, it has the word Panda in it, but it is NOT a Panda Express. I would stick with the Sandwiches or the Pizza. Also, there is a new IHOP just south of Katella on Harbor (next to the Radisson), I would say that is walkable.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins One of my sons pointed out that there were TWO IHOPS in walking distance. Maybe someone has a recommendation as to which one is better.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Yep, tiggerdis... That's the same place. Our unfortunate meal was dished up about 2 years ago. Our reaction was the same as Lulu's... I wish it was a Panda Express... They're food is yummy!
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Hey nemopoppins... I would suggest Mimi's or Denny's over IHOP. My experiences with IHOP anywhere just haven't been very good. Poor/slow service, cold and overpriced food. Mimi's is absolutely excellent.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins Denny's is too much like home. Thanks for the suggestion. We can try Mimi's next time we don't eat at the resort. This last trip we ate at that complex with the Panda place but luckily we didn't go for Chinese. I got a hot dog at the donut store and most of the family got Subway. Come to think of it that was too much like home too.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Drove by the strip mall this afternoon... Besides what was mentioned earlier.... There is a Hot Dog Place, a Donut Shop and a typical SoCal Mexican Food Place.
Originally Posted By mickeynewe Darkbeer is so awesome! What would all us LPers do without him!! Thanks DB again for going that extra mile to follow up on info!! ºoº
Originally Posted By wonderingalice <<Come to think of it that was too much like home too.>> *LOL* I understand completely!
Originally Posted By MerryMouseWife Well, since you asked about IHOP, I am going to give my opinion on the one at the crosswalk. It is overpriced and dirty. I last sat at a table there almost 2 years ago when we went with a large group of extended family and each of our children, 3 girls, each brought a friend. I went there for breakfast with our oldest DD and her friend. We were seated without any trouble but I noticed an ant marching across our table, so I squished it and, while icked out, I thought one ant can happen in the best of restaurants, so cut a tiny bit of slack for them. However, when I opened the menu and saw that a 3-egg omlette was $12.99 and any add-ins were $2.99, I almost fell out of the booth. So that would mean that one omelette would cost up to $18.00 for just a couple of eggs and ham and such. Now, I do realize that these servings are huge and can be split between 2 people, but it is the principle of it all. All the other items were in the $10.00+ range, too. It was while deciding whether or not I wanted to fork over half of our daily budget for food on one breakfast for 3 of our party of 8, I noticed that there was now a convention of ants on our table all conferring on the best way to traverse the wide expance of tabletop. That was it. I flagged our server and told her that there were dozens of ants on our table, and showed them to her, and then told her that the pricing, while out of her control, was nuts and how much is our coffee? She gave us the coffee on the house and the girls and I left post-haste and went to eat at the Carnation on Main Street, which I highly recommend for breakfast. Great food, reasonably priced, best ambiance, IMO. Just my .02 cents, but I will never eat at that IHOP again - ever. Merry
Originally Posted By MerryMouseWife Having just dissed the IHOP, let me offer commendations to Mimi's Café. I know it is kind of far from CCI, but the food is reasonably priced and good. Last year when we went, we ate there probably 2 times in the 5 days we were there. Merry
