Originally Posted By Socrates Has anyone else tried T-Rex in Downtown Disney? I was able to eat there on Tuesday night (Nov 25th). The wait was only 15 minutes despite crowds in DD -- a clue to how big the place really is. I would call it a variation of the Rainforest Cafe. The atmosphere was sensory overload -- especially the noise level. There were all kinds of animal sounds, meteor explosions, etc, plus background music, which seemed unnecessary to me. I was not overly hungry and was afraid of huge portions (a la RC), so I had the chicken salad sandwich. It was just enough for me. A friend had the ravioli, and his portion was very modest (I thought), so there might be a wide variation of portion sizes. More tellingly, his ravioli was not uniformly the same temperature, usually a sign of microwaving. But the place was entertaining for the children (8 & 6) in our party. Any other experiences? Socrates "The unexamined life is not worth living."
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Thank you for posting this Socrates. I really am intrigued by the place, it looks like a lot of fun!
Originally Posted By Chelledun Okay, finally got my review done. Sorry to say it is not a good one, although a large part of my bad experience was the result of a terrible server. <a href="http://www.epinions.com/content_453804396164" target="_blank">http://www.epinions.com/conten...04396164</a>
Originally Posted By Rsey103 What is this T-Rex place? Sounds like the Rainforest Cafe, but with dinosaurs. Is it entirely new--or has it taken the space of some other restaurant there?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo It is like Rainforest with Dinos, totally newly built at Downtown Disney, having opened this year.
Originally Posted By Rsey103 Is it part of the RC company? Will it become a chain? How does it compare to the Rainforest Cafe? (They still have the RC in Downtown Disney, don't they?)
Originally Posted By Chelledun It is the second location in the T-Rex chain, and both RC and T-Rex are operated by Landry's. Both are located at Downtown Disney. I like Rainforest Cafe a lot better, personally, but that may because most of my experience is with the less chaotic Chicago branch.
Originally Posted By Chelledun Downtown. We go for lunch once a year or so and I don't think we've ever even had a wait. I think I've also been to the Gurnee Mills one, but that was years and years ago.
Originally Posted By The Duck I was there in January 09. The ribs were great. Tender and juicy with just the right amount of char for my taste. However, the place is very NOISY!!! The seating capacity is just under 1000 people not including the crowd waiting to get in or just wandering around looking at the dinosaurs. So you have 1000 or more people with screaming kids, loud music which you could barely hear over the roaring and bellowing of the dinos and every 20 minutes or so, there's a "meteor shower" with explosions etc. Here's a short video that I posted on YouTube. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrTZpWUus_w&feature=channel_page" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...nel_page</a>
Originally Posted By grlweatswchpstx I was there in October before they opened and heard they have a build-a-dino section, is that still there? I really would love a stuffed dino for no good reason at all
Originally Posted By JeffG Yes, there is a "Build-a-Dino" store (run by "Build-a-Bear") as part of the restaurant. At least, it was there last December and I'd be pretty surprised if it had been removed for some reason. There are a few pictures of it as part of the overall review of the restaurant that I posted on my blog a while back: <a href="http://blog.bigbeaks.com/2009/01/15/walt-disney-world-trip-122008-t-rex-cafe/" target="_blank">http://blog.bigbeaks.com/2009/...ex-cafe/</a> -Jeff
