Originally Posted By Pal of Minnie at Cafe Orleans-it used to come in a fairly large tureen-no longer! For just under $9 you get a CUP of soup! I will never spend my money at that again and it wasn't even very good soup at that. The bread was soggy-too much gooey cheese which meant not enough of the broth. Don't waste your money-it is soooo not worth it!
Originally Posted By Rsey103 I just happened to see an online menu from a well regarded French bistro in my area. The price for their French onion soup---$6.95.
Originally Posted By Pal of Minnie At least that is $2 less than Cafe Orleans. I love French Onion soup-are you planning on trying it at this French bistro, Rsey103?
Originally Posted By Rsey103 I've enjoyed it there many times. I never paid any attention to the price of it until I saw this thread. Years ago, the Lake Buena Vista Club at WDW had very good French onion soup....
Originally Posted By ImTempest Not only that, they raised the price of my beloved Monte Cristo to $17.49 - I am OUTRAGED. I can't justify that kind of money on a sandwich I can't finish, so my only hope is to find a restaurant in my local area that has the Monte Cristo. It's a given that it will cost less than the one at Cafe Orleans.
Originally Posted By tashajilek When has the soup changed? i had it August and it was wonderful. I have had many FOS including french restaurants and making my own and i always love Co's FOS.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost Well, if one is willing to pay $9.00 for a bowl of broth with 3 cents worth of onions and 10 cents worth of cheese, then they have no reason to complain. It's the same as paying $5.00 at Starbucks for a cup of hot water strained through what basically resembles dirt except without the pleasant flavor. Buyer beware!
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Wrong resort DD09, Disneyland's dining plan is a dollar for dollar coupon thing that to my knowledge is NEVER free.
Originally Posted By disneydad109 the west coast does not have the same offers ? I have gotten the dining plan as a come-on to get rooms and tickets. They never have just let us eat for free otherwise.
Originally Posted By SanFran The best time to visit DL is when you are on a diet. Who can really afford to eat there? Problem, I always get hungry because they use those smell machines. The funniest one is in DTD and it smells like kettle corn even at 5 am when the place has been closed for hours!
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Dining at Disneyland is a completely different thing than at WDW, true they both over charge, but DL has at least a dozen restaurants and fast food joints within walking distance. I like the Quiznos but avoid the IHOP (the chain is fine, that one not so much).
Originally Posted By Rsey103 The onion soup at Mon Plaisir, the oldest French restaurant in London, costs £6.75 ($10.65 USD). The portion is probably more generous than the one Disneyland gives you---and probably tastier, too.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost Unless it's served with a solid gold spoon that you can keep...that's way to much money for soup.
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>Problem, I always get hungry because they use those smell machines. The funniest one is in DTD and it smells like kettle corn even at 5 am when the place has been closed for hours!<< Bit of an urban legend here, I think. There aren't really "smell machines" in Disneyland. There are a couple of places where fans waft the odor of the food inside out into the local area. The most famous, of course, is at the Candy Palace. It's there because the room is sealed, and no one would be able to smell anything. DCA had its infamous roasted coffee odor. It was wafted into the entry area from an actual coffee roater inside Bakersfield Bakery. Problem is, there's a vast difference between the pleasant aroma of coffee BREWING and the burning stench of coffee ROASTING. (As everyone who entered DCA for the first few years vividly recalls!) The kettle corn smell in DtD is caused by... kettle corn.
