Originally Posted By 1Gee1 I haven't seen the renovated cafe yet...how is it? Do they have the same menu? I understand there is now inside seating. Is Oscar back in there?
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Oscar is there in the morning as usual. The menu is "renovated." We sat outside. The new awnings are great for those of us that aren't sun lovers
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Breakfast was very good, except my poached eggs were over cooked. Everyone else at the table had very, very good meals.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS We ate there for my mom's birthday - there were 9 of us. Worst service ever - orders were wrong, coffee was forgotten. The food was good, don't get me wrong, it just took a little while for everyone to be served, and served correctly. I am hoping that was because we had a newish waiter - that's the only thing I can think of. I would hope it wasn't because it was a Saturday morning.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney We ate there in June, right after it re-opened. Chose outside seating because, well, that's where you are supposed to sit at CC!! Our food and service was good, but I do miss the croissant breakfast sandwich and my dd misses the cinnamon roll french toast. I really want to go back for lunch next time.
Originally Posted By wa6oqc I used to go there at least twice a month. I have been there once since it reopened. I was not real happy with it. I like consistancy, they have changed cast members, menu and I feel they made a step down in quality. The seating is nice though.
Originally Posted By retlawfan I had the same experience as Haunts. Food was okay, but the service was slow and they were very forgetful. I was not impressed. I was there with at group so we didn't want to leave. If it had been just our family or two, we would have left.
Originally Posted By tashajilek I dont know if i will back only because the menu has changed i only order the cinnamon roll french toast.
Originally Posted By Mickeysbestfan My experience was simular to 999haunts. Not only that the menu changes are disappointing. I miss the pot pie and the half sandwich/soup combo. I was less than impressed with the cold turkey sandwich, I have had a better "deli" sandwich from Vons.
Originally Posted By disneymomi2 Yes, They do still have the baked potato soup, thank goodness because like many of you I wasn't impressed with the new menu. Service wasn't good as well and the burger I ordered was very greasy
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Now that I have been reading the posts I'm recalling that the service was pretty poor. We usually go during the end of breakfast service just before they change to the lunch menu. We were in no hurry and were attributing any glitches to the switch over. We only recognized one waitress but we don't usually go on a Saturday. Our waiter was new and was filling in for our "regular" waiter who we never ended up seeing. We'll go back for Oscar and the atmosphere MISS the Cinnamon Roll French Toast though BUT I recently found an awesome replacement at Mimi's
Originally Posted By Mickeysbestfan Yes the soup is still there. However I had a better sandwich from the Bakery.
Originally Posted By 1Gee1 Wow...not real favorable reviews! I'll be at DL in a couple of weeks and planned to try it. The French Toast was a breakfast favorite. For lunch, I always used to get the 1/2 sandwich and soup combo. No more, eh? Do they still use the pretzel bread? I'm surprised and saddened they didn't keep the same servers. Those CMs had been there for so long! No way they'd let Oscar go...you talk about terrific PR!
Originally Posted By ecdc This is one of my favorite places so these comments are really cramping my style. I hope they get the kinks worked out.
Originally Posted By LacyBelle Here's my quick review... We ate at Carnation Cafe twice this past week...breakfast and dinner. We did not experience any issues with the service. The restaurant was fairly empty both times, so that may have had an impact. I'd like to think maybe they are just getting some of those initial kinks worked out and improvements are already showing. Breakfast was good. No complaints. The sausage is now a chicken/apple sausage and was very tasty. Miss the croissant sandwich, though. The potato soup was delicious, as always. It actually seemed a little creamier/thicker than in the past, but perhaps my memory is fading. I was not fond of the meatloaf, as it was loaded with mushrooms (something I wished had been pointed out on the menu). The menu did state it would be topped with mushroom gravy, which I planned on scraping off. I just hadn't imagined the loaf would have been prepared with so many mushrooms inside...almost seemed to be a 50/50 split between meat and fungus. Hubby's chicken fried chicken was good and he was gracious enough to give me a large portion of that in exchange for much of my meatloaf. The mashed potatoes were also delish.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORGOCH: But what 'bout the frog legs? Surely they had frog legs!!!? No place is worth settin' yer dang foot inside of 'less they got frog legs!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 >>>.almost seemed to be a 50/50 split between meat and fungus.<<< LOL!! So I take it you don't care for mushrooms I love mushrooms but I'd be taken aback to have them stuffed in my meatloaf..... I agree that should have been disclosed. 1/2 my family would have sent it back and the other 1/2 would have just thought it was weird.
Originally Posted By LacyBelle Yeah, not a fan of mushrooms. That came across in my posting, eh? ;-) It was pretty disturbing. Thankfully hubby likes them and we were able to share. His chicken fried chicken was pretty tasty.
Originally Posted By lawdawg "I dont know if i will back only because the menu has changed i only order the cinnamon roll french toast." I remember reading somewhere that the Cinnamon Roll French Toast was still being served but not on the menu. Is that true?
