Originally Posted By Malin Now that the Restaurant has officially opened its doors, I have decided to post a thread for people to leave reviews on. I will be eating here myself next month, providing the lines are not too long and I will post my review than! In the mean time please feel free to leave your own thoughts and reviews.
Originally Posted By Malin To be fair the thread in Dining was a autopost for FanBoy's Blog which happened to feature a short review of the Restaurant. So please feel free to post your reviews here. By the way here is the direct link to his Blog. <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/Blogs/FanBoy/View-235.asp" target="_blank">http://www.laughingplace.com/B...-235.asp</a>
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA May I comment on the outside of the restaurant? Based on the pictures posted online? Hint: They're not favorable comments....
Originally Posted By Malin Feel free to, end of the day this is what we are here for, to create discussion.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I find the rock work to be sub-par, when compared to other themed venues. It looks too artificial -- almost borderline miniature golf type of stuff.
Originally Posted By magnet Alert! I sense that the word "WalMarting" is about to be used in this thread.
Originally Posted By Malin *** It looks too artificial -- almost borderline miniature golf type of stuff. *** I agree with the miniature golf comparison, it all looks a little cartoonish to me, however I have seen pictures from the inside and it looks amazing.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom My party stepped into T-Rex tonight. I like the look of the inside much better than Rain Forest Cafe. Not nearly as noisey as Rain Forest and much, much better lighting. The inside is broken up in several different sections, Coral Reef ( which has a giant octopus like creature on the ceiling that moves around, its the bar area for the restaurant ), another area that much be Ice Age ( has one huge Wooly Mammoth and smaller Wooly Mammoths that shake their heads ) its well lit and probably a great place to eat in. Then you have where the fires are.... which resembles a vocano like area and the back area... it had some tricetops in it which shakes its head. The shop area has a huge two story T-Rex in it which moves around. Looks like the muenu has similar to Rain Forest except no sandwich wraps and the speciality soup is Tomato Basil, other than that.. same menu.... Kids love it.... the "Build A Dinosaur" area looks hookie ( you can buy clothing to dress your dinosaur up in ). Between Rain Forest and T-Rex Laundrys now solidifies their hold on the sit down eating market in DTD.
Originally Posted By jkayjs From you discription Kennesaw Tom it sound exactly like the one here @ the Legends in KC. I posted pics @ one time but the website has since closed. I'll be checking it out in Dec when I come down.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 This place looks about as exciting as Landry's Seafood House and Joe's Crab Shack down on 535. Just more pricey.
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad we'll try it my kids love that tourist trap stuff. they are picky eaters so atmosphere is everything
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom T-Rex looks like is more of a steak/ burger place. I didn't see much fish on the menu. I should point out that them menu is much more limited than Rain Forest Cafe. Most everything on the menu is going to be $14 and in the $20 range. We were in the mood for Seafood last night so we simply drove across the street from Downtown Disney and ate at Red Lobster, LOL. We are primarily eating off property as in our opinion the food chains taste better and costs less. The onsite restaurants are getting out of hand with the Disney meal plans. Yesterday we ate in Germany with a family from Pitsburg, PA. They said they got the Disney meal plan and various reasons ( one small child is having problems with huge crowds, another small child is an extremely picky eater ) so adhering to their sit down dinning options has become difficult. So, they have decided to use their sit down meal option at lunch time which has been working out better for the kids. I will try to get some pics of T-Rex. In my opinion T-Rex is all about atmosphere and not really about the menu. Its difficult enough trying to make sense out of the Rain Forest Cafe's menu. When we ate at Rain Forest Cafe they must have put no fewer than separate menu's on table ie, house menu, daily specials, drink menu. I found the menu at T-Rex to be especially confusing with food choices names after various dinosaurs.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Oh sorry, most everything on the menu is going to be in the $20s range...
Originally Posted By BoardWalkBelle I dont know why DTD needs a rainforest cafe AND a T rex. Both are the same concept. Semms like duplication to me. Get something original in there.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^Because tourists don't really know the difference between a quality dining experience and a generic one crafted to simply rid them of their money while making up interesting names for Applebee's type menu items. Oh, and because Landry's pays a huge fee to Disney for the 'privilege' of operating four locations on property now (with more likely coming).
Originally Posted By beamerdog Looks like I'm not going there soon. Dining used to be one of the things I loved to experience at WDW. At $20 a pop, I'd like something other than a food chain meal. My "kids" are in their 20's now and still love WDW with their mom, but they have absolutely no interest in something like this.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Funny, I like RFC, and I find these prices quite reasonable. But then my Whopper meal yesterday was $14
Originally Posted By blueharvest82 <<Oh sorry, most everything on the menu is going to be in the $20s range...>> The menu ranges from $8.99 to $29.99, the full menu is up on www.allearsnet.com
