5. California Grill

This is one of my very favorite restaurants on or off Disney World Property. There is a tremendous variety represented in this menu, from soup, to sushi, flatbreads to seafood, pork and steak. For a 1st course, the goat cheese ravioli is fantastic! For main entree, I have tried everything from the pork tenderloin (their top dish!) to the scallops, grouper, halibut and beef tenderloin. any one of these could be considered a top dish, and I recommend them all. The wine selection is also outstanding! Yes, the place can be a tad noisy, but the food and the view are simply outstanding!

Who would ever rate this noisy; frantic; overcrowded; showplace as a 5* restaurant? The food arrives at your table barely warm after it waits for the server to pick it up in the showplace kitchen and carry it, uncovered, to your far-away table in this cavernous 300 seat amphitheater. When it does arrive, you find that you've overpaid for a flatbread that you'd reject at Pizza Hut as flavorless and smaller than the mini. We all tried the Lobster Bisque and it was a thick soup as a bisque should be. But, it tasted more like a pumpkin soup. There wasn't even the hint of a lobster flavor and it was only a puree of vegetables. As for the main course, we tried the Haddock, the pork and the lamb. While the presentation was excellent the flavor of each left a lot to be desired and surely didn't rate more than three stars. Yes, the view is wonderful as is the 10PM fireworks display. But, please don't call this anything but a Disney cartoon of a gourmet restaurant....

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