Reviews of Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn & Cafe
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Reviewed by LISAE Review Date: 08/23/2014
Rating: (6) Recommended
The chicken and steak platter makes an unusual choice in the Magic Kingdom for counter service and was fine. The chilli cheese fries also fine. The seating packed and not very clean. It is a definite ok.
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Unusual chicken and steak choice, great toppings barCons:
Average food and awful dessert choice, minimal seatingReviewed by nick6300 Review Date: 09/11/2014
Rating: (7) Recommended
Pecos has a lot of seating, but it's still busy because so many people stop here. I come here every year, and normally order their burgers or pulled pork sandwiches. This time, we split a steak/chicken dinner, and same ol' chocolate cake. The steak and chicken was available during dinner only, and had a small strip of steak, not bad, and a split breast piece of chicken, which was better than the thigh you get at most places such as Fairfax. You got a lime salsa for the chicken and we got sauteed mushrooms, sauteed onions, tomatoes from the toppings bar for the steak. It wasn't as big of a meal as you'd expect, but enough to share. The CM was especially friendly and took time to talk to us (we came during early dinner hours and it wasn't that busy). We sat in the dark dining room, which I liked. Thought the food was decent, not exceptional. This place is very similar to Cosmic Rays in that it's large, has a toppings bar, and some overlap in menu. We prefer Pinnochio's, Be Our Guest lunch, and Columbia Harbor for more off the beaten path foods (i.e. italian flatbread, braised pork, chicken pot pie). But we will probably continue coming here when craving a burger with onion rings.
Other than the toppings bar and lots of seating, it's one of the few restroom locations in the immediate area by Splash/Thunder. It is also where the Electric Parade starts, so you can actually park a spot with your food at around 8-830 on the curve and be less crammed than on Main St. The drawback is that you have to be ok with either missing or being further back on Main St. for Celebrate the Magic (945pm during our 9/1-9/8 stay) or 10pm Wishes. Which we preferred anyway, so that we could beat most of the crowd to the buses and have many of the lighted Main St. bldgs in our photos of the castle.
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fixin's bar, only non seasonal place with mexican, open late, lots of seatingCons:
—Reviewed by parksutton Review Date: 10/11/2014
Rating: (8) Recommended
Lines were a little long but not too bad I guess. The portions were good and the food was good. Nothing special but good. The fixings bar was awesome, mushrooms, pickles, cheese, etc.
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Fixings Bar,Cons:
Lines.Reviewed by Rosebud Review Date: 10/15/2014
Rating: (7) Recommended
The thing with this counter service restaurant is that it's huge and open decent hours. The food was OK. It's kind of an adventure to find seats, but they are there.
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Seating goes on and on, place is huge. Food was decentCons:
A bit chaotic with long lines.Reviewed by Pearlman88 Review Date: 11/13/2014
Rating: (8) Recommended
Probably the best of the quick service restaurants at which we ate during our stay. Better than average service (a server carried an extra tray to our table). It's very loud, though.
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Decent foodCons:
Loud, crowdedReviewed by disneyhardin Review Date: 11/25/2014
Rating: (9) Recommended
We had an early dinner at Pecos Bills the night we went to the Christmas Party. It wasn't crowded at all and we got a table with no problem. My husband and I both had burgers. We loved being able to cheese dip for our fries. I don't like that the only desert options are the pre-package cakes.
I wish they had soda machines where you could get a refill while eating.
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Toppings BarCons:
No soda refillsReviewed by lisadunn40 Review Date: 01/14/2015
Rating: (1) Not Recommended
We visited here on Dec 14...a MVMCP night. We mis-judged the time that some of the other restaurants would close for the party and start setting up for cookies and hot chocolate, so our choices were limited for dining. We were referred to Pecos Bill's by a cast member who told us of the places open during the party for food. I understand how busy that night of the party was (we heard it was sold out) but even on a slower day I can't imagine the service running any smoother or it being any cleaner. They were very disorganized at the ordering stations. The salad bar area was a mess. The tables were sticky. The food was cold and really not appetizing by the time it finally was ready. This was the first time we have ever eaten here and unfortunately it was the last. I do not recommend.
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noneCons:
bad service, bad food, and not very cleanReviewed by bellebookworm9 Review Date: 01/20/2015
Rating: (7) Recommended
It has taken me almost three years to return here since my last poor experience. Like the person below me, we also attended on a MVMCP night, 12/18. The party was sold out, but the restaurant was pretty empty when we went in around 8:15pm. We decided to order a couple of kids meals. Mom had a burger and I had a grilled cheese; both of us asked for grapes, fries, and water. Mom went to get us a table near a window since the first parade was passing by. From our spot, we had a decent but not great view of it, but the soundtrack was loud and clear!
No complaints on the burger and the fries were fantastic, but the grilled cheese was not the best. It was one slice of barely melted American on whole grain goldfish shaped bread. Still a much better experience than in the past and I would come back here more willingly, but I prefer other restaurants over this one.
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Empty, great fries, limited view of first paradeCons:
Average foodReviewed by robinmy Review Date: 02/17/2015
Rating: (8) Recommended
My family and I visited this restaurant on 2/3/15 for an early lunch. We stood in the line for a long time, but it wasn't the restaurant's fault. The family in front of us had no idea what they wanted to order and kept changing their minds. I felt bad for the cashier.
Each of us ordered the Bacon Cheeseburger with different sides (fries, corn on the cob, apple slices). All were very good. The nice thing about this restaurant is the toppings bar. You can find practically anything you want to put on your burger (mushrooms, onions, pickles, cheese). We were on the dining plan and were entitled to dessert. I asked if we could have bottles of water instead and they agree.
Everything was tasty. The cast members kept the toppings bar filled and kept cleaning tables for the next patrons. A visit to the restrooms showed they were clean. I would recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for a quick meal.
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Good Counter Service OptionCons:
crowdedReviewed by mindylee847 Review Date: 03/02/2015
Rating: (9) Recommended
We ended up going to Pecos Bills twice over our trip at the end of February 2015. The toppings bar selection was great and their veggie burger was cooked to perfection (which is hard to come by). They even have grilled mushrooms at the toppings bar!!! 😀
There's tons of seating and it seemed to be cleaned up quickly.
The only issue I had was with a cranky cashier on one of our visits. I had asked for apple slices to sub in for dessert and she just mumbled to herself and kept clicking the screen... eventually I understood that she said that she couldn't do that for me (even though it was literally done for me just two days prior). So I had to interrupt her mumbles and just tell her to give me yogurt. I was able to switch it out as they were giving me our food, but boy - what a commotion for some apples.
