Reviews of Chip and Dale Harvest Feast at The Garden Grill
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Reviewed by disneyhorsefan Review Date: 01/29/2013
Rating: (9) Recommended
My sister and I dined here on 1/18. We were seated about 10 minutes after our 7pm reservation. We were seated on the top level of the restaurant, which we actually preferred because it gave us a little privacy from the people in the pavilion staring in at the diners and characters.
The food was excellent. Being only 2 of us, we did not need seconds although the portions did look small upon arrival. The salad was delicious, and the beef was very tender. We received both cupcakes and some sort of cake with a fruit center for dessert. The cupcakes didn't impress us (especially compared to Be Our Guest the day before) but the cake was delicious, especially with the banana whipped cream!!
The character interaction was AMAZING. Mickey, Pluto, Chip, and Dale all came around multiple times to visit with us. Since there were only 2 of us, they even sat at our table to "talk" and take pictures. We felt these were the most personal interactions we found anywhere, and we loved that they came back multiple times.
The rotating restaurant was a little strange to get used to at first, but we enjoyed the changing scenery and looking over the land ride, even from the top tier.
This was my favorite dining experience of my trip and I wouldn't hesitate to return here again!
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Character interaction, rotating restaurant, foodCons:
NONE!Reviewed by Andy92 Review Date: 10/24/2021
Rating: (8) Recommended
I've been wanting to try Garden Grill for a while, just neve had for one reason or another. We were at Epcot during Food & Wine this time, so we didn't make any reservations, expecting to just eat at festival booths all day, so we ended up doing the walk up wait list at the end of the day when we had tried all the festival food we wanted to. Comfort food at the end of a day of drinking was good, and it was nice to sit in the air conditioning and eat. We really enjoyed most of the food. The mac and cheese was not good, but other than that, we enjoyed everything. While the characters were not the reason we came here, having them come around was fun. We don't have kids, and neither of us are great at knowing what to say to the characters, so they spent more time at neighboring tables than they did at ours, but that was fine. We got some cute selfies with each character, and I liked that they gave us a card with their autographs. I think we were there for about an hour; the restaurant went around one full time, and the characters each came around twice. It's a fun little restaurant and cool to be able to see some scenes from the ride below. Would I recommend doing this (or any all you can eat meal) on the same day as eating a bunch of festival food? No. Would I recommend this over most other food spots in Epcot? Probably not. But we really enjoyed ourselves, and the traditional style Thanksgiving food really hit the spot, especially since I didn't have to cook it.
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all you can eatCons:
mac & cheese was horribleReviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 08/21/2021
Rating: (8) Recommended
The beef with chimichurri is great, everything else was ok, but I don’t love Thanksgiving food, but my husband does. My kids MIGHT have eaten something? I don’t know, the characters were the highlight. The food was good, just not my taste.
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Great character interactionCons:
The meal is what it is.Reviewed by JJKHughes04 Review Date: 09/17/2020
Rating: (8) Recommended
a fantastic character meal for all ages!
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The character interactions were amazing and Mickey is so cute in his coverall! The strawberry poundage dessert was delightful. Family style all you can eatCons:
Not the greatest food but worth it for the charactersReviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 02/13/2020
Rating: (8) Recommended
This was good..not great. I loved the characters but once my kiddos get older I do t see us making this a priority. Way better food in Epcot.
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Characters, plenty of food for picky eatersCons:
Not really interesting as far as food goesReviewed by Gingy160 Review Date: 11/04/2019
Rating: (8) Recommended
Although the food was delicious, it was pretty heavy for the climate. I would hope it changes at least seasonally ... We all (8) agreed it was great once but don't need to go back. Also, we were all a little unnerved by the rotation even though it was *really* subtle.
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Food was good, characters were funCons:
Hard to get a good reservation time, not really worth a repeatReviewed by DianeMarsden Review Date: 06/14/2019
Rating: (8) Recommended
We had a great experience at the Garden Grill. The food was delicious, there was a variety of choices in the family-style meal, we enjoyed interacting with characters, and even looking for hidden Mickeys. The rotating restaurant was cool when we got to look into the greenhouses as well.
Pros:
Variety of choices, family-style with refills available, unique themingCons:
limited choices for vegetarian (although we were there before anyone in our party was vegetarian, so they may have been able to accomodate)Reviewed by Uncledondon Review Date: 11/19/2017
Rating: (8) Recommended
Daughter and I eat lunch here for the first time we enjoyed it very much. The food was very good. Characters stop and spent time with the both of us which I thought was nice since we both adults. Restaurant rotated the whole meal but you couldn't notice the movement. I would recommend this to anyone. Would recommend researching menu because it's very limited due to being family style..
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Characters,FoodCons:
NoneReviewed by SKNJ Review Date: 07/17/2017
Rating: (8) Recommended
After having a bad experience our last visit we had decided we were not going to go here this time. However it is our oldest son's favorite place to eat so we decided to give it a try. The food was great. The character's were very good this time, as last time we had to wait and even ask to see the characters. This time the rotation was broken because as a cast member said "Chip and Dale had a party and forgot to invite the boss Mickey. The party got a little wild and they broke the gears that make the place rotate." Chip and Dale both laughed about it.
A tip though, ask to sit on the lower level in a booth. After visiting here several times it seems that the characters visit the lower level more often than the upper level.
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Food portionsCons:
rotation brokenReviewed by DisneyLifer04 Review Date: 02/01/2016
Rating: (8) Recommended
The food was better than we had hoped for. The staff was as great as you would expect them to be, and the character rounds were timed so that you did have a chance to eat between. The only downside, and it's the same for many of the table service places, it took forever. This was a dinner visit for us, and it took about two hours. Not the worse, but to much time away from the parks. As a matter of fact, we saw the characters two times! However, it was a great experience to do at least once, and my kids loved it. So putting my OCD of following a schedule aside, they (my kids) loved the interaction with the chipmunks and as long as I think about that, the time wouldn't stop me from doing this again. I would just plan more time, next time.
