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Reviewed by WarEagleAuburn Review Date: 04/06/2014
Rating: (6) Recommended
I hoped that this food would be good since it was the most convenient for Bay Lake Tower, but we were wrong. The food all tastes like they cook it earlier and then just warm it up. They do have sugar free brownies and they are delicious. The chicken flat bread tasted like it was on a cracker. Made me miss Roaring Fork. Breakfast is the best thing served.
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Food tasted like it was cooked hours before then warmedReviewed by Bornwiththeears Review Date: 02/16/2014
Rating: (7) Recommended
The only reason I would recommend this restaurant is because we found it to be the only counter service at the Contemporary (which based on the size of the hotel, this place is much smaller than food courts at budget and moderates). We found the menu to be very limited (especially for the two picky eaters we had in our group). The food was nothing special and you had only a small offering from which to choose. They had a very small bakery section (one small case), but the cupcakes were delicious.
I agree with earlier posts.....the ordering system is unusual. You select from a kiosk, but then have to check out at the register and take your receipt back to the ordering station and wait for your food.
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ordering system, limited menuReviewed by onejasper Review Date: 07/28/2013
Rating: (8) Recommended
First of all, The Contemporary is wonderful location so a quick snack restaurant is a great asset to the hotel. The menu is a fairly decent selection with something for all tastes. Service is quick (touch screen menu) but you do have to pay for the items first before receiving a pager to indicate your food is ready.
The wait staff are very helpful.
My only negative is the seating. There just simply is not enough. There is even seating across from the CC that was filled and mainly with folks not eating food. There is room to extend the seating and that would help. We saw several couples and families waiting to be seated and some eating while standing.
There is a good selection of grab and go snacks including beverages and alcohol.
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SeatingReviewed by dvcmember1983 Review Date: 06/12/2013
Rating: (6) Recommended
The food here is standard. I didn't really find anything that really stood out here. We found it to be confusing to get your food to be honest. We didn't realize that we had to pay for our grill order before it would be made. We had to go to the cash register to find this out. Also at first we couldn't figure out where to get soda cups until we got to the cash register. They need signage here for these 2 things! Also, seating here is limited, but there were people here who weren't dining with food from there taking up much needed space for our party of 6. We had to stand to eat the first part of our meal.
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no signageReviewed by wendybarrie Review Date: 05/23/2013
Rating: (10) Recommended
Seriously for $5.99 the ham egg and cheese breakfast sandwich was huge and delicious! The sandwich made breakfast in the room feel silly. Never overly crowded when we were there, we were pleased with the food options and fixins.
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—Reviewed by beccab Review Date: 04/19/2013
Rating: (10) Recommended
During the course of our stay at the Contemporary, April 3-11th, we ate at the Contempo Cafe several times.
Breakfast was great! Kids loved the giant Mickey waffles and sausage. Adults loved the scrambled egg and ham breakfast sandwiches.
We also tried the Italian sandwich, chicken cream pasta, pepperoni flat bread, and the breadsticks with Marinara. We really liked everything we tried. Nothing spectacular but fresh and tasty. Ordering was easy on the touch screen kiosks.
Kids really loved the soft serve ice cream. Just pay for empty bowls at the check out and let them loose!
Can't beat the atmosphere, either. Beautiful hotel with the monorail zooming quietly through every few minutes.
Just loved this resort! It was our most magical trip ever!
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—Reviewed by cincytoby Review Date: 04/03/2013
Rating: (9) Recommended
We eat at the Contempo several times each trip, usually lunch or dinner during breaks from the parks. Good selection on both the kiosk menus and in the cold case.
Our favorites are the Marinated Beef Flatbread (absolutely outstanding), Chicken sandwich, and the Chicken Basil Cream Pasta. The burger is just so-so. The bakery case, though inconveniently placed, has lots of great cupcakes!
Ordering can be confusing at first, as you order at kiosks and the line then dumps you at the pickup counter. There are no signs telling you that you must backtrack to the cashier and pay first (order at kiosk, pick up cold and bakery items, pay for everything, get pager for kiosk order pickup.)
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Confusing layoutReviewed by annat856 Review Date: 02/18/2013
Rating: (5) Recommended
We stayed at Bay Lake Tower so this is the counter service location that serves the tower. I loved the cupcakes and pretty much tried them all! My fav was the pumpkin spice one. I really enjoyed my sandwich the first day and I'm not a big fan of sandwiches. But this place got old quick. Very limited menu! We also had a very rude employee. Very rare at WDW! But that put a damper on going here for me.
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Cupcakes! Good sandwichesCons:
limited menu and seating. Rude staff.Reviewed by jessicahs Review Date: 01/23/2013
Rating: (7) Recommended
We ate here a few times during our 8 night stay at BLT. Choices are good, service is quick. Seating area is fine but we sometimes took it back to our studio at BLT. Decent option.
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NoneReviewed by docdebbi Review Date: 01/18/2013
Rating: (9) Recommended
We are several breakfasts and lunches here during our recent stay. We were very pleased. They had several choices that were unique to this location, and the food was ready quickly and nicely prepared. They also had all the standards that you can find at all Disney quick service locales. The lines, at least for us, were not long, and the CMs were helpful in pointing out where things were on our first trip. Quick trip back to the room (except of course for the elevators which is a known problem at Contemporary).
