Reviews of Tusker House Character Breakfast
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Reviewed by winags Review Date: 06/12/2022
Rating: (6) Not Recommended
This used to be our favorite character breakfast, but the quality is not as good now that it is family style. I'm afraid we made a mistake booking breakfast late (10:25am) because the food was not hot, and even though it is all you care to enjoy, our waiter never came back and asked if we wanted more of anything. We also never got to see Mickey. I would not book this close to lunch, however, I'm not sure we'll be going back since we did not feel the food quality was as good as when it was a buffet.
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Cute charactersCons:
Food was not warm Did not see all of the characters Service not greatReviewed by Stitchgrrl79 Review Date: 01/12/2022
Rating: (7) Not Recommended
First time at this Character meal and loved the interaction of all of them. Even with the current distancing, they each spent time standing by every table to give kids (and adults) plenty of attention. Was also different seeing them in their safari gear. On the food aspect though, I've had much better at other breakfasts on property. The best part was the pastry basket, the chicken curry, and the drinks. The eggs were rubbery, waffles were on the dry side and the roasted potatoes didn't have much flavor. I am willing to try again for lunch/dinner to see if it's any better before I say it's an absolute skip. But for Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy, I loved it.
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The charactersCons:
Not the best choice for breakfast.Reviewed by Alannadale Review Date: 12/06/2020
Rating: (2) Not Recommended
We went here for my sons birthday and had a bad experience right from the start. They forgot to call us for a table, and when we finally got a table it felt like we were right on top of the table next to us. It took the characters forever to stop at our table. My son picked this restaurant because it had Daisy and Donald, but Donald never made it to our table.
We didn't like the food at all. I felt bad for the server. She had too many tables.
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Daisy was thereCons:
Bad services. It was too crowded for the characters to visit all the tables.Reviewed by prettythings03 Review Date: 10/28/2014
Rating: (6) Not Recommended
We got to the restaurant about 20 minutes before we were scheduled to check in. Checked in anyway, and were told to wait for a photo with Donald and then we would be seated. 45 minutes later, and 3 very grumpy kids, we got our photo and were rushed to do it since they came to seat us at the same time. Our photo is terrible, and we were not given an opportunity to take another.
Once inside, we were asked about food allergies. This was already in the ADR that I had made so I was a little annoyed. Yes... we have a salt restricted diet and a severe soy allergy.
Chef came out, young kid for the most part, and told me that with a soy allergy I should already know what I can and can't eat at the buffet, and that he would bring me my own waffles. As for the salt free, he said there was nothing he could really do for her except eggs that were made with no salt. Needless to say, my mom ended up sick due to salt content in the food and I got undercooked gluten free, soy free waffles that were gross (had them the day prior at another location and they were fantastic). If the character interaction once in side the restaurant had been less than is was then I would have walked out personally.
Do I recommend this restaurant, only to those who do not have any sort of food allergies or intolerance.
Pros:
Good character interaction, lots of food choices if you do not have issuesCons:
Hard if you have allergiesReviewed by ang2575 Review Date: 09/08/2013
Rating: (1) Not Recommended
We were excited to try this brunch for the first time after all the great reviews I had read. Sadly, it turned out to be the worst dining experience I had ever had at Disney. We had a 10:30 reservation for breakfast and by the time we waited a bit and took a photo with Donald we were seated at 10:45. The characters came almost immediately so we took photos and the kids enjoyed their time with them. I have to say compared to other character meals, only seeing 3 characters (4 if you count seeing Donald beforehand) is pretty disappointing. Every other character meal we did had 5. So we headed up to the buffet and very disappointed to see that all breakfast had been removed. As we wandered through the stations, everyone at the buffet was asking each other were the breakfast was. My husband approached a chef and asked him were breakfast was and he was told that one section was all that was left of breakfast. It consisted of a fruit bowl that had a 5 pieces of fruit left and some pastries and yogurt. It was a joke. To make matters worse, the food that was on the buffet was all pretty exotic. Things like hummus, tabouli, couscous, stews. I myself will eat those things, but not first thing in the morning and not when what I really wanted was eggs. My kids and my husband, however, would never eat anything that was available. They were all starving and filled their plates with bread and dessert items. We asked our server where breakfast was and she told us that breakfast gets switched over to lunch at 10:45. She told us she always comes early to eat so she can have breakfast. No attempts to make our experience better. Again my husband asked the Chef and he told us the same thing: breakfast gets switched out at 10:45. We all ate practically nothing and our bill came to $190. My husband and I are both restaurant managers, and we couldn't believe that our server and the chef were so non-chalant about our questions. And like I said, everyone in the buffet line we talked to was wondering why the food had been switched over. On out way out, I tried one last time to get someone to give us an explanation. I asked a cast member at the host stand and was given the same answer, "breakfast switches to lunch at 10:45" At this point I was pretty angry and I told her, I had a breakfast reservation. We paid for breakfast but there was no breakfast and we were all still starving. She really could have cared less. I have never, ever complained at Disney in 15 trips. But after leaving the restaurant I actually went to guest services and told them our experience. Immediately, she was so apologetic. She called the restaurant where they verified that breakfast gets removed at 10:45 and she looked up my reservation to see I indeed had a breakfast reservation. She was so sweet and she refunded 50% of our meal and gave me 5 fast passes for any ride in any park. It was so nice. I will never, ever go back to Tusker House and I really can't believe I had to go to 4 cast members before any cared at all that we were extremely unhappy.
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CharactersCons:
Everything elseReviewed by JennaLynn Review Date: 10/17/2023
Rating: (9) Recommended
This is so much fun! The vibe in this restaurant is very upbeat. The characters are wonderful and spend lots of time with everyone. The food is delicious and offers a great selection.
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Great food selection, great character interactionCons:
Food is a little spicy and different. If you aren’t use to it, be careful and cautious.Reviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 09/29/2023
Rating: (8) Recommended
We really enjoyed our first time having breakfast at the Tusker House. The character interaction was great. The food was good, but it's mainly typical breakfast buffet type stuff. They did have a few unique items, which were good, but I would say this meal is more for the character interaction than the food.
Pros:
Fun for the whole family. Got to meet all the characters multiple times. We liked it when all all the characters danced.Cons:
Basic buffet breakfast.Reviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 09/29/2023
Rating: (10) Recommended
Best character dinner at Disney. Tons of character interactions, buffet with great options. Everything was delicious and the environment was great for kids.
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Character interactions, food, kid friendly.Cons:
NoneReviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 05/24/2022
Rating: (10) Recommended
I LOVE this character meal! This is especially a great spot for young children. My 2 year old loved interacting with the characters and we adults loved watching the pure joy on his face as he met his favorite characters. Character interaction doesn't feel rushed like some other locations - they each spent a decent amount of time at our table. The characters were so adorable and very interactive with my toddler son. The food here is incredible and satisfies both the picky eater and adventurous foodie (we had both in my party). It's no longer buffet and my party preferred it that way. It is currently family style but still all you can eat. The scrambled eggs were surprisingly very good (difficult to accomplish when feeding the masses) but special shoutout to the egg curry with rice and the pastries basket.
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Characters Food Atmosphere Family style, all you can eatCons:
NoneReviewed by GrammaMagicto5 Review Date: 05/17/2022
Rating: (8) Recommended
We really enjoyed our visit to Tusker House for the character dining. Watching my young granddaughter's face as Mickey, Donald, Daisy and Goofy came by was priceless. The food was tasty. I would recommend this as an experience once.
