Reviews of Tusker House Character Breakfast
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Reviewed by rehmiami Review Date: 09/06/2013
Rating: (9) Recommended
I was very pleased with the overall ambience and experience of the restaurant. The food was quite good. I especially enjoyed the Tamarind Seafood Stew, as well as the Warm Banana-Cinnamon Bread Pudding with Vanilla Sauce. And, for someone who does not eat salads very often, I had two servings of the Endive, Apple and Walnut Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing. I do wish that there was more of a selection in terms of food for my eight year-old daughter. However, the mac and cheese, corn dog nuggets, and Spiced Rubbed Rotisserie Chicken were all well received by her.
As far as the wait time is concerned, I would highly recommend that you arrive at the front desk 15 minutes prior to your reservation time, otherwise you might be beginning your meal later than expected.
In terms of the wait service, it was decent. Our waiter (David) was both professional and polite, however I did have to ask for our drinks to be refilled. Additionally, our used plates and utensils were not cleared from our table in an expeditious manner. It was quite busy, so I gave him a pass, and tipped him around 18%. To his credit, he responded quickly to my requests.
The character interaction at Tusker House is exceptional. The Disney Characters (Mickey, Daisy, Donald, and Goofy) all visited our table, and posed patiently for our pictures. My daughter absolutely loved it. For me, this most definitely justified the price of this buffet.
I would highly recommend the Tusker House in terms of its overall value related to the quality and quantity of food provided, character interaction, and the atmosphere of the restaurant. I will definitely make this a family ritual when visiting Animal Kingdom in the future.
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Delicious Food, Excellent Character InteractionCons:
Wait Time, Slow Service, Variety of Food for KidsReviewed by Mich97 Review Date: 08/30/2013
Rating: (8) Recommended
Ate here this past July. Character interation was good. Our server was attentive. The food is good and is your typical breakfast fare.
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—Reviewed by Ebersole2 Review Date: 08/11/2013
Rating: (8) Recommended
Tusker House was our 4th Character Breakfast. We ate here before boarding the Animal Kingdom’s Wild Animal Trek which is close by. The large breakfast bar is the perfect start to tacking Disney’s Animal Kingdom which feels like the land with the most walking. The Animal Kingdom continues to impress me for it really feels the most authentic as far as décor is concerned. Photo opportunities abound in this restaurant. There is a substantial amount of African inspired dishes on the breakfast bar. Many were a bit too unique for my taste, but sampling was fun. I would say this was the least children friendly buffet as far as food goes. Seriously, character meals are for adults too!
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Photo opportunities abound in this restaurantCons:
some of the buffet food was too exoticReviewed by peytonshea02 Review Date: 06/05/2013
Rating: (10) Recommended
LOVE LOVE LOVE Tusker House breakfast. We had an ADR at 8:05 before the park opened at 9:00. We had a delicious breakfast. We filled up on typical breakfast items (Mickey Waffles!) and some interesting and tasty African inspired dishes. The juice is so yummy and the coffee is very good. We met Mickey, Daisy and Goofy in their snazzy safari gear. =) When we were finished, we stepped outside to an empty Africa and waited for 5 minutes before we heard the rumbling ...turned around and saw the crowd coming over the bridge (thankfully with a rope in front of them)!! The CM's, with perfect timing, dropped the rope in front of us before the masses arrived - just in time for us to walk on the safari and be on the very first truck out for the day! Perfect start of our AK day!!!
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—Reviewed by bodean4god Review Date: 04/20/2013
Rating: (10) Recommended
Sure it's busy, but it's a character breakfast! However, it was a great experience with very good food. The characters come around one at a time and spend a couple of minutes with each table! We were not rushed at all and were able to enjoy our selves and get some great pictures. Best character breakfast around!!!
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GREAT FOOD! Characters were so fun!Cons:
busy!!!Reviewed by minniemagicalmoments Review Date: 04/14/2013
Rating: (10) Recommended
This is easily our favorite character breakfast. The food is the best we have experienced on property. They have the regular breakfast options plus many brunch and specialty items you can't find at other locations. I love the Jungle Juice and Fresh Coffee! Really nice to see Daisy as well.
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large buffet with many different optionsCons:
noneReviewed by chrisfam4 Review Date: 04/11/2013
Rating: (9) Recommended
We love the Tusker house breakfast. We dined here on 4/2 and brought my in-laws for their first visit. The food was varied enough to feel special yet familiar enough to be safe. Mickey was by far the most attentive character. He spent well over 5 minutes "chatting" with my children. Hugs and kisses and pictures galore! I know the prices are high here because of the the "big cheese" but I wish it was a little cheaper. Oh well!
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priceReviewed by kclhendrickson Review Date: 03/06/2013
Rating: (8) Recommended
We had a pretty good experience at Tusker House. Luckily were were able to get in early before the park even opened and I liked the fact that there was a separate line for us to get in and people were directing us. I was surprised to find that the place was not packed to the gills and the food was plentiful and we had many choices. We didn't go away from this meal hungry!
I was only mildly disappointed with the character experience.. we did get to meet Donald, Daisy, Mickey and Goofy- which was awesome (only Donald didn't sign autographs) but it just felt a little rushed. Also, we were in a back corner where we had to shut the blinds so that we weren't blinded by the sun but made it difficult to get good pictures.
Staff was very accommodating and extremely friendly! Would spend the money to do it again (although it's pretty high for a breakfast!)
On the flip side, Disney should bottle the juice that they serve for breakfast there! I could have enjoyed an entire jug of it! Amazing!
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characters, costReviewed by momof3inMadisonAL Review Date: 02/16/2013
Rating: (7) Recommended
Third time at TH. previously rated a 10. This time I have to lower my rating.
Ate here 2/7 with ADR 8:00. We previously have been seated in small room off to the left as you enter restaurant. This time we were in the big room on right with everyone else. Our server wasn't really friendly and I don't remember seeing much of her. The tables were close together and it was hard to get out of our seats. Difficult to make our way through all the peope and characters to the buffet. And the restaurant wasn't even full.
The character interaction was brief. We didn't need autographs so they pretty much just posed for a photo and moved on.
Food was still fantastic so I'd eat here again definitely, but was disappointed in "my favorite character meal".
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Noisy, crowded, rushed charactersReviewed by doironi Review Date: 02/09/2013
Rating: (9) Recommended
I never saw that much food in my life. Everything is good. Mickey's waffle, spicy potatoes, well it's all good and warm. I find it's a little expensive for a breakfast, but with that much food for breakfast, you can skip lunch.
