Main Street U.S.A.:
Plaza Inn:
A simple buffet, with marble floors and friendly cooks, that hosts characters. Serving lunch and dinner with homestyle favorites, this restaurant is quiet and features outdoor seating as well as indoor. In my opinion, the indoor seating is better because you do get the specific feel to the restaurant, instead of sitting outside again, but if you eat outside, you might get pretty good seating for a parade, even though the little ones won't be able to "touch" the characters. Reservations are recommended, for it can get busy at times. An average adult price is around $15-$30, so a little more expensive, but affordable.
The outdoor seating isn't very popular.
Like I said, basics like pasta and chicken are served here.
New Orleans Square:
Blue Bayou Restaurant:This dark, (romantic?), and in-attraction restaurant is probably more popular than it's worth. When you ride the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, you might think this is a nice, quiet, resturant that's all-that, but it really isn't. It's much louder than you might think, and isn't really worth going a second time unless your right next to the water. When your a little kid you always say, "I wanna go there! It's probably so cool!", and that's what I said, until I went. I mean, it's not as bad as I'm saying it is, beacuse I am mainly focusing on the negative here, but I wouldn't be sad if I missed it. You should go here once in your life though, just to say you have. This restaurant is known for it's famous Monte Cristo sandwich, which I have never tried. Yes! You absolutely NEED a reservation for this restaurant! It is so popular like I said above, and you'll need to sit a while anyway. There's no guarantee that your table will be ready when you get there for your reservation, for I had to sit maybe twenty minutes more after are "asked" reservation time. The food here is very expensive ranging from $30-$60 per adult.
This is mainly what the restaurant looks like from the inside.
The view from the water-side seats.
Frontierland:
Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante:
This "restaurante" nestled into Frontierland has sort-of an odd place in this park. A mexican-food place in Frontierland, features well, mexican food, soft drinks, and desserts. It is not a buffet, but almost a food court where you buy your food then sit down. A pretty average selection, but would go again. It is very inexpensive ($15 and under), so would probably be your cheapest selection in restaurants, not something like a food stand.
The ordering stations don't get very busy.
The seating area is dimly lit for a nice atmosphere.
This restaurant also includes a hidden mickey "halfway up a wooden support post neat the corner of a wall behind a condiment and napkin cart."
The hidden mickey decribed above.
Big Thunder Ranch Barbecue:
You will smell the lucious meat and cornbread while walking by this restaurant. Many people don't realize that this is a restaurant, because it doesn't open until 11:30 for lunch (until 3:55), and from 4 til 8 for dinner. This place is marked "DON'T MISS!" on the park map, but honestly, if a more subtle evening environment is wanted (or needed), this is not the place to go. The food is to die for, and drinks are served in glass jars. Reservations are recommended during busy times in the year and adults are $25 while kids are $10. This is all you can eat, so take advantage of it! A show goes on during your dinner, but the kids will love it, and parents, well, can endure it. Kids can go up on the stage in some parts during the show. It it located in right next to the entrance to Fantasyland. Two hidden mickeys are in the ranch themselves, but I'm not sure they're visible from the dining area, for I've never seen them myself! One more thing, order an Arnold Palmer!
Served family-style, the food proves to be delicious.
Adventureland:
Tiki Juice Bar:
In my opinion, this is the best food you will ever have in Disneyland. Pineapple spears, pineapple ice cream, pineapple juice, and pineapple floats (pineapple ice cream and pineapple juice) are the food that's here. The spears are $2.99 (which is not worth it), the juice is $2.79 (cheaper than the spear?), the ice cream is $3.69 (which I would get even if it cost $20), and the floats are $5.19. I always get the ice cream, no matter what the circumstance. It was raining and I got ice cream at the Tiki Juice Bar. You must buy and/or try one of these delicious items.
This is a very accurate picture of what it looks like.
Tommorowland:
Redd Rockett's Pizza Port:
I haven't eaten here for real, but I have tasted a friend's food and been in the restaurant, so I believed that was enough to write a review. As far as I could tell, the food wasn't superior, but was great for kids, and the atmosphere was loud, but good enough to be relaxing to sit down. Just like Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante, you order your food at a counter and sit down (with the food) in a food-court-like fashion. The room is cutely "dressed" with blue walls and a sort-of "space" feel. You can sit in booths or there are "overflow" tables near the Space Mountain entrance and Captain EO attraction, which i would prefer considering not many people sit there if it isn't busy.
Like I said, it has a "spacey" feel.
This restaurant has a hidden mickey "on the middle right of a poster entitled 'Adventure Thru Inner Space.'"
Tomorrowland Terrace:
This is a food court and the food is too overpriced for the taste. I've never eaten here, but my sister bought a burger here at about 10 because we didn't eat a proper dinner. She wasn't raving about it, but even if it was good, the burger cost $8.99...I believe too expensive for anyone's liking. There's not too much to say about the atmosphere, but it is outside, so a main murmur is heard. This is Disney, so everything is clean, which is of course appreciated.
This is a main look at the area.
This will conclude all the restuarants I have been to in Disneyland, and I will hopefully be adding reviews after my next trip!
Thanks to flickr,com, wordpress.com, disneyland.go.com, losito.net, toursdepartingdaily.com, wdwinfo.com, allears.net, yelp.com, wanderfly.com, findingmickey.squarespace.com, the Disneyland park map, and Disneyland Hidden Mickeys 2nd and 3rd Edition by Steven M. Barrett.
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