Great Character Dining. We had the Breakfast All You Care to Enjoy. As you are eating, Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Pluto and Goofy come to your table to take pictures and interact with your party. Eggs, bacon, home fries, mickey waffles and sausage. A bit on the pricy side, $42 for an Adult $27 for a kid but you are paying for the experience. Definitely a fun time and we try to do it every trip.
Reservations are HIGHLY recommended DAYS in advance. Good place to bring family for character dining. Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Daisy were available for photos at the Riviera Resort, The Contemporary Resort included the big 4 plus Goofy and Pluto. Chef Mickey at the Contemporary Resort is more casual family styled dining where you can get as much of the food as you want. Chef Mickey at the Riviera is more upscale where you can order a main entree and a second entree as a side meal. Both are very good depending on your preference. Adults are $43/pp and $27/pp for 9 yo and under. All non alcoholic drinks are included with your meal. Perfect place to start your day with Mickey before heading into the parks. You won't be hungry until dinner!
Chef Mickeys is not a buffet anymore. It is a family style dinner served at your table. The food is very gluten friendly and a good variety. The desserts were the best but sadly no gluten free options. Plenty of chances to see Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Goofy and Donald (no Daisy though). Pretty pricey for a family of four but worth it to splurge every once and a while. Don’t get the souvenir drinks; they are plastic and you don’t get new ones, you just take the ones you drank out of. A little inconvenient to get the bathrooms as they are down stairs but they have a handicap accessible on the top floor so that’s good.
We actually we able to book this family style dinner on July 4th. This my first time back here in 20 plus years when it was a buffet. For starters you had 3 different salads. Cesar was my favorite. Then you're served family style with Salmon, Turkey and prime rib. All were amazing, Salmon was my favorite due to the mustard crust. Sides were potatoes, green beans and rice. For dessert they had apple tarts, strawberry mini cakes and chocolate domes. My kids also said they had the best strawberry smoothies. Expensive due to your paying for the big 5 characters. The character interaction was amazing and so was the service.
Absolutely amazing. Sharing a dining experience with the Disney stars, and them coming together to "sing" happy birthday to my 4 year old was amazing. I understand now why it was so hard to book and I'd definitely love to dine here again!
Chef Mickey’s is a must do memorable experience in Disney. At no other restaurant do you feel so part of the Magic. All the Disney characters including Mickey, Donald, Pluto, Minnie, and Goofy come table to table to take pictures, play little games with kids, and interact in so many friendly ways. The characters are really generous and inviting for the kids. The food itself is excellent and includes family style buffet food brought to your table. They bring over gnocchi, rice, potatoes, pork, bread, salad, rice, steak, vegetables, deserts, and more. The service is also excellent and the staff is very upbeat and friendly. Though the prices are very expensive, there’s no topping this at Disney. Chef Mickey has everything you could possibly ask for at a Disney restaurant whether you’re 5 or 95 and I give this restaurant my full recommendation.
Everything we travel to Orlando, we have to go to Chef Mickeys. This time was a little bit different because of the pandemic, but it was still very good. The kids love it! And also do us!
I try to not be dramatic about these things, but what I experienced went beyond the "I didn't feel the personal touch". I know that no one at Disney will read this as they make their millions - but, please be aware that this story shows how much they care about 'service' at Chef Mickey's. TL:DR: Dinner Service, food, and price are all awful. It is a good reminder to those adults paying that they don't (and will never) care and you'll pay anyway because the it's the house of Mouse. Go to Animal Kingdom's Tusker House for some good food and better service. WARNING: It is mildly graphic: The night I was there with my two young children and husband - we were next to a table of 2 grandkids and their grandparents. While eating, one of the children got excited and eventually threw up his food on the table and the floor. He then threw up on the way to the restroom (the door handles and floors were covered in it). I am not kidding when I say - not one person came by to clean it up for about 30 minutes. Thankfully my children were not aware of what was happening, but I had to stifle my emotions just to not feel ill. Then, when environmental services came, they let the folks at that table get up and they accommodated them, but me, being 6 feet away from it had to sit next to the bucket that collected it. Other things: - Since no one cleaned the floor or door handles or put up signs to avoid - other patrons inadvertently touched the handles Those Patrons complained to nearby staff and still - no signs were put up. - I complained two times to ask someone to clean, but was told by wait staff that there was nothing they can do OR they walked away from me completely and said to follow up with my own waitress - left my number to complain and never received a call. There was an existing line to speak with the manager for other issues. I'm quite sure that man threw away my number when I walked away. Service: - Lacking - I couldn't find my waitress for 30 minutes and I couldn't find a single spoon or a refill of water... while sitting next to vomit - They need to make this a buffet or _something_ where some aspects are self service since it drags and you're stuck waiting for any type of service. Food: - Served basically at room temp. It was very disappointing considering the price for dinner for 4 people. - The children's dinner portions were fine, but the food for adults was gross. Characters - This is the ONLY reason why we were here. The entertainment that my children had is the only reason why I had given this more than 1/5. My children's smiles were worth this 1 and only experience. I would struggle ever rationalizing coming back to Chef Mickey's again.
I may be spoiled as I think Topolinos is amazing and was comparing Chef Mickey's to my experience at Topolino's, but this lacked any real magic. The characters were okay, but the song/dance portion was quick and we only saw two characters during it. The food, it was basic and overwhelming to have a whole table of food in front of you. It would be nice if the first course of bread/yogurt/fruit was brought out a little before the rest of the meal and then cleared from the table so there aren't stacks of food and plates all over. We hardly had room for our drinks. The man that dropped our food off never even told us what any of it was. The worst dishes were the very dry brisket and sausages and hte best was the potato casserole. That being said it was all very basic and nothing to rave about. I know everyone says you aren't paying for the food, its for the experience which is fine, but having food that is hot and an experience that isn't rushed would make this better.
My 9 year old daughter loved it! We were lucky enough to go when the characters were back to doing table visits, hugs and autographs. Our server was very lovely and very efficient. It is expensive but you’re paying for the memories. We booked for breakfast at 12. A cast member explained mobile check in and asked us to wait until we got a notification. The food arrived quickly but we didn’t feel rushed. And the characters came over and spent a few minutes at each table. There was far too much food food for 2 of us but it was very good.