Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 2019 by Seth Kubersky

Author:Seth Kubersky
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781628090864
Publisher: Unofficial Guides

Reservations Required. When to go Early or late lunch, early evening. Entrée range $29–$50. Service . Friendliness . Dress Casual. Hours Daily, 11 a.m.–10:15 p.m.

SETTING AND ATMOSPHERE The Blue Bayou overlooks Pirates of the Caribbean and maintains an appropriately dark, damp ambience. The best tables ring the perimeter and afford a view of the faux bayou, replete with fireflies flickering among the weeping willows and mangroves, dilapidated houseboats, and soft lantern lights. If you’re not lucky enough to get a table bayou-side, there’s still enough wrought iron, uneven lighting, and twilight allure to soften the most hardened soul.

HOUSE SPECIALTIES Pan-seared salmon, filet mignon, and (at lunch) the Monte Cristo sandwich.

OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS Jambalaya or citrus-marinated chicken. Spring for the saffron-infused bouillabaisse if offered as a seasonal special. Entrées include a cup of mild gumbo or a superb side salad with candied pecans and dried cranberries.

SUMMARY AND COMMENTS Easily the best restaurant in Disneyland Park, Blue Bayou is as close to fine dining as you’ll get here. The restaurant fills quickly and stays busy, so make reservations before you leave home (up to 60 days in advance) or obtain a same-day reservation at the restaurant door as soon as you get to the park. Though there’s a children’s menu, this isn’t the place to bring wound-up or tired kids for a leisurely meal; they’ll be bored. Tables are tightly packed, and nothing disrupts the busy servers more than wild kids up and out of their seats. Blue Bayou is more of a place where adults can escape the noise and happy chaos in the rest of the park without having to exit the gates. For lunch, we love the Monte Cristo sandwich, a deep-fried turkey, ham, and cheese creation that you don’t find on many menus these days. Side dishes—including the Blue Bayou au gratin potatoes and fresh vegetables—are quite good as well. The crème brûlée is also a crowd-pleaser. Servers are Disney-pleasant, if a tad harried, but they’re more than happy to accommodate the random request. And the dinner rolls are great! If seated at an unromantically overlit table near the kitchen, don’t be shy about requesting a relocation. After 4 p.m. on days when Fantasmic! is shown, Blue Bayou offers a dining package for $69 per adult ($29 for kids 3–9), plus tax, that includes a starter, entrée, and dessert, as well as a FastPass to Fantasmic!’s center viewing section. Unless you order the most expensive items on the prix fixe menu (spiced shrimp, surf and turf), you’ll be paying a lot for that FastPass.

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