Carthay Circle Restaurant

We had dinner at the Carthay Circle restaurant for my daughter’s 16th birthday. The evening started out great. The upstairs dining area is beautiful. You could hear the music playing in the street. But the evening quickly turned bad. The server was awful. Her demeanor let everyone in our group know she didn’t want to serve us. She never checked on us to make sure everything was okay. We ordered the Parker rolls for the table and it came with a spicy spread. We finally flagged her down and asked for butter. She brought out two small butter slabs for a group of five. We tried to ask for more butter but she dropped the plate and walked away. Finally my husband spoke to the server about celebrating my daughter’s 16th birthday. He ordered a cake which she never brought out. I made the reservation and apologized to everyone in the group.

Rudy was my server, and although I had an average experience at Disneyland theme park itself, I was pleased with his service AND hospitality as it really stood out. The Kids' menu is one of the best available in terms of a sit in restaurant. Great portion size and it also actually had flavor and seasoning. The wine list features a wonderful variety of wines. The dining menu had many international options and I would definitely return in terms of my experience alone at Carthay.

The service was great and the place was nice. Unfortunately, the food (which is ~$50 per person), is actually horrible. We got the risotto, which tastes like nothing, the lamb, which we are afraid gave us food poisoning, and the soup, which was probably the best of what we ordered, but still bland. Not sure how this place has such good reviews, the food was awful and it’s even worse because we had to spend so much.

Very expensive, little food

We visited Carthay Circle for dinner and first thing our server asked us to all collect and turn in our napkin rings alluding that we were about to steal them. Why bother to put napkin rings on the napkins then...or was it just us?

The setting was really nice. The waiter was very polite. Everything was spotless and clean. The food was whatever. There was nothing great about the flavor. (With the exception of the scallop and mussels appetizer). The menu is the same as every other Dine-in restaurant at Disney. Pork chop, steak, chicken, fish. I was prepared to pay an astronomical price for food but I thought the food was gonna be more upscale and with rich flavor but instead it was boring and bland. The pork chop I got was ok. Basic , plain,boring ( 40$or 50$ bucks.) The mashed potatoes (which were 15$ and for the table not on your actual plate) were so salty. My husband got the 70 steak again basic boring plain. You could literally go to Applebee's or outback and eat food with more flavor. I wouldn't bother going a second time. The Carnation Cafe has richer tasting food.