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ANIMAL KINGDOM Restaurant Reviews

Donald's Breakfastosaurus   •   Flametree Counter Service   •   Pizzafari   •   Rainforest Cafe   •   Tuskers   

Donald's Breakfastosaurus

Service Times : Perfect
Courtesy : Helpful & Friendly
Atmosphere : Fun and Festive
Food : Good Selection
Comment : The best breakfast in the Animal Kingdom theme park. A great selection at the buffet. Be sure to request priority seating at the character breakfast and get your picture taken with Mickey, Pluto, and Goofy!
Rating : 3 Stars - Enjoyed it
Name : Mark
E-Mail : markp8867@aol.com
Service Times : Perfect
Courtesy : A+ - Wonderful Service
Atmosphere : Fun and Festive
Food : Good Selection
Comment : My grandson was scared of the characters on his first trip. Everything was so fun and festive here that he began to enjoy it. When he still wouldn't participate, the waiter and the characters began giving him little toys to entertain him. One of the best meals I have ever had at WDW.
Rating : 5 Stars - Truly Magical!
Name : becky
E-Mail : bholcombe@mindpspring.com
Service Times : Perfect
Courtesy : Helpful & Friendly
Atmosphere : Fun and Festive
Food : Good Selection
Comment : the characters were great, they always came around to the children, and it was pretty busy. they played and danced with everybody. the food was like all the other character breakfast. It was the atmosphere and the characters that made it magical. we all will be going back again, this may, there was 13 of us, and 9 were children. love this place.
Rating : 5 Stars - Truly Magical!
Name : mrs potts 34
E-Mail : mrspotts@mediaone.net
Meal : breakfast
Service Times : Perfect
Courtesy : A+ - Wonderful Service
Atmosphere : Fun and Festive
Food : Good Selection
Comment : We had priority seating for 10:30 am. Sat in the little 50's kitchenette/trailer type of area, was fun...waiter, Jamal was so naughty and funny. My kids, son age 7 and daughter age 9 (who Jamal teased endlessly) enjoyed it to no end. They had several tables of people in on water fights and teasing. You have to be ready for fun. But it may depend on the servers. The characters spent lots of time with the kids....if it hadn't been for this stop, the kids would not have seen Mickey in person... I won't spend an hour in a character line to meet Mickey, a waste of time. This was worth the money, and the food was good to boot!
Rating : 3 Stars - A Good Meal, Enjoyed it
Name : Joyce
E-Mail withheld
Meal : Breakfast
Service Times : Perfect
Courtesy : A+ - Wonderful Service
Atmosphere : Fun and Festive
Food : Delicious Food!
Comment : The Breakfast was buffet style with almost every breakfast food imaginable! My 9 year old son & I stuffed ourselves. The Characters were so friendly and made sure my son had a wonderful experience. I must confess, I had a great time too!
Rating : 4 Stars - A Positive Experience
Name : Katrina 
E-Mail : Kmmiles@bellsouth.com
Meal :  Breakfast
Service Times : Slow
Courtesy : Just Average
Atmosphere : Fun and Festive
Food : Cold
Comment : The buffet items were cold. We even waited for them to bring out fresh items and they were cold. A couple of the characters were rushed. We went to see Donald and he didn't give us much time. He signed autographs and left while I was trying to snap the picture. I don't believe we will go back.
Rating : 2 Stars - OK experience
Name : Annette
E-Mail : faulmel@aol.com
  Meal : Breakfast
Service Times : Perfect
Courtesy : A+ - Wonderful Service
Atmosphere : Fun and Festive
Food : Good Selection
Comment : Big breakfast buffet with lots of good choices.  Staff comes to the tables joking and sometimes a couple of magic tricks.  Characters are there for pictures and autographs.  Fun for kids and adults.  Breakfast is the time to go for characters that I am aware of.
Rating : 4 Stars - A Positive Experience
Name : Sandy
E-Mail : maximus@coollink.net
Meal : Character Breakfast
Service Times : Perfect
Courtesy : A+ - Wonderful Service
Atmosphere : Fun and Festive
Food : Delicious Food!
Comment : This place was fantastic!! We have a 4 year old and he loved
seeing the characters!! Needless to say, Donald Duck is my
favorite character, and I loved seeing him.  The food was
delicious and there was plenty to choose from.  I will most
definietly re-book this one on our next visit!!

Rating : 4 Stars - A Positive Experience
Name : Denise
E-Mail withheld
Meal : Breakfast
Service Times : Perfect
Courtesy : Helpful & Friendly
Atmosphere : Fun and Festive
Food : Good Selection
Comment : This is my favorite character meal!  We have been here twice and Donald and the gang were creative and entertaining - not just stopping for pictures and autographs.  The theme is really fun as well.  The eggs and bacon wrappen in a tortilla was an old home favorite that I had not had in a long time.
Rating : 5 Stars - Truly Magical!
Name : Susanna Z.
E-Mail : smzoeckler@hotmail.com

Flametree Counter Service

Location : Animal Kingdom
Service Times : Perfect
Courtesy : Helpful & Friendly
Atmosphere : Nice and Relaxing
Food : Delicious Food!
Comment : Flametree is a "fast food" service restaurant with the most mouthwatering BBQ you will ever have the pleasure to put in your mouth. The menu includes,BBQ pork,beef and chicken, served a variety of ways from sandwiches to ribs. I had the BBQ pork sandwich- it fairly melted in my mouth-price approx-$5.95. My husband had the BBQ platter which included beef and pork BBQ and BBQ chicken- a huge portion for around $8.95, he said it was great. My daughter, who does not like BBQ, got a PB&J sandwich with chips and a drink for about $4. It was perfect for her!  Seating is plentiful, but you may have to walk a little ways to get to it. If you are willing to walk, a perfect spot is down by the river under the canopy. It is well shaded, and has a beautiful view. I would return to Animal Kingdom just to get the Barbeque from this restaurant!
Rating : 3 Stars - A Good Meal, Enjoyed it
Name : Eeyore62
E-Mail : iseegl@aol.com
Meal : lunch
Service Times : Perfect
Courtesy : Just Average
Atmosphere : Nice and Relaxing
Food : Delicious Food!
Comment : Mostly BBQ here and it's quite tasty!  There's a great kids meal too, with a PB&J sandwich.  We chose to est here partly because after not seeing the sun for five wet and chilly days, it was finally sunny and 70!  There is expansive outdoor seating in several different areas, some covered and some not, either way it's a nice, relaxing place to enjoy a meal without having to pay the sit-down price!
Rating : 3 Stars - A Good Meal, Enjoyed it
Name : wdwfan
Mail :withheld

Pizzafari

Service Times : Perfect
Courtesy : Just Average
Atmosphere : OK - nothing special
Food : Good Selection
Comment : Sevice Time-about 5 minute wait after ordering, counter service Service Courtesy-limited since counter service atmosphere-took food to go, food court type seating food-good food (pizza) but selection may not be too broad
Rating : 3 Stars - Enjoyed it
Name : Tamara
E-Mail : Sandfam@aol.com
Meal : Lunch
Service Times : Slow
Courtesy : Just Average
Atmosphere : Fun and Festive
Food : Delicious Food!
Comment : Service can be slow or fast depending on the time of day.  Food is excellent from hot pizza to salads.  What makes this place fun is that each dining room is themed with huge murals on the walls.  Very bright colors which the kids seemed to love looking at.
Rating : 3 Stars - A Good Meal, Enjoyed it
Name : Scottwdw
E-Mail : scottwdw@yahoo.com

Rainforest Cafe

Service Times : Perfect
Courtesy : Helpful & Friendly
Atmosphere : Fun and Festive
Food : Delicious Food!
Comment : Arrived at 4:30 pm, and our party of 3 was seated by 5:00 pm, with no prior arrangements. Portions were huge! I would strongly recommend sharing an entree.
Rating : 3 Stars - Enjoyed it
Name : Susan

 

 

Service Times : Slow
Courtesy : Not Helpful
Atmosphere : Fun and Festive
Food : Cold
Comment : I am a Disneyphile, I guess (9 trips over 20 years). This was the worst meal I ever got at Disney. I could not believe how bad it was I . I am sure many will go to RF Cafe because of the decor, etc. I can only hope you have a better experience. There are too may other good places to eat for me to ever return.
Rating : 0 Stars - Terrible
Name : Gary
Service Times : Perfect
Courtesy : Helpful & Friendly
Atmosphere : Fun and Festive
Food : Good Selection
Comment : Long wait in main restaurant, we sat in the mushroom bar and still had a great view of everything.
Rating : 4 Stars - A Positive Experience
Name : Bronwen
Service Times : Extremely Slow
Courtesy : Just Average
Atmosphere : Fun and Festive
Food : Delicious Food!
Comment : If the service would have been better this restaurnat would have gotten 5 stars. I ate there 4 times and each time the service was horrible.
Rating : 4 Stars - A Positive Experience
Name : Thumper
E-Mail : bornai6@uwindsor.ca
Service Times : Perfect
Courtesy : A+ - Wonderful Service
Atmosphere : Fun and Festive
Food : Delicious Food!
Comment : I want to say that I had heard some negative things about Rainforest Cafe - I completely enjoyed this restaurant and actually, this was my very favorite meal of our entire trip! First of all, make sure you have priority reservations. There were about 50 people in line as we walked up. We got there about 5 minutes before our PS time. We stood there maybe 3 minutes and they called us to sit down. We walked past all these people, as they glared at us! I would hate to wait in line for a long time to eat, so it is really worthwhile making the reservations. We got seated right by a huge elephant. It was perfectly still for a few minutes and then all of a sudden, as we were reading our menus, it raised up its trunk and scared us to death! It was funny. The atmosphere in this place is awesome. You really feel like you are in a rainforest, there are animals all over, birds up in the canope area, rainforest sounds all around, even thunderstorms and rain as you eat. (not on you, of course). Our waitress was wonderful. She gave us some great tips on how to order things differently than what was in the menu, made some great drink concoctions for us and checked on us regularly to make sure we were ok. MY son ordered this flatbread pizza thing. he did not like it. She came around to check on us and he told her that it was gross! I was embarrassed, but she took it all in stride. She said she would take it away and bring him something else. She asked what he really wanted, if he could have anything. He said Peanut butter and jelly sandwich. She said she would go find one for him. And she did. Made him so happy! She did not charge us for his meal at all. I ordered this pasta dish that was so wonderful, it was a special way of ordering that she recommended, and I tell you - I wish I could duplicate it at home! We all really enjoyed this meal. The service was superb, the food delicious, atmosphere very neat - an overall wonderful experience! Just goes to show that you can't go by what everyone else says!
Rating : 5 Stars - Truly Magical!
Name : Kimmi
Mail :kimmi@disneyzone.net
Service Times : Perfect
Courtesy : Helpful & Friendly
Atmosphere : Fun and Festive
Food : Good Selection
Comment : It was a long wait for the table but once we got seated it was great. We had a good server and the food was really quite good. We ordered 5 different things and we all shared each others food. They have great drinks there and the atmosphere is really neat. I think you should try it.
Rating : 4 Stars - A Positive Experience
Name : Barb and James
Service Times : Perfect
Courtesy : A+ - Wonderful Service
Atmosphere : Nice and Relaxing
Food : Delicious Food!
Comment : its the best food i had ever had it was wounderful because my church took the middle school group to disney world and we had to do this one thing and if we didn't do it we could not go we did a 30 hour famine where we DO NOT EAT FOR 30 HOURS we were all tired and that was our first meal that we had for 30 hoiurs it was good because we haven't tasted food for 30 and because it was the best restaurant ever built!!try it i recomend it
Rating : 5 Stars - Truly Magical!
Name : Meg
Meal : Dinner
Service Times : Perfect
Courtesy : A+ - Wonderful Service
Atmosphere : Fun and Festive
Food : Delicious Food!
Comment :  I was a little hesitant about this restaurant. I have heard a lot of unsatisfactory reviews about it. But the kids had heard a lot about it from friends, and they had their hearts set on it. So I made reservations. When we arrived, I immediately changed my mind about all of the bad things I heard about it. We were seated with only a short wait, and the waiter was incredibly nice and friendly. I had the Mogambo Shrimp- much reccomended! It was a wonderful place. My children enjoyed it even more than I did. I think that it's a great place for a nice, family meal.
Rating : 5 Stars - Truly Magical!
Name : Juicy
E-Mail :withheld
Service Times : Slow
Courtesy : Just Average
Atmosphere : Fun and Festive
Food : Average - Nothing Special
Comment : The atmosphere at the rainforest is fun and exciting, especially with a 4 and a 5 year old.  We loved the gift shop and spent quite a bit of time and money there! The food was very unconsistent, unfortunately.  I had one of the most unusual and flavorful restaurant meals I have ever had--pork with sweet potatoes.  The other 3 meals were marginal, at best.   The children's food was especially bad. 
Rating : 2 Stars - OK experience
Name : Margaret
E-Mail : ethelouise@aol.com
Meal : Lunch
Service Times : Perfect
Courtesy : Helpful & Friendly
Atmosphere : Fun and Festive
Food : Delicious Food!
Comment : This was a truly wonderful experience. Animal Kingdom is very tiring, especially in the summer months with the heat and crowds. Rainforest Cafe is a great place to go for some rejuvenation. It's beautifully decorated and you feel like you are really in a rainforest. From what I could see, all of the waiters and waitresses were extremely friendly. Our waitress was very helpful is helping me decide what to order, and she was very efficient. This is a great place to go in the hottest time of the day- around 2:00 or 3:00. Once again, this is an awesome place and I recommend it to everyone.
Rating : 5 Stars - Truly Magical!
Name : Lala
E-Mail withheld
Meal : Breakfast
Service Times : Perfect
Courtesy : A+ - Wonderful Service
Atmosphere : Fun and Festive
Food : Delicious Food!
Comment : The food was great and all the effects and surroundings too!! My family and I loved when it began to rain in the restaurant!!
Rating : 4 Stars - A Positive Experience
Name : Pamela 
Mail withheld
Meal : Lunch
Service Times : Slow
Courtesy : Rude
Atmosphere : Tacky
Food : Has this been sitting out all day?
Comment : What a poor restaurant.  We were very disappointed at the service, the quality of food and the noisy, so noisy you couldn't talk, atmosphere.  Never again!
Rating : 1 Star - Mostly Bad Experience
Name : Shelly
Mail withheld
Meal : Lunch
Service Times : Perfect
Courtesy : Helpful & Friendly
Atmosphere : Fun and Festive
Food : Delicious Food!
Comment : As a health food person, I actually found something good to eat.  With the addition of a fresh vegetables juice, I actually felt like this was the best meal I had on my vacation. 
Rating : 4 Stars - A Positive Experience
Name and E-mail withheld
Meal : including appetizers
Service Times : Extremely Slow
Courtesy : Not Helpful
Atmosphere : OK - nothing special
Food : Has this been sitting out all day?
Comment : the worst place to eat at disney world. this was the 5th year we have been there, we are going this year but not ever eating at the rainforest cafe again
Rating : 0 Stars - Terrible
Name : irene white
E-Mail : red@door.net
Meal : Dinner
Service Times : Slow
Courtesy : Just Average
Atmosphere : Fun and Festive
Food : Delicious Food!
Comment : We were afraid that we were going to miss out on this.  A Friday night reservation but our other party showed up 35 minutes late.   The staff was really good and told us not to worry.   Once the other party showed, they took us
back to the table.    The same menu and quality that we have experienced at other RFCs.

Rating : 3 Stars - A Good Meal, Enjoyed it
Name : Chris Gomberg
E-Mail withheld
 

Tuskers

Service Times : Slow
Courtesy : Just Average
Atmosphere : Fun and Festive
Food : Good Selection
Comment : This is a counter service restaurant in Africa. We ate at Tuskers because it was the only restaurant in the Animal Kingdom with a selection of food that didn't include the typical hamburger/chicken fingers, etc. It has salads, rotesserie chicken, chili, soup. The food was tasty (for fast food) and the selection was a nice change from the typical Disney counter-service fare. Highly recommend Tuskers if your looking for something other than fried, greasy food.
Rating : 3 Stars - A Good Meal, Enjoyed it
Name : Beth
E-Mail : brh@comvision.com
Service Times :Perfect
Courtesy : Helpful & Friendly
Atmosphere : Nice and Relaxing
Food : Delicious Food!
Comment : This was great food for a counter service restaurant.  Much better than hamburgers, pizza etc.  It had indoor air conditioned seating.  Will definitely go back there.
Rating : 3 Stars - A Good Meal, Enjoyed it
Name : Paula
Meal : Lunch
Service Times : Perfect
Courtesy : Helpful & Friendly
Atmosphere : Nice and Relaxing
Food : Good Selection
Comment : This was nice on a hot day. Two adults and two children. Got in out of hot sun for lunch. I had chicken salad and husband had grilled chicken sandwich. Kids had macaroni. reasonably priced and right next to everything.
Rating : 3 Stars - A Good Meal, Enjoyed it
Name : kstevens
Meal : Veggie Sandwich
Service Times : Perfect
Courtesy : Helpful & Friendly
Atmosphere : Fun and Festive
Food : Good Selection
Comment : Five of us visited and had a great meal.  This was the second time I ate at Tuskers and enjoyed it both times.  They have wonderful food, different from the ordinary.  The portions are plentiful and it's quick counter service, and a great atmosphere!  Enjoy!!
Rating : 4 Stars - A Positive Experience
Name : Sue
E-Mail :withheld


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