Continued dumbing down the menus

Definitely a shame, but they’d catch way more flak with a minimum spend per guest than just going prix fixe, no matter how much I’d prefer it.  Fortunately I now can box half my meal for dinner later in the week.  That said, I’d still prefer to be able to order exactly what I want instead.

It is again too even after the 50th ends…BOO!  I was hopeful, but it’s not meant to be.

Based on some of these replies I think we’ll try TAF and Toppollinos. Disappointing that California Grill is price fixe. We won’t be back. Same with Be Our Guest. Too much good and I’m not going to carry around leftovers.

I’m also not likely to travel offsite to eat. The point of staying onsite is to stay within the Disney bubble. If I need to go offsite to eat, I might as well stay offsite.

Unfortunately, Disney Dining is still suffering from Staffing, Supply issues and streamlining menus. Prix Fix was a covid byproduct that has become a nice money maker for Disney. No longer do you have a group of 4 splitting a flatbread at the "pricier" restaurants. But I will say that I have seen improvements in the dining lately. There are plenty of really good dining options. One of our latest favs is Toledo at Coronado Springs resort. Restaurants like Turf Club are worth a look these days. Topolino's might be our current favorite restaurant and we go at least once every trip. Steakhouse 71 is another favorite, its simple but good.

I think the poster child for this thread would be the Rose and Crown, dropping lunch and a very limited menu for dinner.

I agree with Tom that there are still staff issues but for the most part these are starting to be resolved. There are also still supply chain issue. Even at our local Publix there is typically at least one section that seems decimated, the eggs sections is often down to about 10% of what they typically have. If restaurants are seeing the same issue I could understand them limiting the menu to products they know will be available. A few of the TS that we have been to recently that had good menu selections include the Flying Fish, Blue Zoo, Citricos and Trattoria al Forno’s. Several of the restaurants discussed here are also partner own and operated such as those in France and Mexico so Disney has little to say about their menus.

Like brp we often order from the app section of the menu or split a main course, we typically try to sit in the bar when we are doing this. From time to time I order several apps instead of a main but if are seated in the dinning room I try to be sure it adds up to the cost of a typical main, a soup, salad and one other app usually does the trick. We also tend to order a bottle of wine so they should be happy with our bill.

Same reason why turkey (and sometimes chicken) were limited as well. For a while I struggled to find turkey products even at home - and as someone who only eats poultry as a meat 99% of the time, that was bad.