Holiday Dining at the Disneyland Resort
Annual tradition makes resort restaurants extremely
popular
Thursday, November 20, 2003
by Adrienne Vincent-Phoenix, staff writer
Not so long ago, you could make reservations for holiday meals at
the Disneyland Resort just days in advance. But recent resort expansions,
extensive holiday marketing campaign and increased variety of holiday
dining options have attracted more and more people to bring their families
to the Disney parks and hotels for holiday meals.
This growing trend has resulted in reservations at popular restaurants
becoming harder to secure, making it increasingly important to plan ahead.
For this reason, many people now make reservations at popular locations
like Grand Californian Hotel's Napa Rose and the Disneyland's Blue Bayou
before the holiday menus are even announced.
The following Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Eve offerings from
around the Disneyland Resort, representing those that were available at
the time of publication, will be updated as additional menus become available.
You can make reservations up to 60 days in advance at the Disney-owned
eateries, so you must act fast. The non-Disney restaurants have their
own policies, so check with the location for details.
Many of these restaurants have already sold out for the actual holiday
dates—their menus are listed here for reference. If the location
you really had your heart set on is booked, Disney Dining cast members
suggest that you keep checking back for possible cancellations.
Finally, you must make reservations for Napa Rose and the Disneyland
Hotel's Granville's steak house directly with the restaurants; the Disney
Dining line does not accept holiday reservations for these locations.
| Thanksgiving
– Thursday, November 27 |
Disneyland Resort Hotel Restaurants
Storytellers Café
Details:
- Times not confirmed
- $25.99 for adults
- $10.99 for children
- Tax and gratuity additional
In addition to their regular menu, Storytellers Café is presenting
its autumn dinner buffet:
- Roasted breast of turkey with apple wood smoked ham
- Carved slow-cooked herb/pepper crust prime rib
- Char-grilled Atlantic salmon on oven-melted shallots and onions with
chive sauce
- Creamy four-cheese tortellini, Alfredo style
- Sage dressing
- Yukon Gold smashed potatoes
- Fresh fall harvest vegetables with roasted butternut squash
- Chef Bills corn chowder soup
- Mixed fall greens with honey balsamic and buttermilk dressings
- Marinated fusilli pasta salad
- Fresh fruit cocktail salad
- Macaroni and cheese
- Mickey chicken nuggets
- Chef Jorge's Thanksgiving dessert selections
Goofy's Kitchen
- Character dining brunch at Goofy's Kitchen will be extended to 3 p.m.
Napa Rose Restaurant
Details:
- 3 to 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day.
- $65 per person, plus tax and gratuity.
- A child's Turkey Dinner will be offered for $15 per person, plus tax
and gratuity.
- The restaurant is completely booked for Thanksgiving, but be sure
to check for possible cancellations.
The Napa Rose is offering a four-course menu celebrating Thanksgiving
in Wine Country:
Starters (choice of):
Grand Ballroom—Disneyland Hotel
A Disney Family Thanksgiving Feast
Enjoy an all-your-care-to-eat buffet and a children's buffet featuring
traditional and nontraditional holiday foods. Highlights include roast
beef, turkey and ham; a raw bar with crab legs and jumbo prawns; a freshly
made spring roll station; and hot entrée and pasta stations. In
addition to the traditional pumpkin pie, the dessert offerings will feature
a chocolate fountains with an assortment of treats to dip. Bring your
camera, as a multitude of Disney characters will be on hand for photo
opportunities.
Details:
- 2 to 8 p.m.
- $52 for adults
- $13.50 for children ages 3 to 11
- Children under 3 are free
- Tax and gratuity additional.
- Senior citizen discount of 10 percent applies to that person only.
- Premium annual passholder discount of 10 percent applies to the passholder
only.
- Cast member discount of 20 percent applies to the cast member only,
for reservations between 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm.
- Each guests will receive a commemorative button, plus four hours of
free parking at the Disneyland Resort hotels. The resort suggests that
you leave ample time to get through the parking lot security check,
as all vehicles will be inspected.
Note: The buffet is completely booked for Thanksgiving, but be sure to
check for possible cancellations.
Downtown Disney Restaurants
Catal Restaurant
Catal will offer a traditional Thanksgiving Day meal
First Course (choice of one)
- Raw oysters with caviar, picked fennel, pink peppercorns and tarragon
vinaigrette
- Compressed salad of baby arugula, manchego cheese, dates, apples,
candied walnuts and walnut vinaigrette
- Caesar salad "spears" in a Parmesan tuille with a garlic and anchovy
crouton
- Pumpkin soup with spice toasted pumpkin seeds and Italian chestnut
cream
Main Course (choice of one)
- Roast turkey with mashed potatoes, turkey sausage stuffing, cranberry
compote and caramelized onion gravy
- Braised beef short ribs with a fingerling potato salad, broccolini
and crispy onions with a beef jus
- Salmon roulade with spinach and olive tapanade, creamed spinach, Yukon
gold potato cube and a violet mustard sauce
Dessert (choice of one)
- Pecan pie with bourbon sauce
- Pumpkin crème brulee tart
- Whole roasted apple tart tatin
Children's Menu (choice of one)
- Roast turkey with mashed potatoes, stuffing and gravy
- Macaroni and cheese
- Hamburger and Cheeseburger with French fries
Children's Dessert (choice of one)
- Ice cream sundae
- Banana split
Details:
- 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Adult three-course meal, $28
- Child's two-course meal, $15
Naples Ristorante e Pizzeria
Naples will also offer a traditional Thanksgiving meal with all the trimmings—menu
details were not available at press time.
Details:
- 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- $25 for adults
- $15 for children
Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen
Brennan's is offering a New Orleans-style Thanksgiving Day meal complete
with Creole deep-fried turkey and “turducken” (a recipe combining
turkey, duck and chicken), filet mignon with port wine sauce and pumpkin
bread pudding.
Time: 4:30 to 10 p.m.
ESPN Zone and House of Blues
Both restaurants will offer traditional turkey meals in addition to their
regular menu.
Theme Park restaurants
Ariel's Grotto
Offering a traditional turkey dinner with stuffing, mashed potatoes
and gravy, yams, cranberry sauce and a beverage. Pumpkin pie is included
with dinner, and available at lunch at an additional cost.
Lunch
- $14.99 (plus tax)
- $10.99 for children's portion
Dinner (with dessert)
- $19.99 (plus tax) per person
- $12.99 for children's portion
The Plaza Inn and River Belle Terrace
Both locations are offering very well priced meals on Thanksgiving. Both
locations will serve carved turkey dinner with stuffing, gravy, mashed
potatoes, veggies and a buttermilk biscuit for just $12.99 a person (plus
tax). A children's menu may also be offered, but details were not available
at press time. No reservations are accepted, and this meal will be offered
during lunch and dinner hours.
Carnation Café
Serving turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie throughout
the day for $14.99 a person (plus tax).
The Blue Bayou Restaurant
Serving both lunch and dinner of roasted turkey with andouille-sausage
dressing, garlic mashed potatoes, whipped Southern-style yams, vegetables
and cranberry sauce. Lunch is $15.99 a person (plus tax), and a traditional
dinner is $24.99 a person (plus tax). Pumpkin crème brulee will
be available at an additional price.
Note: the restaurant is completely booked for the day, and will accept
walk-ups on a space available basis. Be sure to check for possible cancellations.
The French Market and Café Orleans
Serving a traditional turkey menu with all the fixings throughout the
day for $12.99 a person (plus tax).
| Christmas
Eve – Wed, Dec 24 & Christmas Day – Thu, Dec 25 |
Disneyland Resort Hotel Restaurants
Goofy's Kitchen
Character dining dinner at Goofy's Kitchen will be extended to 10 p.m.
on Christmas Eve
Napa Rose
Napa Rose will be hosting Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in the Wine
Country.
Starters (choice of)
- Oysters “Napa Rose-a-Feller,” stuffed with Dungeness crab,
bacon and spinach, topped with spicy red bell pepper hollandaise
- Salad of grilled palm and artichoke hearts with Meyer lemon vinaigrette
and chervil pesto
- Spanish Christmas pimentos with wild mushrooms, Swiss chard and manchego
cheese
- Steak tartar with traditional garnish and savory white cheddar biscotti
- Holiday roast goose-filled raviolis on a smoked tomato-Christmas bean
ragu
Second course (choice of)
- Creamy parsnip bisque with fire-roasted chestnuts, sage croutons and
imported white truffle oil.
- Spinach salad with Napa Valley goat cheese, pears, candied walnuts
and cranberry vinaigrette
Entrée (choice of)
- Pan-seared sterling salmon on a cauliflower puree, cucumber caviar
relish and saffron-dill sauce
- Roast saddle of Sonoma rabbit with sage noodles and black trumpet
mushroom-Merlot essence
- Skillet-roasted petit filet of beef tenderloin with butternut squash
hash and Cabernet jus
- Grilled double lamb chops filled with roast garlic whipped potatoes
and rosemary essence
- Vegetarian crepes filled with winter squash, roasted fennel, goat
cheese, sun-dried tomato sauce and watercress salad
Dessert (choice of)
- Eggnog crème brulee with ginger bread cookies and raspberry
conserve
- Scarffen Berger double chocolate Bouche de Noel
- Fried apples with bourbon ice cream and kumquat compote
- “The Best Hot Chocolate Ever”—two of Michele Clizel's
fine chocolates blended and served hot with strawberry pillows and hazelnut
chantilly
Details:
- Offered 5pm – 10pm both nights
- Adult four-course prix-fixe menu, $65
- A child's Turkey Dinner will be offered for $15 per person, plus tax
and gratuity.
- Note: The restaurant has limited reservations open both nights, after
8pm only.
Downtown Disney Restaurants
Catal
Catal is offering a “Christmas Celebration” Chef's Menu on
December 24 and 25.
First Course (choice of one)
- Roasted chestnut soup with cheese griddle cake and wild mushrooms
- Foie Gras "two ways" with apple gelee, chestnut bread and petit greens
- Seared scallops with a grilled polenta cake, mussels, calamite olives,
and baby spinach
Main Course (choice of one)
- Roasted Duck breast with a chestnut cake, blood orange compote, Brussels
sprouts, kumquats and a sauce Albufera
- Butter poached chicken breast with gnocchi gallette, candied turnips,
wild mushrooms, asparagus and a socca reduction
- Grilled venison loin with white nectarines, garnet yams, celery root
and venison jus $
Dessert (choice of one)
- Buche Noel raspberry
- Buche Foret Noire
Details:
- Operating hours not yet decided, but possibly 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. both
days
- Adult three-course meal, $35
- Child menu not yet finalized
Theme Park restaurants
Ariel's Grotto
Offering a sliced turkey breast dinner with sage stuffing and giblet
gravy, yams, cranberry sauce and a beverage. Pumpkin pie is included with
dinner, and available at lunch at an additional cost.
Lunch
- $12.99 (plus tax)
- $8.99 for children's portion
Dinner (with dessert)
- $17.99 (plus tax) per person,
- $12.99 for children's portion.
Plaza Inn, Carnation Café, Blue Bayou, Café Orleans and
Riverbelle Terrace will be serving holiday meals on Christmas Day, but
menu details have not been finalized.
| New Year's
Eve – Wednesday, December 31 |
Disneyland Resort Hotel Restaurants
Granville's and Napa Rose will not offer a children's menu for New Year's
Eve. Families with children are encouraged to make reservations for PCH
Grill at the Paradise Pier Hotel.
Napa Rose Restaurant
Napa Rose is hosting New Year's Eve in the Wine Country. Two seatings
are available, each featuring a 5-course prix-fixe meal. Menu details
have not been finalized.
The early seating is for reservations between 5:30pm and 6:30pm. The
price is $85 per person, plus tax and gratuity.
The late seating—reservations between 8:30—10:30pm—includes
a live band and dancing, party hats and favors, plus a champagne toast.
The price is $175 per person, plus tax and gratuity.
Granville's
Granville's is also hosting a New Year's Eve party, also with two seatings.
Menu details have not been finalized.
The early seating—reservations between 5:30pm and 6:30pm—includes
a 3-course prix-fixe menu, with champagne. Cost is $55 per person, plus
tax and gratuity.
The late seating—reservations between 8:30—10:30pm—includes
a 4-course prix-fixe menu, with dancing and a champagne toast. Cost is
$125 per person, plus tax and gratuity.
PCH Grill
PCH Grill is offering a family-friendly New Year's Eve party. In addition
to a character buffet, the restaurant will have a live DJ and family dancing.
Details:
- 5pm—11pm
- $42.00 per adult
- $13.95 for children
Downtown Disney Restaurants
Catal
Catal Hors d'oeuvres – A selection of Catal hors d'oeuvres
from the earth and sea
First Course (choice of one)
- Caramelized sunckoke soup with seared bay scallops and thyme essence
- Crispy frog legs with wild mushroom strudel, mache and bing cherry
gastrique
- Seared Foie Gras with vanilla scented quince, spiced cake, micro herbs
and a sherry caramel
- Compressed salad of manchego cheese with arugula, red apples, dates
and pistachio vinaigrette
- Gratin of crab and mussels with creamed leeks, crispy brioche and
a sauce mornay
- Of course we have a simple green salad with croutons and balsamic
vinaigrette
Main Course (choice of one)
- Steamed whitefish with a celery potato puree, broccoli, cauliflower
in an apple, celery broth
- Beef filet mignon with molasses sweetbreads, aligot potatoes, garlic
spinach and red wine sauce
- Herb crusted ahi tuna with baby tomatoes, artichokes, pickled onions,
shaved avocado and tomato emulsion
- Lamb sirloin with beet and goat cheese risotto, white asparagus, baby
beets and crispy onions
- A Patina Classic—Potato and wild mushroom lasagna with creamed
leeks and Italian parsley sauce
Dessert (choice of one)
- Milk chocolate and praline cake with Meyer lemon
- Extra rich chocolate cake
- Spice delight with blood orange
Sweets
- Assorted handmade truffle chocolates
Details:
- Operating hours not yet finalized, but possibly 11 a.m. to 1 am.
- Adult four-course meal, $60
- Child menu not yet finalized.
Theme Park restaurants
Ariel's Grotto
Offering London broil and mushroom au jus, with mashed potatoes and a
beverage. Dessert is included with dinner, and available at lunch at an
additional cost.
Lunch
- $12.99 (plus tax)
- $8.99 for children's portion
Dinner (with dessert)
- $17.99 (plus tax) per person
- $12.99 for children's portion
Plaza Inn and Blue Bayou
Serving holiday meals on New Year's Day, but menu details have not been
finalized.
For more information and reservations for the Disneyland Resort Park
and Hotel restaurants, and Downtown Disney, call (714) 781-DINE.
For Napa Rose reservations, call (714) 300-7170
For Granville's reservations, call (714) 956-6755
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