Coral Reef
Restaurant |
Location: |
Epcot |
Reviewer's Name: |
Julie Hauer |
Reviewer's Email Address: |
julied3964@aol.com |
Date of Meal: |
9/10/00 |
Number of Guests at Your Table: |
2 |
Approximate Cost: |
$32.81 (before tip) |
Priority Seating / Reservations Made: |
Yes |
Priority Seating / Reservations Comments: |
This was one of two priority seating
reservations we made for this trip. Supposedly the entire day was
booked until after 2 pm unless we took at 11:50 am PS reservation.
When we arrived, the restaurant was almost empty and didn't get
crowded at all. |
Time of Wait: |
We were seated immediately. |
Food Review: |
I had the cream of lobster soup, under
the Caesar salad and an iced tea while my husband had the grilled
rib-eye with sweet potato fries and corn bread. For dessert, we
split a complimentary key lime crunch. The soup was wonderful and I
really liked the small tureen it was served in. The salad was
unremarkable other than the fact that the dried anchovies weren't
flakes but actually full fish. My husband said his steak was
wonderful. The dessert we shared is served in a parfait glass and
consists of a key lime mousse drizzled with Midori and served with a
almond tuille (crisp cookie). This was good but I don't think I'd
pay for this out of pocket. |
Service Review: |
The service left a bit to be desired. Our
server (Radames) often ignored our table altogether and he had to be
hunted down whenever we needed water refills or the check. Our lunch
ended up being quite leisurely because of this and we were in the
restaurant for close to two hours. |
Atmosphere Review: |
We were seated on the second tier of the
restaurant so we were quite far away from the aquarium. I didn't
feel as if we were anyplace really special. There was no "We are
surrounded by fish!" feeling to it. The decor is all in blues and
greens with low lighting which was nice and for the most part,
people were quiet which made for a pleasant environment. However, I
don't understand why they seat couples right next to groups with
small children. We had already ordered and were just about to
receive our meal, otherwise, I'd have insisted on a table change.
The group next to us had a shrieking toddler who changed from
shrieks to loud laughing interspersed by shrieks. The child and her
older sister were also allowed to run around the restaurant
interfering with the servers. This is generally a quiet restaurant
and the family received many nasty looks from other tables. I heard
some complaints being made to the manager about the situation. I
don't expect a childfree environment when I go to a Disney park or
anything even close to it. I do expect that a non-fast food dining
experience shouldn't be impacted negatively by other people,
regardless of age. This one family did just that. |
Other Comments: |
This same family was so clueless that
they were videotaping the fish tank with a huge light flashing on
their camera. All they'll get is light reflecting back at them on
their tape! There were complaints made to the manager about that as
well as the light was reflecting back around the dining area and
shining on patrons. A cast member was sent over to instruct the
family that they could tape, but not with the light. A short
argument followed which ended with the family packing the video
recorder
away. |
