RAINFOREST CAFE

[appinlad]

Visited this in their Downtown Disney location - does anyone else agree that they are overhyped? First of all they have a really annoying queuing system e.g. you give your name on arrival and get called hour or two later, you then have to queue up again, finally get taken by wait staff to yet another queue location!! The food is awful - had the worst burger in USA - and the menu very limited and overpriced. This is the second visit and I for one won't be going there again. For a recommendation try Perkins - they are now a full family restaurant (no alcohol) and food is excellent and reasonably priced.

[nicseg]

Hi
We have been there once,found it very noisy especially when the waiters shout "volcano" or something like that.[msneek]
Nic

[E. Cosgrove]

I always find the air con a bit overkill at Rainforest.
I was shivering so much my teeth were chattering last time we were there[msnsad]

[ncmurray]

I agree with you there, Liz. When we went in August I had to ask the waiter if it would be possible to turn the temperature up a little!! The be fair, they did, or they turned off the vent that was directly above me, because it did improve slightly.

All the comments so far have echoed our experience. It was one of the most disappointing and most expensive meals we had in the US. For five of us it cost about $120.

Having said all that, the kids just loved it! The whole atmosphere, the waiters shouting "volcano!!" and the thunderstorms every 30 minutes....it was their favourite place to eat. When we next visit with the children, we will probably go again, but perhaps Paul and I will eat later[msnsad]

[becbecs]

We tried when last in Florida and just couldn't be bothered waiting. I'm sure the restaurant will be lovely and the food great but when you have hungry kids, 1-2 hours is just to long especially after a long day at the parks.

[wrpac00]

We tried to get in this August but when they told us it was a 2.5 hour wait we told them to forget it.

[Ruth]

We usually eat there on every visit and we have always had a good mealIf you join the safari club then you jump the queue

[chrizzy100]

We've not been happy with the food a few times...the staff are nice..we go before the queues start...just befor 5 in the afternoon...we've never waited to be seated yet...
Its not a place I'd go to a lot....but our Christina has every evening meal there while on holiday....

[MTP]

I would agree that the Rainforest Cafe is slightly overhyped, but usually we have a good meal and accept the experience for what it is. For overhyped restaurants, in our opinion, the worst offender would be Planet Hollywood.

[taylona]

We we went they said it would be an hours wait. We waited in the shop and they never called our name. When we queried this they said they had called our name and we'd have to wait another 30 mins. We stayed by the desk as we waited and when they did call our name we didn't recognise it -they said it was us - perhaps that was the problem. I never realised Taylor was hard to pronounce [msnmad] As others have said you then have a second queue to line up in! The food was fine but it wasn't worth the long wait.

I've eaten at the one in London and it was a much better experience than the one at Downtown Disney.