[ssn]

OK after reading everyone's AWESOME trip reports there seemed to be a common theme...(other than great trips) bad reviews of Ohana's. We've eaten there twice once for dinner 4 years ago - b/f the menu change - and once for breakfast last year. Both times we really liked it so we have it booked as our last night special meal for our April trip. After these recent reviews I am pretty nervous about it and am considering making a change.

So what I wanted to know was - was it basically the service that wasn't good or was it also the food that was bad? DD loved Ohana b/c of the hula lessons and the marching around the restaurant - but if the food is terrible I don't want to waste my last night there!!

[Jen]

Our food wasn't bad, it was different from what we really loved before the menu change.

The service however was just horrible. I would suggest if you do want to do Ohana, you make your ADR for a very early dinner before they get busy. Hopefully in a less crowded restaurant, the service will be better.

[bumble]

We were just there on Jan 20 and our food and service was great. I don't think we have ever had a bad time there, and we go about 4 times a year. This last time we didn't even have an ADR, but everything turned out fine. We just had a couple of drinks while we waited ...Oh.. and it was kind of late when we went, so the restaurant was becoming empty anyway.

[Dana]

I was thinking the same thing, but am going anyway. LAst trip was the only time that I didn't enjoy my meal there. The food was fine....it was the service that was lacking in October. I liked the new menu and fell madly in love with the bread pudding even if I did only have room for a taste. I am definately giving them another chance....they have always been good to me and should get a second chance. If my experience in august isn't good, then it will be the last time I go for dinner. They will always have my business for breakfast.

[Emerson613]

so, you really like the breakfast there, huh? what's it like???

[ssn]

Originally Posted by Emerson613

so, you really like the breakfast there, huh? what's it like???

Breakfast was really good. It was served family style and Lilo, Stitch and Mickey were the characters. DD marched around the room with them and other kids shaking maracas to the song "Hawaiian Rollercoaster Ride". The character interaction was great and the server told us as we were being seated to relax and take our time eating so we can enjoy the characters. My avatar is a pic of DD at the breakfast with Lilo.

[cinderbella]

Well..I'll throw a wrench in it..

we went to Ohana's in October and had a great time...the food was wonderful as well as the service. I give Ohanas two thumbs up. The bread pudding is...omg...wonderful!

This is a very different song than I was sining a few years ago before the menu change...we absolutely did not love Ohanas back then. Our server Carlos was TERRIBLE, and he never ever brought us refills.
Maybe Carlos has made a comeback

[Dana]

Originally Posted by Emerson613

so, you really like the breakfast there, huh? what's it like???

The breakfast is excellent. Get the earliest ADR available....like 8am if you can. you will have the place and the characters practically to yourself. That place, at that time, has the best service and character interaction that I have ever experienced at WDW. I went there in jan o5 and this past october and the service, food and characters were GREAT!

[Franco54]

The last two times we have been disappointed
with dinner.We did enjoy it a couple of times
with the old menu. We will just move on.

[john+colwdwlvrs]

I think the food was better before the menu change, that being said the last time we were there the food and service was both awesome. Ohana is a must for us every trip.

[Soundgod]

I hate to say this, but the steak and turkey were way over seasoned for my taste and i like spicy food. I think Ohana's main draw is still the loud family atmosphere. As I've said, the menu never really called out to me but as a communal exerience it's possibly unmatched at WDW.

[softychik]

it must of gone bad since we were there in September! It was good then!!!

[Cosmicwaves]

We ate there in September, and my husband is still talking about it! We loved it! The scalloped potatoes were to die for!
I would give it a shot!

[timsha]

We just ate there on 21 January, and had a great time. Food was good and the service was great. We were off in the corner, which was good as we like a quiet meal. We also went early instead of late. We would go back again.

[iluvwdw]

I went in December and thought the meal was just SO-SO. Mind you, this used to be #2 of my FAVORITE places to eat dinner while at WDW!!!! Not after my next trip. I won't write it off forever, I just won't go in August.

What made my meal a disappointment? I had to wait AN HOUR after my ADR time to get seated!!!! With two cranky kids, it started out like a disaster. Then when we finally got seated, we got all of our food thrown on our table at the SAME TIME. There was no room for anything! I liked it when they brought over two things at a time and explained what they were. Not this time! The scallopped potatoes are usually my fave...and they were awful. Soooo greasy and liquidy, I didn't enjoy them at all. DH who loves shrimp, said these were "GROSS" (his exact words) and didn't touch them after one bite. The meat was pretty good in my book...everything else was just lacking.