Kim Nocera - Off To Neverland
04-03-2010, 08:10 AM
Disney Polynesian Resort - 'Ohana
I was lucky enough to find myself in Walt Disney World again over the Thanksgiving holiday with my family. One night we ate at 'Ohana for dinner. We have eaten there plenty of times for the character breakfast (Lilo & Stitch), but we never ate there for dinner. I love trying new restaurants (my kids are the ones that aren't good with change).
We were on the Deluxe Disney Dining Plan, so this meal cost us 1 Table Service Credit. The quality of the food was worth every penny.
The meal is brought out family style to your table. The grilled meats and shrimp are grilled over an expansive 18-foot oak fire pit, The grilled meats and shrimp our brought out on huge skewers by the servers. If you would like that particular meat or shrimp, they will slide it right off the skewer right onto your plate.
All of us loved it! This restaurant now ranks up there on our list. The food is plentiful, fresh, and very good. My little one has a very limited menu choice. I asked the server if it was possible to get him macaroni and cheese and she said absoultely. So if any of your little ones are picky eaters, do not hesitate to ask your server for a kid's meal for them.
About 1/2 way through our meal a woman started interacting with the custermers. She started playing a ukelele and singing. If I remember correctly, the kids lined up and followed her around the restaurant. We had a late dinner there and I'm lucky that I remembered what we ate lol.
I highly recommend 'Ohanas. If you never ate there before, give it a try!
The meal consisted of:
Starters
'Ohana Welcome Bread (bread was fresh and very good)
Mixed greens with a honey-lime dressing At first when I saw the salad, I thought to myself , "Couldn't they put more in it than just greens?" But let me tell you, I was looking for more after I ate it. The Honey-Lime Dressing has to be one of the best salad dressings I've ever tasted. The salad definitely needed nothing else!
Appetizers
Honey-Coriander Chicken Wings Again, another all time favorite . . . these are now one of my favorite Chicken Wings. The key ingredient has to be the honey (honey in the salad dressing & in the wings' sauce).
Pork Dumplings with Sweet and Sour Sauce These were just ok. The dumplings were a little hard. The filling was nothing to rave about. I tasted one and that was about it. Maybe if they were cooked differently, they would have been better.
Grilled Meats
Served with Peanut, Spicy Mustard, and Sweet n Sour Sauces (All the sauces were very good. Each one had it's unique flavor and was very good with any of your choice of grilled meats or shrimp.
Asian Barbequed Pork Loin Skewers
Oak Grilled Turkey Skewers
Marinated Sirloin Steak Skewer
Marinated Shrimp (peel and eat)
Overall you can't go wrong with any of the grilled items. You can try all of them or just a few and you can get as much as you like. The one that ranked number with our family was definitely the Marinated Sirloin Steak. The Steak was cooked perfectly . . . slightly pink on the inside, flavorful, and not dry at all! I'm actually making my son hungry as I'm typing this review lol.
Lo mein Noodles, tossed in a Teriyaki sauce with fresh vegetables These noodles were cooked perfectly. Sometimes when you order Lo mein noodles out they taste like they were made hours ago. . . not these. They also have to be one of the best I've tasted.
Stir-fried Vegetables These were ok. Nothing wowed us with them. They weren't bad . . . they were just your standard side stir-fried vegetables.
Dessert
'Ohana bread pudding served a la mode with Bananas and Caramel Sauce They bring this also out family style. It was really good. However, my husband and I were the only ones that took a taste of it. I really wished we had saved room for this dessert because it ranked up there. But a taste was all we could pull off. So if you like desserts, don't take that extra piece of grilled meat so you can eat a little more of this dessert.
There is a full bar in 'Ohana that offers select wines and tropical alcoholic drinks.
Adults $30.99; Children 3-9 $14.99 or 1 Table Service Credit off of your Disney Dining Plan
Includes coffee, tea and soda
I was lucky enough to find myself in Walt Disney World again over the Thanksgiving holiday with my family. One night we ate at 'Ohana for dinner. We have eaten there plenty of times for the character breakfast (Lilo & Stitch), but we never ate there for dinner. I love trying new restaurants (my kids are the ones that aren't good with change).
We were on the Deluxe Disney Dining Plan, so this meal cost us 1 Table Service Credit. The quality of the food was worth every penny.
The meal is brought out family style to your table. The grilled meats and shrimp are grilled over an expansive 18-foot oak fire pit, The grilled meats and shrimp our brought out on huge skewers by the servers. If you would like that particular meat or shrimp, they will slide it right off the skewer right onto your plate.
All of us loved it! This restaurant now ranks up there on our list. The food is plentiful, fresh, and very good. My little one has a very limited menu choice. I asked the server if it was possible to get him macaroni and cheese and she said absoultely. So if any of your little ones are picky eaters, do not hesitate to ask your server for a kid's meal for them.
About 1/2 way through our meal a woman started interacting with the custermers. She started playing a ukelele and singing. If I remember correctly, the kids lined up and followed her around the restaurant. We had a late dinner there and I'm lucky that I remembered what we ate lol.
I highly recommend 'Ohanas. If you never ate there before, give it a try!
The meal consisted of:
Starters
'Ohana Welcome Bread (bread was fresh and very good)
Mixed greens with a honey-lime dressing At first when I saw the salad, I thought to myself , "Couldn't they put more in it than just greens?" But let me tell you, I was looking for more after I ate it. The Honey-Lime Dressing has to be one of the best salad dressings I've ever tasted. The salad definitely needed nothing else!
Appetizers
Honey-Coriander Chicken Wings Again, another all time favorite . . . these are now one of my favorite Chicken Wings. The key ingredient has to be the honey (honey in the salad dressing & in the wings' sauce).
Pork Dumplings with Sweet and Sour Sauce These were just ok. The dumplings were a little hard. The filling was nothing to rave about. I tasted one and that was about it. Maybe if they were cooked differently, they would have been better.
Grilled Meats
Served with Peanut, Spicy Mustard, and Sweet n Sour Sauces (All the sauces were very good. Each one had it's unique flavor and was very good with any of your choice of grilled meats or shrimp.
Asian Barbequed Pork Loin Skewers
Oak Grilled Turkey Skewers
Marinated Sirloin Steak Skewer
Marinated Shrimp (peel and eat)
Overall you can't go wrong with any of the grilled items. You can try all of them or just a few and you can get as much as you like. The one that ranked number with our family was definitely the Marinated Sirloin Steak. The Steak was cooked perfectly . . . slightly pink on the inside, flavorful, and not dry at all! I'm actually making my son hungry as I'm typing this review lol.
Lo mein Noodles, tossed in a Teriyaki sauce with fresh vegetables These noodles were cooked perfectly. Sometimes when you order Lo mein noodles out they taste like they were made hours ago. . . not these. They also have to be one of the best I've tasted.
Stir-fried Vegetables These were ok. Nothing wowed us with them. They weren't bad . . . they were just your standard side stir-fried vegetables.
Dessert
'Ohana bread pudding served a la mode with Bananas and Caramel Sauce They bring this also out family style. It was really good. However, my husband and I were the only ones that took a taste of it. I really wished we had saved room for this dessert because it ranked up there. But a taste was all we could pull off. So if you like desserts, don't take that extra piece of grilled meat so you can eat a little more of this dessert.
There is a full bar in 'Ohana that offers select wines and tropical alcoholic drinks.
Adults $30.99; Children 3-9 $14.99 or 1 Table Service Credit off of your Disney Dining Plan
Includes coffee, tea and soda