Downtown Disney Marketplace in Orlando, Florida offers a very animated-prehistoric family dining adventure. Founded by Landry’s Restaurants Inc., who are also the founders of Rainforest Cafe, this 300+ Seat restaurant offers full entertainment value. Throughout the restaurant, there are different themes in each dining area. The acoustics make it a very lively restaurant. So if you or your children are very sensitive to light and sound, you may want to consider another place to dine. The bar is my favorite for it boosts an aquarium that is at least 10 feet wide. There is also a gigantic octopus that is suspended from the ceiling. Then there are 2 foliage dining areas that have animated prehistoric animals that are arranged right next to some of the outer tables of both dining area. The glacier dining area or “Ice Cave” as my children called it, is very interesting. Throughout the entire restaurant, a meteor shower goes off every 15 minutes or so, and the Ice Cave seems to carry the flashing lights and sounds most intensely. There is a “Dino Dig” that is a great place for kids to hang out. You are also able to browse and walk through the Restaurant, Retail and Dino-Dig area if you are not dining there. The Retail shop has just recently added a “Build A Dino” (from Build A Bear) spot towards the back of the retail area.
A moderately high price tag comes along with the jammed packed adventure. The portions are big enough to feed a Dinosaur, but lack a little bit of creativity. We had reservations at 5:30 on a Friday night, and I would highly recommend reservations. As we were leaving the wait was up to about 90 minutes. I had the Wolly Mammoth which actually was pretty good. It was a grilled chicken breast with spinach, onions, peppers, zucchini, and mushrooms with a light tomato sauce and served with garlic mashed potatoes. My husband had a Shrimp Salad, which was simply that; Shrimp laid on top of a Salad. The kid’s meals where the steady standards. I do have to say that the Kid’s Activity book stated that it was made with recycled paper which I thought was great that the company is “Green” conscientious.
The service was “ok”, the server was just “there” doing his job without offering any suggestive selling. I had ordered a specialty drink, and to my surprise, the drink came with a souvenir glass which was I was not a fan of carrying this 16 ounce hurricane glass throughout Downtown Disney.
So overall our experience was; 1. Food- so so 2. Service- Thumbs down
3. Ambiance; Thumbs up
For more information go to: www. trexcafe.com
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