Dinner at Tony's Town Square

Tonight, we had dinner at Tony's Town Square. Marc and I had never been there before, and we wanted to try some new restaurants during this trip.

Our experience didn't start off very good. When we arrived, we put in our name,were given a pager, and sat down in the waiting area. In the meantime, lots and lots of people were called to be seated, and we noticed that people coming in way after us were being seated, too.

We finally asked how far down we were on the listed and were told that our name had already been called, and we never went up to the podium to be seated. We politely told them that we had been waiting in the seating area, and the pager never went off either. Then, in a totally non-Disney fashion, the cast members starting arguing with us, and they got really hateful. Not really knowing what to do, because we were in the middle of the Free Dining period and knowing it would be really hard to get into another restaurant without a reservation, we chose to stay and try to make the best of the situation. We were seated within about 10 minutes.

When we arrived at our table, there was some Mickey confetti and streamers. (We were supposed to be celebrating our 11th anniversary that night...) Our server was not very nice, and it seemed like we were putting him out by ordering drinks. He finally brought them back, and we didn't see him again until our food came out.

These are the rolls that we were supposed to get before our entrees arrived. Our server told us that he forgot to bring them out, so he brought them about five minutes after our entrees. Sadly, the rolls were the best part of the meal.

Marc ordered the seafood diavolo, which is supposed to be a moderately spicy pasta dish. It was skimpy on the seafood and bland at best.

I ordered the chicken parmesan with the sauce on the side. The chicken was overcooked and dry. The pasta was also dry, but that was most likely because I ordered the sauce on the side.

For dessert, Marc ordered the pumpkin cheesecake, which he said was pretty good.

I ordered the ice cream bomb. It was basically a thin round of white cake, a scoop of ice cream, and a hard chocolate shell. Nothing to write home about!

After our experience tonight, I think it'll be a while before we're brave enough to try Tony's again. I'm kicking myself for giving up Kona for this!