la hacienda for me. I was excited for that one. Got a horrible server. Completely forgot my kids meal. He was then annoyed when I reminded him of it. All the food came out cold. Server seemed completely annoyed to fix it. It's probably the only meal I can ever say I never left a tip at. It's super hard to get a former waiter to skip a tip entirely.
We've only tried La Hacienda once and our experience was similar. I'd like to try it again but the rest of my family would rather just stick to San Angel.
It's a shame you've both had bad experiences. I've been multiple times and most recently booked so that our food would arrive right as IllumiNations was ready to start.
I've seen that fireworks show dozens of times and I was nearly in tears watching it this time around. The food is always fantastic and I've never had a bad server. Maybe tired but never bad.
I think my closest would have to Les Halles Boulangerie Patisserie and Tutto Gusto Wine Cellar.
Both tend to have snooty servers, TGWC more so than LHBP. I've actually had good interactions with the French CMs, can't really say the same for any of the Italian CMs any time I've ever gone.
I still go to LHBP nearly every trip because it's the only WS restaurant open for breakfast but service is usually slow, food choices are spotty/not available, and I've been charged for stuff I never ordered at least twice. The coffee is still that disgusting Nescafe too.
I wish WDW would get off their butts and open some other countries for breakfast. Please Iger, I'm begging you, open the UK up for breakfast!
I had heard
rave reviews for Tutto Gusto Wine Cellar from a podcaster I won't name (don't want to break any rules around here) who has never led me wrong before. Ended up spending nearly $100 for four drinks, four bone dry breadsticks, and a plate of about 12 ultra-thin slices of cured meats and cheese. I'm in fairly good shape, can't eat whole portion sizes that you get at your local Applebee's, and actually appreciate expertly cooked small plates but this was flipping ridiculous! Unless we really messed up our order it is so totally not worth it.
And I'll add unremarkable CS locations (burgers, chicken burgers, fries, and the like) to places I avoid and character meals because I feel just too awkward, as a group of two young adults, to eat at the Princess buffet.
The Parisian breakfast for F&W also kind of sucked but we were at a table with two people (didn't realize we'd be seated with others so that was a surprise) who refused to talk to us. My gf and I are awkward people but we tried our hardest to hold a conversation and only received monosyllabic answers in return.
