I really hope you enjoy Yachtsman! It's currently our second favorite Disney restaurant behind Artist Point (even though we don't love steak), and the menu definitely has some great choices. My advice: if you don't feel like steak, don't worry about trying something else. We've been wowed by many of their non-steak entrees (lamb, halibut, even chicken).
This part wasn't addressed at me, but I wanted to post about our visit to Yachtsman's last week, which was primarily decided on by your great reviews! We were still a bit hesitant to try it, since it did seem like "just a steakhouse", and always seems to get mixed reviews in general.
It did not disappoint. Oddly, it seemed like out of everything, we thought the steaks were the least interesting part of the meal (which could be why it gets mixed reviews.) However, overall it really impressed.
The appetizers were a Fruito du Mar with stuffed squash blossom, which was really good, and a braised beef tortellini (or tortoni?), which was INSANE. Our favorite restaurant outside of disney is Restaurant Marc Forgione's in NY (he won the Next Iron Chef in 2011), and this was to the quality of his creations. Maybe one of the best things we've EVER had in any disney restaurant, period.
The sides we had with the steaks were the mashed potatoes, truffle mac and cheese, and an extra side of creamed spinach (with Gruyere cheese), which were all quite excellent. I could have had a vat of that spinach.
For dessert, we had the chocolate, pretzel, caramel gelato thing, which was also really good, plus an extra cupcake with candle for my birthday.
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The drinks we had (some berry margarita and white sangria) were also excellent.
For the steaks, the filet was tender but underwhelming on taste. The boneless rib eye tasted good, but was a little too chewy in texture. (The filet was the better of the two.) Both of us had half our steaks left on the plates, though we completely finished every bite of the three sides. Everything else in the meal made up for steaks to us, and we probably will try the other non-steak options next time.
Overall this quickly jumped towards the top of our Signature list. Flying Fish is in the #1 position for us, this would be around second or third, especially after a terrible California Grill meal this trip, which dropped that down a few notches.
We immediately made a reservation to come back to YS for our November trip. Thanks again for your detailed reviews which pointed us towards trying it!