Reviews of ‘Ohana Dinner
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Reviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 04/14/2024
Rating: (3) Not Recommended
Ate there over our spring break trip and was disappointed to say the least. As a party of 2, we were seated at a small table along the wall and were basically forgotten about. The server kept apologizing but never made things right. The salad and bread were good. The skillet of appetizers were fair. But we had finished it,and no meat had been served. Once the waitress realized she forgot us again, she finally brought over two bowls of saucy meat. The chicken skin was rubbery and the steak was burnt. I miss the days of the skewer delivery. I was looking forward to dessert but the poor service really put a damper on the dining experience. Too bad because it used to be a great place to eat.
Pros:
Salad and breadCons:
Service, meat preparationReviewed by CariB Review Date: 04/02/2024
Rating: (5) Not Recommended
I so wanted to love 'Ohana and relive all the happy memories I had there years ago, but I'm afraid I came away this time quite disappointed in both the experience and the food. We went to celebrate my youngest daughter's 21st birthday. She chose 'Ohana because she always remembered loving the food and atmosphere there as a child, and we were all looking forward to it. It all started well, as the woman at the check-in desk was friendly and kind, but it went downhill quickly. We were seated in the center section of the large room and the noise and light and lack of space were absolutely overwhelming. It looked like there were dimmer and quieter places around the edges of the space, but everything was full so it was not possible to move. In all seriousness, I had a spotlight in my eyes during the entire meal. It was so bright as to be uncomfortable. Our server, while kind and efficient, was entirely reciting a canned script. Everything he said, you could tell he had said the same words with the same inflections a million times before. Then people started unceremoniously dumping plates and pans on the table, almost all at once. The salad and bread were good. The pork dumplings were tasty, but not any tastier than the ones I get in the freezer section of Trader Joes. The vegetables were cooked nicely and flavorful. But everything else was a disaster. The noodles were oily, flavorless, and cold. The shrimp were coated in a brightly colored seasoning, and the only way to eat them was to open them with your fingers. All three of us had yellow nails and cuticles for two days after the meal, which is just gross. The biggest disappointment was the meat. If you remember when the meat used to come around on a skewer, you'll be crushed to know that they just slap some bowls of meat down on the table. It's chicken on the bone that is plain and sticky, and a bowl of steak (?) that has a gross, sweet teriyaki sauce poured over it and is a terrible texture. It's nothing like the delicious skewers of meat that were cooked so well in the past. In addition, the dessert was unpleasant. The ice cream was of poor quality, so much air in it that it was almost foamy as it melted, and the cake was nothing special. The much-vaunted salted caramel sauce tasted like neither of those things. It was more like a bottle of Hershey's caramel syrup from the grocery store. In addition, our server seemed annoyed when we asked for a drink menu. He just started telling us all of the non-alcoholic drinks and seemed flustered when we asked for a bar menu. He did go get it and we received the drinks, but it was odd to have to ask. We could see the fireworks, which was nice, but I would have rather eaten at Kona and then gone down to watch them on the beach. This place was a waste of time and money. Also, we were celebrating two birthdays. The table next to us received a plate of macarons and other treats for the birthday they were celebrating, but we just got a verbal "happy birthday" and that was it. I don't expect birthday treats, but when the group next to you gets one and your kid doesn't, it makes you feel some kind of way. Overall, I'm so sad to see how much this beloved place has gone down hill. I guess as long as we keep paying for it, Disney has no incentive to make it what it once was.
Pros:
Ample amounts of food. Bread and butter with honey tasted good. Fresh salad and the vegetables were good. View of fireworks.Cons:
Intensely bright lights and a loud, chaotic, unpleasant environment. Robotic service. All the food arrived almost at once. Poor quality main dishes. Had to beg for drinks. Overpriced.Reviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 01/20/2024
Rating: (1) Not Recommended
Awful
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NineCons:
EverythingReviewed by disneymom35 Review Date: 08/29/2023
Rating: (6) Not Recommended
We ate here the third week of August 2023. What a disappointment. I haven't been here in probably 10 years, and I'm so sad about the decline in food/service. We had overcooked chicken, tough steak/beef, the noodles were in a super sweet glaze so that's all they tasted like. The best part of the meal was dessert. After being seated, it was a good 10 minutes just to be acknowledged by our server and were only checked no when they were dumping our various courses on the table. They also sat us at a table near the entrance which was already kind of dark and they proceeded to dim the lights while we ate, which became kind of comical at one point, because we couldn't see what we were eating. Until I hear of a change in the food and read several positive reviews going forward, this is a never again expense for us.
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Live entertainer/musicianCons:
FoodReviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 08/20/2023
Rating: (2) Not Recommended
Being a Florida Resident and Disney Annual Passholder we like to tell the truth and not be overwhelmed by the 'Magic' at Disney World.
That being said; we had both the Breakfast and Dinner Buffets Prior Pandemic and have to say it was nothing short of being GREAT!.
Been to both since then and couple comments:
1. Should NOT be called a Buffet any longer, Family Style fits realistically
2. LIMITED choices just standard, Beef, Chicken, Shrimp along with Noodles and Potstickers ending with Bread Pudding(Pineapple)
........ Happy Service but Slow and Sprint refills which should have been Club Soda
........ Chicken.... Ehh had better, so-so
........ Shrimp very good but should have a better way, had to rip apart the skin is very messy
........ Noodles, over cooked and salty
........ Potstickers okay but you can buy them frozen same quality
........ Bread.... Mushy DOUGH
........ Pineapple Bread Pudding was very good but if you don't like bread pudding there is no other desert
Breakfast
....... Not much to mention except Scrambled Eggs, Bacon, Sausage and biscuits
So for BUFFET and PRICE($60) we had to rate it a 2 STAR Meal.... been there once NEVER GOING BACK
Pros:
If not a multiple visitor the view is nice along with the resortCons:
For the Price - Quality, Quantity and Versatility of items no choice so this is a Family Style at best... NOT A BUFFETReviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 04/29/2023
Rating: (5) Not Recommended
I totally understand that this is a busy and highly sought after place for people to dine at WDW, but that feeling definitely makes its way into the experience. Tables are packed in, feels like you’re being led to a trough. And the sheer amount of food is absolutely insane. We are not American so perhaps not accustomed to the portion size but there were three of us eating and we had enough food to feed 10 people. Most of it went to waste, which was such a sad way to leave our experience.
Pros:
Bread puddingCons:
Way, way too much food for a normal human to consume. Everything was either very salty or very sugary. The so called famous noodles basically taste like they’re tossed in a sugar sauce.Reviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 03/12/2023
Rating: (3) Not Recommended
Very slow service. We waited half an hour to be seated even though we had booked and then we were put at the back of the restaurant behind a pillar so we couldn’t see the fireworks. Our server gave us the drinks menu but then didn’t come back to take the orders. After someone else brought us our starters we had to flag someone down to get our drinks. The starters were nice but the mains were overcooked and chewy at this point our server appeared again to bring us our puddings and the bill. The bread pudding was nice but it would have been nice to have some choice for the people in my family that didn’t like it.
Pros:
Noodles, wings and Bread puddingCons:
The staff and if you get a bad table it’s very bad. Not worth the priceReviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 02/23/2023
Rating: (1) Not Recommended
The waitress ignored us the whole time we were so excited to be there and we left hungry. Very disappointed
Pros:
The decorCons:
Terrible serviceReviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 10/24/2022
Rating: (3) Not Recommended
Growing up, I am now (23F) have been to Disney 23 times. Ohana was absolutely one of my favorites. I remember getting a Leieu when I walked in. The meat came around on skewers. Stitch would come out. The announcer would get the whole restaurant engaged with a huge ALOHAAAA. And is kids would run around sweeping coconuts on the ground in a race. It was magical and filled with the best Hawaiian ambiance. It’s now 2022. We went on October 19 2022. NONE OF THAT EXISTS. firstly, it was overly packed with tables. Everything was served to table and the server would leave and not come back for awhile. Now the food itself. The salad and bread okay. The dumplings were cold. The wings (usually my favorite) were so salty I couldn’t enjoy more than two. Noodles were okay. Broccolini was flavorless, but at least fresh. Then the meats. The steak was so raw (and I love a good medium rare) that no shot we had to send it back. Knives can’t cut through it either. They ended up cutting the steak up into small slivers and cooking it which just ruins the whole point of sending it back and a wrong temp again. The chicken was good but over seasoned. The shrimp under seasoned. There bread pudding was not nearly as soft and warm as it used to be. For the price we paid for what used to be was one of the most disappointing meal I’ve had in Disney since 2019. Let alone the entire trip we had a reservation everyday. But ohana isn’t worth it unless you have the money to waste on an below average meal and the magic it now lacks.
Pros:
We had a beautiful view of the castleCons:
The price, the lack of magic it used to have, no flower necklaces, waitress MIA, way overpriced for below average meal.Reviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 09/16/2022
Rating: (5) Not Recommended
We were just there for dinner on Saturday night sept 3 and it was disappointing. $270 for me and my wife, 11 year old son and 9 year old daughter.(Disney is very sneaky charging an 11 year old the adult price) The kids hated the food and wound up eating a hot dog. Thank you to the waiter for realizing they were not eating anything and making the suggestion. My wife and I had heard the noodles were amazing, but I’ve had better noodles at our local Chinese food place. The pit stickers, wings and chicken were delicious. The steak was rubbery and gamey(was it beef?) The shrimp was terrible(mushy to the touch). We ate what we could and didn’t refill anything. What good is an all you can eat when the food is gross? Very surprised at how expensive the meal was and the low quality of the food. One and done for us, glad to have finally tried it, never to go back again.
