Garden Grove at Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin

Very bad food, cold, no taste, bad bad for $160 I will never dine here again

Great experience! Awesome waiter, great food.

A little pricey but worth it for the meet and greet (Goofy and Pluto) without lines like the parks. The seafood was good and the desserts beautiful. Worth it for our family.

Skip this one. There are characters (we had chip/dale and goofy and Pluto) but that was the only interesting thing about this meal. We came because I read a review that it was one of the more economical character dining experiences, and I now know why. Our daughter ate free, no alcohol and our bill was still over $100. Save your money and buy another toy. The food definitely wasn’t worth it.

This was our first time at Garden Grove. The food, service, and ambiance was incredible. The clam chowder was the best I’ve ever had and I’m from New England! If you haven’t tried the Ggarden Grove, you should. You won’t be disappointed! We are heading back there again tonight!

Great buffet and service!

I cannot thank the staff enough.... Ashley is OUTSTANDING!!THANK you for making my Daughers Sweer 16 Birthday so special!

Wonderful atmosphere and a well kept secret that some Disney characters were present for the children. It made it very enjoyable for all.

The plus of the restaurant is that cast is attentive, especially the person walking around with the characters who was great about offering to take pictures for us. The menu was so limited and sort of a turnoff. We probably would have picked a different place if we had realized that there were only 4 entree choices. What we had was good but expensive.

Good, healthy food options for adults and especially children. Lovely staff.
Disney characters leading us to our table was a bonus!

The Kids loved the characters! They were very interactive and personalized their service. The food was great but rather expensive for a buffet.

Everything was great but the waiter didn’t bring the lobster in which he recommended. I think he forgot or did not hear us say “yes”.

Nice atmosphere and it was not busy which allowed the characters to interact a lot more but the food was “ok” and it was expensive for what it was.

The price was high for the quality of food. Kids buffet was expensive considering kids don’t eat that much.

One of our favorites. The all you can eat crab legs are awesome and the characters spend lots of time with each table. Lots of options for desserts and the buffet staples are delish! Half stuffed lobster is now a $5 add on, but I only ate it before because they brought it to the table so it wasn’t a huge loss to me

Enjoy every visit to disneyworld. Great crab legs and seafood

Do not waste your money. It's an Old Country Buffet on steroids. Total waste of money.

Food was mediocre at best.

Our server peter was AWESOME. Same characters and “specials” as previous night tho

I would steer clear of this restaurant for a character dining. The characters were fine but the restaurant appeared very disorganized. The food was terrible. You pay $40 for a buffet that is barely eatable. It’s unfortunate that we ended up paying for a second character dining experience somewhere else to get the full experience. This restaurant has some work to do to meet Disney’s renowned standards with us. Taking the time to explain to your table the menu and what to expect with the buffet menu options is also important—this restaurant did not do this. Save your money with this one and go down the street to Cape May Cafe.

The food was okay, same as most Disney buffets. It did have a nice seafood selection. However, they were understaffed. It’s a problem when you have to clear your own table at buffet restaurant. Service was slow, not up to most Disney dining standards but the same $$ prices.

New Year’s Eve dinner. This was our 2nd New Year’s Eve dinner and both times we had Oscar as our waiter. Oscar gave us great service both times and we are going back next year and we will request Oscar as he is one of the deciding factors on returning. The food is excellent with many choices to satisfy even the pickiest of diners. The atmosphere is nice and the characters visit each table. You will not be disappointed going here to eat for an occasion.

Overpriced
Overrated
If children do not eat seafood makes an expensive plate of chicken nuggets and fries

Perfect menu together with the characters .... Did not this option existed

Eve Christmas dinner

We have been going to the Garden Grove restaurant once a year around Christmas for the past few years. We enjoy the character dining and then walking around the boardwalk to see the Christmas decorations. Unfortunately, our last visit this past week made us decide to choose another restaurant next year.
When we arrived, we found out that they only had the seafood buffet available. In previous years, we were able to order from a menu on Sundays. I should have checked beforehand.
On previous visits, the service was outstanding. This time it was less than average. Our server acted indifferent and less than enthusiastic. Then he added a $21 charge to our bill for my 2 year granddaughter even though the website states children under 3 are free. So we had to get that adjusted before we left.
The buffet was average. There was no bread and only one salad choice. Caesar salad with very little dressing. We had to ask for more which was a hassle.
Overall we were all disappointed this time and decided we would look for another restaurant in the future.

Food was great. Only problem was crab legs were very difficult to get the meat out.

We went to the seafood buffet at the Swan, Garden Grove. We were seated and served right away by our courteous server. Everything we tried at the buffet, along with the fried seafood basket and lobster was fresh and delicious. We had both the red and white wine sangrias with our meal and both were very tasty as well.

The food was good except for the clam strips being overdone, they were so hard you could barely bite threw them. The crab leggs were also overcooked, did not detrsct from the flavor, just made them hard to get the meat out of the shell. The split stuffed maine lobster was fantastic. The rest of the food was good but there really was not much of a variety snd the dessert bar was lacking. For the price I expected better.

Great all you can eat soup, salad, bread and dessert bars. Ordered the pasta which came out over cooked.

We had the worst experience ever! Our first time here and expected to have an amazing experience but it was the opposite! Our server was behind from the beginning, he greeted us anout 10 mins after we sat! We needed refills on drinks and he didn’t notice our glass was empty, my husband ask for another ginger ale and he said ok and brought it out 10 mins later! He got sat two big parties on the bottom floor area where and he totally neglected us! I has asked him for more clams and shrimp and he said I don’t know I’ll have to ask the cook.. I thought it was all you can eat so I didn’t think it was a problem to ask for more! He never came back to tell us no. He just didn’t come back! The food was not good, the New York strip was tough and my one lobster that my dinner came with was undercooked (so i didn’t eat it) my husband burned his hand while trying to scoop mussels onto his plate, the ladle was scorching hot, the guy behind him cursed when he picked it up! After the longest most unpleasant dinner ever we finally got our check and he didn’t even apologize for making us wait, we gave him our parking ticket to get validated and he brought it back with our payment and we thought he validated it. But as we left the parking lot they charged us $25 so he obviously ignored our request to validate the ticket! This is not a cheap dinner to blow off, we paid good money and chose this establishment to dine at hoping we had made a great choice! We will not recommend this place to anyone ever! Just horrible.

Excellent experience!

The food was pretty good. We had no trouble getting a reservation. There were 5 of us (one was under 3 and free) and our bill came to $168. The kids got to meet Goofy and Pluto, which they loved, but I'm not sure it was worth that amount of money. It was seafood night and even though I like seafood...nothing was "amazing" on the buffet. My girls barely at anything...a chicken nugget and a couple bites of mac n cheese...so the bill seemed really pricey to me for that. Oh well...done and over with.

Loved coming back to Disney World now that I'm all grown up and adulting. Perfect for anyone staying at the Dolphin/Swan. Parking available at the Swan to those driving over.

Had a memorable experience. Made reservations on a weeknight, buffet included in price of main that you choose. My partner and I ordered the prime rib and chicken, both large portions. Despite the other reviews, I thought the pricing was fair. It was quiet and not busy, which was a plus. Enjoyed the clam chowder soup and selection of desserts. Nothing was spectacular, but good. Our waiter was polite and attentive.

Main reason to go here is to meet the Characters. Best way to meet them than waiting forever in line to get a photo. More interactive and Characters spend more time with you. I think for the future, they could offer a few more variety of Characters at the restaurant on different nights, would have tempted me to go back on another day! You can meet Goofy, Pluto, as well as Chip & Dale if you go on the weekend. Catered more towards families with children, I still had fun coming here for a date. Can't get the Character experience back home! A highlight of my trip, and recommend.

The night we went was Seafood Buffet. Food was okay and exceptable. Nothing outstanding but we had a child with us and they had Pluto and Goofy visiting at the table. After a day at the park it was nice to sit in a quiet atmosphere and have a relaxed dinner. For those that do not eat seafood they had chicken and prime rib. Large selection of salads and very good dessert selection.

Wait time was way too long. Even we had a reservation，we still have to wait over half an hour after we checked in.

We had a reservation and most reservations were running 1 hour behind.

Thanksgiving lunch was delicious. A bountiful buffet with selections to please everyone no matter how young or old. Spending the holiday with Disney characters was the way to go. Service was fabulous and had a great experience!

The only complaint was the prime rib had no flavor or the au juice

Wonderful service and food. Disney characters and a very fun ambiance!