‘Ohana

On occasion I will do an entire post about a restaurant! We LOVE to eat at Disney (note the Tables in Wonderland and Kid’s Nite Out posts, we do those because we love food!). The first restaurant we are going to highlight is ‘Ohana at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort. I’m not saying this is our favorite restaurant, but it is the first one we’re going to cover.

As I said, ‘Ohana is located at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort. It’s on the second floor of the Great Ceremonial House (the main lobby area). To get there you can take stairs or elevator. The elevator is in the back right area of the lobby if you can from the parking lot side. There is also a set or stairs behind the elevator. There’s a second set of stairs to the left behind The BouTiki. Once on the second level there is a check in line next to the elevator along the railing outside of Moana Mercantile.

Disney, at least in the last few restaurants we’ve been to, has done away with the pager type of telling you your table is ready. Instead, they will take your phone number and text you when your table is ready. Once you’ve checked in you can wait for your text. If you are having breakfast you can head over and take a picture with Pluto while you wait.

‘Ohana means family. The restaurant ‘Ohana therefor serves their food “family style” which means most of it comes to your table for everyone to share. ‘Ohana serves breakfast and dinner only. There is no lunch here.

Breakfast
Breakfast is a character meal called Best Friends Breakfast Featuring Lilo and Stitch. Every time we’ve gone in the past we have always seen Lilo, Stitch, Mickey (in special Polynesian inspired clothes), and Pluto. As shown above, Pluto is seen outside of the restaurant currently. Once seated your table will receive a skillet of food filled with Mickey and Stitch waffles, scrambled eggs, sausage links, ham slices biscuits, and potatoes. There is also a plate of fruit and a sweet pineapple bread which is amazing. If you have any food allergies make sure to let the host know when you check in and also make sure your waiter is aware. You can have your skillet refilled as needed. They actually refilled ours well before we needed it, but we were happy with it since we got more of the stuff we really liked.

Dinner
Dinner is not a character meal. It is still served family style, but slightly different. They bring out the sides family style, but your proteins are brought around on skewers much like you’ll find at Brazilian steakhouses such as Fogo de Chao or Texas de Brazil. Sides currently include dumplings, vegetables, noodles, the same delicious bread you get at breakfast and salad. Proteins currently include chicken, shrimp, and steak. Dessert includes a delicious bread pudding. Dinner is delicious, but can be pretty difficult to get a reservation for, especially the coveted dining time during Happily Ever After, the fireworks show at Magic Kingdom.

We do enjoy ‘Ohana. We haven’t been for dinner in an exceptionally long time due to our plans are usually last minute and can’t find a reservation. The last two times we’ve done breakfast we have waited such a long time past our reservation time (30+ minutes) that it is a place in the back of our mind when decided if we actually want to eat there or see what else is available.