If you are a big Disney World fan, a dinner at Victoria and Alberts might be on your Disney Bucket List! It was certainly on mine. So, last summer, my friend Erin and I hatched a plan for a quick girls' weekend to Disney World on our own. We only went for two nights, but we took the first flight out on Friday morning and came home on the last flight on Sunday to maximize our time. Since we haven't had an adult only trip to the World since before our kids were born, we knew we needed to do as much as possible in our limited time.
180 days out at 6am, we snagged a dinner reservation at the famed Victoria and Alberts. V&A's is about as far from theme park food as you can imagine! It's located in the Grand Floridian, and it it only has one seating per night. You can choose the main dining room (where we dined), the Queen's table or the Chef's table.
The main dining room was just gorgeous. Live harp music played the classics (including Disney classics, which was the only touch of the Mouse all night).
If you have a reservation here, they call you about a week ahead of time to discuss your dining experience. They go over things like what you can and can't eat (so, I was able to tell them that fish is the only meat I will eat, but you can discuss allergies and preferences too), any celebrations (none for us!), and your relationship with your fellow diner. They also go over the options for 7 or 10 course, wine pairings, and pricing (eek!). Bucket list...this is a bucket list thing! So, when we showed up, my menu was personalized! So fun and special!
I chose the 7 course and the wine pairing. I do love wine, and even though I wasn't sure about some of the choices on the menu, I wanted to opportunity to try out the pairing choices. Plus it started with this Pino Noir/Chardonnay sparkling mix, which is pretty much me in a glass.
And on to a MILLION food pictures. IT. WAS. ALL. SO. GOOD. Like work of art good.
Oh, and on top of the 7 courses, there were three bread courses. Each with it's own special butter and salt for the top--can't go wrong with that!
I don't like beets, so the chef switched my beet dish out for this awesome Japanese dish of yummy goodness.
My favorite part of the Grand Floridian in the past has been the flowers. The flowers in their signature restaurant live up to the hype, too! Look at these gorgeous things!
Selfie stop!
Seriously--every course just kept getting better.
And then the truffle bread with truffle butter. OMG. Seriously. Sometimes I dream about this. Our sweet assistant waitress (because you clearly need two) kept saying what a shame it is that truffle season is so short. Gotta admit that I agree.
This noodle dish with butternut squash was insanely good.
On to the fish that I haven't had before--John Dory fish. YUM.
Towards the end of the meal(and I'm talking 3 hours in), the brought out this coffee contraption. They said it was part of the entertainment, and I must say I agree!
When given a choice of a cheese tray or ice cream, we both chose the cheese. And it came in it's own delicious cart of goodness!
Look at all those yummies!
But, just because we did cheese, we still got dessert. In case you were wondering, there is gold on there. Apparently it's "good for digestion." We got a good laugh out of that. And then we ate it!
Oh wait. You think that's it? NOPE. Post dessert, you need truffles of the chocolate variety. Erin was reasonable and asked for one. I said I wanted them ALL. I had to take some home, but I wasn't missing out on this!
That cherry in the middle was soaked for over a year in brandy, and was quite messy!
Quick view of the dining room!
I would certainly encourage anyone who wanted a really special night to go to Victoria and Alberts! It's such a treat!
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