WALT DISNEY WORLD WITH HEALTH CONDITIONS: Boat Transportation Including Accessibility Info.

7050 West Palmetto Park Road
Boca Raton, FL 33433-3426
(561) 391-6601

This restaurant gives diners some strong reasons to visit, and equally strong reasons to stay away. First the up side. They often run a special that can't be beat consisting of a 2 pound lobster, soup or salad and a side dish for $19.95. The place starts filling up early, and you'll see at least one person at each table joyfully working through a meaty lobster. The lobsters are served either stuffed or steamed, and they're nicely prepared in our experience. The salad is simple with iceberg lettuce, cucumber, carrot slivers and piece of tomato. Their steaks are flavorful, tender and have a great flame grilled flavor. Plus if you like live music and dancing, you'll enjoy the dance bands they bring in later in the evening (check for a schedule), drawing a good size crowd for the space.

On the down side, when you walk inside you'll notice the STRONG smell of cigarette smoke. Even when no one is smoking in the adjacent bar, the place is so permeated that it smells like you put your nose in an ashtray. There's no other restaurant in Southeast Florida, Southwest Florida or Orlando that we've experienced this in since the smoking laws changed in this state. Somehow, despite the fact that the bar is completely open to the dining area, guests are allowed to smoke in the bar. At night when the bar fills up, the restaurant air is thick with smoke. Those with allergies will want to stick to earlier dining, or even to avoid this restaurant all together.

Depending on what you order, their prices are either consistent with other steakhouses such as Outback, or they're higher. Yet the decor is on the shabby side, and not shabby chic. Tables and chairs are rickety, and seem like inexpensive bar setups that are long past their prime. At one visit we had to try several of the uncomfortable wood stick chairs until we found one that we thought would not collapse. Tables are situated uncomfortably close together, and wheelchairs will not be able to gain access anywhere other than the few tables on the perimeters. The dishware is also very low end, appearing to be on-the-side-of-the-highway-diner-style.

In the evening as the place fills up, the noise is deafening. Between the crowd stuffed in the dining room, and the music and noise from the bar, incredibly loud and chaotic. The wait staff have to yell to be heard. During early hours we had a lovely waitress who provided good service, but when we went during peak dinner time, the waiter was so busy he barely had time to take our order and run. We rarely saw him, and had to flag him down to get anything. On two occasions we found the hosts to be rather rude. We had the feeling the could take us or leave us. Politeness and seeing to our comfort was not on their agenda.

We asked about their handling of special dietary needs, and we were told that they do not accommodate these. While they may be willing to share ingredients, they won't take any type of special requests.