Libby_Darling
Flippin' Her Fins
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- Jul 4, 2010
Bubba Gumps Shrimp Company
We had originally planned to go to Bob Marleys Taste of Freedom this evening but when we got to Citywalk we noticed the whole restaurant, plus several others, was completely cordoned off! When I asked a lady why she said there was a convention and it would be open as normal at 10pm. 10pm!! It was 8pm at this point and we were starving!! We quickly decided to switch our Bob Marleys night with our Bubba Gumps night. It took a while for this to sink in for me but once it did, OMG I was so excited for this restaurant!! Id literally been drooling over the menu for an entire year!! We headed over and after getting momentarily waylaid in the giftshop where I bought a t-shirt that I dont remember buying, we headed into the restaurant where we were seated straightaway in a BOOTH! Opposite a TV showing you guessed it, Forrest Gump!! We both loooove this movie and were quoting it to each other all night haha.
Awesome sign, you flip it to read STOP FORREST STOP if you want anything from your server hehehehe
Drinks menu was a pingpong bat! Awesome!!
Hilair table scrawls
We immediately spotted a flyer showing special Halloween cocktails so of course we ordered them. We noticed that they came with gummy snakes so Ben asked for his without as they have geletin in and our awesome server bought them out in a separate pot which was cute, he asked Ben if he was vegetarian because he was too so that was good.
The cocktails were fabulous! HUGE though, we got to keep the glasses
Halloween-face
Now, in a totally crazy move we then decided to share an appetizer. Share? SHARE!!?? I blame the alcohol! However it was a good idea because the portions were crazybig!! We shared the spinach and artichoke dip (hey, didnt we have that for lunch!?) because we were becoming slightly obsessed with it.
The dip was brought out after a few minutes and we made short work of it.
See!?
Then it was time to make a decision on our mains. I was deliberating between the Im Stuffed Shrimp which I was always planning to get, and a new contender, Shrimpers Paridise which I had taken a liking to on a whim. I saw sense though and chose the Im Stuffed Shrimp - Large Shrimp with Crab Stuffing, baked in Garlic Butter, and topped with Monterey Jack Cheese. Served with Jasmine Rice.
THIS WAS AMAZING!! This was one of the nicest things Ive ever eaten. The garlic butter surrounding the dish was just incredible and the crab stuffing in the shrimp was really flavourful and tasty, when I started to get full I was just dousing the crabmeat in the garlic butter haha
Benj went for the one and only veggie option, the Mushroom burger. Kinda boring I know but he does love a good mushroom burger and he said this one was exceptional, I have to say that I agree with that judging by how awesome it looks in the photos! Fresh avocado and salad is always a good addition to a burger in my opinion!
Dessert was once again out of the question sadly so we paid the bill ($40 ish not including our drinks so not bad at all as we shared a starter) and headed to pick up our clean, new souviner glasses (a nice touch we felt!)
We spent the rest of the evening exploring CityWalk a bit more til we thought we were going to keel over and pass out due to tiredness, in fact I actually fell sound asleep on the boat back to HRH which is pretty impressive!!
The Verdict
An amazing restaurant, really good fun! We loved the theming, the cute little touches like the sign and the drinks menu and our server was great fun. Most importantly though, the food was AMAZING and really not a bad price we felt, especially compared with similarly themed Disney restaurants.
Gotta be a 5!!
We had originally planned to go to Bob Marleys Taste of Freedom this evening but when we got to Citywalk we noticed the whole restaurant, plus several others, was completely cordoned off! When I asked a lady why she said there was a convention and it would be open as normal at 10pm. 10pm!! It was 8pm at this point and we were starving!! We quickly decided to switch our Bob Marleys night with our Bubba Gumps night. It took a while for this to sink in for me but once it did, OMG I was so excited for this restaurant!! Id literally been drooling over the menu for an entire year!! We headed over and after getting momentarily waylaid in the giftshop where I bought a t-shirt that I dont remember buying, we headed into the restaurant where we were seated straightaway in a BOOTH! Opposite a TV showing you guessed it, Forrest Gump!! We both loooove this movie and were quoting it to each other all night haha.
Awesome sign, you flip it to read STOP FORREST STOP if you want anything from your server hehehehe
Drinks menu was a pingpong bat! Awesome!!
Hilair table scrawls
We immediately spotted a flyer showing special Halloween cocktails so of course we ordered them. We noticed that they came with gummy snakes so Ben asked for his without as they have geletin in and our awesome server bought them out in a separate pot which was cute, he asked Ben if he was vegetarian because he was too so that was good.
The cocktails were fabulous! HUGE though, we got to keep the glasses
Halloween-face
Now, in a totally crazy move we then decided to share an appetizer. Share? SHARE!!?? I blame the alcohol! However it was a good idea because the portions were crazybig!! We shared the spinach and artichoke dip (hey, didnt we have that for lunch!?) because we were becoming slightly obsessed with it.
The dip was brought out after a few minutes and we made short work of it.
See!?
Then it was time to make a decision on our mains. I was deliberating between the Im Stuffed Shrimp which I was always planning to get, and a new contender, Shrimpers Paridise which I had taken a liking to on a whim. I saw sense though and chose the Im Stuffed Shrimp - Large Shrimp with Crab Stuffing, baked in Garlic Butter, and topped with Monterey Jack Cheese. Served with Jasmine Rice.
THIS WAS AMAZING!! This was one of the nicest things Ive ever eaten. The garlic butter surrounding the dish was just incredible and the crab stuffing in the shrimp was really flavourful and tasty, when I started to get full I was just dousing the crabmeat in the garlic butter haha
Benj went for the one and only veggie option, the Mushroom burger. Kinda boring I know but he does love a good mushroom burger and he said this one was exceptional, I have to say that I agree with that judging by how awesome it looks in the photos! Fresh avocado and salad is always a good addition to a burger in my opinion!
Dessert was once again out of the question sadly so we paid the bill ($40 ish not including our drinks so not bad at all as we shared a starter) and headed to pick up our clean, new souviner glasses (a nice touch we felt!)
We spent the rest of the evening exploring CityWalk a bit more til we thought we were going to keel over and pass out due to tiredness, in fact I actually fell sound asleep on the boat back to HRH which is pretty impressive!!
The Verdict
An amazing restaurant, really good fun! We loved the theming, the cute little touches like the sign and the drinks menu and our server was great fun. Most importantly though, the food was AMAZING and really not a bad price we felt, especially compared with similarly themed Disney restaurants.
Gotta be a 5!!