{"id":632,"date":"2010-08-30T16:59:57","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T20:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_travel_adventures\/?p=632"},"modified":"2022-05-04T21:08:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T01:08:43","slug":"raglan-road-irish-pub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/raglan-road-irish-pub\/","title":{"rendered":"Raglan Road Irish Pub"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 26, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are not too many places where I have not dined at Disney, and Raglan Road located in Downtown Disney has been one restaurant which did not appeal to me.\u00a0 I\u2019m not a huge fan of British pub food in the traditional sense\u2014Bangers & Mash and Fish & Chips are not for me as I don\u2019t eat sausage or fried fish.\u00a0 There was a culinary event at Raglan Road earlier in the year which piqued my interest as the food presented just looked gorgeous in the photos, and the reviews were quite favorable.\u00a0\u00a0 Since it was just Suzanne (age 13) and me I decided it was time to take the plunge and visit Raglan Road.<\/p>\n

We arrived at Downtown Disney\u00a0and parked my rental car by Cirque du Soleil and walked towards the old Pleasure Island area where Raglan Road is located. \u00a0(This is an off-the-beaten-path parking lot and I will certainly use it again as there is virtually no traffic\u2014but the tradeoff is a longer walk.)\u00a0 For years I have been walking by Raglan Road, and it is a beautiful restaurant from the outside.\u00a0 Previously I had ventured as far as the merchandise shop but never bought anything.\u00a0 Plus it is not air conditioned! \u00a0\u00a0(A note of trivia for you:\u00a0 the restaurant itself actually was built in Ireland and brought over here to be assembled.)\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0We checked in and it took a little bit to get seated but we ended up in a back room somewhere to the left of the stage, and unfortunately from there we \u00a0could not see the entertainment which was a guy doing Irish dancing (which is really awesome tap dancing.)\u00a0 Service was not exactly prompt but we did see service staff scurrying about, and they were incredibly busy.\u00a0 It was OK because we were not in a hurry.\u00a0 Finally our server arrived and we had enough time to order.\u00a0 \u00a0We skipped the appetizers and Suzanne ordered the Shepherd\u2019s Pie and I decided on the Lamb Shank. They brought some Irish Soda Bread, which at first taste was somewhat grainy and reminded me of sweet feed for horses. (Seriously… \u00a0it was pretty grainy.)\u00a0 Along with the bread they had a Guinness \/honey mixture for dipping the bread. The combination of the grains in the bread and the dipping sauce was absolutely wonderful. So what started off looking like horse food with a weird dipping sauce ended up being quite tasty to the point that I would make both at home and serves it to my family.<\/p>\n

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The entrees showed up after we were done with the bread. They were attractively presented, and the table next to use asked me what we were eating. My lamb was really good and tender, but a tiny bit salty. \u00a0\u00a0(I do not eat a lot of salt on my food.)\u00a0 Potatoes served with it were quite good and appropriately lumpy for homemade mashed potatoes.\u00a0\u00a0 Suzanne was not excited with her Shepherd\u2019s Pie as it was a bit on the spicy side, but I thought it was excellent and could be best described as \u201cwell seasoned.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 She didn\u2019t eat much, but she was tired and her appetite was a bit off. \u00a0Although she didn\u2019t really care for the entr\u00e9e and ate only about half \u00a0there was nothing wrong with it and it was just not to her liking.\u00a0 I personally would order the Shepherd\u2019s Pie as well as the lamb and would recommend both.<\/p>\n