Potentially the most underwhelming food and worst service at Epcot.

It began with a visit to the kiosk Fleur de Lys for their La Vie en Rose Frozen Slush where we were greeted by the rudest cashiers in all the park. The cashiers here think it’s ok to speak bad about customers amongst themselves in French (especially the male with a fade haircut and ponytail). They must have forgotten that French isn’t the only language that derived from Latin and Spanish speakers/Latinos are able to understand the majority of what they say. The cashiers joked about customers in front of their faces, saying these were “stupid” and calling them “trash”. The cashier was thrown off guard when after paying, I stood beside him and responded to their commentary with “Je comprends que tu dire.” (Thrown together from my knowledge of basic French courses in high school and considering in Spanish it’s “Yo comprendo lo que dijiste.” which almost sounds the same.) Sadly, the drink didn’t make up for the terrible treatment at the kiosk as it tastes like a watered down Jolly Rancher slush you’d find at a college party or at a dive bar.

The experience got worse upon checking in to Chefs de France for our dinner reservation where the hostess rolled her eyes and made a face of disgust upon hearing our Spanish name the reservation was under.

Once seated, our server was inattentive and couldn’t have cared less about the customer’s experience. Due to the loudness of the restaurant and him noticeably forcing an extreme French accent, we asked if he could speak louder so we could hear and understand when he talked to us. However, this just made him begin to mumble anytime he spoke to us and whenever something was brought to the table it was aggressively tossed on it. Throughout the course of the meal, we felt rushed with the constant desire to take our plates even when we had just begun eating.

Now on to the food… Our dinner began with the French Onion Soup which tasted like bland tap water with uncooked onions (they didn’t even caramelize the onions before putting them in the stock) which was all just topped with cheese (the only good part of the soup). Luckily, the table was equipped with salt and pepper shakers which we were forced to use on every spoonful to make this dish tolerable. Needless to say I’ve had better french onion soups at Outback.

For the main courses, we went with the Filet de Saumon and Boeuf Bourguignon. The beef was composed mainly of fat and was tolerable only thanks to the sauce. The linguine it is served with (why?) was undercooked and tasteless, paired with watered down bland carrots and baby onions (at least these were cooked first unlike the onions in the soup.) The salmon filet was pale, bland and tough, paired with an overcooked mushy rice pilaf and three undercooked hard broccolini stems. With the constant rush to finish our meals and the underwhelming taste of them, we gave up after only eating half.

As we had already selected the Prixe Fix Menu, we decided to try the Creme Brulee hoping this would at least put a nice finishing touch to what had been a disappointing culinary experience. To say it was the most underwhelming creme brulee we’ve ever had is an understatement. The only thing that tasted like creme brulee about it was the hardened caramelized sugar. The custard itself lacked any vanilla flavoring and was too liquified compared the traditional texture of custard/creme brulee.

Overall, the food was bland, underwhelming and the service was completely unacceptable and subpar. If we had not been seated at a window table, we would have left way before getting halfway through dinner.

If you want a good experience with incredible food and exemplary customer service while at Epcot, we would recommend Shiki-Sai instead (almost every plate here was delicious!). And if you’re able to request Yuka as your server, you’ll have an incredible experience and memory (and not in the negative way like at Chefs de France)