Is Kona Cafe Underrated? Incredible Casual Dining at Disney's Polynesian Resort | Walt Disney World

[@maryfrank-oj5km]

Sam and Jay, the Poly brings you so much joy! Loved the vlog!

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

It really does 🙂. Thank you! So happy you enjoyed.

[@carakerr4081]

So excited for this video! The Polynesian Hotel is the very first hotel I stayed in at Disney world with my parents in the 1980s! Can’t wait to watch this! ❤️❤️

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

It's such a special place, we love it so much :)

[@ewan1807]

Really great! Can’t wait to see more videos! ♥️

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

Thanks so much!

[@sandypandys]

😀love the breakfast there also That bread🥰 pudding is lustrous! controversial or not i agree its all about the atmosphere 🌴

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

I'd for sure put their breakfast on a top 5 list. Can't go wrong with bread pudding. Everyone values different things about the restaurants, we love a mix of atmosphere and great food.

[@damianspalma2524]

Great Video! Hotels has the best fast and causal dinning connected to the castle

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

Thank you! Agree completely.

[@lizetearruda3196]

Looking forward to enjoying Kona café on our January trip 🙂

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

Hope you have the best trip 🙂. Thanks for watching!

[@jkhegarty857]

Hi Sam & Jay 👋 😊! Thank you for sharing your dining experience at Kona Cafe. I have been fortunate to vacation twice to the French Polynesian Islands. Between O'Hana & Kona, their menus do not relate to the Tahitian Island palate. The 2 restaurants appear more Hawaiian. French Polynesia has a strong French & island influence. Local fish, citrus sauces with herbs, the buried roasted pig. The use of large leaves to wrap & steam cook. Your selections look very delicious 😋. Glad you are safe. See you for the next one. 😊 ❤

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

I think Disney does well with what they have but they definitely aren't the most authentic dishes. Curious if Bread Pudding is big in the Polynesian islands haha We are so grateful to be okay, thanks for watching :) Always enjoy hearing from you.

[@taliskan198]

I think Poly is the only resort in all these years I have yet to go. Food always looks amazing. Glad it's held up all these years!

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

Bill!!!! You have TO GO.

[@broheim22]

Great video we were so happy to see you guys last night

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

Thank you! We love you guys and so happy we got to spend some time with you :)

[@darlenebarsalou4169]

I really enjoy all your videos.

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

We really appreciate hearing that, thank you :)

[@karenquinlan2894]

Love to see you review the Flamingo Crossing Restaurants , maybe Flamingo Crossing Fridays

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

We've spoken about this! With our day jobs it's been hard for us to get around to other areas but it's definitely on our radar. We'll do our best to get over there. Thanks for the suggestion 🙂

[@barbdreams]

Great video, Tonga Toast is a must every trip but I've never been to Kona for lunch at dinner. We're spending half of our next trip at Poly, though, so we'll try to hit it for sure

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

We need to do a breakfast video on here again. Missing Tonga Toast. Hope you guys can get here for lunch or dinner. We definitely recommend it! Hope you have the best trip 🙂.

[@cmcguckin85]

We love the Polynesian. I would love to do a full week there. It has a very special memory for us when we did go. It’s where we told you guys Christina was pregnant. We watched the magic Kingdom fireworks from the beach and I love Ohana. Kona Café is extremely underrated. And the bread pudding is probably one of my favorite desserts in all of Disney World.

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

I remember it like it was yesterday! Polynesian is special to us too- great memories eating on our patio watching the fireworks. All the food at the Poly is great.

[@lebabies]

I've eaten three times at this restaurant and been very happy each time. I do love the sushi, and I always get the pot stickers and wings. I also really like their desserts.

[@kellycarroll6829]

the food looked really good + casual atmosphere is really lovely for a group. Glad you enjoyed!💚🕊

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

It's always been consistently good, love to see it!!!

[@cherrytreelane4264]

Love the Polynesian resort food! I have to try those potstickers. We recently went to Tambu Lounge to avoid Ohana prices, and it was so nice! Can't beat that Kona press pot coffee. Great vlog! ❤

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

The potstickers are a must! We absolutely love going to Tambu, we go frequently off camera and always enjoy it- great staff there and love not paying the O'hana price tag! The Kona press pot lives rent free in my head. Thank you so much for watching.

[@ISpyWithMyLittleEye]

I was just thinking about eating here next week during my trip and your video popped up in my feed 😂 Confirmation 👍

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

It's a sign!!! Hope you have a great trip :)

[@NibblesandBubbles]

We love Kona Cafe! We’ve had some lovely food there and we love the atmosphere. It’s a bit of a must do for us. I’m partial to a Lapu Lapu 😊

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

It's a great spot! The Lapu Lapu's are great- very strong ;)

[@NibblesandBubbles]

@@ThemeParkFoodies Chris likes a backscratcher! 😆

[@thelaststrawbandMA]

Hi TPF's !! We enjoyed the video very much. We have been to Kona Cafe for breakfasts and dinner and to be honest it was a swing and a miss both times. OK, granted it was maybe like 2 - 3 years ago and we have not been back since. After watching your video perhaps it may be worth another try. Not this coming trip though, we have all our reservations done. Side note: Did you know that the Flying Fish took the scallops off the menu? What the heck? OK, gotta go pack....

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

Oh no! We love Flying Fish and they just keep dropping some of their best items. If they remove the Blackened NY Strip we're done with them 😆. Very sorry to read your experience at Kona Cafe was less than great. We've had varying experiences here but on this night they were on point. Unfortunately we've realized a lot of these restaurants can be inconsistent. If you do end up here again, we hope your experience is just as great as the one we had here. Also, hope you have the best trip!

[@Jmichelez]

That pineapple coconut bread pudding is the BEST!!!!

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

Truly!

[@tyne76]

The pronounciation of Quinoa made my day 😁 but just FYI it's keen-wah

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

Funny story, I didn't catch that he said it that way until we were watching the video on our TV last night and I was hysterical laughing for 5 minutes, poor Jay lol

[@Onewhimsicalmama]

I distinctly remember the macadamia nut butter 😊

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

I’m so glad I’m not crazy!

[@Disnerd626]

I tried kona last time I was there in July. I ordered the potstickers, and the bah minh sandwich. Imo the potstickers were not that good. I didn't care for the flavor. The sandwich was good but my ibs activated really bad after eating it. I want to go for breakfast, so tysm for reviewing this. Will be dining for breakfast in nov!!!

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

Breakfast is SOOOOO delicous and honestly the food better than O'hana's breakfast.

[@MichaelTassin]

I bet the press pot coffee would pair well with that bread pudding.

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

Agree!!!!

[@KelliNWilliamson]

Such a random question, but Sam, what lip color combo are you wearing?! It’s beautiful!!!! 😍

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

Thank you- it's NYX Honeymoon matte lipstick :)

[@scottchristy9964]

great vid, my wife and I are coming nov 13th, our resturants for dinner are cal grill, narcusses, ohana, and jiko, how about that list, we are at kona for breakfast one morning , staying at contemporary, cant wait,

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

That is some line up!!! Hope you have an amazing time :)

[@robinpittman380]

Have y’all done a best hamburgers series yet? Would love to see that!

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

We haven't yet but considering it! We just need time to film, because that will be a hefty video to film lol

[@JenThePirate]

I have to get back to Kona, I’ve been eating there since before it was called Kona 😂 it was a traditional breakfast place for my family for decades. We went last minute very late when we first moved down so early August and it wasn’t good. But I think it was a fluke. We’ll be back

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

Aww I'm sorry you had a poor experience, we've dined here a lot and it's always been great but I know things can be inconsistent- I hope it was a fluke!

[@MommyNancy1979]

Kona was closed when we went in 2022 :( Is it hard to get last minute reservations or walk up for dinner in the Summer months? That menu looks sooooo gooooood!!!

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

They usually have walk up availability!

[@lesliegallagher2682]

Do they have a kid's menu ? Looking for a place my son can get chicken fingers while the others enjoy a little more upscale than Captain Cooks

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

They do have a kids menu towards the bottom- disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/polynesian-resort/kona-cafe/menus/dinner

[@koriewiley8700]

How is the food and decor there?😊😊😊

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

Underrated!

[@eileenbenincasa6172]

Do you need a reservations?

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

The reservations are usually easy to get but they do have walk up availability most times too!

[@jenniferrussell6616]

That isn’t the Ohana Bread Pudding. The Ohana is a banana foster bread pudding and it’s amazing.

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

The base is the same, but sometimes Kona doesn’t have the bananas in the caramel sauce. Both incredible!

[@debrasternhagen6598]

Look like you are dressed for winter in Wi

[@ThemeParkFoodies]

it was the night before hurricane and it was chilly out