Thank you for highlighting Jaleo and Pepe...restaurants by Chef Jose Andres. Chef Andres is an amazing selfless and compassionate person who started and heads World Central Kitchen, a charity that goes all over the world and feeds people in disaster areas, war, etc. He just recently lost 7 volunteers who were killed in Gaza serving meals to those who are suffering getting food. It's an amazing charity that could use our support.
Kristen- completely disagree about Pepe. It isn’t cheap Boar’s Head Ham… so it is going to be more expensive. Spanish ham and cheeses are higher quality and are supposed to be more expensive. It isn’t Subway. Also a bikini sandwich is supposed to be slim. You should give it another chance and splurge for a different sandwich. They are truly amazing… but expect to wait a few minutes for the high quality of food you will receive. If you want premade low quality food, then Pepe isn’t for you.
I agree that Pepe is high quality & delicious. I’d rather pay a little more for something I’m going to eat every bit of compared to a bigger volume meal that I’ll throw 1/3 away… quality over quantity always!
Agree on Chicken Guy. It was the sauce range that made it stand out. We were visiting from the UK in December and I was so disappointed to see my favourite sauces had gone: Ranchero, Cumin Lime and Habanero. Also, they stuffed up my order, fried pickles missing and the sauces I could order were wrong - I had to go back inside and ask for it to be fixed 😑 basic stuff! Sort it out Guy!
Kristen: Jose thanks you for your donation to the World Kitchen. Btw the background music ( song) "Freak Out" by Chic was so appropriate given the crazy prices.
I dont know if its a secret but, Art's hot sauce at, Homecomin' is outstanding. We always grab a bottle or if someone is visting orlando, they grab us one. It's so unique and flavorful.
I love this! Disney Springs can be so overwhelming with food choices. I love Chicken Guy ceasar salad! It’s really amazingly good for a “quick” stop food place.
You’re paying the high prices at Pepe’s because of the owner, famous chef, Jose Andres. Flauta are corn tortillas filled with beef, pork or chicken deep fried and served with guacamole, queso or salsa as a dipping sauce.
Comparing Pepe to literally any other QS in WDW is comparing apples to oranges. The quality of the food can't be beat. Also, Chef Jose Andres is a wonderful humanitarian and spends his time feeding people in war torn countries such as Isreal and Ukraine with his non profit World Central Kitchen ( which deserves to be mentioned). Such a beautiful human.❤
We used to visit the Chicken Guy here in Gatlinburg often, but it shut down a few months ago. It was some great chicken, esp the chicken sammy with avocado on it.
We went to Chicken Guy last November in Gatlinburg. I didn’t like the heat chicken. But it he 2 guys with taking in there looked like and acted like crack heads ,so I’m not surprised they closed.
My daughter and I went there at least 6 months after it opened. Chicken was so dry and we got a bunch of sauces. Most we did not like, pretty tasteless. Only 2 were passable. Don’t know why this happened but not going back. I love Boathouse.
As someone who has worked in the food industry I can understand why they had to cut down the amount of sauces at Chicken Guy. I could only imagine how much they wasted on a daily basis due to the amount of sauces they had in stock. It was a cool gimmick, but they’re probably better off with the more limited menu.
I believe I read that Chicken Guy is behind on it's rent to Disney Springs. I think losing much of the sauces was a cost savings attempt. It's just trying to stay open.
I don’t know if 4 rivers changed their tacos at their Disney springs location but it absolutely is 100% birria and not shredded barbecue beef. They do have barbecue locations but they also have separate Mexican locations. It’s completely authentic birria and not sweet at all. Maybe they changed but doubt it 🤷♂️
Hmm my husband and I wanted to try chicken Guy until now... the whole POINT was the sauces! We can get tendies ANYWHERE. C'mon Guy, you ruined the gimmick.
