Cafe Mickey is a restaurant that specialises in character meals. It is open all day from 7am to 11pm. In the mornings they do character breakfasts, then have a full menu for lunch / dinner. Breakfast is Є17 for Disney hotel guests (Є12 for children) and Є25 for other visitors (Є17 for children). The average meal price for lunch / evening meal is Є8 for a starter, Є22 for a main course and Є8 for a dessert. They also do a set menu (3 courses) for Є34. The childrens menu is Є15.
Cafe Mickey is located in Disney Village at Disneyland Paris. It has two floors that overlook the Disney Lake and is no more than 5 minutes walk to any of the Disney hotels. The characters change daily so there is no guarentees of who you will get, though they tend to be the most popular ones.
We (myself and my boyfriend, both early twenties) stayed at Disneyland Paris last September. It was classed as an 'off peak' time to go, but both theme parks were still pretty busy. I'd wanted to have a character meal ever since I went to Florida as a child but I had never had the opportunity. I pleaded with my boyfriend to eat at Cafe Mickey, who eventually gave in, but neither of us really expected him to enjoy it (after all he is a 23 year old bloke!!).
We went to the restaurant the day before to book our table for 8pm the following evening. This was no problem and no deposit was required. They gave us a little booking slip to bring back the next evening. .................................................................................................................
On arrival at the restaurant a server took us upstairs to wait for our table. We waited no more than 5 minutes to be seated. It soon became apparant that we were the only guests eating inside without children, but we didn't let this put us off. I put our camera on the table like everyone else and hoped the characters wouldn't ignore us!
The menu had many choices and we could see from other people's table that the portions were of good sizes. I opted for the Captain Hook's Double Mixed Grill Surf and Turf (Є26). This was a mixed grill with a difference - it was served on two skewers. This was good as it kept the portion size more manageable. The meats that were included were: Scallops, King Prawn, Sausage, Beef and Chicken. It was served with a large jacket potato.
My boyfriend chose the Honey Pot Barbeque (Є23). This is a full rack of BBQ ribs, served with chips and coleslaw.
Both meals were very good quality. The only problem was that the characters came out just as our meals arrived so we easily became distracted from our food - as such my potato was cold by the time I came around to eating it.
As each character came out, they interacted with both children and adults. We got just as much attention as the little kids did. Despite his initial misgivings, my boyfriend loved the character interaction and I have many photographs of Goofy and him playfighting. The characters we had on our visit were: Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Goofy, Captain Hook, Smee, Baloo and Guisepo. All of them came over and we each had our photographs taken with all of them.
After our main courses we were pretty full so decided to just get one dessert between us. We had King Louis' Favourite (Є8). This was a chocolate pudding filled with caramel, served with icecream. There was plenty for the both of us!
Whilst we were eating dessert, some music started and Captain Hook and the servers performed a short dance for the guests.
Although it cost over Є70 for the two of us to eat at Cafe Mickey, it was worth the rather expensive price tag. The character interaction was good without being too overpowering and the food was tasty and great quality.
Although we didn't experience the childrens menu, all the kids seemed to be having a great time. I would recommend this to adults (the young at heart!) and families who are looking for a special meal whilst at Disneyland Paris.
