Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament
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7662 Beach BlvdCheck the website for showtimes
Buena Park, CA 90620 (714) 521-4740
- Price Range: $$$
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Parking: Private Lot
- Attire: Casual
- Good for Groups: Yes
- Good for Kids: Yes
- Takes Reservations: Yes
- Delivers: No
- Take-out: No
- Waiter Service: Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
- Outdoor Seating: No
- Good for: Dinner
- Alcohol: Full Bar
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We came here for dinner during our vacation last year and we had a lot of fun. I had been here once before, but it was my husband's and son's first time. They really enjoyed the show and the atmosphere.
The food is pretty good and you eat with your hands only, not silverware. Luckily the food is not messy!
I'm not sure if we'll be back, but it is a lot of fun if your visiting for the first time. Also, you can buy your tickets on line (tickets cover your food and entry). Later shows tend to sell out.
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I was here a few years ago for a birthday party. The food was decent and it was pretty funny being all barbaric eating with your hands. The show was involving with the audience participation. Overall quite entertaining. If you're visiting from out of town i would suggest Medieval Times over Pirates.
This place is the type of place that a person has to try at least ONCE in their life--whether or not it was recommended.
First off, the tickets are super expensive. $50 is what I paid per person to watch an hour show and dinner. That might sound cool, but the show, itself, may cost $10 while the dinner took $2 dollars to make. I kid you not.
I remember there were audience participation during the show, however, I think they pick sections to participate. However, how do they expect audience to participate while they are eating with their hands? Funny enough, I have the answer--They serve unedible food.
The food most were given were a piece of chicken or ribs and soup. No utencils are given. The chicken was dry and the ribs were tasteless and hard. The soup tasted like paste and I believe there was a dinner roll also and it was hard.
I was one of the lucky ones who didnt have to experience dry meat since I'm a vegetarian. I got a bowl of steamed veggies with a fork--yes, I got a fork. However, that's all I got. No bread, no dip, no soup, just steamed veggies, oh yes and A FORK! nice.
My carnivore ex-bf who hates veggies begged to try some of my food, I let him and he ate it all.... tells you that much about his chicken and soup, huh.
The place smells and the show's really not as exciting as it seems on TV. I've tried this place, and that's it--that was my one time. I would never go back again.
This place was not all that! It reminded me of the Excalibur in Vegas: old, dingy, and smelly. I'll admit the announcer/host guy was pretty funny, but that was about the only good thing with this place.
In a place that serves hundreds of people, you'd think they'd have an extra clean bowl lying around somewhere. Well, when we asked for a new one to replace my friend's dirty one, they said they were "out." Yeah, sure. More like your lazy ass doesn't get paid enough to bother trying to look for one. That's OK. My friend was able to make due without the bowl since the food was crap anyway.
The tomato bisque tasted like watered-down ketchup. The garlic bread was greasy. The chicken and lone rib they gave was OK. Nothing exciting there. The dessert was an apple strudel, which tastes like McDonald's. And their Pepsi was room temperature and flat. Oh, and don't drop your napkin, you only get one. No, I'm serious!
Now, on to the show. Boring! Half the time, I can't understand what they're yappin' about. And it's not because of the English accent they use. It's because there's no real story line! They talk a bit, play some games, talk some more, and play some more games. The acting is so-so, and the play fighting is awful. It's not very convincing.
Alas, 2 stars for effort.
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Don't bother.
Over $50 a head. Flat soda (and flat beer) and you don't get utencils. B/c according to these people, in ye olden times no one had spoons. BS.
So you have to eat your hot soup out of a metal bowl and burn your mouth. Uh huh...
Speaking of food- if that's what you want to call it.. It was cold, portions were small and it wasn't very good.
Skip it. Go to Mrs. Knotts down the street for dinner.
It's kitschy heaven and an excellent place to go with friends to heckle your knight's competitors. Pray for a thoughtful server who will give you extra refills of beer. I'm probably the only person who ever thought it would be funny to bring plastic cutlery to a place where everyone's required to eat with their hands (anachronisms are funny, and I wanted to not get chicken+rib grease all over my hands so I could take photos), but my serving wench didn't blink twice when collecting my plate. You certainly don't go here for the food, but the atmosphere here is as memorable as ever. I did feel guilty once I saw the horses' confined quarters, though. They don't tell you in elementary school that glue comes from horses.
$15 for the First Knight (pina colada and frozen strawberry drink + Malibu Rum topped with whipped cream) which was a bit like drinking melted sunscreen at first, since the Malibu layer was on the bottom, but once it was mixed together with the other two, was decent, if a bit sickly sweet. My companions ponied up $24 for the ginormous Medieval Times Margarita, which is basically a bowl with a stem. The goblet will undoubtedly double as a cereal bowl in the future (you know, when all your actual bowls are piled up, dirty, in the sink) or the perfect serving dish for shrimp cocktail in the future. Classy.
Just hope your friends don't think it'll be funny to pay extra money to have you knighted (really, they didn't think "Get down on your knees!" was a double entendre? I felt bad for the people over age 8 who got knighted) or have the king's right-hand man announce that it's your 6th wedding anniversary to everyone. It's just too bad our Yellow Knight was completely inept and uncoordinated and had what I call a Molestache -- he couldn't even catch the lance the Blue Knight threw at him.
Also, the script has obviously been rewritten and punched up since 1995, but they totally got rid of the queen and brought in a younger, nubile princess (newly wedded-wife of the king's son) who couldn't act her way out of a barrel to take her place. It just didn't feel right that the queen was written out of the story, but sex sells, I guess. Every two seconds, I felt the dialogue lent itself to a low-budget porn script. Let's hope the kids don't catch on. Take advantage of the $4 online discount if you can, since you'll likely be spending all of your money on extra drinks.
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Duh, of course it gets 5 stars. You get served by wenches, get to eat with your hands and watch jousting. Seriously, what more could you ever want? Ok, well if it was real jousting and fighting and to the death and all that, it'd rock even more. But you know, laws.
I took a friend here for his 30th bday and we had a blast! Came back about a year later with a friend visiting from Sweden and we had an even better time!
Waiter: "You guys sure are drinking a lot of beers..."
Swedish friend: "The world is transient! You be sure and tell that to the black and white knight!"
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Someone sent me a compliment and asked if my userpic was part of some play at a theater. I wish I could say that I was a theater person (actually no, I don't...), but the picture was taken at Medieval Times. My family paid $$$ to have me knighted in front of everybody. It was really embarassing, especially when the King told me to get on my knees and I was down there staring at his crotch. Ew, I hate the word crotch! Anyway, that happened in the lobby before the show.
Our meal was alright, I liked the soup and the beer. The chicken was dry. Our knight was hot but he got slaughtered (yellow team!). It was fun to be loud and obnoxious. I was pretty tipsy so the lights and the fog and the horses running around was kind of like being at an epic concert, it was all very exciting to me. Our server was so cute that I wanted to pinch his cheeks or give him lots of high fives. I loved how he kept calling me "m'lady." They've changed things around a bit and it was more fun than I had remembered it to be in 8th grade. Nobody's too cool for medieval times, nobody!
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Omgosh! Had soooo much fun here!
I came in celebration of getting accepted in to the Masters of Public Health program, by showing how drunk I can get!! YES!
Pretty good food, nice and greasy; just what a drunk person wants..and who doesn't want to be called 'my lady' every five seconds?
Not as stinky as other people said it would be.
A very entertaining show! Great looking men with long hair! That's always nice right?
Four stars cuz my freakin husband lost the keys, therefore, also losing my drunkenness!
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I finally paid Medieval Times my very first visit last month.I know..and i've been living in the OC for over 8yrs,so it was definitely time to see what this place is all about.
First thing that comes to mind is they are banking big time when I checked out their website online.I reserved the tickets a month in advanced so we would get our preferred seating.I purchased 7 of the Royalty Package(check online for further details of what's included in the Royalty Package),adult tickets for this package was$62.00 pp.
That was fine since this was my very first visit to Medieval Times,along with some friends who was visiting from the Bay Area.
Anyways when we arrived for our evening show..there was no problem or hassle finding parking(big lot).I would definitely suggest buying your tickets in advanced online for convenience and just be sure to print them out and have it with you on the day of your show.It was harmless and I was glad I purchased all our tickets in advanced since there was a fairly long line of people at the ticket counters.
My friends and I basically walked right through the entrance and that's where you hand them your tickets.At that time,you're also given the colors of your court..we all belonged in the yellow court.
I just don't like wearing that funky yellow paper crown..so I didn't...the girls pulled it off nicely..not so much a guy thing....not for me anyways.(ha ha ha!)
It was pretty nice on the inside..there were some small shows going on in the lobby to keep you entertain until showtime.There was also a bar in the main lobby so that was a definite plus!The drinks were on the pricier side since you get to keep the souvenir glasses or mugs.
When it was time to be seated for our show..we were seated on the second row to the very front on our court's(yellow) section.
I had no expectation for their food quality since we came here for the show and not so much for the food.I'm glad I had no expectation since the food(ribs,bread,chicken) we ate tasted like food I could pick up at the deli in a local supermarket chain.
I found the show to be quite entertaining and threw in my hooraahhh at appropriate times(but keeping my cool) when our yellow knight was kickin' #%^%^!Although,I'm sure the winner is chosen based on their popularity with the crowds.We had an awesome cheering section for our Yellow Knight who was victorious that night.
I felt that I got my money's worth since I found the show to be entertaining and we all ended up laughing and having a great time..afterall..that's priceless!
However,this is one of those places you go to once and would pay them another visit if you had family or friends visiting who may not have been to Medieval Times before.
This would be a nice treat for familiy and friends and fun for people of all ages.
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What a weird place! The "Medieval Buzzard" (as our "wench" aka server) called it was acutally pretty good (it was baked chicken). I wasn't really sure if they had BBQ sauce on ribs in medieval times, but apparently they did and they served it to us. You eat everything with your hands at this restaurant because the medieval Europeans hadn't invented silverware yet.
The entertainment is in the form of horses, pyrotechnics and sometimes good acting from a variety of characters which include a king, prince, princess and some "brave" knights.
To be honest, I never took myself to be one of those hippy type of people who gets all sad when she sees animals being made to do tricks, but seeing a horse with his muzzle grinding into the soft wedge of his lips made me a bit sad, really. It was difficult to concentrate on the tricks and cute dancing (and horses do dance quite cutely!) when I was worried about the poor horse's steering muzzle! =(
Other than that, it was an OK time, but definitely something more for those under 13, because the love story is that mediocre when you're munching on garlic bread. And you only have one napkin. This is a parent's worse nightmare with kids under 5.
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Black and White knight totally wanted me.
First time I came here was in 7th grade. I loved it, their knick knacks were over-priced, aaannnd I thought it was the coolest place on earth. Came back 6 years later-alot of weird people, way too pricey drinks, the show seemed short, aand the black and white knight totally wanted me, haha. Of course, black and white knight from 6 years ago looked hot only cause i was 12 and figured that's what prince charming looked like, but black and white knight 6 years later was MUCH hotter. He threw two flowers at me, awww. But he's not as hot as my bf, hahaha.
The foods good...it's usually soup and bread, half a chicken and some ribs, and some dessert thing.
Overall, this place is good for kids but not a date, unless you're totally okay with eating chicken and ribs with your hands like a barbarian in front of your date.
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Plain and simply, I had a lot of fun. Although I may be a decade older than their target audience, Medieval Times sure knows how to entertain the big kids, too (hint: think booze).
Aside from any alcohol induced shenanigans that may have occurred, there are a lot of cute little pre-show activities! We attended the knighting ceremony where random people are drawn to be knighted by the king. There is also a gallery showcasing the various horses used in the show. This is very sad as the horses are contained in holding cells barely larger than themselves and some are muzzled then roped to further contain them. And yelper beware... the male horses are *ahem* easily excitable if you catch my drift-o. There is also a "museum" that charges $2 for what appears to be a gallery of fake artifacts--the same experience is achievable for free by standing in the doorway and peering inside.
As for the show itself, it consisted of a pretty predictable plot with B-movie acting (which was fine with me because I love cheesy), horse and rider tricks, and fights and jousting. The food itself was pretty mediocre and consisted of a vegetable soup (more like broth with bits of vegetables), dry chicken, overly sauced BBQ ribs, rock hard baked potatoes, Albertson's garlic bread, and pastry that I swear seemed like a bar of chocolate wrapped in puff pastry. Don't get me wrong, the fare may not have been the creme de la creme, but it did it's job to fill us up and I was happy. Also, the waiter comes around with seconds so if you want to get more bang out of your buck, don't pass it up.
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I will give them 4 stars because my side of the Knights Won the Tournament.
besides that i was able to sneak a extra portion of food by having a extra seat next to me, that they kept putting food on.
it is priced about right for what u get show food ect.
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FUN!!!! thats all i can to describe this..i went 14 years ago as a part of a field trip and then just decently for a friend's bday and i had so much fun...probably couldve been caused by the booze and company...the food was an experience, and though i dont want to seem stuck up and a kill joy, i do think i will have to bring plastic fork and knife. I did ask the waiter and he didnt budge although i did see some for the kids. in any case...i was fun and i only gave 4 stars rather than 5 because the show couldve been a bit less predictable...
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Dude, I remember this place when I was younger. I was once best friends with this girl who was (and her family too) were NUTS for Renaissance and Medieval-esque things. So when her birthday came around, naturally we went here.
It was an experience to be sure. You weren't given utensils (at the time I went) so drinking a hot bowl of soup was puzzling for me. It was all delicious and the tournament was incredibly cool.
I'd love to come again for nostalgia with a big group of people so we can be the rude assholes that everyone hates for talking too loud here.
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What do you get when you take 32 twenty somethings, serve them beer and mixed drinks in gigantic novelty glasses, encourage them to be really loud and throw them into an arena filled with teenage girls, little kids, their wasted dads, and renaissance fair people? A night of awesomeness, that's what!
Props to my friend Casey for setting up a group reservation first and foremost. He text everyone in his phone the group # and phone number to call and reserve a spot. This process was great. They took my credit card number when I called in so that took care of worrying about paying for tickets, a meal and beer right off the bat.
When our 32 person group arrived we discovered that we had been marked "May Be Rowdy" and were informed by the guy at the door that he had never seen such a note written next to a group. Whoever made the note knew what they were in for. We made no denial of such possibilities but this didn't deter them from letting us in.
Next we headed into the holding area where you wait to get a group picture taken in front of some Medieval stuff. While our group slowly piled in we began smack talking to anyone who wasn't in the Black and White knight's section. The booing and yelling had begun before we even got inside yet it was not looked down upon.
Once inside they make you wait in an area that has two bars. The bars are lined with novelty mugs and mixed drink glasses the size of your head. It was really dark in there and had the feeling of something like you would get if you went into Excalibur in Vegas.
After giving you time to properly booze up they call you into the arena section by section according to your knight's colors. We had been chanting "Black and White!" and talking major smack on the blue knight in the bar area so when our group was called out people were booing us. It was great. All in good fun.
Once inside the arena you sit down at long tables which have plenty of room per row for the wenches to walk up and down. Most of the serving wenches looked pretty cute in their busty outfits.
Fair Nikki brought us 3 courses throughout the night. The first is something like Minestroni soup and garlic bread. There are no utensils so you have to eat the soup by sipping straight out of the bowl. You do get one paper napkin so if your mustache soaks up some soup you can clean up a little. Oh yes. Beer is also poured into a mug for you. So if you are looking to save $$ you can skip buying beer in the bar and wait until you enter arena. It is included in your meal/show price. However if you want to get trashed you should probably get booze in the bar because you will only get two mugs worth from the wench.
The main course is half a chicken, a spare rib, and a potato wedge. Not the best I've ever had but it was plenty of food. The final course was a chocolate pastry that was actually pretty tasty.
The show was what you will expect it to be. Kind of cheesy but when you're covered in chicken grease and beer and screaming and yelling and chanting with all of your friends for your knight it really is fun.
After the show they let you out into the bar area again for drinks and dancing for what seemed like only 30 minutes? I lost track of time. It was very surreal to see my drunk friends dancing on the dance floor with moms holding sleeping babies and little kids doing their best JT impressions.
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Wouldst thou like a drink m'lord? Oh yeah.
After barreling through a few steins of Sam Adams, we staggered around the castle being idiots. It does smell like a giant hamster cage but after a while I didn't notice anymore. Watching the show does require a suspension of disbelief, and alcohol always helps to get you in a silly mood and enjoy the festivities. The place isn't cheap, but for the rare special occasion, the fun we had was well worth it. Nothing like happy drunken memories of hoopin' and hollerin' with good friends.
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And for my 200th review I give you:
Far better then expected, more fun then anticipated, and less cheese then thought of. Yeah sure it's choreographed but that 6 foot dude really jumped over that other guy's swinging battle axe. And those were real sparks flying when the swords met.
Our knight was the Black & White Knight, and the dude kicked some serious ass, until the last round when the evil, intruding Green Knight went sword happy on everyone. But the king's son returned and showed the Green Knight how they do things downtown, uh well in Buena Park.
We had Serf Alfred serving us that night, and though I went in wanting a wench serving us I'm glad it was Alfred. He always made eye contact, had a smile, and said "you're welcome" when we said thank you. Far too civilized for a serf but its tough times and I totally understand, that's why we left him a more then fair tip. We noticed on our way out that not many people left a tip, and I just have to say to that is: They are only PRETENDING to by serfs and wenches, tip them!
Quite a lot of food and tasty too, a great show with some romantic bits and lots of fun dialogue (they had started a brand new show that week and the king's #1 guy forgot some lines but their adlib to cover was quick and humours). Definitely worth the wait (I had never been before) and definitely worth doing again.
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Took my sister here and had a good time. It was fun eating all that food without utensils. The soup, bread and dessert were pretty good. The chicken, rib and potato were kind of bland. There's not too much to do before the dinner and show starts. You can drink at the bar, shop for souvenirs, look at the horses and pay $2 to get into the torture museum before the dinner. Afterwards there's a dance club and you can take pictures with the knights.
The battles were entertaining and were interspersed with bits of horses doing tricks and whatnot. We had the evil green knight and I loved how our side was cheering while he was battling the prince.
The key to enjoying this place though is to get into it. That or massive amounts of alcohol.
Horses: Five Stars. They're awesome and well-trained. Coming in various shades of white or black, they did a great job. I feel bad for them because their pasture outside is SO small and the arena is so small. I wish they could be out running in a real pasture with lush, thick grass. Speaking of horses, certain areas of the arena and the building smells very poop-y, just an FYI.
Knights: They were pretty cool too. The blue knight, while not my section's, was pretty good-looking. Haha. That said, my red & yellow knight wasn't too bad and made it pretty far before losing to the dumb yellow knight, who was a cheap fighter and knee-ed my knight in the groin, supposedly. In this particular battle, the green knight ultimately beat out all the other colors and fought the prince.
Show: Suprisingly interesting though cheesy. It's amazing how you can develop an affinity for a knight. I would've been happier if mine won. The weapons actually create sparks when they're whacked against each other.
Waiter: He was nice. I went with some friends and they flirted with him, not that he was particularly good-looking (unlike some of the knights). That said, we apparently didn't tip him enough for our party of seven, so he actually said to us, "That's all?" Erhm. Yeeeah. Note to Yelpers, don't flirt with your waiter. There's a set order to the food/drinks/refills, so you're essentially part of the assembly line and fed like cattle. Highly efficient though impersonal.
Other attendees: A bunch of dumb, probably intoxicated stupid fools. There were several large parties and they all "dressed up." They were knighting themselves and acting like buffoons, which totally ruined the experience, I think. I'm glad they didn't end up sitting in our section or else I would've probably thrown my uneaten food at them. Some people were just plain trashy.
Food: You will definitely not leave this place hungry. The normal meal consisted of half a chicken (ours were moist and semi-well-seasoned), a pork rib, a "seasoned" half of a potato. I ordered the vegetarian, which contained a large portabello mushroom topped with "Moroccan" rice (mostly wild rice with fruit), half a seasoned potato, a veggie skewer (zucchini, potato, onions, bell peppers -- also seasoned), a slice of the cheesy oily bread, and five or six piece of pita bread chips with hummus. Though they say if you order it ahead, there won't be a delay which is a lie. Our two vegetarian orders came way after the chicken/ribs and arrived with the meat eaters' doggie bags as a complete plate. The veggie plate arrives with plastic utensils. Everyone get the super hot (temperature) but bland veggie broth/soup and a slice of cheesy oily bread. Our dessert arrived with coffee and it was an apple crisp stick. Offhand, I would encourage those who are not super into meat to get the vegetarian meal because it was quite delicious and skip the soup and dessert unless you were starving.
Drinks: There's a cash bar outside (in the arms room) but then with your meal you get two servings of either water, Pepsi or beer. You can't have one beer and one water. It's one category but two servings per person.
Facilities: Way too many smokers in the outside patio area. Oye. The place is also very, very warm, so I would advise dressing in layers if the weather is cold. Certain areas smell like poop. There's not enough bathroom facilities for people so post-show, the bathroom is PACKED.
I would come back again, although with kids instead. I would also sit in the Blue section, if I could control that, because he looked the most princely. I'm dorky like that.
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A taste of vegas and disneyland, all in one. Dinner AND tournament. I had been wanting to go for years and my husband took me here as a surprise for our anniversary. Not as many tourists as you'd think - plenty of folks celebrating anniversaries, birthdays, band camp candy sales and even one marriage proposal. As noted here, no need to get here at the time mentioned on the ticket...you arrive and they take a photo with the king (they try to sell you), and then you wander the gift stores, with drink in hand ($7 for well drinks but they are strong. I think they want people rambunctious). The horses are trapped in small pens behind glass and they turn their heads away in misery...once inside the stadium, there show has some amazing tricks if also weighed down by a cheesy, predicatable story line. Everyone was rooting for their knight, eating with their fingers (way too much food - tomato soup, garlic bread, half a chicken, ribs, baked potato, and apple turnover. also, they give you a handi wipe afterward, but how about beforehand, to clean our grubby hands?). Beer included.
So now I've been.
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First off let me just say that Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede Clomps all over Medieval Times.. over & over & over
Which i did not expect at all seeing as how Medieval times is a classic cheesy dinner show.. but Dolly's show was a million times better all around..
My beau & I saw Dolly's dinner show in Florida a year or so ago & man oh man we were wined, dined, & entertained.. And for a lot less money too.. We left satisfied & dumbfounded.. it was an experience of a lifetime & I can't wait to go again.. I highly recommend it, it was hilarious & I wasn't bored for a second.. amazing
So anyway.. we went to Medieval Times last Saturday to celebrate his B-day..
We went in happy as clams remembering our good time at Dollys & we left tired bored & ready for another stiff drink & bed..
I expecting to eat shitty food & be entertained by an action filled tacky ridicoulous show.. The food was actually better than I thought.. BUT I got the vegetarian meal.. Justin's regular meal looked disgusting & weak as hell.. I highly recommend the vegetarian meal, even if you are a meat eater.. you get more better tasting food.. trust me..
They served me a portobello mushroom stuffed with rice, a shish kabob with onion, peppers, zucchini & potato along with hummus & crisp pita chips. You also get the pre-meal nasty tomato soup & some garlic bread.. oh & a little tasty chocolate danish dessert thing
either way justin said if we ever go back (& thats if we get to go for free & we are really really drunk) he's getting the veggie meal..
& now for the show.. um WTF was even going on in this show.. all I remember is a lot of horses prancing numbers.. seriously this show was far from action packed.. There was not enough competition at all.. and they need a comedy act like a jester or something.. the little competition they had was fun but it was over so quick & then they would send out an old man on a prancing pony for about 20 minutes.. I will admit I like the sound of this & I did like it for the first 5 minutes but give me a break at least put a little more glitter on him..
The knights are awesome, the battle scenes are great & our Blue knight was amazing.. He Rocks.. but this show could easily be better with just a little help.. starts off good & ends blah..
I give three stars for the knights, the veggie meal & our waiter was pretty sweet.. but the drinks at the bar are stupidly overpriced & the show cant even compare to Dollys show.
Oh medieval Times I am glad you are a reality but I really wish you were a better one.. & you could learn a hell of a lot from Dolly Parton
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I had so much fun, and I'm not a kid. Of course everything is just a little bit cheesy, if you're in a cynical mood. And if you want to go into the "museum" they charge $2 a person, and after paying over $50 a person, paying for anything else seemed a little excessive.
There's a kniting ceremony before the show, and they were pretty funny. I thought our hose man was pretty funny. I guess you'd have to have a sense of humor to do what you do.
Food was alright, not the best chicken or rib I've had, but it was enjoyable. Plus, you get so into whatever the knight's are doing, it's sort of hard to pay attention to what you're eating anyway. I had to stare at my chicken for a while though, because they put down a whole half a chicken in front of me, and I just didn't know what to do with it. I mean, without utensils, how do you exactly go about eating a whole chicken?
Our knight lost, but I caught a flower, and the plot was entertaining. It was a very fun experience!
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I'm not sure if I'll ever get used to being addressed like this, but I'll try. ;)
Last night, I was lucky enough to attend the Tournament of Roses Exec Committee party at the Medieval Times (they co-brand together). If you have a chance to attend a private party hosted there, I would totally go! The appetizer food was AWESOME! Jumbo cocktail shrimp, lox, scallops... a true "fruits de mer" platter. There were the nice artisanl cheeses and the lightly grilled veggies. And the ice sculptures!!!!
Great alcohol (they have grey goose but no Belvedere, boo) too.
The dinner is Gignormous as other reviews noted. The food was sub par compared to the private party food. But, the chicken and rib are tender. OH, and the so-called "Dragon" vegetable soup? Gosh awful... People must drink a lot of watered down Campbell soup if they think that's good.
What surprised me the most about the venue is that although it smells like horses when you walk in, the minute food is served, it smells like food. I think they waft it in.
Service was great. I'm not sure if I would take really little kids there because there were definately instances of drinking encouraged by the King and fake "killings and executions."
The overall experience was great but it sort of reminds me of Disneyland. If you don't buy into the whole thing and fully participate (we received free souvenir flags, programs, dvd's), then it's not worth it.
Try to get someone to give you a free VIP tour backstage. The horses are wonderful to pet!
And the WEIRDEST part? There's a night club at the Castle after the event. A night club...and the little kiddies went... Just plain weird...
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omg. I was suppose to go here for Thanksgiving this year, but my stupid twin bailed.....regardless, it is AWESOME!!!!
Next time someone comes to visit we are DEFINITELY dining here.
A show, good food (love the roll, soup and use of ice but not silverware), plus after seeing Cable Guy, this place can never not be good.
DOWN DOWN DOWN, THE RED KNIGHT'S GOING DOWN.
ps- being a princess totally rocks.
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Medieval Times is a fun place to be at. Just don't plan on coming here and seeing a different show everytime. The show is going to be the same but the first time experience is fun. Be prepared to eat without any utensils. I enjoyed this place a lot with my girlfriend and our team won! It's
worth the money so be sure to give it a try.
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I don't know why but this place is pretty entertaining with such a basic concept. They have a shopping area which is neat to walk around but I'm pretty the swords are never sold (does anyone buy those things?)
Food - Basic eat with your hands stuff. Still good though.
Show - Entertaining to see how the actors ("knights") do their stuff. Definitely a different change of pace for the normal night out, good for kids or a group of friends.
Btw, don't think that if your crowd chants loud enough he'll win. Last time I went, our audience was the loudest but in the end when our chants were the strongest, he got beat down the hardest. Oops.
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Get thee to this lavishly overpriced but abundantly adventurous tournament, I pray you.
Thy spectacles are truly wondrous.
Hearty vegetable soup, crusty bread, herbed potato, a half chicken with the finest ribs a pork e'er to offer, apple pastry & the grandest of ales and spirits to satisfy the foulest of tosspots!
Carouse whilst jousting performed in the company of yon Queen sitting atop her throne.
OK OK...it was pretty cool. My son seems to enjoy it immensely! Although the price for this feast may break the bank it is entertaining. Noah still has the wooden sword he got and the take-home plastic cups are still being used on a daily basis.
When I picture dinner theater, though, I usually picture a murder mystery "Clue" inspired evening. Like the Dinner Detective!
Eating while being entertained is so rad.
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I set my expectations low (thought I was doing it mostly for the kids) and had a really good time.
The thing is, you go here for the experience -- not the food or the drinks or the show or the animals -- but the whole experience when you combine the three. It's a whole package from the way the staff speaks to you to the way you eat your meal (with your hands, of course). The show itself was much better than I expected with falcons, horses, swords, etc.
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Huzzzah! I came here as a kid and absolutely loved it.
Like real medeival times, the food here absolutely sucks. The venue also smells like a strange combination of vomit, horse manure, fresh cut hay, and old basement. It's a bit nauseating at first but once you get past it, you can get on with your enjoyment. You're definitely paying for the entertainment portion of your evening at Medieval Times. On the few occasions I've been, our knight sucked. Seriously. Each guy we had must have just been promoted from squire or something because they'd always get schooled in every competition. What a disappointment. Heh, it kept me coming back though. Maybe one of these days I'll be on a winning side.
If you're a fan of activities like renfairs, enjoy horses (they've got some amazing Andalucian stallions), or swords, wanted to be, or thought of yourself as a princess when you were a kid (it's okay if you still do!), this is definitely worth the visit. I don't know how much it is to come these days but it was expensive when I was a kid. Take a date for an even more memorable experience. You can stuff each other with your cornish hens.
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behold the ultimate man place!
eating with your bare hands WHILE
yelling at men on horses to kill each other
and wenches (hmmm, wenches) passing by to check on you
and refill your beer pitcher?
all in a castle-like atmosphere?
good god, why don't i live here?!
i should get season passes and get to know the folk that work here. you think i am kidding but i am not. i love wench serving.
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Don't do it. Don't go. Find some other way to embrace your inner child. Find some other outlet for cutting loose and letting your hair down. But, if you must go, don't go sober. This is a multi-hour exercise in tolerance for animal cruelty, barely edible but very expensive food, flat soda, sub-standard beer, and the absolute lowest common denominator. Certainly don't arrive early like the tickets instruct you to because renaissance faire (yes, faire with an e at the end) types will subject you to their theatrics out in the lobby for hours while they psychologically coerce you into buying very expensive souvenirs for your companions that your companions could really do without. When you are finally allowed to sit in the stadium, the food they will serve you is bland, lukewarm, and greasy. And the expectation is that while you enjoy this bland, lukewarm, and greasy food, while the obese guy behind you is belching up Budweiser, his equally obese wife is loudly slurping on a piece of meat, and their obese offspring are wet-sneezing on the back of your head, you're supposed to be hooting and hollering over this show where they make these poor horses ride around this small dusty ring amidst clashing spears and really loud sound effects. When it's over, you get to see where these poor horses are kept when they're not in that dusty ring (which is these glass boxes that are dirty, stink and are barely large enough for them to turn around in). Some horses are injured and barely able to stand. Some are muzzled. And all have a vacant, distant, sad look in their eyes. It is jarring, completely heartbreaking, and will haunt you for the rest of your life.
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Medieval Times is certainly one of a kind. Great for a family get together. Large food portions and pretty good, the show is fun to watch.
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