The meal is buffet style and all you care to enjoy. The cozy Craftsman-style dining room is a warm, friendly backdrop to your buffet breakfast adventure. The food is fantastic, the service excellent and Mickey and friends in their adventure gear are just darling! The restaurant is conveniently located at the Grand Californian Resort. The decor/atmosphere is very dated & so much of the lighting in the place is dim and the good food things about Goofy’s are all identical to the good things about Storytellers (made to order omelets & smoked salmon) with the only unique food being that they have a very large dessert & kid/kid at heart selection (PB&J pizza for example).Storytellers Cafe has been a must-eat on every single one of my trips to the Disneyland resort. And then everything else about Goofy’s is a step down from Storyteller’s. Goofy’s is great and we have had some amazing character interactions there but the characters there are the same as Storytellers with Goofy instead of Mickey & chef outfits instead of camping outfits. However, I would pick Plaza Inn over Goofy’s. They are both great & you can’t go wrong with either, but if it’s the food you want then I’d go for Storytellers.

And they have the same Mickey waffles and standard bfast items (eggs, bacon, hashbrowns) as Plaza. They’ve also done a breakfast curry dish that we really enjoyed. One of my favorites there is the chilaquiles and my husband LOVES the smoked salmon/capers/dill. The buffet also has a made to order omelets station and a prime rib & ham carving station (this might be just the brunch specifically) and then the rest of the items are self-serve and the options are more diverse & higher quality than Plaza. Drinks are brought to you (as opposed to Plaza where it’s self-serve). But what you are there for is the food & service. They are in adorable unique camping outfits and they usually very attentive as well and some of them are as playful as we’ve seen at Plaza. Grand Californian has far fewer characters and it’s always the same set of Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Chip & Dale and we’ve never gotten all of them at once. And I’ve never regretted using a 10am slot to stop and eat & enjoy characters.

And they can have some more rare characters there my favorites being Max and Fairy Godmother.

They are playful & attentive & our last trip for Christmas any Mickey & friends characters were in holiday sweaters that were different than their Christmas attire in the park so it was a totally unique to Plaza Inn character. We have never had one dud character there and you get at least 8. But you are there for the characters really. The desserts are very cafeteria but the rest of the food while simple is all good. Then you self-serve all the fruits, pastries & desserts & beverages. They have a made to order omelets, a station where the CMs will plate you up with bacon, sausage, hashbrowns, eggs, biscuits & gravy and then a Mickey waffle and french toast station also plated up by a CM. The food at Plaza is solid, simple and plentiful.

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