As previously mentioned, we ate at the Rollercoaster Restaurant yesterday evening after park close. I ordered a pint which came within about 5 minutes of ordering however my friend ordered a bottled drink which took about 15 minutes to come down the track to us. We both ordered our food at the same time (you now also order on your phone instead of using the tablets), probably not long after 6:35pm. My friend's meal arrived at about 6:45, with mine taking about another 10 minutes and arriving at 6:55. I didn't think a 20 minute wait on food was too awful, as it is a proper sit-down restaurant after all, but it's just a shame that both of our meals didn't arrive at the same time.
The quality of the food has significantly dropped, with the proper chips now replaced with cheap fries, and the burger patty quite clearly being a much cheaper one than was previously used. I'd probably compare it to the same as the ones they sell in the Burger Kitchen. We also ordered sides of Mac & cheese bites which were quite dry and cheesy garlic bread which was actually really nice, so I can't moan too much about that.
The meal came to about £26 before annual pass discount (£19.72 with discount) for the burger and fries, a pint of Stella and a side of cheesy garlic bread. For the prices they charge, it's really disappointing they they seem to be using the same ingredients across all park food outlets, as opposed to a more premium burger as after all, you are paying a premium price.
Also noted they don't seem to do any steaks at all in the RCR, unless it was just an availability issue on the day. All in all, probably won't go back again, as the price rises along with the decline in food quality just isn't worth it anymore.
On another note, we did visit Just Chicken in X-Sector for lunch, which was actually quite nice. Although the new self-serve ordering screens are causing extreme overcrowding, with so many orders being placed at once. We waited about 15 minutes for our food there, and the drinks are also no longer self serve.
