Jellyrolls

I absolutely LOVE Jellyrolls.  I have been to this piano bar more times that I can count.  Yes, the cover charge and drinks are pretty costly.  But I think the entertainment is well worth it.  The piano players are amazing talented.  And the bar staff are very friendly.  I love that the piano bar is fun without being raunchy like some other piano bars can be.  

If you want a table, make sure to get there early.  They can fill up.  Also make sure to bring some dollar bills if you want to request a song.  

So much fun!  I can't wait to go back!

This was the saddest piano bar I have ever been to!!!  I was straying at the Dolphin for a work conference and my co-workers and I spent 2 of the 3 nights is downtown Orlando (highly recommended - don't hang at the resort) but we wanted to give the resort bars and clubs a shot for one of the nights.  That was a BAD decision!  This piano bar just had a bunch of people seated and staring at the pianists.  No one was singing along or even looked like they were having a good time.  We had one drink, paid and left.

Meh.  I guess I was expecting too much.  I was warned ahead of time that they tone down their songs and such since this is on Disney grounds.  But the crowd was severely lacking.  And anyone who has been to a really good piano bar knows that they bigger the crowd is, the more fun you will have because you can sing loud (even if you're tone deaf like me) and act amuck.  

They had pretty decent drinks, but they were a bit watered down.  Was it because it was Disneyfied?  Not sure I could answer that.  I did order what they called a Johnny Appleseed which came in a ginormous red plastic cup.  It was tasty, but even a lightweight like myself didn't get anything from it.   They did give free popcorn however.  That's a plus.

It all would have been okay if the crowd had been larger.  Oh and for the first 2 hours we were there...when there were perhaps 10 people total in the crowd...the piano players were given some of the most weird and lame song requests.  The older folks there had clearly never been to a piano bar and didn't understand the concept, so they were requesting classical songs and Celine Dion.  Erm...wrong place ladies and gents.  

Ah well...it was a decent last night in Orlando for me.  But I'll stick with my more adult style piano bars in the future.