When I visited: March 2016

Location: LA, Downtown Disney

Rating in the Michelin Guide: Not rated in the Guide (the Guide doesn’t cover LA)

Dining Owl Hoot rating: 3/5

What to wear: Could go casual

Ambience: Fun, busy, popular with families

Course of the meal: Red velvet cake

If I could change one thing: Make portions smaller

Review:

After a hard day theme-parking, sometimes you just want some great food while looking out at the park-goers and the Star Wars merchandise and pondering whether to get a Leia T-shirt or a BB8 life-sized toy. In those circumstances, you would do well to consider Catal, a popular family restaurant in LA’s Downtown Disney.

My partner Owl and I selected a bottle of 2014 Rombauer Chardonnay from California, which was creamy and buttery, but even more excitingly was described by our waitress as ‘cougar juice'(!) due to its popularity with certain ladies.

We started with stuffed peppers and ahi poke, followed by traditional paella and chicken paella – all of which was tasty if a little oversized. The highlight of the meal for me was this red velvet cake …

which I would say beat my partner Owl’s chocolate croissant bread pudding hands down.