Be Our Guest Restaurant Breakfast Review
This Be Our Guest Restaurant breakfast review features photos and our thoughts the morning meal here, including whether it’s a good value, and which Walt Disney World guests might enjoy breakfast at Be Our Guest Restaurant. We’ll also discuss how this ranks among pre-park opening dining options at Magic Kingdom.
For starters, Be Our Guest Restaurant is the spot we’ve named the best counter service option in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World–for lunch, at least. The restaurant is set inside Beast’s Castle and themed to the various rooms from said castle in Beauty and the Beast.
Be Our Guest Restaurant participates in the Disney Dining Plan–at breakfast, it’s a one-credit counter service restaurant, which actually makes it one of the best counter service values when on the Disney Dining Plan. You can read more background about the restaurant in our Be Our Guest Restaurant Lunch Review.
Demand for Be Our Guest Restaurant has been high since it opened with the first phase of the New Fantasyland expansion, and several years later, it still hasn’t really died down. This is in large part due to the cool setting, which makes it one of the best themed restaurants at Walt Disney World. However, as is true of much of what ails the world, I blame the internet.
Irresponsible bloggers have written about the difficulty of scoring Be Our Guest reservations and others have hyped this into the new “it” Walt Disney World restaurant. Like Cinderella’s Royal Table and Le Cellier before it, Be Our Guest Restaurant has become more popular by virtue of its popularity, as everyone wants to get into the restaurant that is difficult to book. In other words, its popularity is a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy.
It only makes sense that Disney has responded to said prophecy by finding a way to open the restaurant for another meal. While I was personally hoping for “Fourth Meal” seatings catered by Taco Bell, I guess breakfast will have to suffice. This gives more guests the chance to enjoy the fun setting of Be Our Guest Restaurant and allows Walt Disney World to sell more meals.
Seems like a definite win-win…OR IS IT?!
Before we get to the thrilling conclusion of that cliffhanger, let’s cover our experience at Be Our Guest Restaurant for breakfast. For starters, since I wasn’t thinking and made the ADR less than two months in advance, our options were limited, and we got stuck with 8 am on an Extra Magic Hours morning.
Normally, I consider 8 am the perfect time slot for breakfast in the Magic Kingdom, but I recommend going on non-EMH mornings.
We were out the door from Caribbean Beach Resort by 7 am, and got to the Contemporary by about 7:15 am via Uber. (Have I mentioned yet how much I love using Uber at Walt Disney World?!)
From there we were through the turnstiles by 7:30. After that, it was a waiting game until 7:50 am when they finally let in guests people with ADRs.
It was a mad dash up Main Street as we tried to quickly get photos along the way with the park devoid of guests with our 10 minute window of early entry. These empty park photos are something I do at night with regularity, and it honestly never gets old. I’m like a kid on Christmas every time.
We are huge fans of doing ADRs in these early morning hours. You can read all about this in our Strategy for Pre-Park Opening Breakfasts at Walt Disney World. Given the price and its location in New Fantasyland, this is actually arguably the best option for a pre-park opening (PPO) breakfast in Magic Kingdom.
Beyond taking empty park photos on Main Street and in Fantasyland, the big advantage that both Be Our Guest Restaurant and Cinderella’s Royal Table offer is that they are beyond the rope drop barriers (unlike Crystal Palace and Plaza Restaurant).
This means that you have a potential rope drop advantage for Seven Dwarfs Mine Train if you do either Be Our Guest Restaurant or Cinderella’s Royal Table. If you finish eating before park opening, there’s a good chance you’ll be among the first in line for Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. It varies by day, but we’ve even had success riding once before rope drop and then lining up again before the crowd arrived!
Breakfast at Be Our Guest Restaurant is prix fixe, including an entree, beverage, an assortment of pastry selections for sharing at your table, and is priced at $29 for adults & $16 for children.
That’s unquestionably a lot of money for what you’re receiving, but keep in mind that this is only one counter service credit on the Disney Dining Plan. If you’re paying out of pocket, consider the value of those empty park photos and/or rope drop advantage.
Let’s start by taking a look at the plate of pastries that came out “for the table.” I suppose if you really want to ‘hack’ this meal, your entire group can go in as parties of 1, ordering separately and each sitting at different tables. (This might also be a good pretense for getting away from those in your group who aren’t morning people.) That assumes, of course, that you care about these pastries. They are pretty much the same things that sit around at every resort hotel’s counter service spot at breakfast.
We have never purchased any of those, and now I know why: they are nothing special. These pastries were by no means bad, they were just totally forgettable. I’d be lying to you right now if I described how any of them tasted, because I didn’t even remember by the end of the meal. If you’re still hungry after your entree eat some of them as they are fine, but don’t expect anything amazing.
Sarah ordered the Open-Face Bacon and Egg Sandwich: “Poached Eggs, Applewood-smoked Bacon, and Brie on a Toasted Croissant served with Fresh Fruit.”
She liked the breakfast sandwich but was not blown away by it. The quality skewed more towards a table service breakfast entree than a counter service one and was pleased that it wasn’t overly greasy. She said the eggs were good, as were the brie, tomato, and arugula. She thought the baguette was slightly harder than a normal baguette, though.
I took one look at the menu and knew what I wanted–nay, needed: the Croissant Doughnut. Otherwise known as the cronut, this divine culinary wonder is thus far the greatest invention of the 21st Century. That’s high praise, considering that Truck Nuts were also conceived of during this century.
This cronut was…just fine. The cronut is topped with banana caramel sauce, vanilla pastry creme, chocolate ganache, and whipped cream. It was large, decadent, and glorious-looking, but like the open-face sandwich, it just didn’t blow me away.
The dough was a bit rubbery and the whole thing was just way too sweet. I love sweet, unhealthy foods, but this was way too much. There was no restraint whatsoever–it was sort of like a breakfast prepared by Buddy the Elf. In the end, any cronut is better than no cronut, but I prefer the <$6 cronut a la mode in Epcot.
Now, as to whether having breakfast at Be Our Guest Restaurant is a win for guests, well, sort of. With few exceptions, I’m not a huge fan of breakfast at Walt Disney World. This is not one of those exceptions. Yes, the food is better than virtually every counter service breakfast spot, but that’s not saying much. Counter service breakfast is typically awful and overpriced.
As compared to a buffet like Chef Mickey’s or Crystal Palace, the price here isn’t outrageous–but it’s also not a buffet. When you compare it to counter service breakfasts, or a hidden gem like the Trail’s End breakfast buffet (which costs the same amount for far better and unlimited food), it seems like a worse value.
On the plus side, it does allow more guests to see the restaurant, which is cool and worth experiencing, despite some of my quibbles with the design choices (the creepy Imagineer-tribute babies still bug me). The problem I have with the breakfast besides the value is that it only works out to be the “best” way to experience Be Our Guest Restaurant in a narrow set of circumstances.
This is because lunch is (or at least was, when I was trying to book) the easiest reservation to score at Be Our Guest Restaurant, is the cheapest way inside, and is also the best counter service meal in the Magic Kingdom. By contrast, breakfast is harder to book, not as good as lunch, and more expensive.
This leaves a few scenarios where Be Our Guest Restaurant’s breakfast is recommended: 1) you want to see inside Be Our Guest Restaurant but for some reason can’t get in for lunch or dinner; 2) you are on the Disney Dining Plan and have extra credits; 3) you really want to get into the Magic Kingdom before official park opening, and want to do so as cheaply as possible. In our view, #3 is the big one and can trump everything else working against Be Our Guest Restaurant at breakfast.
Overall, breakfast at Be Our Guest Restaurant is a passable meal, albeit pricey for breakfast. Let’s not kid ourselves, though. This meal isn’t about the food: it serves as a way to get into Be Our Guest Restaurant and/or into the Magic Kingdom before park opening. The food alone simply isn’t good enough to justify the price, but when factored with seeing a popular, well-themed restaurant plus getting into the Magic Kingdom before park opening, I think it can be a worthwhile experience.
There are some guests for whom Be Our Guest Restaurant’s breakfast will be perfect, and they will absolutely love it. To that end, I don’t fault Disney for offering it. It definitely does have its strengths and will work well for some parties, but I don’t see us doing it again. If you don’t have a desire to get into the Magic Kingdom before it opens for empty-park family photos or the like, you should skip breakfast and do lunch at Be Our Guest Restaurant, instead, for those are the better meals here.
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Your Thoughts
Have you eaten at Be Our Guest Restaurant? Which meal–breakfast, lunch, and/or dinner? Did you enjoy the meal? What was your favorite part of the experience? Want to eat at Be Our Guest Restaurant? Share your thoughts on anything related to Be Our Guest Restaurant in the comments!
You may want to consider updating this blog, as the pricing is considerably different from what they were in 2015, as are the menu choices. I was just checking the menu for breakfast verses dinner and breakfast is now priced at $28 for adults, $15 for children. Lunch has multiple offerings varying from Soups at $5.99 and $7.99 respectively, with entrees for $12.99-$16.99… desserts for $4.99 and child entrees for $8.99. Lunch seems the far better deal at this point if you want to enjoy the atmosphere.
Just went for breakfast at Be Our Guest! We ordered the feast of Gaston and it was pitiful. 2ites of scrambled egg, about 10 pieces of has brown, 2 strips bacon, 3 sausage links (terrible) and a cup of fruit (honey dew and cantaloupe! Worth about $4 not $25. Sad to pay this much and have to go buy food because you are still hungry. Also 2 of the 3 OJ machines didn’t work. Not worth the money! Go to Pinocchio ‘s!!!!!
Trying this restaurant for the first time this May and for breakfast. Want to do it more for the atmosphere than the food so I”m not sure what I’ll order as nothing seems to blow me away. I know it won’t be a $25 donut though. Besides, a donut with pastries? Seems like a weird menu item.
me too we are going on may 11 just made reservation for breakfast , it was hard to have one
I know this was already asked, but I don’t see an answer. Since this is so expensive, for a quick service, can you share meals? I’ve got a reservation for 10 people, but could we go in and order, say, 6 meals?
Yes. Our family has shared on multiple occasions. This is quick service, so you can share, order kid’s meals, or just sit and watch your other family members eat while you wait to ride 7dmt before the crowd hits.
With the new menu coming out this summer…will they still sell the gray stuff at breakfast as well or are the getting rid of it
How did touring on the EMM morning go for you? I have an 8:20 on an EMM morning or an 8:35 on a day without. After eating can breakfast goers get into Mine Train queue with EMM people?
I am sat in the restaurant at the moment with my family having breakfast.
We have had a dining plan for over a week and enjoyed some lovely meals, but this is not one of them!
We were greeted at the outdoor entrance by a miserable lady who clearly doesn’t do mornings and every member of staff has not been much better.
We managed to find a seat – so fully booked because of the hype. Using your presidents words “Fake News” springs to mind.
Some of the drinks machines weren’t working so our daughter was sent elsewhere to get a drink whilst her breakfast went cold.
This was recommended to us by SVC and Alice was so excited thinking she would meet Belle at breakfast, her current favourite movie. ME, I’m excited because I am sat looking at the glow in the dark/low lighting sign and can’t wait to NEVER visit this dressed up warehouse canteen ever again!
Hi Tom- you always mention the pre-park opening photos- do they have park photographers around at that time or are we on our own for family photos? Thank you for your great insight! Your blog has been an insurmountable help in my planning process!
Do you know if they give the little girls any free goodies?
I have a reservation for Be Our Guest at 10:10. Will I be ordering from the breakfast menu or lunch menu?
Breakfast reservations are until 10:30am, so you will be ordering breakfast.
Just started planning a Feb ’17 trip and the idea of getting in park before crowds is awesome! This may be a dumb question but are there cast members to take family photos (w an empty Main St!!) or do you just ask other guests? Seems like everybody will be rushing to reservations.
Thanks for the review! We have a BOG 8AM breakfast booked, but it is also on an EMH morning 🙁 I’m trying to figure out how to adjust my crowd expectations based on this– should i just shift typical wait times back by an hour or so? So what people typically predict as a wait time at 10:00am, that would be what we should expect at 9? I’ve never been there at 9 for an EMH morning as we typically stay off property. Crowd scale should be a 7/10 that day. I’d love to hear any thoughts! 🙂 Thank you!
We have a 10:10 breakfast reservation. If we arrive a little late like maybe 10 mins, do you think we can order lunch? I was unable to get a lunch reservation.
We went November 2016. The food for the BOG breakfast was largely terrible. DO NOT let your child order the crepes. They have the taste and consistency of tortillas. Most of the food was cold by the time it got to us. There was some love for the cronut, but otherwise the food was either forgettable or disgusting.
The kid crepes were a disaster! I thought my daughter was going to cry. She ended up with all the pastries and a poached egg off of my plate for breakfast. The rest of our food was pretty good though, and it was a great opportunity for early entry into MK.
The pricing is quite different now. It was barely a deal with early park access at the 19.99 you quote here. Now it is a no way for us
We are on the dining plan in a couple of week and will have breakfast at Be Our Guest. I did advance ordering and saw the “grey stuff” listed under desserts. I have consistently read that dessert isn’t served at breakfast. I don’t want the surprise of paying for something that isn’t included. Was seeing the “grey stuff” on the breakfast menu a glitch or can we expect to have it included in our dining plan for breakfast?
A server will bring you a “dollop” of grey stuff on a small dessert plate just to taste. It is delicious!
Tom, your website is AMAZING for us that are going for the very first time. We want to be in Magic Kingdom before it opens to eat at the best breakfast spot. Where should we go if not here? We are on the dinging plan.
We love the enchanting Crystal Palace – we have eaten there countless times and you can view some of Cinderella castle if you sit by the window. It is a buffet and they have great character interaction!
Breakfast at BOG was our least favorite meal when we were at Disney two weeks ago, for six days. I wouldn’t recommend it. My kids didn’t like their meal at all and my husband and I found it sub-par at best. We were glad to see the inside, but I wouldn’t book a reservation here again. There are far better choices for breakfast!
Breakfast at BOG is subpar and is now $24 per entree and $14 for kids. Way overpriced. Food is not even counter service quality. No one checked on us. No characters. Will never go again. Yes, getting in early is nice, but not for that price. I can schedule a hair cut at the barbershop and do that for $12. Go to Starbucks and the bakery for better food/quality and sit outside and enjoy the park without anyone in it.
Great tip!
I booked a last minute WDW trip for March less than 30 days out. Reservations have been dicey but with daily diligence i was able to secure a dinner reservation for party of 4 at BOG and a breakfast reservation for a party of 2 at 8:00 am on a non magic hours day!!!! I really feel like i hit the WDW jackpot!! My daughter and I have had lunch here but never breakfast or dinner. I’m just excited to be inside MK before the crowds! We can get in to the MK at 7:30 right? Thanks for the great blog. I find it to be the best one out there such great information!
Question about QS breakfast… could you potentially make a reservation for 2, but since it’s a QS, “share” breakfast? (I would imagine you would need to order there instead of pre-ordering.) With the tray of pastries, it’s doable, right? That would really make it the cheapest option to get into the park early!