Disney Restaurant Reviews

By Tom Bricker Dining, Tips & Tricks 196 Comments

Our Disney restaurant reviews offer food photos, menus, info & tips, and thoughts on 300+ counter and table service dining spots at Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Tokyo, Paris, and beyond. We cover best & worst meals, value for money, and more to help you choose where to eat based upon theme, ambiance, cuisine & cost. (Updated February 2, 2023.)

Below you’ll find a regularly updated index with links to every Disney restaurant we’ve ever reviewed. It covers all of the most recent additions at Walt Disney World, including Space 220 Restaurant, La Crêperie de Paris, Steakhouse 71, California Grill’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Dinner, Connections Cafe & Eatery, and more.

Over a dozen new Disney restaurants have opened recently and more are on the way in 2023, including Toy Story Land’s Roundup Rodeo BBQ Restaurant, Cake Bake Shop, Rosa Mexicano Restaurant, Summer House on the Lake, Din Tai Fung, Porto’s Bakery & Cafe, and more. Throughout the rest of this year, we’ll continue to add new reviews of these restaurants and updates on other locations.

Essentially, this is a look at every Walt Disney World and Disneyland restaurant we’ve ever reviewed, plus Disneyland Paris, Tokyo Disney Resort, Hong Kong Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and Aulani restaurants. Each review starts with a description of the restaurant, useful info, interior photos and thoughts on theme, followed by food photos and reviews of each item we tried. Each review concludes with out overall impressions, pros and cons of the restaurant, and whether we’d recommend it.

We have dined at hundreds of different Disney restaurants in the last few years–literally–more unique Disney restaurants than any other reviewers. That’s probably not something to boast about, but we’re proud, nonetheless. Moreover, we think this wide range of experience at Disney’s global parks, and not just Walt Disney World and Disneyland, gives us better perspective.

A couple things to note. First, we strongly value atmosphere and theme, and focus on these two characteristics pretty heavily in our reviews. To us, themed design is one advantage Disney has over real world restaurants. Most Disney restaurants will not measure up to real world counterparts in terms of cuisine or pricing. Thematically, they are second to none, though.

Moreover, these restaurants are graded on a curve relative to other dining in their respective parks. As compared to ‘real world’ restaurants, most options in the Disney parks are overpriced for the cuisine quality. However, you pay a premium for the location, convenience, and thematic attention to detail.

What we do not do is offer faint praise to every single item we eat, or every restaurant. There’s a lot of bad food in the Disney parks, and we will offer our genuine impressions of what is not worth your time or limited stomach space. You can find no shortage of sites that offer nothing but effusive praise and think all things Disney are amazing. This is not one of those sites.

Nevertheless, reasonable minds may differ with regard to the same restaurant. This is a big reason why we encourage readers to offer their feedback in reply to each review–and you’ll find a lot of good (and also unbiased) crowd-sourced info in the comments section.

With that said, click each restaurant name to read our full review of the restaurant. In them, you’ll find commentary about theme, atmosphere, and cuisine quality. Or you can just ‘vote with your eyes’ and browse through the food photos of different items that each restaurant serves.

Please note that we will be making return visits to many of these restaurants throughout this year and 2023, so check back throughout the year for updates to some of the older reviews–unlike Chef Mickey’s, we try to keep everything fresh!

Walt Disney World Restaurant Reviews

Walt Disney World Resort Hotels

Animal Kingdom Lodge

Beach Club Resort

BoardWalk Inn

Caribbean Beach Resort

Coronado Springs Resort

Contemporary Resort

Grand Floridian Resort & Spa

Fort Wilderness Campground

Old Key West Resort

Polynesian Village Resort

Port Orleans Resorts

Riviera Resort

Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa

Wilderness Lodge

Yacht Club Resort

Value Resorts

Epcot

Hollywood Studios

Magic Kingdom

Animal Kingdom

Disney Springs

Water Parks

Disneyland Resort Restaurant Reviews

Disneyland

Disney California Adventure

Disneyland Resort Hotels/Downtown Disney

Tokyo Disney Resort Restaurant Reviews

Tokyo DisneySea

Tokyo Disneyland

Hotels

Disneyland Paris Restaurants

Hong Kong & Shanghai Disneyland Restaurants

Disney Cruise Line

Disney’s Aulani Resort in Hawaii

That covers all of the restaurants we’ve reviewed thus far!

You probably noticed that this page includes links to only restaurant reviews. We have a wide variety of other dining resources, including where to eat to maximize your savings on the Disney Dining Plan, where the best cupcakes, steaks, etc. are found, and a myriad of “Top 10” dining lists. In many cases, these resources are more helpful than the reviews themselves. To find these resources for your destination, be sure to check out our Walt Disney World Restaurant Reviews & Resources or our Disneyland Resort Restaurant Reviews & Resources. Both of those pages include links to reviews, plus the other resources.

This is just a partial listing of the restaurants at Walt Disney World, Disneyland, and beyond, at which we’ve dined thus far. We have a lot more reviews coming soon, especially from the non-US parks. Even if you don’t plan on ever visiting the international parks, we think it can be fun to see the unique Disney theming that each offer, as well as the sometimes unfamiliar (and sometimes very familiar!) cuisine, so make sure to read those reviews, too. Just be careful…you might find yourself wanting to visit those parks, too!

Check back often as we update this list with more favorites. We also recommend looking through and searching the menus of different Disney restaurants to see what might appeal to you, because there are a lot of choices.

For trip planning tips and comprehensive advice, make sure to read our Walt Disney World Trip Planning Guide and Disneyland Trip Planning Guide. For updates on Walt Disney World, the latest news, discount information, and tips, sign up for our free monthly newsletter!

Your Thoughts

What do you think of these restaurants? What restaurant is your favorite place to dine at Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Tokyo Disney Resort, or Hong Kong Disneyland? Which Disney restaurants are on your bucket list? Do you agree or disagree with any of our reviews? Any questions we can help you answer? Hearing your feedback–even when you disagree with us–is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!

Written by Tom Bricker

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  1. Lori Tillia-Meeker August 13, 2022

    Have you heard anything more on DDP? I’m going to WDW in November 2022 for my son’s birthday and we need to eat at specific times since he takes a chemotherapy pill everyday at 5:30 PM. How can I get the restaurants we want without calling Disney Dining?

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  2. Heather April 11, 2022

    Is that tie-dye French toast in the first pic? Where is that located?

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  3. Lori WV April 10, 2022

    That first picture is amazing! Where can we find that meal?!

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    • Sheri April 11, 2022

      I second this!

  4. Terry January 7, 2022

    I love your Disney dining reviews, but we’re planning a combined trip to Disney and Uniersal. Where are the Universal dining reviews? We’ll need to eat there too. Thanks

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  5. Melody Shobe November 27, 2021

    I wonder if you could caption your photos? Some of the food looks delicious, but I can’t tell what restaurants they are from!

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  6. Arie Singer September 28, 2021

    Hi Tom! I wonder if you could do a post about the obvious bots that are snapping up all the dining reservations at popular Disney World locations through companies like MouseWatcher and MouseDining? We live in SF and know from bots; I was up at 2:45 this morning when they released the 60 day out reservations, and ALL the lunch and dinner slots for ALMOST all the restaurants were taken within 2 minutes. Thank you!

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  7. Nancy September 26, 2021

    Also not being able to make dining reservations. How will they be able to sell dining plans with no availability. Perhaps they’re holding back on bookings till after the announcement for dining plans. We’re going to need a vacation from this vacation. Too much stress making plans.

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  8. Sam September 2, 2021

    I’m trying to make dining reservations 60 days out, and seeing that several restaurants we want have no available times (and they’re open!). How does this happen? It’s very frustrating that I’m spending a fortune to take my family on this trip and we can’t even get the places we want to eat? It’s infuriating.

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  9. GAIL CURCIO July 28, 2021

    When will the dining plans restart

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  10. Bob July 27, 2021

    Hi. Two questions about dining reservations. 1. Do you think the 60-day window will be extended back to 180 days at any point? 2. If you have people in your party arriving a few days after you arrive can you make dining reservations for them 60 days before your first day at the park? For example, if I arrive Sunday and they arrive Tuesday, can I make a reservation for Tuesday night for all of us 60 days before Sunday? Thanks.

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  11. Mira Browns July 25, 2021

    Please review STK. I trust your opinions more than Yelp

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  12. Ashley Kearney March 31, 2021

    Tom,
    I apologize if this was answered somewhere and I missed it, but I am visiting Walt Disney World in October of 2021 and have some dining questions. I have been doing research to help me know the best course of action, whether the dining plan comes back by then or not. Something my family used to do, when paying out of pocket, was have a late lunch and then eat dinner later at our resort (we stayed off property and got groceries, but I will be staying at Animal Kingdom Lodge for this trip). However, as I have been looking at Menus, it seems to me that lunch and dinner is pretty much the same pricing for most restaurants. Be Our Guest is the only exception I have found, thus far. Are there any pros or cons to eating lunch vs. dinner? Does it make a difference if you are on the dining plan? Are portions, as well as pricing, pretty much the same? Thank you for the efforts you put into this blog. It is my favorite Disney Blog and I check it regularly!

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  13. Mike G. March 22, 2021

    please update the food restaurants that are open, in 2013 I traveled from Calif to WDW evening and was hungery but the restaurants was closed for the night… one cast member drive me to Mc Donalds for a burger..

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  14. Darren January 26, 2021

    I love going through these reviews because they help to inform me on a one-day-I’m-going-to-get-there trip to WDW, but I do wish there was a resource for those who travel to the parks and resorts solo and therefore end up dining alone (because I’m a loser). If dining alone, I generally like to eat at the bar/lounge, if a restaurant has one; eating at a table solo makes everything ever so awkward. I feel like everyone is staring at me. Whereas, nobody notices the bar slouchers. But from what I’ve gathered with the reviews that distinguish the lounge from the dining room, the bars attached to the full service restaurants at the WDW resorts (all of them? most of them?) tend to offer only a limited version of the menu, usually just the appetizers. This seems similar to DLR (Lamplight and Carthay come to mind), where even though the kitchen services both the lounge and dining areas, you can’t get the full menu in the lounge area. This has always baffled me, and I assume it has something to do with first-come-first-serve vs. reserved dining? Still, I don’t think us lonesome travelers should be punished just because no one likes us and we smell; if I’m hungry and I want a steak, I should be able to get that steak without reserving a booth that a family of six can sit comfortably in. Plus, that opens up that booth for the family of six, and that right there is called being considerate. Of course, eating at the bar is a moot point until the panoramic is over and we can all go back to our concerts, and movies, and bars, and key parties and everything else, BUT! It would be good to know what to expect, even just knowing whether a place even had a bar to sit at or not. I’ll probably just have to give it a try firsthand and try not to feel too humiliated. These are great reviews! Banana Cabana sounds like my kind of place.

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  15. Holly January 25, 2021

    Tom,
    I know you have said Saana has a takeout which I don’t think they had before the pandemic. Are there other sit down places that have takeout?
    We are heading to Disney this spring staying at DVC Villa so we are looking at places where we can get takeout as well as outdoor dining.

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  16. Vince December 30, 2020

    When will the dining plan be released for 2021

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  17. El November 12, 2020

    Hi!
    Can guests staying off Disney property run into Disney resorts to pick up quick service meals?

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    • G B January 7, 2021

      On mobile ordering you can if you show the gate your order. Also, il mulino at the swan hotel has the most beautiful outdoor patio set up. Distanced and shielded from wind as well. Great food.

    • Holly January 25, 2021

      Are you saying Il Mulino has added outdoor seating?
      Any other places at Swan & Dolphin added outdoor seating?

  18. Bill Tucker November 3, 2020

    Tom,
    Today, Disney Dining is off line for an extended period. And, early this morning 6:30 a.m. MDT, I was informed that Oga reservations were suddenly available for next week. I scored a lunch time for 4. Could it be Disney is in the process of opening more restaurants and additional capacity, particularly at EPCOT on the weekends?

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  19. Roman Makarenko October 12, 2020

    I agree with your opinion, John

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  20. Tracy May 25, 2020

    Do you happen to have a top list of heathy meals at WDW? I know, what fun is that, right?? I appreciate your burger and BBQ lists, but after so much gorging compared to what I eat on a normal basis, I like to have some healthier meals – not necessarily vegan, but ones with more nutrients and less starches. It helps me justify the extra ice cream stops, too.) It may sound strange, but I’d love to see a top 10 salad list. Thanks 🙂

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