Walt Disney World dining plans often center on character meals and the hardest-to-book reservations, but several table-service restaurants around the resort offer distinctive menus and settings that can be easier to overlook.
In Magic Kingdom, The Plaza Restaurant sits off Main Street, U.S.A. Its lunch and dinner menus include sandwiches, salads, loaded fries and onion rings, followed by milkshakes or a banana split. The relatively small restaurant takes reservations.
At EPCOT’s Morocco Pavilion, lagoon-side Spice Road Table serves dinner only, with small plates including hummus fries, spicy shrimp and bread service with dips. Drinks include cocktails, wine, sangria, beer and cider, as well as Moroccan hot tea service during cooler months.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios has 50’s Prime Time Cafe, where servers incorporate “table etiquette” lessons into the meal and black-and-white television clips play at some tables. The lunch and dinner menu includes fried chicken, pot roast, chicken pot pie and milkshakes. Guests without a restaurant reservation can try the drink menu at the neighboring Tune-In Lounge.
At Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Tiffins Restaurant offers lunch and dinner dishes such as a regional curry tasting plate, shrimp and grits, and a whole-fried catch of the day. A lunch-only Signature Burger Prix Fixe includes waffle fries, dessert and a nonalcoholic beverage.
Disney Springs’ Chef Art Smith’s Homecomin’ serves lunch and dinner daily, plus weekend brunch. Its menu focuses on Southern-style dishes, including country fried steak, shrimp and grits, fried chicken and doughnuts, and catfish sandwiches.
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Several resort restaurants also expand the options beyond the parks. Sebastian’s Bistro at Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort serves a family-style Caribbean and Latin-inspired dinner, including an Island Feast with chicken, pork, beef, fish, rice and beans, fried yuca and sweet plantains. It is reachable by Skyliner from EPCOT or Disney’s Hollywood Studios, or by bus from the parks.
Three Bridges Bar and Grill, located on a lake at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, serves dinner with views from its tables. The menu includes queso and chorizo dip, loaded yuca fries, chicken wings, pork carnitas tacos and a tofu poke bowl, alongside house-made sangrias. The source notes that visitors can reach the resort by bus from a theme park.
Near EPCOT’s International Gateway, Ale & Compass Restaurant at Disney’s Yacht Club Resort serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Offerings range from crab cake eggs Benedict and dark chocolate waffles in the morning to fish tacos, Maryland-style crab cakes, seafood pot pie and red wine-braised short rib later in the day.
Guests considering where to eat during a park or resort day may want to review Disney World ticket and vacation options alongside dining availability, since several of these locations are outside the theme parks or have limited meal periods.
