Walt Disney World visitors looking beyond the most sought-after character meals have several table-service choices across the parks, Disney Springs and resort hotels. Mickey Visit highlighted eight restaurants with distinct menus, from lighter sandwiches in Magic Kingdom to family-style Caribbean fare at Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort.
The Plaza Restaurant, just off Main Street, U.S.A. in Magic Kingdom, serves the same menu at lunch and dinner. Choices include sandwiches, salads, loaded fries, onion rings, milkshakes and a banana split. The relatively small restaurant is one where reservations may be useful.
At EPCOT’s Morocco Pavilion, Spice Road Table sits along the lagoon and serves dinner only. Its menu centers on small plates such as hummus fries, spicy shrimp and bread service with dips, alongside cocktails, wine, sangria, beer and cider. Moroccan hot tea service is also available during cooler months, according to Mickey Visit.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios has 50’s Prime Time Cafe, where servers incorporate “table etiquette” lessons into the meal and some tables show black-and-white TV clips. Lunch and dinner offerings include fried chicken, pot roast, chicken pot pie, milkshakes and cocktails. Guests without a dining reservation can try the drink menu at the adjacent Tune-In Lounge.
At Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Tiffins Restaurant offers lunch and dinner dishes including a regional curry tasting plate, shrimp and grits, and a whole-fried catch of the day. Lunch also has a Signature Burger Prix Fixe with waffle fries, dessert and a nonalcoholic drink.
In Disney Springs, Chef Art Smith’s Homecomin’ serves lunch and dinner daily, with weekend brunch. The menu includes Southern-style dishes such as fried chicken and doughnuts, country fried steak, shrimp and grits, and catfish sandwiches; weekend brunch adds choices including chicken and waffles and short rib hash.
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For diners willing to leave the parks, Sebastian’s Bistro at Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort serves a family-style dinner with Latin and Caribbean flavors. The Island Feast includes chicken, pork, beef and fish, plus rice and beans, fried yuca and sweet plantains. A plant-based alternative includes vegan beef, sausage and fish substitutes, along with fried tofu. The resort can be reached via the Skyliner from EPCOT or Disney’s Hollywood Studios, or by bus from the parks.
Three Bridges Bar and Grill is located over the lake at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort. Dinner options range from queso and chorizo dip and loaded yuca fries to pork carnitas tacos and a tofu poke bowl. The restaurant also offers house-made red, white, sparkling and rosé sangrias. Mickey Visit noted that visitors can take a bus from a theme park to reach the resort.
Finally, Ale & Compass Restaurant at Disney’s Yacht Club Resort is a short walk from EPCOT’s International Gateway. It serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, with choices including crab cake eggs Benedict and dark chocolate waffles in the morning, seafood-focused lunch dishes, and dinner entrees such as New England seafood pot pie and red wine-braised short rib.
Visitors planning a food-focused day can keep these locations in mind alongside Walt Disney World ticket planning, particularly because several of the restaurants sit outside the four theme parks and may require separate transportation time.
