Akershus Royal Banquet Hall

Akershus Royal Banquet Hall: dining at EPCOT — location and planning data on MouseHub.

Visitor sentiment

4.1· 877 Google ratings

Diners say this European restaurant offers a magical princess dining experience with delicious food, including smoked salmon, pastries, and waffles. They also highlight the friendly and professional service, comfortable seating, and beautiful castle setting. Some reviews mention the food can be overpriced.

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The MouseHub take

Akershus Royal Banquet Hall runs Princess Storybook Dining, a character meal inside a medieval castle in World Showcase at EPCOT. Disney sends a royal promenade of princess friends around the room for photos and autographs while your table works through family-style platters of Norwegian-inspired food. Breakfast is $62 per adult and $39 per child. Lunch and dinner share one menu at $69 and $46, plus tax and gratuity. Character appearances are subject to change, so nobody can promise you a particular princess before you sit down.

Book it for the princesses rather than the cooking. Breakfast is the easy sell: pastries, scrambled eggs, smoked bacon, sausage links, cheesy potato casserole, and Norwegian waffles. Lunch and dinner turn Norwegian, with meatballs in lingonberry jam and seared salmon, though chicken and macaroni and cheese ride along on the same platter for the holdouts. The stone room throws noise back at you, the princess visits move fast, and the Disney Dining Plan takes two table-service credits per person at lunch and dinner.

At a glance

Best for: Families with a child who wants princesses at the table and a party willing to eat whatever the platter brings.
Skip if: You want a quiet meal, a menu you order from, or a character meal that does not cost two dining plan credits.
Worth ordering: Norwegian Waffles with Maple Syrup, Cheesy Potato Casserole, Norwegian Meatballs with Lingonberry Jam, Seared Salmon, The Royal Chef's Dessert Plate
Reservations: Disney calls advance reservations highly recommended, and the booking window opens 60 days out. Have your date and party size ready before you log in.
Value: $62 per adult at breakfast, $69 at lunch and dinner, plus tax and gratuity. Diners rate the princesses above the plates, and breakfast is where the math works best.

The good

Princesses come to your table
Disney calls it a royal promenade of princess friends, and they work the room for photos and autographs while you eat. Appearances are subject to change, so treat any specific princess as a bonus.
The castle room does the heavy lifting
Soaring archways and cathedral ceilings inside a medieval castle. It is the reason photos from this meal look like they were taken somewhere other than a theme park restaurant.
Breakfast is food kids recognize
Pastries, fresh fruit, cheesy potato casserole, scrambled eggs, smoked bacon, sausage links, and Norwegian waffles with maple syrup. Families report the morning seating goes down without an argument.
Chicken and mac and cheese ride along at dinner
The lunch and dinner platter carries Kylling chicken and macaroni and cheese next to the meatballs and salmon, so a kid who wants nothing Norwegian still eats.
Plant-based diners get a whole second menu
Breakfast runs plant-based waffles, plant-based scrambled "eggs", home fry potatoes, and a plant-based applecake. Lunch and dinner add a plant-based bratwurst, plant-based meatballs, olive-oil mashed potatoes, and a plant-based apple cake with plant-based vanilla gelato.
Nobody orders and nobody waits
Everything arrives family style, including dessert, which comes as a platter of three to share. The food starts landing shortly after the party sits down.

The bad

Princess visits move fast
Each table gets a short stop for a photo and a signature before the characters move on. Diners describe the pace as brisk and blame the volume of tables.
The stone room is loud
Hard surfaces and a full house of excited kids bounce the noise around. Conversation across the table takes effort.
Lunch and dinner are the same meal
One menu, one price, and a set platter at both seatings. Diners paying $69 an adult in the evening keep reporting that the choices do not match the number.
It costs two dining plan credits
Lunch and dinner redeem two table-service meals per person on the Disney Dining Plan. Two adults burn four credits on one sitting.
The advertised price band is out of date
The restaurant page still lists breakfast in the $35 to $59.99 band while the menu prints $62 per adult. Budget from the menu page, not the dollar signs.

Veteran tips

Book on day 60, early in the morning
Dining reservations open 60 days ahead, and new booking windows go live around 6:00 AM. Disney Resort hotel guests can book the whole stay, up to 10 nights, starting 60 days before arrival.
Breakfast saves seven dollars a head
$62 per adult and $39 per child at breakfast against $69 and $46 at lunch and dinner. Same princesses, same room, cheaper check.
Pay cash for lunch and dinner
Two table-service credits per person is a poor trade against a $69 meal. If you are on the dining plan, take the breakfast seating and spend the credits somewhere that charges one.
Read the platter before you book
Lunch and dinner bring lefse with cinnamon butter, chilled Nordic shrimp salad, Norwegian meatballs with lingonberry jam, and seared salmon. Check that your party is interested before you commit the reservation.
Raise allergies before the platter lands
Allergy-friendly options are available, and Disney's guidance is to consult a chef or a special diets-trained Cast Member before ordering. Shared platters make that conversation more useful than usual.
Cancel in the app or pay for it
The card on file is charged a per-person fee for a no-show or a cancel outside the policy. Move the booking rather than dropping it.
Check for drops in the last week
That same fee pushes people to cancel rather than skip, so tables shake loose close to the date. Keep checking My Disney Experience if you missed the 60-day window.
Have the autograph book open
The characters keep moving, so a pen and an open page beat digging through a bag while a princess waits. Sort it out before the first one reaches your table.

MouseHub editorial, written from visitor reports and official Disney sources. Last reviewed August 4, 2026.