BaseLine Tap House

BaseLine Tap House: dining at Disney's Hollywood Studios — location and planning data on MouseHub.

Visitor sentiment

4.7· 308 Google ratings

People say this restaurant serves delicious Bavarian pretzels with beer-cheese fondue and spicy mustard, alongside a great selection of craft beers, cider, and wine. They also highlight the friendly and helpful staff, and the casual and lively atmosphere, perfect for relaxing and people-watching.

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The MouseHub take

BaseLine Tap House is a corner pub on Grand Avenue at Disney's Hollywood Studios, pouring California beer and wine with a short list of snacks alongside. D23 dates the opening to September 29, 2017, on the spot that used to be The Writer's Stop. Disney built the interior around the Figueroa Printing Company, a mom-and-pop print house that once had a partnership with Disney Studios, and the little brick building sits among the warehouse fronts that give Grand Avenue its look. Outside, a terrace runs under a tree canopy. You order at the bar, then find your own spot, standing or sitting.

The draw is the afternoon. Adults who want a $14.50 flight of four California beers and a $12 Bavarian pretzel get a slower hour than the rest of the park offers, and the air conditioning inside earns its keep in July. Families looking for lunch tend to leave unhappy. The food menu runs to four small plates, nothing on it eats like a meal, the indoor room is small, and the doors close at 8:00 PM. Treat this as a drink and a snack rather than a stop that stands in for a restaurant.

At a glance

Best for
Adults who want a California beer flight and a shaded hour out of the crowds
Skip if
You need a real meal, or a table your group can count on
Worth ordering
Bavarian Pretzel, California Cheese and Charcuterie Plate, Create-Your-Own Beer Flight, Avenue Chips, Pepperoni Flatbread
Reservations
Nothing to book and nothing to skip the line with. No reservations, no Mobile Order, and no walk-up list, so the counter is the only way in.
Value
The $14.50 flight and the $14 charcuterie plate are the buys. The $17 flatbread is the order people regret.

The good

  • The terrace sits under a tree canopy
    Disney's own page tells you to step outside and shade yourself under it. Shade is the scarce thing at Hollywood Studios, and reviewers keep coming back to this patio for it.
  • The taps pour California breweries
    Sierra Nevada, Stone, Golden Road, North Coast, and Lost Coast are all on the board, alongside a Coronado hard cider. That is a different list from what the rest of the park sells.
  • The pretzel comes with beer-cheese fondue
    The $12 Bavarian Pretzel arrives with beer-cheese fondue and spicy mustard. Reviewers rate it well above the pretzels sold off the carts.
  • The charcuterie plate is the value order
    For $14 you get California soft, aged, and blue cheeses, cured meats, house-made spreads, pickled items, and lavash. It costs $3 less than the flatbread, and reviewers say it feeds two.
  • You build the beer flight yourself
    Four 5 oz. pours off the tap list run $14.50, which is 20 ounces for $2 more than a single 20 oz. draft.
  • The air conditioning does real work
    The indoor room runs cold. Reviewers treat the building as a heat break as much as a bar.

The bad

  • The inside runs out of seats
    The room is small and reviewers find it at capacity through the afternoon. Seating is first come, first served, indoors and out.
  • Nothing here eats like a meal
    The entire food menu is four small plates. Anyone who wants lunch is walking to another counter afterward.
  • The flatbread is the weak order
    At $17 the Pepperoni Flatbread is the most expensive thing on the menu and the item reviewers most often call underwhelming.
  • The counter line is the only way in
    There is no Mobile Order here and nothing to reserve. When the bar backs up in the afternoon, the wait to order is the wait.
  • The room gets loud once the line builds
    Sound carries in the small space. The calm people come here for goes missing when the counter backs up.
  • The beer cheese runs thin
    Reviewers describe the fondue that comes with the pretzel as runnier than they expect for the price.

Veteran tips

  • Order the flight before you order a pint
    Four 5 oz. pours for $14.50 is how to find out whether you want the Lost Coast vanilla latte stout or the Sierra Nevada hazy IPA. Buy the full glass after.
  • Sit outside and watch Grand Avenue
    The canopy tables are the ones reviewers point to, for the shade and for the view back up the street. Send someone to hold a spot while the rest of the party orders.
  • Come mid-afternoon, not after the show
    The bar runs 10:30 AM to 8:00 PM, so it works as a reset between rides and not as a nightcap once the evening show lets out.
  • Non-beer drinkers have tap options too
    Two California wines pour on tap at $13 a glass, and two cocktails come off a tap line as well, the Baseline Select Margarita at $19.50 and the California Sunset at $17.50.
  • Bring kids a drink, not a meal
    The nonalcoholic list is short, a Strawberry Hibiscus agua fresca at $5.29 and a Wild Strawberry Lemonade at $6.29. There is no kids' menu, and the chips are the only thing most children will eat.
  • Look for the Figueroa Printing Company
    Disney names the print house the interior is built around, a mom-and-pop shop that worked with Disney Studios for years. Worth a minute inside before you carry the drink out.
  • Flag an allergy when you order
    The menu asks guests to speak with a Special Diets Trained Cast Member on arrival. There is no separate allergy-friendly list printed here, so the conversation at the bar is the whole process.

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

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