Be Our Guest Restaurant

Be Our Guest Restaurant: dining at Magic Kingdom Park — location and planning data on MouseHub.

Visitor sentiment

4.0· 5,007 Google ratings

Diners say this American restaurant serves up delicious filet mignon, French onion soup, and a dessert trio that includes the Grey Stuff. They also highlight the magical experience of dining in a Beauty and the Beast-themed castle, with the Beast making regular appearances. Some reviews mention the food can be overpriced.

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The MouseHub take

Be Our Guest Restaurant sits at the foot of Beast's Castle in Fantasyland and opened with New Fantasyland on December 6, 2012. Lunch and dinner both run a prix fixe, three-course, French-inspired menu, and both sit in Disney's over-$60-per-adult band. Diners eat in one of three rooms: the Grand Ballroom under a high domed ceiling and snow-laced Gothic arches, the Beast's West Wing study where the enchanted rose drops its petals, or the Rose Gallery, where larger-than-life figures of Belle and the Beast dance. French onion soup and escargot de Bourgogne head the appetizers, and steak frites and market-fresh fish anchor the entrees.

Book it as a themed dinner. Disney does not bill this as character dining, so a party hoping to meet the Beast at the table should spend the money on a character breakfast. Guests who came for the rooms tend to leave happy. Guests who came for the food often do not, and the recurring complaint is that the cooking trails the bill. On the Disney Dining Plan this meal takes two table-service credits per person, which is worth knowing before you book.

At a glance

Best for
Beauty and the Beast fans who want the rooms more than the meal and have budgeted for a signature-priced dinner.
Skip if
You want a character meet at your table, a light lunch, or a room quiet enough to talk in.
Worth ordering
French onion soup, Escargot de Bourgogne, Steak frites, The Grey Stuff chocolate cake
Reservations
Hard. Disney calls reservations strongly recommended for all meals, and this table goes early in the booking window.
Value
Over $60 per adult at both meals, and the recurring complaint is that the food does not match it.

The good

  • The Grand Ballroom earns the reservation
    A high domed ceiling, chandeliers, and snow-laced Gothic arches, straight off the film. It is the room most parties ask for.
  • Belle and the Beast dance in the Rose Gallery
    The third room holds artwork of the couple's memories and larger-than-life figures of the two of them mid-waltz.
  • The West Wing hides the enchanted rose
    The Beast's study is the dim room, and the rose sits in it dropping its petals. Ask for this one if the ballroom sounds too bright.
  • The French onion soup is the starter to order
    It heads the appetizer list and diners keep singling it out. Escargot de Bourgogne is the other one worth a look.
  • Kids get their own three courses
    Guests nine and under build a three-course prix fixe of their own, down to an iceberg wedge or a fruit and cheese board to start. A drink comes with it.
  • Servers want you to walk the rooms
    Staff point diners toward the two rooms they are not sitting in, and a lap with a camera between courses is normal here.

The bad

  • Three courses whether you want them or not
    Lunch and dinner are both prix fixe, so a light eater pays full price for food they leave behind. There is no shorter option.
  • The Grand Ballroom gets loud when it fills
    Hard surfaces and a high ceiling bounce conversation around the room. A party after a quiet meal should book elsewhere.
  • The bill outruns the plate
    Both meals sit in Disney's over-$60-per-adult band before drinks, tax, and tip. Diners keep reporting that the cooking does not keep up with that number.
  • It costs two dining plan credits
    Lunch or dinner here redeems two table-service meals per person from the Disney Dining Plan. Two adults burn four credits on one sitting.
  • Book it for the rooms, not a character meal
    Disney does not list this as character dining. A party hoping for a meet and greet at the table should put the money into a character breakfast.

Veteran tips

  • Book the day your window opens
    Disney calls reservations strongly recommended for all meals here, and this is one of the harder Magic Kingdom tables to land. Set a reminder for the morning your booking window opens.
  • Check the walk-up list if you missed a table
    Be Our Guest takes Mobile Dine Walk-Up requests. Add your party in My Disney Experience, or scan the QR code in the lobby, rather than queueing at the host stand to ask.
  • Ask for a room when you check in
    Cast Members at the host stand take seating requests and often honor them. The Grand Ballroom and the West Wing draw the most.
  • Walk all three rooms before you go
    You eat in one of the three and the other two are open to look at. Do the lap between courses or on the way out.
  • The West Wing is the dark one
    It is the dim, deliberately gloomy room, and it unsettles some younger kids. The Grand Ballroom and the Rose Gallery are the brighter two.
  • Lunch does not save you money here
    Disney prices lunch below dinner at most restaurants. Both menus here sit in the same over-$60-per-adult band, so pick the meal that fits the day.
  • Know the no-show fee before you book
    The card on the reservation gets charged a per-person fee if you miss the table or cancel late. The exact terms arrive in your confirmation email.
  • Look up in the ballroom
    The domed ceiling and the Gothic arches carry most of the room's detail, and a table on the floor makes them easy to miss.

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

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