Catalina Eddie's

Catalina Eddie's: dining at Disney's Hollywood Studios — location and planning data on MouseHub.

Visitor sentiment

3.8· 89 Google ratings

Diners appreciate this quick-service restaurant for its good value and tasty pasta dishes, with many also noting the availability of good gluten-free and vegan options. Other reviews mention the pizza can be poorly prepared and wait times for food can be long.

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The MouseHub take

Catalina Eddie's is a walk-up pizza window in Sunset Ranch Market, the cluster of food stands on Sunset Boulevard at Disney's Hollywood Studios. The board runs to cheese, pepperoni, and pepperoni-and-sausage pizzas, two pasta plates, a meatball sub, and a Caesar salad with chicken, priced from $11.79 to $13.29. Pizzas and the sub come with a side, the pastas with garlic bread. Seating is the market's shared outdoor tables, each under its own umbrella, so there is no dining room to duck into. Doors open at 11:00 AM and the window serves until 9:00 PM.

It works as a refueling stop rather than a destination. Sunset Boulevard puts it a short walk from The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets, so half a group can eat while the rest rides. Picky eaters do fine here. The recurring complaint is the crust, which reviewers describe as thick, bready cafeteria pizza, and the second is the table hunt, since the shared seating fills through the noon rush and there is no air conditioning anywhere in it.

At a glance

Best for
Families with picky eaters who want a fast, familiar meal a few steps from the Sunset Boulevard coasters.
Skip if
You want an air-conditioned table, or a pizza worth crossing the park for.
Worth ordering
Pepperoni and Sausage Pizza, Meatball Sub, Caesar Salad with Chicken, Alfredo Basil Chicken Pasta
Reservations
Nothing to book, and no walk-up list either. Mobile Order is the only thing the app does here, and everyone else stands in the order line.
Value
Entrees run $11.79 to $13.29, inside the $14.99-and-under band Disney prints on the menu, and the kids' pizzas at $7.99 and $8.49 come with two sides and a drink. The page tags the window as accepting some dining plans without saying which.

The good

  • The food comes out fast
    Reviewers consistently report short waits at the window. Order, collect, and you are eating in minutes rather than working through a queue.
  • Picky eaters find something they know
    Cheese and pepperoni pizzas carry the menu, with Alfredo Basil Chicken Pasta and Chicken Parmesan behind them. Nothing on the board asks anyone to be adventurous.
  • You can eat while the rest of the group rides
    The market sits on Sunset Boulevard between Tower of Terror and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, so non-riders have somewhere to sit and eat within sight of the exit.
  • The kids' meals are a real deal
    A kids' cheese pizza is $7.99 and the pepperoni $8.49, each with two sides and a small milk or water. Disney prints the menu as being for children ages 9 and younger.
  • The allergy menus run seven deep
    Gluten and wheat, egg, fish and shellfish, milk, peanut and tree nut, sesame, and soy each get their own list, with allergy-friendly crusts and plant-based cheese on the milk version.
  • There is beer and sangria at a pizza window
    Red sangria is $14.00, a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale $12.50, a hard seltzer $11.00, and a Bud Light $9.75. Few counter-service stands on this street pour anything.

The bad

  • The crust is thick and bready
    Reviewers keep landing on the same comparison, which is school cafeteria pizza. Anyone hoping for a thin slice leaves disappointed.
  • There is no air conditioning to sit in
    Every table here is outdoors under a table umbrella. The shade takes the sun off you, but a July lunch still means eating in the heat and humidity.
  • Finding a table is its own errand
    The seating belongs to the whole market rather than to this window, and reviewers describe circling with full trays at noon and again at dinner.
  • The menu is short
    Pizza, two pastas, a sub, and a salad is the whole of it. A group with different cravings has to split across the market's other windows.
  • Dessert is one cannoli
    The dessert list holds a single $5.29 cannoli. Anyone wanting a treat after the meal is walking somewhere else for it.

Veteran tips

  • Order on the app before you walk over
    Mobile Order lets you pick an arrival window and collect without queueing. Place it while you are still walking down Sunset Boulevard, since the app is slower to load once you are standing in the crowd.
  • Send someone for a table first
    One person claims a seat while the rest collect the order. The tables are shared with the neighboring stands, so the wait for a free one is longer than the wait for food.
  • Eat before noon or after two
    The rush lands squarely in the middle of the day and again around dinner. Either side of it, the market is calm and the seating opens up.
  • Split the order across the market's windows
    Fairfax Fare is a few steps away with waffle bowls of chicken, pork, or brisket, and there is a plant-based version. Everyone eats at the same table.
  • Ask for a Special Diets Trained Cast Member
    That is Disney's own instruction on this menu, and it says to do it on arrival at the location. Speak up before ordering rather than at the pickup window.
  • Take the Caesar salad off the fried lineup
    At $11.99 with herb-marinated chicken, it is the one plate here that is not pizza or pasta. It travels better than a hot pizza on a warm afternoon.
  • Nothing here before 11:00 AM
    The window opens at 11:00 AM and closes at 9:00 PM, so breakfast is somewhere else and a late dinner has a deadline.

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

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