Chefs de France

Chefs de France: dining at EPCOT — location and planning data on MouseHub.

Visitor sentiment

4.3· 1,510 Google ratings

People say this French restaurant serves delicious French onion soup, escargot, and boeuf bourguignon linguine. They also highlight the attentive service, the generous portions, and the authentic Parisian atmosphere. Other reviews mention the food can be bland.

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The MouseHub take

Chefs de France opened with Epcot on October 1, 1982, started by three of the most decorated chefs in France: Paul Bocuse, Roger Vergé, and Gaston LeNôtre. The room still looks the part, with high ceilings, mosaic flooring, and expansive windows onto the World Showcase promenade. Disney's own page bills the cooking as French nouvelle cuisine, though the dishes diners keep naming are brasserie standards: the French onion soup and the Boeuf Bourguignon. One menu covers lunch and dinner at the same prices, a la carte, with entrees from $26.95 to $55.95.

Plan it as a real sit-down meal in the middle of a lap around World Showcase. Tables sit close, the hard surfaces throw the noise back, and the kitchen turns the room over at a pace that suits a busy brasserie more than a long dinner. The restaurant page still advertises a $15 to $34.99 band the current menu has outgrown, so budget from the menu. Diners who want the room, the view, and a plate of familiar French cooking leave happy. Diners who wanted a quiet evening or a bolder kitchen do not.

At a glance

Best for: Anyone who wants a full French sit-down meal on the World Showcase promenade without dressing for it or decoding the menu.
Skip if: You want a quiet, unhurried dinner, or you are budgeting from the dollar signs on the restaurant page.
Worth ordering: Soupe à l'oignon gratinée (French Onion Soup), Boeuf Bourguignon, Crème Brûlée
Reservations: Disney calls advance reservations highly recommended. The booking window opens 60 days out and new windows go live around 6:00 AM.
Value: Entrees run $26.95 to $55.95 a la carte, and diners keep saying the portions arrive smaller than the number on the check.

The good

Three legendary chefs put their names on it
Paul Bocuse, Roger Vergé, and Gaston LeNôtre started the restaurant, and it has been serving since Epcot's opening day on October 1, 1982.
The room does most of the work
High ceilings, intricate mosaic flooring, and expansive windows onto the promenade. Disney describes it as bright and airy, and photos from the middle of the room back that up.
Window tables watch the promenade go by
The glass runs along the World Showcase walkway. Diners seated there report spending as much time watching the crowd as the plate.
Your server probably grew up in France
Disney's Cultural Representative Program staffs the 11 World Showcase countries with Cast Members from those countries, France included. Guests single out the accents and the small talk about home.
The classics land the way they should
The French onion soup under its Gruyère crust and the Boeuf Bourguignon, braised in Cabernet with pearl onions and mushrooms, are the two dishes that come up again and again.
Warm bread comes with the meal
Baguettes arrive warm and arrive early, and the menu carries no bread charge. Reviewers keep naming them as the thing that sets the tone before anything else lands.
Nobody waits long for food
Servers move, drinks get refilled, and courses follow each other closely. Parties on a schedule between World Showcase stops rate this highly.

The bad

Tables sit inches apart
The floor plan takes capacity over elbow room. Diners bump chairs with the next table and hear its conversation for the whole meal.
The room is loud
Hard surfaces and a full house bounce the sound around. Talking across a four-top during the lunch and dinner rushes takes effort.
The pace can feel like a push
The same speed that gets food out fast also clears tables fast. Anyone picturing a long European dinner tends to leave feeling moved along.
The advertised price band is out of date
The restaurant page prints $$ and a $15 to $34.99 range per adult while the menu charges $26.95 to $55.95 for an entree. Budget from the menu page.
Portions do not match the check
The a la carte prices draw the most consistent complaint here, and it is about quantity rather than cooking. Some parties order a starter each to fill the gap.
Disney promises more than the menu delivers
The official page sells French nouvelle cuisine and innovative cooking. Diners hoping for that find a competent brasserie list instead, and say so.

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.
Budget from the menu, not the dollar signs
Two adults ordering an appetizer and an entree each clear $100 before tax, tip, or wine. The $$ band on the restaurant page will not get you close.
Do the math on the Menu Français first
The prix fixe is $67.95 for one appetizer, one of five listed entrees, one dessert, and a glass of Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon Georges Duboeuf, or a non-alcoholic drink. It beats ordering the pricier entrees separately and loses to the cheaper ones, and it takes no discounts and no Disney Dining Plan.
Check the weekend breakfast buffet this fall
A pre-paid Parisian Breakfast buffet runs Fridays and Saturdays starting August 28, 2026, for a limited stretch of the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival. Pastries, freshly baked baguettes, cheeses and charcuterie, smoked salmon, and fresh fruit, with a beverage included. It is the one seating here that is not a la carte.
Send the kids to their own list
Kids' entrees run $11.95 to $13.95 for ages 9 and younger, with green beans, mashed potatoes, or fries alongside. Look for the Disney Check icon on the printed menu for the options that meet Disney's nutrition guidelines.
Plant-based diners order the ratatouille
Ratatouille Provençale, with olive vinaigrette, basil, and tomato sauce, is the plant-based entree at $28.95. It is also on the prix fixe list as Rataouille sur quinoa.
Get dessert down the street instead
Desserts here run $13.95 to $14.95. Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie, the quick-service bakery in the same France pavilion, sells French pastries for a fraction of that.
Cancel in the app or pay for it
The card on file is charged a per-person fee for a no-show or a late cancel. That fee also shakes tables loose close to the date, so keep checking My Disney Experience if you missed the 60-day window.

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