Cinderella's Royal Table

Cinderella's Royal Table: dining at Magic Kingdom Park — location and planning data on MouseHub.

Visitor sentiment

4.2· 1,153 Google ratings

Guests praise the restaurant's generous three-course meals, featuring excellent filet mignon and cheesecake. The magical atmosphere, attentive service, and unique opportunity to meet princesses are also frequently highlighted. Some reviews mention the food can be mediocre.

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The MouseHub take

Cinderella's Royal Table puts you inside Cinderella Castle, which is the whole point. It was King Stefan's Banquet Hall until April 28, 1997. Cinderella meets you in the Grand Hall downstairs, then you climb a spiral staircase, or ride a gilded elevator, to the banquet room, where soaring stone archways, medieval flags, and stained-glass windows look out over Fantasyland. Disney Princesses come around for photos and autographs while you eat. The meal is prix fixe character dining, and breakfast, lunch, and dinner all run over $60 per adult.

Book it for the room and the princesses. Diners who came for the cooking tend to find it ordinary for the money, and the stone room throws voices back at you, so book elsewhere if you want to talk. Kids do fine here: chicken strips and macaroni and cheese are on the young diners' menu, and Disney encourages them to turn up in gowns and tiaras. The money rules are strict. You cannot modify the reservation once it is confirmed, missing it charges the full price for everyone in your party, and the Disney Dining Plan takes two table-service credits per person.

At a glance

Best for: A family with a child who wants princesses, a table inside Cinderella Castle, and a budget that survives $60 a head.
Skip if: You are booking for the food, want a room quiet enough to talk in, or need to change the reservation later.
Worth ordering: The Clock Strikes Twelve, Grilled Filet Mignon, Roasted Lamb Chops, Pan-roasted Cauliflower, Banana-stuffed French toast
Reservations: Disney calls advance reservations highly recommended here, and the booking cannot be modified once it is confirmed, so pick the meal you want before you commit.
Value: Over $60 per adult at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Diners consistently rate the room above the cooking.

The good

You eat inside Cinderella Castle
Disney bills this as dining inside the castle, and that is what people book it for. Nothing else on property puts a table in that building.
Cinderella greets you before you go up
She meets guests in the Grand Hall on the ground floor, and the spiral staircase to the banquet room comes after. Families report that the downstairs hello sets the tone for the meal.
Princesses come to the table
Disney Princesses work the room for photos and autographs while you eat, so kids get their conversations sitting down instead of standing in a greeting line. Appearances are subject to change.
The banquet room does the heavy lifting
Soaring stone archways, medieval flags, and stained-glass windows looking out over Fantasyland. Guests come away talking about the room more than anything on the plate.
Young diners get chicken strips and mac and cheese
The kids' side of the menu skips the prix fixe adventure, which takes the argument out of an expensive meal.
Dressing up is part of it
Disney calls tiaras and gowns optional and encourages young guests to wear them anyway. Plenty of tables do.

The bad

Over $60 a head at every meal
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner all sit in Disney's top pricing band before tax and tip. Diners keep reporting that the cooking lands closer to ordinary than the number suggests.
Cancel late and you pay the whole thing
Cancel less than two hours out, or miss the table, and Disney charges the full price of the experience for every person in the party.
You cannot change the booking once it is confirmed
Disney does not allow modifications to this reservation. A party size or a time that turns out wrong has to be cancelled and rebooked, subject to whatever is left.
It costs two dining plan credits
On the Disney Dining Plan the meal redeems two table-service credits per person. Two adults burn four on one sitting.
The room is loud and the tables are tight
Stone and glass bounce the noise around, and servers and characters work narrow gaps between tables. Conversation across a table takes effort.

Veteran tips

Book the day your window opens
Disney calls advance reservations highly recommended, and this is one of the tables guests set an alarm for. Have your date and party size ready before the window opens.
Every menu has an allergy-friendly section
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner each carry their own allergy-friendly list on the menu page, so you can see what the kitchen can work with before you book rather than at the table.
Breakfast will not save you money
Disney prices breakfast below dinner at most restaurants. All three meals here sit over $60 per adult, so pick the seating that fits the day rather than the budget.
Take the gilded elevator if stairs are a problem
The spiral staircase is the scenic way up and it is not the only way. Disney runs an elevator to the banquet room, so ask at check-in.
Ask for a window table
The stained-glass windows look out over Fantasyland, and the perimeter seats are the ones diners request. Ask when you check in downstairs, not after you are seated.
Let the kids dress up
Costumes are welcome and encouraged for young guests. It costs nothing and it changes how the princess visits go.
Leave the castle 20 minutes before the nighttime show
Disney ropes off the area around Cinderella Castle shortly before the nighttime spectacular and asks diners to be out at least 20 minutes ahead if they want to watch it or go anywhere else.
A Halloween party night needs a party ticket
Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party runs select nights from August 7 through October 31, 2026. Dinner here on one of those nights requires a valid party ticket, which the price of the meal does not include.

MouseHub editorial, written from visitor reports and official Disney sources. Last reviewed August 3, 2026.