Connections Eatery

Connections Eatery: dining at EPCOT — location and planning data on MouseHub.

Visitor sentiment

4.0· 281 Google ratings

Diners say this fast food restaurant offers tasty Korean Barbecue Chicken Sandwiches, french Bistro Burgers, and a good kids meal that's enough for an adult. They also highlight the excellent value for money, especially considering it's located in a theme park, and the convenient mobile ordering option. Some reviews mention the service can be slow.

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The MouseHub take

Connections Eatery is the big quick-service hall at the center of EPCOT, in World Celebration, and it shares a building with Connections Cafe. The two opened together on April 27, 2022. Disney bills the menu as dishes inspired by Italian, French and Asian cuisines, which arrives as burgers, house-made pizza, and a General Tso chicken salad, with entrees at $14.99 and under. Floor-to-ceiling windows look toward Spaceship Earth on one side and a Xandarian Starblaster on the other, three show kitchens work in view of the tables, and a wall-length mural called "Global Gathering" runs down one side of the room.

Most people end up here because it is indoors, cold, and roomy in the middle of a park day, and it does that job well. The trade is noise. Hard floors and high ceilings turn the lunch rush into a roar, and tables take a while to get cleared once the room fills. Big groups with different tastes do best here. Anyone after a quiet meal or a server at the table is better off walking into World Showcase.

At a glance

Best for
Groups with different tastes who want a cold, roomy place to sit down in the middle of an EPCOT day.
Skip if
You want a quiet room, a server at the table, or the pavilion cooking that draws people to World Showcase.
Worth ordering
General Tso Chicken Salad, House-made Pepperoni Pizza, American Classic Cheeseburger, Black Garlic, Truffle, and Parmesan Fries, Liege Waffle
Reservations
No reservations. Walk up to the counter or use Mobile Order, which is the faster of the two at lunch.
Value
Entrees run $14.99 and under, and portions match what quick service costs elsewhere in the park.

The good

  • The air conditioning is the main draw at midday
    The hall is cold, indoors, and big enough that a seat usually opens up without much waiting. Plenty of people walk in for the break as much as the meal.
  • Big parties actually get to sit together
    Long shared tables run the depth of the room, so a group of eight is not splitting across three two-tops. Strollers and scooters fit down the aisles.
  • Three show kitchens cook in full view
    Disney built the room around them, with chefs grilling, sauteing, and baking where diners can watch. It gives the space something to look at that a standard counter service does not have.
  • The windows look straight at Spaceship Earth
    Floor-to-ceiling glass wraps the bright, open room. The view runs from a Xandarian Starblaster on one side to Spaceship Earth on the other.
  • The General Tso salad is a real meal
    Kale and romaine, broccoli slaw, mandarin oranges, edamame, crispy wontons and warm fried chicken, for $12.49. A fried tofu version costs the same.
  • The kids' menu covers the picky eaters
    Cheeseburger, cheese pizza, chicken strips, or a PB&J Uncrustable, each with two sides and milk or water, for ages 9 and younger. The cheeseburger is the one carrying the Disney Check nutrition label.
  • The Liege waffle punches above its price
    Brioche dough baked with pearl sugar, then served with strawberries, whipped cream, and chocolate sauce for $5.99.

The bad

  • The room roars once lunch starts
    Hard floors and high ceilings bounce every conversation back at you, and the kitchen noise sits on top of it. Sensory-sensitive diners feel this one first.
  • Mobile Order windows slip at peak
    Between noon and two the kitchen falls behind the arrival windows it handed out, so the "your order is ready" ping runs late.
  • Finding a cleared table takes a lap
    The room seats more people than the bussing keeps up with at rush hour. Expect to circle once, or to wipe down a table yourself.
  • The seating is hard and upright
    Wood and metal chairs, no cushions. Fine for thirty minutes, less so if you came in to rest a sore set of feet.
  • The pizza leans thick and bready
    Anyone expecting a thin, blistered crust gets a dense base instead, with the toppings spread thin over it.

Veteran tips

  • Eat before noon or after two
    The lunch rush takes the seats and the kitchen at the same time. Either side of it, you walk in and sit down.
  • Order on your phone before you walk over
    Mobile Order lets you pick an arrival window while you are still finishing an attraction, which beats standing in the counter line at 12:30.
  • Head for the back of the room
    Tables near the entrance fill first because nobody wants to walk. The rear corners hold seats long after the front looks full.
  • Get coffee from the cafe side
    Connections Cafe shares the roof, pours Starbucks coffee, and stays open all day, while the eatery side only runs lunch and dinner. Carry the drink across.
  • Plant-based diners have real choices here
    The General Tso salad comes in a fried tofu version at $12.49, and the applesauce and the Mango-Coconut Milk Shake are both marked plant-based on the menu.
  • Look down at the floor inlays
    Three of them copy Walt's 1966 "Florida Project" site plans, the ones that put EPCOT at the center of Walt Disney World. The "Global Gathering" mural on the wall is the other thing worth a minute.
  • Kids' meals come in under nine dollars
    They run $7.29 to $8.99 with two sides and a small milk or bottled water, so a table of four with two kids stays close to fifty dollars.

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

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