Garden Grill Restaurant

Garden Grill Restaurant: dining at EPCOT — location and planning data on MouseHub.

Visitor sentiment

4.3· 872 Google ratings

Diners say this American restaurant offers delicious cornbread, apple pie, and a unique dining experience with rotating views of the Living with the Land ride and character interactions. They also highlight the friendly staff and fresh ingredients grown right at Epcot. Some reviews mention the food can be overpriced.

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The MouseHub take

Garden Grill Restaurant sits on the upper level of The Land pavilion at EPCOT, in a round dining room that turns slowly above Living with the Land. Over one seating the tables pass the rainforest, farmhouse, thunderstorm, sandstorm, and prairie scenes from the ride below. The meal is Chip 'n' Dale's Harvest Feast, all-you-care-to-enjoy and family-style, so the food arrives on platters at your table instead of waiting on a buffet line: grilled steak with chimichurri, rotisserie-roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans, and macaroni and cheese. Many of the vegetables are grown downstairs in the Living with the Land greenhouses. Chip, Dale, Mickey Mouse, and more work the room while you eat.

Families book this one for character time that comes to the table, which is the argument for it over a buffet with young kids in tow. Breakfast runs 8:30 to 10:30 AM at $49 per adult and $33 per child. Lunch and dinner share a single menu at $62 and $42, served from 11:30 AM straight through to 8:00 PM. Guests sensitive to motion feel the rotation, and anyone picturing a big spread to browse has the wrong restaurant.

At a glance

Best for
Families who want character visits delivered to the table rather than earned in a line, especially with young kids.
Skip if
Motion turns your stomach, or you were counting on a large buffet you can browse and go back to.
Worth ordering
Backyard Grilled Steak with Chimichurri Sauce, Rotisserie-roasted Turkey with Pan Gravy, Harvest-inspired Garden Salad, Macaroni & Cheese, Strawberry Shortcake with Whipped Cream
Reservations
Reservations open 60 days out, and a character table at EPCOT is worth grabbing the morning your window opens
Value
$62 per adult at lunch and dinner, $49 at breakfast, and the character time is most of what you are buying

The good

  • The characters keep coming back
    Chip, Dale, Mickey Mouse, and more work the room for the length of the meal. Parties report seeing each of them more than once without leaving their seats.
  • The booths face the ride, not the crowd
    Diners describe curved booths looking out at the show scenes, which leaves a small party in its own pocket rather than in the middle of a dining room.
  • Food arrives hot and keeps arriving
    The Harvest Feast is all-you-care-to-enjoy and family-style. A platter that runs low gets refilled at the table.
  • The vegetables are grown downstairs
    Disney grows many of the veggies in the Living with the Land greenhouses in the same pavilion. That is about as short as a farm-to-table trip gets.
  • The room turns while you eat
    One slow rotation carries the tables past the rainforest, farmhouse, thunderstorm, sandstorm, and prairie sets from the ride.
  • Breakfast costs noticeably less
    The morning Harvest Feast runs $49 per adult and $33 per child, against $62 and $42 the rest of the day. Same room, same rotation.

The bad

  • The rotation gets to some stomachs
    Diners prone to motion sickness report feeling off by the end of the meal. The floor moves for the whole seating, with nowhere to sit it out.
  • Light eaters pay the same flat rate
    One per-person price covers the table, so a guest who eats a plate of macaroni and cheese still pays $62.
  • Where you sit changes what you see
    Diners seated back from the railing report watching the room more than the ride, since the sets sit below the rail line.
  • The menu is short and fixed
    Everyone at the table gets the same set of platters. Picky adults find little to swap in beyond the sides.
  • It gets loud once it fills
    Noise carries up from the pavilion floor, and character visits at every table add to it.

Veteran tips

  • Ask for a booth against the railing
    Seats along the rail look straight down into the rainforest and farmhouse sets. Ask at check-in, not once you are seated.
  • Book it 60 days out
    New booking windows open around 6:00 AM daily. Staying at a Disney Resort hotel lets you book the whole trip's dining on the day your window opens, up to a 10-night stay.
  • The plant-based feast is a full menu
    Chip 'n' Dale Plant-based Harvest Feast lists its own courses, including pulled "pork" with Southern BBQ sauce, smoked "sausage", mashed potatoes, and a strawberry shortcake crumble. Order it as the meal, not as a side swap.
  • Every meal has an allergy-friendly menu
    Breakfast, lunch, and dinner each print a full allergy-friendly feast, from the rolls through the strawberry shortcake, naming which allergies each item is safe for. Disney's instruction is that guests speak to a Cast Member about the request, so raise it as you sit down.
  • Go to the restroom before you sit
    The dining room turns and the restrooms do not, so your table will not be where you left it. Note the scene you were passing rather than the door you walked in through.
  • Lunch and dinner are the same meal
    One menu covers both at $62 per adult and $42 per child. Lunch seatings run to 3:40 PM and dinner starts at 3:45, so a late lunch buys exactly what an early dinner does.
  • A no-show costs you a fee
    The card on the reservation gets charged a per-person fee if you miss the table or cancel late. Cancel in the app the moment your plans change.

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

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