La Cava del Tequila

La Cava del Tequila: dining at EPCOT — location and planning data on MouseHub.

Visitor sentiment

4.2· 313 Google ratings

Guests praise this bar's outstanding and high-quality margaritas, including a superb avocado option, alongside their creative cocktails, delicious queso, and guacamole. The electric vibe is frequently mentioned, as is the excellent service and funny staff. Some reviews mention the drinks can be premade.

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The MouseHub take

La Cava del Tequila is a small bar-lounge tucked inside the Mexico pavilion at EPCOT's World Showcase, and it pours more than 200 tequilas alongside top-shelf cocktails, Mexican beer, and wine. The printed menu is eight specialty cocktails running $19 to $25, and most are built around a rim as much as a spirit: black ant salt on The Wild One, tortilla ash on the Malumita, hibiscus salt on the Avocado margarita the menu bills as world famous. Food stops at guacamole and queso with corn chips.

It works best as a mid-afternoon break for adults who want something more interesting than a kiosk margarita. Visitors line up to order, drink standing or carry the glass out into the pavilion, and say the bartenders are worth talking to about what to try. The room is small and loud, seats are scarce, and anyone who lands one reports being moved along once the drink is done. Families looking for a meal or a place to rest tired feet should keep walking.

At a glance

Best for
Adults who want to try agave spirits they cannot pour at home and do not mind standing to do it
Skip if
Anyone who needs a seat, a quiet conversation, or more food than chips and dip
Worth ordering
Avocado, Blood Orange
Reservations
Nothing to book for the lounge itself, where visitors queue at the host stand to order. The one reservation here is the La Cava Experience tasting
Value
Specialty cocktails run $19 to $25 and the food is chips and dip, so this is a drink stop rather than a meal. Visitors feel the pours and the spirit selection carry the price

The good

  • The bartenders will steer you
    Visitors say the staff ask what you like and point you at a specific tequila or mezcal rather than defaulting to the house pour.
  • The tequila list runs past 200
    Disney counts more than 200 tequilas behind this bar, alongside top-shelf cocktails, Mexican beer, and wine.
  • Every drink arrives with its own rim
    The menu builds one into each specialty cocktail and into its price: black ant salt on The Wild One and the La Cava Top Shelf, Tajin chile-lime on La Paloma and the Blood Orange, tortilla ash on the Malumita.
  • The snacks do their job
    The kitchen keeps it to guacamole and queso with corn chips, and visitors order them to go with the drinks rather than as a meal.
  • Drinks come out fast
    Even with the line running back into the pavilion, visitors report the bartenders work through orders quickly.
  • You wait indoors, out of the heat
    The line forms inside the pavilion, which visitors count as a break from the Florida humidity in a way most park queues are not.

The bad

  • Seats are hard to come by
    The lounge is small, and visitors report ending up standing or carrying the drink out into the pavilion.
  • Drinks cost $19 to $25
    Every specialty cocktail on the menu falls in that band, so a round for two starts near $40 before snacks.
  • Servers move you along
    Visitors who do get a table report being turned over quickly once the crowd builds.
  • The room gets loud
    Blenders, a packed floor, and hard surfaces make conversation work in a space this size.
  • Food stops at chips and dip
    Guacamole and queso with corn chips is the whole food offering, and the menu page lists drinks only, so you cannot check what the snacks cost before you get there.

Veteran tips

  • Get there when it opens at 11
    The lounge runs 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM, and visitors report the shortest wait of the day is at the start of it.
  • Order the Avocado if you order once
    The menu bills it as a world famous avocado margarita, made with Dos Hombres mezcal or Flecha Azul tequila, melon-orange liqueur, fresh avocado, lime juice, and a hibiscus salt rim.
  • Add the spice to The Cucumber
    The Cucumber is the one drink carrying a Make it Spicy option, $2.00 on top of its $19.00 base. Every other rim on the menu is already priced in.
  • Ask about a flight at the bar
    Disney's page says you can take off with a tequila flight, but the printed menu stops at the eight cocktails and never prices one, so it is a question for the bartender rather than something you can plan around.
  • Plan to take the glass with you
    Drink it while you walk the pavilion or World Showcase rather than waiting for a table to open up.
  • Book the La Cava Experience ahead
    The guided tasting runs $180 per person plus tax with gratuity included, led by a certified Tequila Ambassador, and it is held at La Hacienda de San Angel rather than in the lounge. Same-day slots are not sold online, so ask at the La Cava host stand.
  • Cancel a tasting a day out
    The La Cava Experience charges $50 per person if you cancel later than one day ahead or do not show up.

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

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