Rose & Crown Dining Room

Rose & Crown Dining Room: dining at EPCOT — location and planning data on MouseHub.

Visitor sentiment

4.5· 609 Google ratings

People say this restaurant offers delicious fish and chips, shepherd's pie, and a variety of cocktails. They highlight the reasonable prices for Disney, the comfortable atmosphere with live piano music, and the quick service. They also like the friendly and welcoming staff.

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The MouseHub take

Rose & Crown Dining Room has sat on the waterfront of the United Kingdom pavilion at EPCOT since the park opened on October 1, 1982. Disney built the room out of several English pub styles at once, from the streetside pubs of country towns to London's Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese. The menu is short and a la carte: four entrees, two starters, two desserts. Fish and Chips runs $32, Bangers and Mash $29, Cottage Pie $30, and Tikka Masala $25.

The patio is what people book for. Those tables face World Showcase Lagoon head-on, which is why reviewers rate them among the best fireworks seats in World Showcase for Luminous The Symphony of Us, and a standard reservation does not come with one. Guests who want the view guaranteed book the Rose & Crown Fireworks Dining Package, a separate prix fixe seating that puts you outside on the patio for the show. Diners who leave happy came for a familiar plate of comfort food out of the Florida heat. Diners who leave unhappy wanted a menu with more than four ways to go.

At a glance

Best for: Anyone who wants a lagoon-side table for the nighttime show and is content with British pub cooking to go with it
Skip if: A table with picky eaters pulling in different directions, since four entrees is the entire choice and three of them are British staples
Worth ordering: Fish and Chips, Bangers and Mash, Cottage Pie, Sticky Toffee Pudding
Reservations: Disney calls advance reservations highly recommended, and the tables close to the nighttime show go first. The booking window opens 60 days out, and Disney Resort hotel guests can book an entire stay of up to 10 nights in one sitting from 60 days before arrival. The page posts no operating hours at all, so seating runs on reservations rather than on a service window, and Rose & Crown is absent from Disney's Mobile Dine Walk-Up Availability list. The card on the reservation is charged a per-person fee for a no-show or a late cancellation
Value: Disney bands adult dinner entrees at $15 to $34.99 and the menu stays inside it, with entrees at $25 to $32. The band covers the entree alone, so a $13 Coronation Salad, a $12 pint, and a $10 pudding roughly double a plate of fish and chips. Reviewers call the portions large enough to justify it and the cooking plain enough to argue about

The good

The patio is the seat worth chasing
Those tables sit on World Showcase Lagoon with nothing between you and the water. Reviewers who get one describe watching Luminous The Symphony of Us from their chairs without moving.
The fish and chips holds up
Beer-battered fish with thick-cut fries, house-made tartar sauce, and lemon at $32. It is the dish reviewers name first and the one Disney leads with on the restaurant page.
The room is a real pub, not a facade
Disney combined several English pub styles here when the place opened with the park on October 1, 1982, from ordinary streetside pubs in country towns to London's Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese.
Save room for the sticky toffee pudding
English custard and toffee sauce under hand-made whipped cream, $10. Disney's own page tells you to leave room for it, and reviewers back that up more consistently than they do the entrees.
The servers do the heavy lifting
Guests report British staff who talk to the table, take an interest, and recommend things off the bar list. Service is the part of the visit that draws praise even when the food does not.
Special diets get a full second menu
The allergy-friendly menu runs its own appetizers, entrees, desserts, and kids' plates rather than a footnote, with the allergens each dish is built for named next to it.

The bad

Four entrees is the whole list
Fish and Chips, Bangers and Mash, Cottage Pie, and Tikka Masala. Diners who wanted variety, or who do not eat any of those, have nowhere to go but the two appetizers.
A reservation does not get you the patio
Standard bookings are seated wherever there is room, and the outdoor tables are the ones everybody asks for. Only the Fireworks Dining Package guarantees one.
The check climbs faster than the band suggests
Disney posts $15 to $34.99 per adult, which describes the entree by itself. Add a $13 salad, a $12 pint, and a $10 pudding and one person is near $70 before tax and tip.
The seasoning stays mild
Reviewers looking for bold flavor find the traditional plates flat. Tikka Masala is the one entree that argues otherwise.
The indoor room is loud
Hard surfaces and a small space bounce the noise around, and guests seated inside at peak times report talking over the next table all through dinner.
The package books like a ticket, not a table
Dining plan entitlements cannot be redeemed for it, cancelling inside 24 hours forfeits the full price, and once the reservation is confirmed Disney allows no modifications to it at all.

Veteran tips

Book 60 days out, or the whole stay at once
Disney takes dining reservations up to 60 days ahead. Resort hotel guests can book an entire stay of up to 10 nights in one sitting starting 60 days before arrival, which is what clears the show-time tables first.
There is no walk-in hour to aim for
The page posts no operating hours, the room seats off reservations, and Rose & Crown is absent from Disney's Mobile Dine Walk-Up Availability list, so there is nothing to join in the app. Same-day reservations turn up on a limited basis, so check the morning of and ask at the podium rather than turning up at the door expecting a table.
The dining package is the only guaranteed patio seat
The Rose & Crown Fireworks Dining Package books separately and runs a prix fixe of one appetizer, one entree, one dessert, and unlimited beverages. Check-in opens 15 minutes before the show, the seating runs about 90 minutes, and it ends when the show does. The patio is uncovered, and rain moves the whole thing to a covered outdoor area.
Ask for the patio when you check in
Guests without the package can request an outdoor table at the podium and wait for one to turn. It costs time and it does not always come through, so decide before you arrive whether the view is worth standing around for.
Kids get three courses for $15.50
The children's prix fixe covers a house salad, a choice of fish and chips or grilled chicken, and a dessert, for ages 9 and younger. It is the best value on the menu by a wide margin.
Order the Tikka Masala to break the pattern
Slow-braised vegetables and spiced curry with basmati rice and hand-made naan, $25. It is the cheapest entree, the only one that is not British, and the only one built on vegetables.
Drink at the pub instead
Rose & Crown Pub next door takes no reservation and pours the same British beers, ciders, and scotches, with a resident musician working through pub songs. Worth knowing when the dining room has nothing open.
Ask for the allergy menu when you sit down
Do it before you order, not after. Disney's instruction is to ask to speak with a Special Diets Trained Cast Member on arrival at the location.

MouseHub editorial, written from visitor reports and official Disney sources. Last reviewed August 9, 2026.