Rose & Crown Pub

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Visitor sentiment

4.2· 440 Google ratings

People say this bar serves classic British fare, including fish and chips, and a unique Snake Bite drink. They also highlight the waterfront views and lively atmosphere. Other reviews mention the menu can be limited.

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The MouseHub take

Rose & Crown Pub is the bar half of a building that has stood on the United Kingdom waterfront at EPCOT since World Showcase opened on October 1, 1982. Disney built the place out of several English pub styles at once, from the streetside pubs of cities and country towns to London's famed Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese. It is filed as a British Bar-Lounge, it runs 10:30 AM to 9:00 PM, and the menu is drinks and nothing else: six British beers and ciders, eight house pub blends, six cocktails, four whisky flights, and a short wine list. Every draft pint on it costs $12.00. A resident musician works the room, leading sing-alongs of pub songs from around the UK.

Anyone who walks in wanting dinner is in the wrong half of the building. Rose & Crown Dining Room next door serves the fish and chips, takes the reservations, and owns the lagoon-side patio that the fireworks packages sell. The pub is the walk-up side. You order at the bar, take a stool if one is free, and stand if it is not. Reviewers describe a loud room, a welcome hit of air conditioning, and a crowd that thickens through the evening.

At a glance

Best for
Adults who want a proper pint and a sing-along partway through a World Showcase lap
Skip if
Anyone who needs to eat, since the pub menu lists no food at all
Worth ordering
Snake Bite Imperial Pint, Black Velvet Imperial Pint, Imperial Sampler, Single Malt Flight, Pimm's Cup
Reservations
There is nothing to book. The pub takes no reservations, offers no Mobile Order, and is not on Disney's Mobile Dine Walk-Up Availability list, so it is walk up to the bar and order, 10:30 AM to 9:00 PM. The dining room next door is the half that runs on advance reservations, which Disney calls highly recommended
Value
Every draft pint and every pub blend is $12.00, the four-pour Imperial Sampler is $16.25, and specialty cocktails run $14.50 to $17.50. Whisky is where the tab climbs: flights are $21.00 to $30.00 and two-ounce pours run $20.25 to $45.50. Nothing on the menu is food, so a visit is priced as a round rather than as a meal

The good

  • The beer list is genuinely British
    Guinness Stout, Harp Lager, Strongbow Hard Cider, Old Speckled Hen, Sullivan's Maltings Irish Ale, and BrewDog Punk IPA, all $12.00 an imperial pint. This is the drink selection the pavilion is there to sell.
  • The pub blends are what to order
    Eight half-and-half combinations at $12.00, including the Snake Bite (cider and Harp), the Black Velvet (cider and Guinness), and the Half & Half (Harp and Guinness). They are the part of the menu with no equivalent elsewhere in the park.
  • The whisky list goes deeper than you expect
    Four flights, from the Single Malt Flight of Glenkinchie, Oban, and Lagavulin at $24.50 up to The Macallan Flight at $30.00. Single pours run to Johnnie Walker Blue and The Macallan 18 at $45.50.
  • A resident musician runs the sing-along
    Disney's entertainment page gives the pub musician a listing of their own, playing pub songs from around the United Kingdom for a room that sings back. It is the reason the pub sounds different from every other bar in World Showcase.
  • The room has been here since opening day
    It opened with EPCOT on October 1, 1982, built out of several English pub styles at once, from ordinary streetside pubs in country towns to London's Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese.
  • The air conditioning does real work
    Guests describe stepping in off a hot World Showcase lap and staying for a second drink. The pub earns as much credit for being cool and dark as for what it pours.

The bad

  • There is no food on the pub menu
    The bar-lounge menu runs cocktails, flights, pub blends, beer, wine, and soft drinks, then ends at the dietary boilerplate. Eating means a reservation at the dining room next door.
  • The room gets loud and packed
    A small space with hard surfaces and a crowd that came to sing. Guests report giving up on conversation once the room fills.
  • You will probably be standing
    The bar has stools and a few tables, and reviewers consistently describe finding none of them free. There is no list to join in the app either, so a full room means waiting it out or carrying the drink outside.
  • A round adds up quickly
    Pints are $12.00 before tip, cocktails reach $17.50, and a two-ounce pour of Johnnie Walker Blue is $45.50. There is no food on the check to make it feel like a meal.
  • Non-drinkers get four options
    Fountain soda and iced tea at $4.99, Joffrey's coffee and Twinings hot tea at $4.49. No kids' menu, and nothing to eat while the rest of the party drinks.

Veteran tips

  • Drink here, eat next door
    Treat the two halves as separate places. The pub is a walk-up bar with nothing to book or order in the app, and Rose & Crown Dining Room is where the fish and chips and the table service live.
  • Order a pub blend, not a plain pint
    The Snake Bite is half cider and half Harp Lager, the Black Velvet is half cider and half Guinness, and both are $12.00, the same as a straight pint.
  • Split the Imperial Sampler
    $16.25 buys four pours, Sullivan's Maltings, Harp, Old Speckled Hen, and Guinness, which is less than two full pints and settles the argument about what to order.
  • A flight beats a top-shelf pour
    The Macallan Flight is $30.00 for the 12, 15, and 18 year. A single two-ounce pour of the 18 on its own is $45.50.
  • Check the musician's sets before you walk over
    The pub musician has a Disney entertainment page that posts the day's showtimes, and they also show in My Disney Experience. Read them the morning of rather than assuming a set is running when you arrive.
  • The patio belongs to the dining room
    Those lagoon-side tables are the dining room's, and Disney sells them for Luminous The Symphony of Us through the Rose & Crown Fireworks Dining Package. Pub guests take a drink out to the waterfront and stand with everyone else.
  • Last pour is 9:00 PM
    The pub serves 10:30 AM to 9:00 PM. Check that against the park's closing time for your date before you plan a drink for the end of the night.

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

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