Roundup Rodeo BBQ

Roundup Rodeo BBQ: dining at Disney's Hollywood Studios — location and planning data on MouseHub.

Visitor sentiment

3.7· 728 Google ratings

People say this barbecue restaurant offers delicious brisket, cheddar biscuits, and a variety of sides, and has a fun, interactive atmosphere with friendly staff. Other reviews mention the food can be dry and the portions can be small.

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The MouseHub take

Roundup Rodeo BBQ sits in Toy Story Land at Disney's Hollywood Studios, inside an arena Andy built for his toys out of cardboard, crayon drawings, and old playsets. It opened on March 23, 2023 and serves one family-style meal at a flat $49 per adult and $28 per child ages 3 to 9, plus tax and gratuity. Cheddar biscuits and two salads start the table, a platter of house-smoked ribs, brisket, sausage, and chicken arrives with five sides, and everyone picks a dessert. Cast members work the room as Andy's toys and freeze the whole restaurant when one of them calls out that Andy is coming.

Reviewers split hard on the food. Families with young kids leave delighted, while diners who grew up on barbecue find the brisket and ribs dry and closer to roast beef than to anything smoked. The room is loud, tables turn slowly, and parties wait past their booking time. Lunch and dinner list the same dishes at the same price, so the choice is an hour rather than a meal.

At a glance

Best for
Families with young kids who want a cool sit-down meal inside the Toy Story theming, with enough familiar sides to feed a picky eater.
Skip if
You came for smokehouse barbecue, or you want a quiet table away from the noise of the park.
Worth ordering
The Prospector's Homemade Cheddar Biscuits with Sweet Pepper Jelly, Rootin' Tootin Tomato Salad, Slinky Doooooooooog's Mac & Cheese, Potato Barrels, Trixie's Plant-based Trio
Reservations
Books ahead and stays booked. Reservations open 60 days out at about 6:00 AM Eastern, and My Disney Experience runs a walk-up list that reviewers say rarely comes through here.
Value
A flat $49 per adult and $28 per child ages 3 to 9, before tax and tip. Big eaters make it back on the refills, light eaters do not.

The good

  • The room is a playset you sit inside
    Andy's arena is built from cardboard, his own crayon drawings, and toys pulled off the shelf, down to a giant milk carton and an Emperor Zurg figure among the set pieces. Reviewers say the scale is what sells it.
  • The freeze bit gets the whole room
    A cast member calls out that Andy is coming and the restaurant stops, guests included, mid-bite. Kids who know the films buy into it fastest, and the adults play along.
  • Walking in out of the heat is half of it
    Reviewers keep mentioning the cold air and the low, tinted lighting after a morning outside. The meal doubles as the afternoon rest stop.
  • Picky eaters have plenty to eat
    Slinky Doooooooooog's Mac & Cheese, Potato Barrels, and Cowpoke Corn on the Cob all come to the table, and kids finish with a Cupcake a la Forky. Parents report children filling up on sides when the meats miss.
  • The plant-based plate is a real meal
    Trixie's Plant-based Trio brings an Impossible beef rib chop, a bratwurst, and cauliflower with harissa and walnut gremolata, and the Potato Barrels, slaw, and strawberry shortcake are plant-based too. Vegetarian reviewers rate it above the smoked platter.
  • Seconds come with the price
    The platters and sides are family style, and servers bring more of whatever the table clears. Dessert is the exception at one per guest.

The bad

  • The barbecue disappoints people who know barbecue
    Reviewers from barbecue country describe the brisket and ribs as dry and generic, with the beef reading closer to roast beef than to smokehouse.
  • The dining room gets loud
    Hard surfaces and a room full of excited kids make conversation across the table hard work. Diners who wanted a calm meal give up on it.
  • You wait past your reservation time
    Guests report standing at the podium well after their booking while tables turn slowly. The meal takes more of the afternoon than the check-in time suggests.
  • No characters come to the table
    The premise is that guests are the toys, and Disney's page promises no character appearances. Parents who booked it as a character meal report disappointed kids.
  • Small appetites pay for food they leave
    The $49 adult price applies whether a guest clears three platters or picks at the biscuits, and a child ages 3 to 9 is $28 either way. Reviewers who eat lightly call it poor value.

Veteran tips

  • Book it 60 days out
    Disney opens dining reservations 60 days ahead at about 6:00 AM Eastern, and guests with a Disney Resort hotel booking can reserve the whole stay in one sitting, up to 10 nights. Without a reservation, join the walk-up list in My Disney Experience and expect it to be a long shot.
  • Leave the hour after check-in open
    Reviewers report waits at the podium and slow service once seated, so avoid booking a show or a Lightning Lane return right behind the meal.
  • Ask for more of whatever worked
    Servers refill the platters and the sides, so send back for another round of the biscuits or the corn rather than rationing the first pass. Dessert is one per guest and does not repeat.
  • Tell kids they are the toys
    Set the expectation before you walk in that nobody is coming around for autographs. Kids who know the premise wait for the freeze bit instead of for Woody.
  • Pick your hour, not your menu
    Lunch and dinner list the same dishes at the same prices. The restaurant serves from 10:45 AM to 9:30 PM most days and closes at 9:00 PM on Wednesdays.
  • Start with the biscuits, then slow down
    The cheddar biscuits with sweet pepper jelly land before anything else and draw more praise than the meat does. Filling up on them costs you the platter.
  • Budget for drinks on top
    Fountain drinks, iced tea, and the kids' milk or juice carry no price on the menu. The two Lil' Rider mocktails run $7.25, cocktails $15.50 to $18.50, beer $9.25 to $12.50, and wine by the glass $13 to $14.
  • Raise an allergy with the server
    The menu carries allergy-friendly versions of the bread service, salads, platters, sides, and desserts. It tells guests to speak to a cast member about an allergy-friendly request.

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

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