The Friar's Nook

The Friar's Nook: dining at Magic Kingdom Park — location and planning data on MouseHub.

Visitor sentiment

3.5· 160 Google ratings

The MouseHub take

The Friar's Nook is a walk-up window in Fantasyland themed to Disney's Robin Hood, and the whole menu fits on one short board. Lunch and dinner come down to four things: a Barbecue Pork Tot Bowl topped with cheddar, pickles, and cilantro at $11.49, a Jumbo Pretzel with cheese sauce at $13.49, the same pretzel plain at $12.49, and Caramel Apple Doughnuts at $6.49. Breakfast adds a Sausage, Egg, and Cheddar Bagel Sandwich served with tots for $8.99 and keeps everything else. You order at the window or send it ahead with Mobile Order. Seating is a small run of outdoor tables under umbrellas.

Treat this as a cheap, filling stop between Fantasyland rides rather than a meal that seats your group. Disney prices both menus at $14.99 and under per adult, and visitors report that one tot bowl is enough for two people to split. The trade is comfort. There is no dining room, birds work the tables for dropped food, and the line backs into the walkway through the lunch rush. Anyone who wants a chair indoors, or anything lighter than fried potatoes, should keep walking to Pinocchio Village Haus.

At a glance

Best for
Two people who want a cheap, filling snack between Fantasyland rides with nothing to book
Skip if
You want a table indoors, or a board with more than four things on it
Worth ordering
Barbecue Pork Tot Bowl, Sausage, Egg, and Cheddar Bagel Sandwich
Reservations
There is nothing to reserve. Disney lists it as a quick-service kiosk that takes Mobile Order, so you walk up or send the order in from the app.
Value
Cheap by Magic Kingdom standards. Both menus are priced at $14.99 and under per adult, the tot bowl runs $11.49, and two people can split it.

The good

  • One tot bowl feeds two people
    Visitors keep reporting that the Barbecue Pork Tot Bowl is more than one person finishes. At $11.49 split two ways, it is one of the cheaper lunches in Fantasyland.
  • Mobile Order gets you past the window
    Disney runs this as a Mobile Order location. Visitors describe placing the order from the app and collecting it in a few minutes instead of queuing at the register.
  • Breakfast arrives with tots on the side
    The Sausage, Egg, and Cheddar Bagel Sandwich is $8.99 and comes with tots, which makes it a full breakfast for under nine dollars. Early visitors single it out as the best thing on the board.
  • The umbrellas earn their keep
    The outdoor tables sit under umbrellas, and visitors say the shade is what makes eating out here bearable in the afternoon.
  • Nothing on the board passes $13.49
    The Jumbo Pretzel with cheese sauce tops the list at $13.49, and the Caramel Apple Doughnuts are $6.49. Disney bands both menus at $14.99 and under per adult.
  • The stand is a Robin Hood joke
    Disney themes it to the classic Disney film Robin Hood, which is where the friar in the name comes from. It is a small piece of Fantasyland theming that most people walk past.

The bad

  • The patio is too small for the traffic
    There are only a few tables out front. Visitors describe circling with a full tray at lunch, or giving up and eating standing.
  • Birds work the tables
    Visitors report birds moving in on dropped food and unattended trays. Leaving a tot bowl while you go back for napkins is a mistake.
  • The menu is four items long
    Lunch and dinner is a tot bowl, a pretzel with or without cheese sauce, and a doughnut. Visitors looking for something lighter come away with nothing.
  • The cheese sets before you sit down
    Visitors describe the cheese cooling and going stiff in the open air, so a bowl that left the window hot can reach the table lukewarm on a cool day.
  • The line backs into the walkway
    Through the lunch rush the standby line spills across the path, and visitors describe working strollers past the register.
  • There is no room indoors
    Disney runs this as a kiosk, so the seating is a patio in the Florida weather. A rain shower ends the meal.

Veteran tips

  • Send the order in before you walk over
    Place it in My Disney Experience a ride or two ahead, and the food is waiting when you reach the window.
  • Come before lunch for the bagel sandwich
    The Sausage, Egg, and Cheddar Bagel Sandwich is the one item on the breakfast menu and not the lunch and dinner one. Everything else is on both.
  • Split the tot bowl
    At $11.49 it is the largest thing here, and visitors say one order covers two people. Splitting it leaves room for a snack elsewhere.
  • Send someone for a table first
    One of you holds a table while the other collects the order. At lunch that is the difference between sitting and standing.
  • Pay the extra dollar for cheese sauce
    The Jumbo Pretzel is $12.49 on its own and $13.49 served with cheese sauce. The plain one is the worse deal.
  • Do not wait for dinner
    Disney runs lunch and dinner off one list, so the board in the late afternoon is the board at noon.
  • Take the tray to Pinocchio Village Haus
    The Fantasyland restaurant a short walk away has indoor dining rooms, including one where you watch guests board "it's a small world". Visitors carry food over when the patio is full.

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

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