The Plaza Restaurant

The Plaza Restaurant: dining at Magic Kingdom Park — location and planning data on MouseHub.

Visitor sentiment

3.7· 565 Google ratings

Diners enjoy this restaurant's delicious American comfort food, such as good burgers and good turkey clubs, and appreciate the friendly and attentive staff and the cool atmosphere. Other reviews mention wait times can be long even with reservations, and the atmosphere can be noisy.

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The MouseHub take

The Plaza Restaurant sits at the end of Main Street, U.S.A., a table-service room done in early 20th-century style with Art Nouveau touches, decorative mirrors, and a solarium. The menu is short and familiar: nine entrees, nearly all of them sandwiches, burgers, or salads, plus a soda-fountain dessert list running to hand-dipped shakes and the Original Banana Split. Lunch and dinner share one menu and one price band, so an evening meal here is the same meal you would order at noon.

Most people book it for the room and the location rather than the cooking. It's an air-conditioned sit-down break at the top of Main Street, which is worth a lot in July, and the kitchen turns tables fast enough that lunch doesn't cost you the afternoon. Reviewers who arrive expecting a special-occasion dinner tend to leave disappointed, since $27 buys a cheeseburger here. Families with a picky eater, and anyone who wants an hour off their feet in the middle of Magic Kingdom, get what they came for.

At a glance

Best for
Families who want an air-conditioned sit-down break and food a picky eater will actually order
Skip if
You are booking a table-service meal for the cooking rather than the room
Worth ordering
Pot Roast Stack, Triple Decker Turkey Club Sandwich, Original Banana Split, Chicken Waldorf Salad, Bacon Cheeseburger
Reservations
Disney recommends booking ahead, though this is one of the restaurants that takes same-day parties off the app's walk-up list
Value
Entrees run $19 to $27 at both lunch and dinner, and reviewers who price that against a quick-service window think it comes up short

The good

  • You can see the castle from the window tables
    Reviewers who landed a solarium table by the windows say the view toward Cinderella Castle made the meal. It's the seat people ask for by name.
  • The air conditioning does a lot of work
    Guests describe the room as a real break from a Florida afternoon. Plenty of them book it as a rest stop as much as a meal.
  • Service moves fast
    Reviewers report short gaps between ordering, food, and the check. A meal here fits between two rides rather than replacing them.
  • Picky eaters have something to order
    The menu runs to a Bacon Cheeseburger, a Triple Decker Turkey Club Sandwich, and a Crispy Chicken Sandwich. Nothing on it needs explaining to a seven-year-old.
  • Desserts get more praise than the entrees
    The soda-fountain list is what reviewers single out. The Original Banana Split arrives as three scoops under hot fudge, strawberry sauce, and crushed pineapple, and the Brownie Sundae is the other one people order.
  • Allergy requests are handled properly here
    The Plaza carries an allergy-friendly menu with versions of the Bacon Cheeseburger, Chicken Waldorf Salad, and Triple Decker Turkey Club. Tell the cast member taking your order and the kitchen runs the allergy request process.

The bad

  • The cooking is ordinary
    Reviewers describe the food as fine and forgettable, closer to a good diner than to a restaurant worth planning a day around. Few of them come back talking about a dish.
  • The menu is shorter than it looks
    Nine entrees, and eight of them are a sandwich, a burger, or a salad. The Pot Roast Stack is the one plate that breaks the pattern, and it is still beef piled on thick-cut toast.
  • Dinner is the same meal as lunch
    Disney runs a single Lunch and Dinner menu here and prices both in the same band. Book an evening table expecting something bigger and you get the lunch order at seven o'clock.
  • The room is tight and it gets loud
    Reviewers describe tables close enough to follow the conversation next to them, and the hard surfaces push the noise up through both meal rushes.
  • The prices land badly with some guests
    The Bacon Cheeseburger is $27 and the Pot Roast Stack is $26. Reviewers who compare those to what the same money buys at a quick-service window come away annoyed.

Veteran tips

  • Book before your trip
    Disney says advance reservations are highly recommended for this one. Put it on the calendar with the rest of your dining rather than hoping on the day.
  • Check the walk-up list if you missed out
    The Plaza is on Disney's Mobile Dine Walk-Up Availability list, so you can add your party in My Disney Experience or by scanning the QR code in the lobby. You never have to visit the host stand to check.
  • Ask for a solarium window table
    That is the seat reviewers recommend and the one with the view. Ask at check-in rather than after you have been walked to a table.
  • Share a sundae instead of ordering two
    The Original Banana Split is $11.50 for three scoops and the full set of toppings, and reviewers say it feeds two without much effort.
  • Tell the cast member about allergies at the table
    Disney's process starts with whoever takes your order, who flags it to the kitchen as an allergy request. Ask for a Special Diets Trained Cast Member if the request runs to more than one allergen.
  • A dining reservation is not park admission
    Disney's note on this restaurant's page says theme park reservations may be required depending on your ticket, and a dining booking does not get you through the gate. Sort admission first.
  • Cancel in the app or pay for the table
    The card on the reservation gets charged a per-person fee for a no-show or a late cancellation. Modify it in My Disney Experience as soon as the day changes.

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

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