Tony's Town Square Restaurant

Tony's Town Square Restaurant: dining at Magic Kingdom Park — location and planning data on MouseHub.

Visitor sentiment

4.2· 3,222 Google ratings

Diners say this restaurant offers delicious garlic bread with cheese fondue, along with satisfying Italian dishes like chicken parmesan and shrimp scampi. They also highlight the attentive service and charming Lady and the Tramp-themed atmosphere. Some reviews mention the food can be overpriced.

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The MouseHub take

Tony's Town Square Restaurant is the first table-service room inside the Magic Kingdom gates, a turn-of-the-century trattoria at the Town Square end of Main Street, U.S.A. Disney hangs the whole place on Lady and the Tramp. The 1955 film plays in the lobby, pictures of the two dogs line the walls, a fountain of the pair sits in the middle of the dining room, and Disney bills it as the spot where they shared their first kiss. Out front is a wide porch with French doors and whitewashed railings, looking onto the parade route. The cooking is American Italian and a la carte, entrees run $26 to $37, and one menu covers both lunch and dinner.

Reviewers divide along one line: what you order. The spaghetti and marinara draws comparisons to a jar, while the garlic bread and the fried mozzarella get named over and over, and portions run big enough that parties split them. Families come away happy with a familiar menu, a cold room, and somewhere to sit after a morning on their feet. Anyone booking it as a serious Italian dinner tends to leave annoyed at paying $29 for spaghetti and meatballs.

At a glance

Best for
Families who want a sit-down break five minutes from the gate and a menu a picky eater will order from
Skip if
You are booking a table-service Italian dinner for the cooking rather than the room
Worth ordering
Tony's Garlic Bread, Fried Mozzarella, Rigatoni alla Vodka
Reservations
Disney says advance reservations are highly recommended, though Tony's also takes same-day parties through the app's walk-up list, which reviewers find easiest during the mid-afternoon lull
Value
One a la carte menu covers lunch and dinner, both banded at $15 to $34.99 per adult, so reviewers who price a $29 plate of spaghetti against what it delivers come away unimpressed, portions notwithstanding

The good

  • The garlic bread is what people remember
    Tony's Garlic Bread comes as toasted ciabatta with roasted garlic butter and a Parmesan fonduta for dipping, $14 for the table. Reviewers single it out more than anything else on the menu.
  • The porch is the seat to ask for
    Disney built the front porch for people-watching, and it faces the street. Guests eating in the afternoon catch the parade from their table instead of standing in the sun for it.
  • Portions are big enough to share
    Reviewers describe plates that defeat one person, and parties routinely split an entree or an appetizer. The fried mozzarella gets shared most often.
  • The dining room is a real break from the heat
    Guests treat the meal as much as a rest stop as a meal, which is worth something a few hundred feet inside the entrance. The room runs cold against a Florida afternoon.
  • The theming is done properly
    Lady and the Tramp plays in the lobby, the stars of the 1955 film look down from the walls, and the fountain in the center of the room shows the two dogs. Reviewers who came for the movie get the movie.
  • Kids eat for around twelve dollars
    The create-your-own kids' entrees run $11.50 to $12.50 for ages 9 and younger, and each one includes two sides and a drink. Options range from macaroni and cheese to whole-wheat spaghetti with a turkey meatball.
  • Plant-based diners have a full plate here
    The menu lists Spaghetti and Impossible Meatballs at $29 alongside the standard version, and a plant-based affogato for dessert. Neither is a side salad substituting for an entree.

The bad

  • The marinara pasta tastes like a jar
    Reviewers compare the spaghetti and marinara to what they cook at home from a supermarket shelf. It is the complaint that recurs most across the ratings.
  • The room gets loud at peak
    Hard floors and a full house push the noise up through both meal rushes. Diners report shouting across their own table during the busiest hours.
  • You can be walked out to the porch
    Guests report being seated outside without being asked first. A party expecting an air-conditioned meal ends up eating in the Florida heat.
  • Tables sit close together
    The floor plan packs parties in tightly enough that diners follow the conversation at the next table. Book elsewhere for a quiet meal.
  • An evening table buys the lunch order
    Tony's runs one menu all day, so the seven o'clock seating gets the same list and the same prices as the noon one. There is no larger dinner service to hold out for.
  • Pasta carries theme park prices
    Spaghetti and meatballs is $29, chicken parmigiana is $34, and the shrimp scampi is $37. Reviewers who weigh those against the cooking think the math does not work.

Veteran tips

  • Book it 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 trying your luck at the door.
  • Check the walk-up list in the app
    Tony's takes same-day parties through Mobile Dine Walk-Up Availability in My Disney Experience, so you never need to walk to the host stand. Reviewers have the best luck in the mid-afternoon gap between rushes.
  • Order the garlic bread and keep the fonduta
    It arrives as a plate for the table with its own cheese sauce. Reviewers hold onto the ramekin and pour what is left over their pasta.
  • Split the fried mozzarella
    It is $16 and comes with a spicy creamy tomato sauce, and reviewers say it is more than one person should start a meal with. Two or three people can open on it.
  • Ask for a porch table at check-in
    That is where the parade view and the breeze are, and it is also how you avoid being surprised by an outdoor table. Say it at the host stand, not after you have been walked to a seat.
  • Skip the standard spaghetti
    Reviewers steer new diners toward the specialty pastas instead. The Rigatoni alla Vodka is $26, three dollars under the spaghetti, and it is the one they name.
  • 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 the moment your day changes.
  • Budget per dish, not per person
    Nothing here is a fixed-price meal. Every course is ordered and priced on its own, so a table that opens with the garlic bread and the mozzarella has spent $30 before the pasta arrives.

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

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