Our go-to park restaurants

If we do choose to grab a bite to eat in the parks – either a late lunch or maybe an early dinner – then these are our favoured counter-service restaurants across the parks:

A final comment on food in the parks. If we’re in the parks for the afternoon or early evening, we will from time-to-time pick up foot-long subs from either Subway or Publix and take them in to the parks for our dinner.

We then might treat ourselves to Mickey Mouse ice creams for dessert!

Eating outside of the parks

As great as Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando are, just occasionally you want to leave the Disney or Universal property and eat somewhere else.

Of course, if you’re staying in a rental house, you have the option of making dinner in the house – however, that doesn’t always go down too well with the cook!

We tend not to eat dinner in expensive restaurants (apart from the odd evening in EPCOT’s Rose & Crown Dining Room or Chefs de France!), so the following restaurants that we eat in tend to not be too pricey:

  • Chilis: traditional American and Tex-Mex cuisine in a restaurant and sports bar setting
  • Macaroni Grill: Italian American dishes, responsibly sourced, with a relaxed setting
  • Panda Express: American Chinese cuisine to take away or eat in
  • Five Guys: even we like burgers and fries from these guys!

Next up – Other things to do in and around Walt Disney World