Where to eat at Universal Orlando including menus...UPDATED REGULARLY

[disneydaydreamer33]

Planning our first Uni trip and I would like to make ressies at Mythos. Does it only go one month out? We are 40 days away from when I would like to eat there.

 

[cigar95]

Vivo - are they open for lunch? The "official" site says they open at 5, but I've seen elsewhere that they are open at 11. I'd like to have a lunch there, and then a lighter dinner at Hot Dog Hall of Fame, but obviously that won't work if they don't open until later.
Thanks.

 

[helenb]

Planning our first Uni trip and I would like to make ressies at Mythos. Does it only go one month out? We are 40 days away from when I would like to eat there.

1 month for sure, maybe 2 at most. You can make the reservations through Opentable. We have never had an issue getting the reservations we want at 2 weeks out.

 

[damo]

Vivo - are they open for lunch? The "official" site says they open at 5, but I've seen elsewhere that they are open at 11. I'd like to have a lunch there, and then a lighter dinner at Hot Dog Hall of Fame, but obviously that won't work if they don't open until later.
Thanks.

I think it opens at 11 am as well.

 

[Gillbob316]

Alright I have a stupid question: I'm seeing a lot of people asking if they can get reservations at Mythos, but do I actually NEED a reservation at Mythos?

Context: My family and I have been going to IoA since before it opened (IE. Our first visit was when the park itself was still in preview soft openings)... BUT as we got older, it got harder to make the time for a trip. The last time we went was actually Grand Opening week of Wizarding World of Harry Potter (The Original, Not Diagon Alley). Harry Potter's first week was our last week (mostly by coincidence). But our next trip is currently coming in just a few weeks, at the beginning of Feb.

All that said, we've eaten lunch at Mythos dozens of times on past trips... Pre-Wizarding World, and we never once made a reservation, we just walked in midday and asked for a table. Usually the wait was like 45 minutes, tops. Probably less in most cases. Never anything unbearable, or more than you might get waiting for a table at any restaurant on an average night out.

I will note: We do stay onsite, though I don't remember if flashing the room key helps the wait or not. It's been years.

ANYWAY, All this concern people are showing over reservations has me worried that getting a walk-in table may have grown more impossible in the post Harry Potter days. Has it? Or is that still a viable option?

PS. Another food/restaurant question: What's the current status of Green Eggs and Ham? We used to love that place, then it was shut down for several years running, much to our dismay. Lately I've heard it's hit and miss and opens and closes sort of randomly with the seasons... as said, our trip will be the first week of February. Do we have any hope of it being open? Is it open NOW?

 

[schumigirl]

Gillbob........We have never made a reservation for anywhere, never mind Mythos.......we have always been able to eat wherever we want, when we want. I won't make reservations, unless it's off site and special occasions......but at hotels, parks or Citywalk....never. If somewhere was busy.....we would find somewhere else.

We don't eat at off times, and longest we have waited for Mythos was 15-20 minutes, that was at midday......

Showing our room key changed a one hour wait at Margaritaville to just over 10 minutes on a busy Friday or Saturday night in September last year.......it absolutely will help......most of the time. There are places like Bubba Gump ( we won't eat there again) that don't accept priority seating.

Green Eggs and Ham we have only seen open twice in all our visits......think it was when we went in July and August......we took a picture as it was so unusual to see it open, so I would doubt it would open in February.....unless someone knows different?

 

[helenb]

So we don't go during the slow times of year. We always visit Universal Orlando in June. Every time we have been to Mythos, we have had a reservation, and have had to wait a few minutes (usually about 10 minutes). While we are waiting, I have seen a constant stream of people coming in and asking for a table, only to be told that without a table, the minimum wait is an hour and that's only a possibility of getting in. In June, there is no way I would ever go to Mythos without a reservation.

This being said, you can get reservations pretty easily, and I know people who have gotten them only a day or two before.

Yes, being an onsite hotel guest is supposed to give you some priority on the standby list, but people with reservations still have priority over you.

I guess my point is, if you are going at a slow time of year, maybe you can walk in. But why bother chancing it when reservations are so easy to get?

 

[Gillbob316]

I guess my point is, if you are going at a slow time of year, maybe you can walk in. But why bother chancing it when reservations are so easy to get?

We're usually not into planning our Universal days to such a degree. We mostly have our fill of the rush/go, scheduled, fastpass, reservations, "fun" on Disney days... and throughly burned out from them, we then settle into on-site Universal days where we mostly just lounge around, do rides/attractions as we please on a whim, go back to the room when we're tired, and waste more time than we should. That said, a Mythos lunch usually finds its way into the middle somewhere, but not in a way that's ever been predictable or thought out.

As such, while we have 4 Disney reservations at Cinderella's Table, Be Our Guest, Le Cellier & Morimoto Asia in the first half of the week, the thought of making a reservation at Mythos in the later half never once occurred to me before now, because it's honestly never been an issue on past trips.

BUT... as said in my last post, all our past trips were pretty much in a Pre-Wizarding World IoA, so I'm wondering how drastically the landscape has changed at Mythos (if at all). Hence my questions.

 

[Squirlz]

Alright I have a stupid question: I'm seeing a lot of people asking if they can get reservations at Mythos, but do I actually NEED a reservation at Mythos?

Context: My family and I have been going to IoA since before it opened (IE. Our first visit was when the park itself was still in preview soft openings)... BUT as we got older, it got harder to make the time for a trip. The last time we went was actually Grand Opening week of Wizarding World of Harry Potter (The Original, Not Diagon Alley). Harry Potter's first week was our last week (mostly by coincidence). But our next trip is currently coming in just a few weeks, at the beginning of Feb.

All that said, we've eaten lunch at Mythos dozens of times on past trips... Pre-Wizarding World, and we never once made a reservation, we just walked in midday and asked for a table. Usually the wait was like 45 minutes, tops. Probably less in most cases. Never anything unbearable, or more than you might get waiting for a table at any restaurant on an average night out.

I will note: We do stay onsite, though I don't remember if flashing the room key helps the wait or not. It's been years.

ANYWAY, All this concern people are showing over reservations has me worried that getting a walk-in table may have grown more impossible in the post Harry Potter days. Has it? Or is that still a viable option?

PS. Another food/restaurant question: What's the current status of Green Eggs and Ham? We used to love that place, then it was shut down for several years running, much to our dismay. Lately I've heard it's hit and miss and opens and closes sort of randomly with the seasons... as said, our trip will be the first week of February. Do we have any hope of it being open? Is it open NOW?

We've been here all week and Mythos has been a walkup the whole time. And Green Eggs & Ham has been closed all week.

 

[macraven]

Mid October last year, did a walk up at 11:45 and only had a 15 minute wait
Earlier in the month did a walk up at 2:00 and had no wait to be seated

Years past I would make a Mythos reservation at city walk the day of

 

[disneydaydreamer33]

So I'm the type that would feel better with a reservation, but I'm having a hard time doing it for some reason! The Universal site wasn't taking reservations beyond the middle of Feb. (and we need ours for Feb. 23), and for the life of me I cannot find Mythos on opentable! Any suggestions?

 

[Lynne G]

So I'm the type that would feel better with a reservation, but I'm having a hard time doing it for some reason! The Universal site wasn't taking reservations beyond the middle of Feb. (and we need ours for Feb. 23), and for the life of me I cannot find Mythos on opentable! Any suggestions?

Maybe try on Universal's website. Otherwise, keep trying.

 

[damo]

So I'm the type that would feel better with a reservation, but I'm having a hard time doing it for some reason! The Universal site wasn't taking reservations beyond the middle of Feb. (and we need ours for Feb. 23), and for the life of me I cannot find Mythos on opentable! Any suggestions?

Mythos isn't on opentable. You need to book through the Universal website or give them a call at 407-224-FOOD (3663). You'll have to wait about 10 days before you can book on the website for Feb. 23 as they only book 30 days in advance.

 

[helenb]

Mythos isn't on opentable.

Really? Wow, thanks for posting this! When we last went in June 2014, all of the Universal restaurants were there and it was so easy to make reservations. I guess Universal has moved this in-house since then? I'll keep that in mind for our upcoming trip this June.

 

[damo]

Really? Wow, thanks for posting this! When we last went in June 2014, all of the Universal restaurants were there and it was so easy to make reservations. I guess Universal has moved this in-house since then? I'll keep that in mind for our upcoming trip this June.

Yup. You can make the reservations on the universalorlando.com website now.

 

[disneydaydreamer33]

Mythos isn't on opentable. You need to book through the Universal website or give them a call at 407-224-FOOD (3663). You'll have to wait about 10 days before you can book on the website for Feb. 23 as they only book 30 days in advance.

Thank you! I felt like I was going crazy for a bit!

 

[GoinghometoWDW]

We are heading down this summer. DD wants to eat at either 3Bs or leaky and have fish and chips. She has a dairy allergy. Does anyone know if they are dairy free. I did see the link on the first page, but thought someone here might know.

 

[macraven]

Suggest you call or email guest services
Get the info from the source directly so you won't be dealing with an emergency over a food product once you are there

There is a number/email on the UO site for contacting about food allergies

 

[Trixie15]

Do they still serve hot Butterbeer in January or is it only a Christmas season thing?

 

[AustinTink]

i'm quite fond of that sandwich too.
last trip i had it twice in a week.

and i always ask for additional syrup/mayo sauce on the side as i like my waffle chicken burger smoothered with it.

Hoping you can answer a question about that chicken waffle sandwich. We haven't been to universal in quite a while. The Simpsons food court had just opened that week. I had the chicken and waffle sandwich and the coating on the chicken was so hard, I lost a filling. Has it gotten better since then. I love fried chicken and we would gice it another shot, if they have ironed out the kinks since the opening.