Best Dining in Disney World - Magic Kingdom

[Liz Vogel]

What are your favorite restaurants and dining options in Magic Kingdom? Comment below with your favorite table service location, your favorite quick service location, and/or your favorite place to grab a snack. Tell me why you love that specific location and what item it is that you love so much.

 

[SqueakyMouse]

When the kids were younger, we always, always had to schedule an early entry meal at the Crystal Palace. The food was great, and the character interaction kept the kids entertained. Now, we're far more likely to hop on the monorail and head to the California Grill, Ohana, Kona, or the Grand Floridian Cafe for a meal. (If we're feeling the need to take a longer break from the park and don't want to head back to our resort, we'll take a boat to Whispering Canyon.) DD and I have enjoyed our semi-QS lunches at Be Our Guest, but we're not so enamored of this restaurant as to schedule meals here way ahead of time. We used to really enjoy the savory waffle sandwiches from Sleepy Hollow, but I see that those are no longer on offer. Not sure what we'll do when we visit next week. DD just suggested pretzels and frozen sodas from the Lunching Pad and exit the park for real meals. (All 3 of our kids have become real "foodies". Not necessarily a good thing when on vacation!!)

One addition: it's a tradition of ours that we visit the MK upon arrival at WDW. We stay until the park closes and eat a freshly made ice cream cookie sandwich from the Plaza as we wait for the crowds exiting the park to subside.

 

[RA34]

Crystal Palace for breakfast is the best. Get in the park early, food is great and it has become a tradition. For dinner I like to go to Tony's. Nothing too special, but it's always been good. Tried BoG for both lunch and dinner and wasn't thrilled with either.

 

[fallonkendra]

I really enjoyed Peco's Bills when we were there a few months ago. We also ate at Be Our Guest for all three meals, and I'd have to say supper was my favourite of the three.

 

[Franzks]

Crystal palace has been a mainstay for us. We book that our first day there since. It's a great character dine with little kids, great buffet and kinda seals our first day there. We usually get to a park around 12-2pm our first day and always do MK and CP.

We have done BOG dinner and, while it was a great meal, didn't live up to the hype. I also have all boys, so their interest in Beast is minimal at best. I enjoyed the details and scenery. I wouldn't be disappointed if I were not able to get an ADR at BOG.

 

[momtotaryn]

For TS, it would have to BOG. We did dinner, and loved it! Beautiful rooms, and meeting the Beast was fun! The food was great too! Crystal Palace is a close second, though!
For QS, I'd say Cosmic Ray's, although we did enjoy Pecos Bill too. There was more variety at Cosmic Ray's, something for everyone!
As for snacks, there is so much at MK, it's hard to pick just one. However, I will say that I LOVE Joffrey's Frozen Cappuccino, where you can find at any of the parks! It's not as sweet as a Starbucks Frappuccino, which is why I enjoyed it even more!

 

[Saxsoon]

Columbia Harbor House has always been a favorite of my family's.