Best restaurants for solo dining?

[European]

Also -- I have always wanted to try the 50's Prime Time Cafe, but going solo, do they sit you with others so you share a table? Tell me more about the Prime Time Cafe while dining alone.

Thanks!

I'd like to know too!

 

[Cheshire Figment]

You will get a table by yourself. However, there is nothing to really stop you from joining in with some of the activities at nearby tables.

 

[Luvchefmic]

No such thing.

Feeling comfortable dining solo is not a function of the restaurant, it's a function of the diner. If you can feel comfortable dining solo at McDonalds, you can feel comfortable dining solo at any WDW restaurant.

Forget about trying to find a place that is "better for solos", and instead concentrate on finding places that you want to eat. Look at the menus on AllEarsNet, look at reviews on the DIS boards, check out the various themes, and decide where to eat based on what appeals to you.

The big advantage of going to WDW solo is being able to do anything you want without worrying about the needs of traveling companions. Solo means complete freedom to eat in any restaurant, stay at any hotel, or experience any attraction, any time you want - or skip any of them. DH always drag you to Planet Hollywood, but you don't like it? Skip it! Kids always drag you to CP, but you don't care for it? Skip it! Always wanted to try Rainforest Cafe or California Grill but DH and the kids didn't want to? Go for it!

Ride RNRC 5 times in a row, eat a Mickey Bar for breakfast, have a glass of wine at Rose and Crown and read a book, or take a whole day just to go shopping at the outlets - who cares? You're on your own time, nobody elses.

Not sure where to start? Go through the menus and pick your 5 favorite meals (mix up some breakfasts, lunches, and dinners), and make ADRs there. Pick a few appealing counter-service meals, too, and make note with your planning materials so you can try them along the way. Once you get that far, the rest of your trip will fall into place like Tetris blocks and you'll have the time of your life.

I am married BUT what saves the Looong marriage is my 2x's a yr solo trek to WDW which I have been doing since the mid 90's you gave the best advice ever. I felt so weird eating alone the first time and "practiced" at a local Mickey D's many years ago, now I do alot of character meals solo and always start and end my trips w/breakfast or dinner at Chef Mickeys

 

[XFINALLYX]

i personally wouldnt like going to prime time 50's alone. cause its more of a family place where they tease you. here you'd get teased 100% of the time and you cant laugh about it with your family. thats just my view. i'm debating on whether or not to go out to eat by myself now. i live right near disney and work at disney.. but my fiance is in ny for the next couple of weeks and im bored. ahh

 

[BigDaddy1]

from O'Hana's. I was eating there a week ago and every single dish - salad, wings, the chips and dips, shrimp, turkey, sausage, and meat were all on my table within the first 3 minutes after I sat down. I had to tell them to slooooow down. Le Cellier and Rose & Crowne were fine.

Don't get me wrong, all of the food was very good at O'hana's, but feeling rushed would be an understatement.

 

[Merlesgirl]

Having done solo myself two times and the third coming up in Dec. I LOVE and 100% agree with what WillCAD stated: pick what menus you like first and go for it! I've never felt uncomfortable anywhere in WDW. I think I even been given better service from cast members because of being alone.

 

[WillCAD]

from O'Hana's. I was eating there a week ago and every single dish - salad, wings, the chips and dips, shrimp, turkey, sausage, and meat were all on my table within the first 3 minutes after I sat down. I had to tell them to slooooow down. Le Cellier and Rose & Crowne were fine.

Don't get me wrong, all of the food was very good at O'hana's, but feeling rushed would be an understatement.

That's not meant to rush you, it's done because the various components of the meal come from different places, in different dishes, and they are brought out to you at roughly the same time so the whole meal is available to you.

That's how Family Style dining works - multiple dishes come out at once, allowing each person at the table to fill their plates.

Think of it as a buffet that comes to you, instead of requiring you to get up each time you want to fill your plate.