Best time to eat lunch

[southernbelle5672]

What is the best time to eat lunch at a counter service restaurant? Obviously not noon, but is it better to eat at 11:00 or 1:00 as far as the crowds go?

 

[bradk]

i usually find sometime between breakfast and dinner is best

(sorry. i really am.)

 

[DizzDoll]

i usually find sometime between breakfast and dinner is best

(sorry. i really am.)

I was thinkin' the same thing!!!

 

[choirfarm]

This is a GREAT question and it makes a HUGE difference when you eat. Try to eat between 11 and 11:15 if at all possible. We always ate about that time and when we ordered our food there were no lines at all. By 11:30 when we were eating our meal, the lines were forming and by 11:45 it was crowded. So the earlier you eat the better. I'm betting 1 would be crowded. Now 2 might not be bad.

Christine

 

[JessR]

11:00 is better, 1pm there are still people waiting who showed up at 12pm

 

[eelderm1]

We always have breakfast at the hotel, lunch at 2:00 and then just a light snack for dinner. This has always worked well for us.

 

[southernbelle5672]

Thank you so much to the people who provided helpful answers!

 

[Mr. & Mrs. Smith]

We did lunch at 11 or 2, unless we had ADRs. Never ran into a crowd.

 

[DizzDoll]

In all seriousness, my kids and I forego breakfast and have lunch in the 11:00 - 11:15 zone and because there's so much food even at a CS we're usually stuffed until around 7:00 when we usually have our dinner reservations. But I agree, have lunch as close to 11:00 as you can.

 

[popgfd]

We generally do a later breakfast --10ish or an early lunch around 11 and then have dinner with an ADR at 3:30 to 4 and miss the crowds altogether.

Pop

 

[RMulieri]

Believe it or not , we are early risers and eat breakfast in room about 630am.So by 1030 -1100 we eat lunch.During free dining this seemd to work out best since most places got real busy about 1130.

 

[angelsmith52]

This is good to know! I am making mental notes for these little things so when we go, I will know it!!

 

[okeydokey]

We always have a late lunch, 1:30 or 2:00. It really makes a big difference.

 

[Eeyore's My Favorite]

We normally eat lunch around 2pm, but this Saturday when we had lunch @ the Pecos Bill restaurant it was absolutely mobbed. That's not normally what we've found when we've eaten that late at a CS restaurant.

 

[MomofKatie]

We generally do a later breakfast --10ish or an early lunch around 11 and then have dinner with an ADR at 3:30 to 4 and miss the crowds altogether.

Pop

This is what we do, too. We have a light b'fast in the room before 8am, then head to the parks for rope drop. Lunch no later than 11 or so- we never have to wait in lines at the CS places at this time. Then, an early dinner (although according to Disney, it is still a late lunch) sometime between 3 and 4. We will do buffets a lot of times, so we can get the lower lunch price, and just make the latest lunchtime ADR we can. We really fill up, and that will hold us for the rest of the evening. If anyone wants a little something, they can have a snack later in the evening.

 

[sparkyboy]

We generally eat breakfast in the room and then try for lunch/snack around 11:00.

 

[MickeyNicki]

That depends, if we do a very early breakfast we eat lunch between 11-11:30 and if we are lazy and eat late then we have lunch around 2

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

If my family and I are having lunch at a counter service location no matter the type season it is, we always eat lunch just after 11:00 AM to avoid any long lines.

 

[princesswendy720]

Looks like my day is just happening at different times than everyone else here.

We'll eat breakfast around 8 or 8:30 but we don't have dinner til around 8. That puts lunch somewhere around 1:30 or 2 with a snack either between breakfast and lunch or lunch and dinner, depending on which one is the bigger meal.