Do I need a reservation for Via Napoli?

[ali2083]

Have a trip planned on a low crowd week in May. Do we need a reservation? Not specifically looking for lunch or dinner but just wondering if we'd be able to walk up. It would be a party of 6.

Thanks!

 

[Tess]

Have a trip planned on a low crowd week in May. Do we need a reservation? Not specifically looking for lunch or dinner but just wondering if we'd be able to walk up. It would be a party of 6.

Thanks!

I sure wouldn't count on it. . .we go in May--typically second into third weeks. For dinner, the place is packed and you won't be seated without an ADR--at least that is our experience. Now, we have been able to get a table without ADR just after opening, but only for our people. This was also during F&W when the ADRs are not as in demand.

I guess all you can do is try and be sure it is an off hour versus a prime dining hour for lunch and/or dinner. You could get lucky.

 

[Nancyg56]

If you have your heart set on Via Napoli you need to make an ADR. This is a difficult place to book lately. If you will not be upset if they cannot work you in, then you can wing it.

 

[kniquy]

Your best bet is to just make a reservation. As long as you cancel usually the day before you will not be charged.

If you really want to wing it then you could look the day before so as people are canceling reservations then you could possibly snag something, but not necessarily Via Napoli.

There are really no slow times. It will be flower and garden so that brings in peeps. Also with all the food carts to try things at usually you are not hungry for a TS meal. We are finding it tough to plan our April trip because we would love to eat at Le Cellier but we also want to save room to eat our way around the world.

 

[_auroraborealis_]

Also, before you look and think otherwise:

The Via Napoli Pizza Window is a filthy LIE.

 

[tobikaye]

I will say that it is possible to walk up to Via Napoli and also to get day of reservations, but I have only done so with 3-4 people. If you know for sure you want to eat there, make the reservation, but if you are not certain, you can try to walkup, just have a backup plan in case.

 

[MrsDuck]

Short answer: yes, you'd most likely need an ADR.

 

[chloelovesdisney]

They've turned us down for a walk up twice (party of 5).

 

[Melanie B]

Yes, you'll need a reservation

 

[Hopefully]

There no longer is such a thing as a "low crowd week in May".
You will need an ADR if your heart is set on eating there.

 

[mrzrich]

We had a reservation last May. While waiting for our table we watched person after person without reservations get turned away

 

[disneyvoice]

For a party of 6 I would not count on being able to get in anywhere without an ADR.

 

[Nancyg56]

For a party of 6 I would not count on being able to get in anywhere without an ADR.

Exactly so. I am not saying that a party of 6 will not be able to make last minute ADR's, but I doubt that this party will be able to walk into any of teh "popular" restaurants on any give day or time.

 

[MouseOfCards]

Also, before you look and think otherwise:

The Via Napoli Pizza Window is a filthy LIE.

Why don't they serve the same pizza there as in the restaurant?

 

[_auroraborealis_]

Why don't they serve the same pizza there as in the restaurant?

Because life is disappointing and terrible.

 

[RAPstar]

I was there in January after marathon weekend, which is usually a bit slower, and even then there was a line of people outside trying to get in with no reservation. And ooooooooooohh the dirty looks I got when I asked the CM manning the line where I go if I already had an ADR, lol.

 

[DisBuckMan]

Why don't they serve the same pizza there as in the restaurant?

Brick oven, counter space, and manpower are probably not large enough to keep up with the volume.

 

[chloelovesdisney]

Why don't they serve the same pizza there as in the restaurant?

No, it's not the Via Napoli pizza, it's the regular Disney pizza.

 

[DisneyWishes14]

We walk-up to restaurants all the time with the knowledge we may be turned away and will need to eat elsewhere. Sometimes we've gotten lucky and sometimes we haven't. No one here will be able to tell you if you will be able to get a walk-up or not. If you really want to eat there, make the ADR. If you can handle being turned away and eating somewhere else, go for it! The good news for EP is, if you do get turned away, there are some great QS restaurants there! (but apparently not the Via Napoli pizza window, LOL!)

 

[notrub98]

I have been turned away at Via Napoli at least three times in my Disney days. I've always known this was a risk of no ADR and have been fine with it but I'd say I have been successful less than 50% of the time with a walk up.