Dress code for restaurants?

[Stephiehun]

Hi everyone! What is the dress code for the park restaurants? If we want to go to dinner at Ohana (for example), will we have to go back to POR, change into non-park clothes , and then head back to MK to get the monorail to the Poly? What about Le Cellier or the other restaurants in Epcot?

Thank you!

 

[SpoonfulofSugar]

Almost all resturants in WDW are very casual, except maybe the signature ones or higher. You should be able to wear your park clothes.

 

[Stitch_lover_Sith]

There are only a few resterants on site that have a dress code and they are very good about telling you beforehand. Most of these resterants are at the resorts. Park close should be fine.

 

[Epcot82Guy]

O'Hana is casual. Many patrons are in casual clothes. One suggestion I have, though, is that you guys might want to bring a change of shirts. I am one of those that enjoys being a bit more dressed up in a restaurant, so I always brought a polo and stuck it in a locker to change into before we went to dinner. But, that's just me...
Enjoy your dinner. I am jealous!

 

[Uncleromulus]

AS noted, park clothes will be fine. NO need to change into anything else, unles YOU want to.

 

[wfloyd]

Even in some of the nicer places, you will still see park cloths. Victoria and Alberts is probably the only place that has strict enforcement. The other places would suggest the style but some people still choose to ignore it for whatever reason.

If you are not the self conscious type and don't have time to change, you can go most anywhere in park cloths.

 

[fac]

What about California Grilll?
Just made a reservation last night and was reminded by the CM that it is business casual.

 

[oogieboogie]

I hate bringing non-park clothes if I don't have to, but we went to Shula's (which states business casual) one night and DH wore a polo shirt, shorts, and sandals. I wore a sleeveless shirt, skort, and sandals (pretty flip flops). They didn't say a word. In fact, while there I saw many guests in regular park attire - just no tank tops.

DH asked the Shula people and they said "yes, we prefer business casual, but being that this is Florida and we're in a resort, we also understand that people might not have brought their business casual clothing with them, therefore polo shirt and sandals are just fine."

 

[Cheshire Figment]

The only restaurant that has and enforces a dress code is Victoria and Albert.

For anything else, "park casual" is accepted. This tends to mean no swim suits and generally no muscle shirts.

There are a few restaurants, such as CG, which say they have a code of "business casual" but have never been known to enforce. I have never been turned away at any Disney restaurant when wearing a t-shirt, jeans shorts (not cut-offs), and sandals. Of course the times I have gone to V&A I have been properly dressed (but not black tie).

 

[grumpy99]

California Grill is business casual but when I was there on 6/15 there were men with shorts on. Not that many, but they didn't refuse to seat them.

 

[BCV23]

Although California Grill says business casual these days, if you ask the CM at DRC to read an explanation, you will be told "business shorts, jeans....". I don't have the full description handy right now but that is what I was told when I made our PS for May.

We dined there May 19 I believe and almost every man I saw had on shorts. We dined on the early side but I only remember one table of several men all in slacks. It looked like a business group. It was very hot though. Later in the evening perhaps more men wore slacks. I certainly see more men in slacks in cooler weather. All the men in shorts including my husband and son wore nice walking or golfing type shorts with the exception of one guy at a table right by us. I don't know if he was a celebrity or just thought he was but he had on those fast dry short shorts, flip flops and perched his feet on one of the chairs while his two toddlers roamed the area. The wife, nanny and he could not keep them in their seats. Excuse my OT rant.

In general, I think people more people dress up a little for the "signature" resort restaurants but in the parks, most people dress in....park clothes. And even in the resort restaurants, dress tends to be casual with the exception of V&A.

'Ohana is certainly a casual place. The only time I have noticed people dressing up there is when a family dons Hawaii style clothing. I should add that we've never had dinner there but have often seen people waiting as we walk by.