Trader Sams

This is probably an unpopular opinion, but with a group and on a nice day I actually prefer sitting out on the patio. Especially in the evening when there is live music playing, it's one of the most relaxing things you can do on property. If shouldn't be hard to get a table outside if you walk up.
 
Definitely try walking up if you aren't able to get a reservation. Went for dinner on a Wed. evening in late Jan 2023. Walked up around 7pm and they added our name to the waitlist. (If we wanted to sit outside, there were plenty of tables.) We were called within five minutes and returned to the host stand. There were plenty of seats inside. We took two at the bar. Had a great time. There were lots of empty seats and tables throughout the two or so hours that we were there.
 
Definitely try walking up if you aren't able to get a reservation. Went for dinner on a Wed. evening in late Jan 2023. Walked up around 7pm and they added our name to the waitlist. (If we wanted to sit outside, there were plenty of tables.) We were called within five minutes and returned to the host stand. There were plenty of seats inside. We took two at the bar. Had a great time. There were lots of empty seats and tables throughout the two or so hours that we were there.
This was exactly our experience last October.
 
Wow, maybe I got really unlucky. Our walkup in Feb took 1.5 hours to be called. Left me with a really negative feeling of what dining will be like once VDH opens.
 

When my wife and I went to Trader Sams we were lucky enough to get seated at the bar right away, and I have to tell you we had a blast. I was seated at one of the bar seats that shrink to the ground and didn’t know it until I was almost on the floor, we laughed so hard and had so much fun…the whole place was like one big party, we met so many people and the bar tenders were great! We did pay for it the next day since we are not big drinkers and in our aged years…
 
Does anyone know how close you have to be to join the waitlist online? I’m interested in trying for a lunch time spot but waited too long to get a reservation.
 
Does anyone know how close you have to be to join the waitlist online? I’m interested in trying for a lunch time spot but waited too long to get a reservation.
I don't know the absolute distance, but my experience with other venues (Carthay, Oga's) suggests a few hundred feet.
 
I don't know the absolute distance, but my experience with other venues (Carthay, Oga's) suggests a few hundred feet.
Ok so not from one of the parks then. Darn. Oh well I’ll keep checking for cancellations and we can decide day off if we want to take the time to go and wait for a walk up. Thanks!
 
Update got one for my upcoming trip but after I refreshed to see if I could get a different time they were all gone. Its insane how quickly this restaurant fills up
 
We did walk up waitlist the last two days (May 2023) for two people outside seating. The first time we were quoted a 30 minute wait, we waited 10 minutes. The second time we were quote a 35 minute wait, we waited 3 minutes.

My recommendation is to not let the wait times scare you or the fact you can't get a reservation put you off from dropping by.
 
We did walk up waitlist the last two days (May 2023) for two people outside seating. The first time we were quoted a 30 minute wait, we waited 10 minutes. The second time we were quote a 35 minute wait, we waited 3 minutes.

My recommendation is to not let the wait times scare you or the fact you can't get a reservation put you off from dropping by.
This is encouraging since I haven’t been able to get a reservation for our June visit. We will give walk up a try!
 












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