If you’re looking for the best restaurants at Disneyland and California Adventure in 2026, plus standouts in the hotels and Downtown Disney, this list has you covered. It ranks our absolute favorites, including both counter and table service dining, bars & lounges, character meals, themed dining, and more.
This list is based on our subjective determination of “best” based upon our food quality, value, and theme–with an emphasis on food quality. This is not crowd-sourced or aggregated, but instead covers restaurants at which the two of us have actually dined at Disneyland Resort within the last year.
This last part is key–that this list is current for 2026. We eat at Disneyland about once per week, doing everything from snack spots to dessert parties and everything in between. If there’s one thing locals and Magic Key Passholders who dine at Disneyland regularly will tell you, it’s that a lot has changed. In fact, let’s start with this point…
2026 Update
Everything has gotten worse and more expensive.
That might be hyperbole, but only slightly. Virtually every menu increased in price over the last year at Disneyland, at the same time that portions got even smaller, more corners were cut, and menus were scaled back. There are now countless counter service entrees that are over $20, and it’s hard to argue that a single one is worth it.
Snacks are likewise pricey, with many of the 70th Anniversary treats breaking the $8 barrier. Breakfast has also gotten absurdly expensive at the hotels, with counter service entrees now costing $17 or $18. And don’t get us started on character meals, which are now $69 per person and up.
Then there are the DCA festival kiosks. Although those aren’t technically restaurants, they are one of the marquee dining draws throughout the year, and they got progressively worse–and more expensive–over the course of the last year. The still-ongoing Festival of the Holidays is the biggest offender, with a bunch of boring and basic comfort foods priced at $9 and up for small sample-sized portions.
A few of our favorite restaurants, including Lamplight Lounge, have reduced their entree options. And it’s not like they had a ton of them to begin with! The silver lining here, at least, is that table service restaurants haven’t seen as steep of price increases as their counter service counterparts, making them better values by comparison.
Perhaps this is “old man yells at cloud” material, and I shouldn’t be surprised by price increases given inflation. It’s hardly ‘stop the presses’ news that theme park food is expensive. However, the last year has felt like a squeeze on the Disneyland food scene in every direction–not just cost, but also quality, portion sizes, and variety.
The end result is that we’ve done fewer meals “for fun” in the last year, and try to eat before heading to the parks or on the car ride home whenever possible. In-N-Out Burger hasn’t been hit nearly as hard by inflation or cost-cuts!
Consequently, there are several entries towards the top of our list that you won’t find recommended by other resources that are several years old. These aren’t exactly secrets or hidden gems among Disneyland diehards, but are common omissions on outdated planning resources.
Similarly, there are conspicuous and “controversial” snubs that actually don’t make this list. If you haven’t visited Disneyland in a few years, you might be surprised that–for example–Flo’s V8 Cafe and a few others don’t make the cut. However, this for very good reason: they aren’t that good anymore!
Now, that isn’t to say you shouldn’t stop by some of those spots–you’ll still commonly find us sitting on the back porch at Flo’s around dusk–just that some Disneyland and DCA restaurants are victims of their own success and have dumbed-down menus as a result.
In short, this list seeks to offer a wide variety of practical recommendations–and the places we prefer and dined at regularly ourselves. We view all of you as friends (those of you we like) or family (some of you can be a pain, but at least you don’t have us set up new printers), so we figured we might as well share this with you, too. Just don’t ask for methodology or an explanation beyond what’s given–this is more of a gut feeling than an analytical analysis.
The most consequential changes to this list of best restaurants at Disneyland Resort have come as a result of the Downtown Disney reimagining. This remains ongoing as of 2026, and realistically won’t wrap up until 2027 or 2028 when Porto’s Bakery & Cafe and new steakhouse and a barbecue eatery that are in the works from Michelin-starred Chef Joe Isidori finally come online.
In the meantime, several key concepts already opened, including Paseo, Centrico, and Din Tai Fung. On top of this, Jazz Kitchen has been reimagined and has a fantastic new menu, and Parkside Market is a lovely setting with (generalizing) airport caliber-cuisine. Earl of Sandwich will also expand with the all-new Carnaby Tavern, which should open by mid-2026.
The locations that are already open arguably all deserve to make this list. And I’m guessing that Carnaby Tavern, Porto’s and whatever Chef Isidori has in store will also be worthy of inclusion. The problem, from our perspective, is that we don’t want to overrepresent Downtown Disney, recognizing that its a locals’ hangout and most tourists don’t dine there.
Nevertheless, we wanted to bring it to your attention in case you’re an outlier and are looking forward to eating at Downtown Disney. In our opinion, the food scene here has never been better. You really can’t go wrong with Paseo, Centrico, Din Tai Fung, or the Jazz Kitchen–even if they don’t all make the cut here!
On with the list of the 26 Best Restaurants at Disneyland Resort in 2026…
Best Disneyland Park Restaurants
Hungry Bear Barbecue Jamboree – Disneyland’s culinary team continues its streak of overhauling languishing restaurant menus and giving them new life. In this case, they took the bland and boring menu at one-time fan-favorite Hungry Bear Restaurant and turned it into a BBQ spot infused with a light touch of Country Bears.
I’m a big fan of the Country Bears, so I was predisposed to liking this spot, but honestly, it’s the menu that actually shines. The BBQ is tasty, but it’s the sandwiches that are your best bet–as opposed to the tempting platter–if you want reasonable portion sizes. I’m also a big fan of the beer-battered fries, which are a nice touch and big upgrade over standard Disney theme park french fries. But the biggest menu standout, to this carnivore’s surprise, is the Corn Ribs.
They’re not my #1 order and this isn’t my #1 restaurant–this reimagining certainly doesn’t measure up to the job done with Tiana’s Palace in New Orleans Square–but Hungry Bear is now good enough to deserve a spot on this list.
Bengal Barbecue – This makes the list over my strong objection. However, Sarah is a pretty big fan of Bengal Barbecue for its tasty and straightforward skewers–she likes it as a way to get relatively healthy (by Disney standards) meats, and she loves the vegetable skewers.
My big hangup with Bengal Barbecue is not cuisine-quality, but price and portion sizes. The Bengal Rice Plate above is illustrative–one of the most expensive entrees at any Disneyland counter service restaurant…and a much smaller portion. Don’t let the skewers “only” costing ~$7-8 fool you–it takes 3 of these to have a normal-sized meal. (With that said, I am a sucker for the Pork Belly Skewer.)
Little Red Wagon & Corn Dog Castle – It might seem like a bit of a stretch to include two (2) stands that specialize in corn dogs, but it’s not when the ‘dogs are this good. Little Red Wagon’s corn dog is the gold standard and Corn Dog Castle’s cheese stick is a guilty pleasure that’s likewise worthy of inclusion.
Enjoy one in late morning by grabbing a bench facing Sleeping Beauty Castle and decompressing after racing around Fantasyland doing rides or in the evening right as World of Color starts. It’s a blissful experience!
Jolly Holiday Bakery & Cafe – Nothing on the permanent menu here really wows me, but Jolly Holiday Bakery is reliably good and we eat here often as a result. Several of the items on the lunch and dinner menus at Jolly Holiday are safe choices, and the various forms of grilled cheese are a delight.
Beyond that, Jolly Holiday always seems to have a seasonal dish that delivers. When you add the best selections of baked goods of any restaurant in Disneyland, Jolly Holiday becomes one of the best overall dining options in the park.
Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante – One of the many Disneyland restaurants that’s technically a counter service restaurant, but has meals that are almost table service quality. The prices at Rancho reflect that, as many options here are priced slightly above what you’d find at an average counter service restaurant. However, the quality and portion size more than explains why the dishes are priced where they are.
Add to that very impressive ambiance in a venue that is (dare we say) romantically lit at night, this could be a great place for a cheap date night at Disneyland! If you really want to save money, split one of the platters with your date. Or not. Depends upon how your date feels about being taken out for fast food and sharing a meal.
Blue Bayou Restaurant – For the longest time, our perspective on Blue Bayou was that it was a Disneyland bucket list must-do, but mostly for the atmosphere inside Pirates of the Caribbean and less-so for the food. That changed with the latest menu update, during which we had the best dishes in-park at Disneyland Resort in a long time.
Two of these were far more ambitious than anything we’ve ever had at Blue Bayou, and left us wanting to try the rest of the menu. Between those and the reliably good (albeit overpriced) Monte Cristo, we now highly recommend Blue Bayou Restaurant to all Disneyland visitors and not just rite of passage first-timers. Let’s hope the kitchen keeps the quality up and the menu this ambitious. It makes Blue Bayou a top-tier restaurant at Disneyland for both atmosphere and cuisine!
(Honorable mention here to Cafe Orleans, which is a solid alternative if Blue Bayou is unavailable or a bit too expensive. Cafe Orleans is worthy of inclusion on this list, but we made the editorial decision to omit it due to Blue Bayou covering much of the same ground and being a better choice. Perhaps that was a mistake and we should swap out Harbour Galley for Cafe Orleans…)
Tiana’s Palace Restaurant – This is one of the newest counter service restaurants at Disneyland, and also the best. The main courses at Tiana’s Palace Restaurant are mostly fantastic–surprisingly ambitious, high-quality, and generously-portioned. The prices are on the higher side, but of the ‘elevated’ counter service restaurants at Disneyland, this is the one that’s most worth the prices.
Without question, the menu at Tiana’s Palace is far superior to what was available at French Market when it closed–or even 5 years ago when it was actually good. Disneyland’s culinary team indicated that their goal was to deliver table service quality in a counter service environment, as they wanted more guests to be able to experience Creole and Cajun cuisine. You really can’t go wrong with anything on the menu here–my personal favorites are the Beef Po’Boy, Gulf Shrimp and Grits, or any of the gumbos.
We’ll be watching and “researching” to make sure that the quality stays consistently high, but right now, several of the entrees easily would be at home at Cafe Orleans. Tiana’s Palace Restaurant is that good and ambitious. (And another reason we’re comfortable “snubbing” Cafe Orleans from the list. Either save the money and do Tiana’s Palace or go bigger and do Blue Bayou!)
Edelweiss Snacks – There’s only one thing on the entree menu here, the Fantasyland Garlic Cheesy Brat. It is exactly what it sounds like: Bratwurst in a cheesy garlic pretzel bread.
This is an elite-tier Disneyland dish–a delightful mess of cheesy and garlicky goodness that is way better than it looks. Pretzel bread is perfect for this type of snack, and is capable of soaking up a lot of butter and cheese. This snack is so good and such a fan-favorite that it has spawned a variety of “hacks” on social media with the brat-less bread (e.g. putting a skewer from Bengal BBQ inside it–which is an A+ recommendation).
The Garlic Cheesy Brat is unbelievably good, better than it looks or my words make it sound. It might seem like a stretch to include a “restaurant” with only one menu item, but Edelweiss Snacks is deserving–and with the way some restaurant menus are going, some might soon only serve up a single dish. Note that Maurice’s Treats has a breakfast twist on this Garlic Cheesy Pretzel Bread dish that’s also very good, but not quite as good.
Carnation Cafe – Although it’s changed a bit over the years, you could sit down inside Carnation Cafe, peruse the menu, and think that this might’ve been the same experience guests had back in 1955. (Well, you would have to ignore the prices, as those have changed more than just a bit!)
The point is that Carnation Cafe is a Disneyland institution, from its setting on Main Street to its classic menu of comfort food cuisine. My favorites are the Fried Pickles, Parmesan Toasted Patty Melt, and Chicken Fried Chicken. But ask a different Disneyland fan for their picks and you’re likely to get a list consisting of the Fried Pickles, plus two different entrees.
Plaza Inn – The glorious fried chicken is Plaza Inn’s claim to fame, and unlike some Disneyland foods, this chicken actually lives up to the hype. The fried chicken is more addictive than nicotine and more delicious than bacon ice cream.
During the holidays, the menu gets even better, but it’s pretty spectacular year-round. Sarah is not a big fan of Plaza Inn, but I think most visitors to Disneyland will love this place. The only downside is that the pricing has gotten absolutely out of hand in the last few years, but it’s still an all-star eatery.
Docking Bay 7 Food & Cargo – This large counter service restaurant in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge has high prices–but no higher than Plaza Inn or Rancho del Zocalo. More to the point, it has an strong menu with delicious options. Not all of them are “worth it,” but some are.
On a cool day, the small courtyard of almost-hidden outdoor seating is your best option. As for menu choices, our top pick is the Felucian Garden Spread, which is a great option even for non-vegans. We’re also big fans of the seasonal menu options, and the Cold Brew Black Caf is the best coffee drink at Disneyland. Sadly, the menu is smaller than it used to be, but it still packs a punch!
Best Disney California Adventure Restaurants
Carthay Circle Restaurant – This one ranking highly shouldn’t come as a huge surprise, given that we named it the Best Restaurant in Disney California Adventure.
We’ll take that a step further–this is one of the best in-park restaurants anywhere, and among a trio of truly elite restaurants at Disneyland Resort. There are a lot of great things to eat in the parks and resorts, but very few that qualify as fine dining that could go head-to-head with the best of Southern California’s real world culinary scene.
Whether you’re a Disney diehard who appreciates the history of Walt Disney or simply a casual guest looking for a great meal, you cannot go wrong with Carthay Circle Restaurant. The menu is still lacking as compared to pre-closure, but it has much of its swagger back, and is again highly recommended.
Lamplight Lounge – For most of its existence, Lamplight Lounge was Cove Bar, an ordinary open-air lounge overlooking Paradise Bay. Its claim to fame at the time was the iconic Lobster Nachos, along with a rotating cast of small bites and colorful drinks. We miss Cove Bar.
We also love Lamplight Lounge. We likewise love the “brilliant brunch” at Lamplight Lunch, which has a slew of standouts. Our review of these from several years ago remains true to this day: “a zen-like experience that makes you feel like there are little angels massaging your taste buds and tickling your stomach…a religious experience.”
Award Wieners – I make a point of telling every Disneyland fan I know that I love Award Wieners, and invariably have to clarify that I am not kidding. The Disneyland dieharders’ disdain for Award Wieners is partially understandable. The walk-up window used to be insanely popular with tourists despite mediocre meat medleys served on plain buns and with bags of generic Lay’s potato chips.
However, that stopped being the case several years ago. Quality was upgraded across the board and inventive new dogs were added, including a rotating and ambitious slew of seasonal offerings. The all-beef meat, toppings, and buns have all improved considerably. Filmstrip fries are top-notch, too. Award Wieners now lives up to its name, and is deserving of a major award. I am not kidding!
Pym’s Test Kitchen – Speaking of well-rounded restaurants at Disney California Adventure, we have Pym’s Test Kitchen. This is a lot like Avengers Campus as a whole: some flashes of excellence hobbled by uneven execution. The difference with this Marvel restaurant is that its core concept is outstanding, and there are some good menu options among the bad or only okay.
Where Pym’s Test Kitchen truly excels is in sweets. Both in entree (Ever-expanding Cinna-Pym Toast for breakfast; PB3 Superb Sandwich for lunch or dinner) and dessert (Celestial-sized Candy Bar: Choco-Smash CANDY Bar Cake). Beyond that, it’s a fun spot to grab a meal, see the “Pym Particles” grow and shrink innovations with food science, and do some people super hero watching.
Paradise Garden Grill – The true cameleon of Disney California Adventure dining, Paradise Garden Grill changes with the season. There are a few undeniably great menus here–for Festival of the Holidays, Lunar New Year, and DCA Food & Wine Festival. But that only covers November through April. For the rest of the year, Paradise Garden Grill is hanging on by a thread.
It remains to be seen what’s introduced once ‘festival season’ ends, but last year’s regular menu left a lot to be desired and would not merit inclusion on this list. During the festivals, Paradise Garden Grill scores points for relatively inventive choices, solid portion sizes, and high quality food. Beyond that, we love dining in the outdoor seating area under the popcorn lights, listening to the live band perform and watching the entertainment and activities in the surrounding area.
If the menu doesn’t catch your eye, look to its next door neighbor, BoardWalk Pizza & Pasta, as a satisfactory alternative. All of the same atmospheric upside, and a menu of decent pastas and pizzas (as the name suggests). Our recommendation would be dining here shortly after the lunch rush, which ensures your food is fresh and not sitting under a heat lamp for hours.
Aunt Cass Cafe – New name and menu, same great restaurant. Aunt Cass Cafe replaced Pacific Wharf Cafe as part of the bigger transformation of Pacific Wharf into San Fransokyo Square.
With that, there were good and bad changes. The bad is the loss of the iconic bread pudding. The good is just about everything else. There’s a delicious new curry, katsu sandwich, salad, and more. There are decent new desserts, but none live up to bread pudding status. With all of that said, Aunt Cass Cafe is definitely the weakest option among the options in this food court. (For a full rundown, see Big Hero 6 Foods to Eat & Avoid in Disneyland’s San Fransokyo Square.)
Cocina Cucamonga – We’ve long felt that Cocina Cucamonga had enough going for it that quietly put the counter service Mexican grill in the top 5 restaurants at Disney California Adventure. Namely, hearty portions, reasonable quality, decent variety, and solid value for money.
Then the new menu happened a few years ago, adding an excellent QuesaBirria and other street tacos. We ate every dish at the time, but I honestly couldn’t tell you anything about the rest of the street tacos because I’ve been hopelessly addicted to the QuesaBirria ever since.
Even by real world standards, it’s a truly incredible version of this crunchy, cheesy, and greasy indulgence. That’s really saying something since Orange County has top-tier taco stands. I’d go as far as to say this is my favorite in-park counter service entree at Disney California Adventure right now.
Lucky Fortune Cookery – With each of its three main restaurants represented, it should be obvious by now that San Fransokyo Square is the place to do a counter service lunch at Disney California Adventure. You can take a divide and conquer approach, with a range of options from bread to tacos. Unfortunately, with the Big Hero 6 reimagining, everyone else eats here too–so you’ll want to dine early or late to beat the crowds.
The mash-up of Korean and Mexican flavors is popular in Southern California, and the Beef Bulgogi Burrito with Garlic-flavored Chips is a shockingly good example of this type of cuisine. Unassuming as it might look, it’s bursting with flavor and, in my view, is the best burrito at Disneyland Resort.
The menu has a wide range of other options, from a great ramen to an unexpectedly delicious Karaage-inspired Crispy Chicken Sandwich to a surprisingly spicy Spicy Szechuan Chicken. This is the best overall restaurant in San Fransokyo Square–beating both Cocina Cucamonga and Aunt Cass Cafe. You can’t go wrong with anything here.
Hotels of Disneyland Resort Restaurants
Tangaroa Terrace – Disneyland fans are starting to wake up and recognize the excellence of Tangaroa Terrace. The only problem? They aren’t waking up early enough, and are praising the wrong meal as a result. Lunch and dinner here are fine; better than many counter service restaurants in the parks, but not as good as Disneyland Hotel’s counterpart in the Grand Californian. They’re also absurdly expensive.
Where Tangaroa Terrace truly shines is breakfast. That menu is seriously stacked, with literally every single entry aside from the boring American Breakfast being a standout. My personal favorite is the Avocado Toast, which is the best version of this dish I’ve had anywhere and one of my favorite dishes at Disneyland Resort. It’s also absurdly expensive, but if we excluded any restaurant that’s overpriced, this list would be like 5 entries.
Goofy’s Kitchen – The flagship character meal in California is located in the restaurant of the same name at Disneyland Hotel. This is my favorite character breakfast at Disneyland Resort, and my top recommendation for families who want the best balance of a fun experience and a fun meal.
Normally, Disney characters are not known as skilled chefs (looking at you, Mr. Mouse!), but Goofy is shockingly skilled in the kitchen. The menu here is a showcase of his culinary chops, with unexpected highlights including some truly goofy breakfast pizzas, ranging from peanut butter and jelly to banana’s foster (they are so much better than they might sound). Character interactions are also generally pretty good.
Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar – The perfect way to cap off an evening in the parks is at the best bar in all of Disneyland Resort, Trader Sam’s. This is the coolest and most fun bar in Disneyland, with an intimate location that is packed with an astonishing amount of detail, interactive elements, and some fantastic drinks.
Some of these drinks include the Krakatoa Punch, HippopotoMai-Tai, Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Rum, Shipwreck on the Rocks, and the Uh Oa!, which is supposed to be shared among a few friends. Trader Sam’s shares a kitchen with Tangaroa Terrace, so everything from that menu is also available here.
Hearthstone Lounge – This lobby bar is one of three different restaurants that make the list at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel (four if you count each of the next two entries separately), and it’s our newest favorite. The menu here was overhauled a few months ago, and continues being perfected.
These tweaks have paid off. Hearthstone Lounge has gone from having great drinks and good bar food to being destination-worthy dining. The menu is ambitious and interesting, with even the seemingly simple and straightforward salads and sandwiches featuring novel twists.
The only thing stopping us from eating here again and again is the popularity of Hearthstone Lounge, which can be quite busy on weekends and evenings. Go early or late and order anything–even the “basics” are surprisingly ambitious!
GCH Craftsman Bar & Grill – We eat at these two spots more than anywhere else at Disneyland Resort. The GCH dining options are our go-to picks when we’re eating somewhere at Disneyland for us rather than for the sake of researching a new menu or revisiting restaurants to taste-test quality.
There’s so much on the shared menu that we absolutely love. The nachos are a great shared starter (or even an entree), but burger is fantastic, and the quesadilla is absolutely spectacular. Then there’s the Forest Mushroom Pizza, which is the highlight of the menu and what we’ve eaten more than anything else at GCH Craftsman Bar & Grill. That just scratches the surface on this very deep menu, which is good-to-great from top to bottom.
Technically, these are two locations. GCH Craftsman Bar is the poolside lounge and GCH Craftsman Grill is the adjacent counter service restaurant. The menus and the food are identical, and come from the same shared kitchen. If possible, we recommend GCH Craftsman Bar for the relaxed ambiance, with daytime sunlight dotting the setting. The low-key lighting provided by the Arts & Crafts lanterns and popcorn lighting is also quite nice. If you can’t get a reservation, the food at GCH Craftsman Grill is every bit as good.
Downtown Disney
Din Tai Fung – This newcomer is instantly one of the best restaurants at Disneyland Resort, and arguably could make a similar list of Orange County (but probably not Los Angeles) restaurants. For those who are unfamiliar, Din Tai Fung is an international restaurant chain famous for its wide range of Taiwanese food, including noodles, wontons, dumplings and buns, and their specialty, Xiao Long Bao.
Din Tai Fung doesn’t have locations throughout the United States, but it does in Southern California, where it’s a known quantity that’s been a highlight of the culinary scene for the last two decades. It’s arguably the new best restaurant in all of Disneyland Resort. In fact, we address precisely that topic in our full Din Tai Fung Review: Does Disneyland Have Another New #1 Restaurant?
Centrico – The new lounge in the center of Downtown Disney (hence the name) probably does not deserve a spot above the flagship Paseo, by the same culinary team. Yet, Centrico is a sleeper pick that punches well above its weight and is more approachable for the average guest.
Centrico offers a lovely, laid back setting and upscale Mexican cuisine that’s both ambitious and approachable. Featured dishes at Céntrico include quesabirrias, chicken enchiladas, tlayuda (a Oaxacan shareable dish reminiscent of a pizza with a perfect crunch) and one of Chef Gaytán’s favorites, Caesar salad.
Of course, there’s also my favorite, the decidedly less-Mexican Céntrico Hamburger with Wagyu Beef. You really can’t go wrong here–or with the other new or newly redone options at Downtown Disney.
Paseo – This is one of the flagship restaurants at Disneyland Resort, home to Michelin-starred Chef Carlos Gaytán, who brings his homeland to life through his love of French culinary style and technique. Paseo serves up ceviche preparations; delicate flavors of shrimp and hamachi; and the richness of chile relleno, carne asada, lamb barbacoa and more—all brought together with the zest of aromatic spices, chiles and tortilla.
Menu standouts include Chef Gaytán’s Cochinita Pibil, a recipe derived directly from his mother (this gigantic pork shank is far and away my favorite dish); the Pulpo Enamorada, an elevated ode to his youth hiking and camping in Mexico; and Mejillones, succulent mussels prepared with classic French style with the addition of saffron, chorizo and pickled jalapeño.
We highly recommend dining at Paseo around sunset and requesting an outdoor table overlooking Downtown Disney. It’s great for people watching, and indulging in a long meal while Disneyland transforms from day to night is an enjoyable experience.
BONUS: Club 33 – For obvious reasons, the membership club at Disneyland doesn’t make the main list, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t at least mention Club 33, since it is one of the top 20 or so restaurants.
For Disneyland diehards, Club 33 is the ultimate bucket list dinner for its history and exclusivity. Since that’s not possible for most visitors, we’d instead recommend Carthay Circle Restaurant or the Chef’s Counter at Napa Rose as two superior alternatives.
N/A. Napa Rose – Widely regarded as the ultimate Disneyland foodie experience–at least, of those open to the general public–Napa Rose is an all-star that can stand shoulder to shoulder with real world fine dining establishments in Orange County. We’ve dined at Napa Rose countless times, doing everything from Thanksgiving dinner to the superlative Chef’s Counter at Napa Rose.
Note that Napa Rose is closed until early 2026. A reopening date has not yet been set as of January 2026, so we’re guessing the aim is ahead of the busy Spring Break season in March. Upon reopening, Napa Rose is sure to have a new and much-improved menu, as that always happens with restaurant reimaginings at Disneyland.
That’s good, because Napa Rose had lost its luster in recent years. In all likelihood, Napa Rose will return from its reimagining chasing a Michelin star. It will aim even further upmarket, going from fine dining to haute cuisine (or whatever is a tier above “regular” fine dining). That’s both good and bad.
Napa Rose will likely reopen with a fancier and modernized dining room plus a better menu (good things!) and significantly higher price (bad thing!). I’d be more surprised if there’s a sub-$200 prix fixe menu than I would if Napa Rose breaks the $300 barrier.
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Your Thoughts
What would make your list of the top 26 restaurants at Disneyland, Disney California Adventure, Downtown Disney, and the Hotels of Disneyland Resort? Any obvious standouts we’ve snubbed? What about restaurants that made our list that don’t belong? Any way you’d change the categories or choices? Do you agree or disagree with our choices? Any questions we can help you answer? Hearing your feedback–even when you disagree with us–is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!