12 Best Places To Eat In Disney Springs

From Homecomin’ Kitchen to The Boathouse, here are the best places to eat in Disney Springs.

Before heading out to Disney Springs, slip on your favorite pair of stretchy pants and worn-in sneakers. You’ll be eating a lot and walking a lot. There’s a lot to see and even more places to eat. 

Disney Springs is home to over 60 restaurants. You’ll find unique dining concepts, celebrity chef-driven menus, and waterfront views.

If you’re looking for places with good vibes and good food, here are our top picks for restaurants in Disney Springs. 

Best Breakfast In Disney Springs

Everglazed

Few places in Disney Springs are open early, but Everglazed is. After all, donuts and cold brews are morning combos. And you can find both here in this modern donut house (the interior of Everglazed looks a bit like my neighborhood Dunkin’ got a lil’ facelift and paint job). Breakfast sammies (the Funky Chicken is a fave) are splittable; buns can be swapped out for a griddled, glazed donut (giving that first bite the same salty-sweetness as crispy fries dunked in a creamy milkshake). 

Summer House On The Lake

Summer House On The Lake, a California-inspired dining spot, opened in Disney Springs a year ago, so it’s still growing out of that burpy, hiccupy, baby phase of running a business. Portions are tiny, and dinner prices could use a little restraint (even for a restaurant in Disney Springs). But we can get behind Summer House On The Lake’s brunch menu: crispy Costa Mesa salad; brussels sprouts so intensely balsamic you’ll want another forkful; deviled eggs swirled with piquant potatoes; and a delightfully giant cinnamon roll roofed in house-made frosting, strips of lemon zest, and fresh blueberries. The atmosphere is relaxing, too. You’ll feel like you’ve pulled off the Pacific Coast Highway and checked into an airy vacation home overlooking the California coast.

Chef Art Smith’s Homecomin’

Homecomin’ is our go-to pick for a late (11 AM on a weekday late) morning breakfast in Disney Springs. Brunch is on weekends (beginning at 9 AM). Warning: the Moonshine Mash will leave you tipsy, even when you’ve drained those last boozy hints of watermelon on a full stomach (and trust us, you will have a full stomach by the time you leave Homecomin’). 

Comfort food here is like a weighted blanket: feel-good and heavy. So split your dishes, especially the starters. And get the Thigh High Chicken (three homestyle, hot-honey-drizzled biscuit sliders that will kick you back in your seat). After all, Homecomin’s owner, Art Smith, was Oprah’s personal chef from 1997 to 2007, and his homestyle fried chicken is as famous now as it was then.

Best Places To Eat Lunch In Disney Springs

The Polite Pig

You’ll know when passing by The Polite Pig that this casual, quick-service mess hall is where you want to grab lunch in Disney Springs. The smell is hard to resist: BBQ sauce (all smoky and sweet), paprika and pepper, bourbon and pickles. It’s the kind of smell that makes you hungry (with a capital H), so when you order, you’ll want a lot, immediately. And a lot arrives in the form of The Polite Pig’s Butcher Board. Pork shoulder, smoked chicken, brisket, and cheddar sausage all in one go. You get two market sides with that meal, and we’ll (gently) nudge you towards the Burnt Ends Chili and BBQ Cauliflower (crisp florets, coated in sauce, each bite punctuated with candied pepitas). 

Earl Of Sandwich

Sometimes, all you need is a good, filling meal to get you through a theme park week, and the Earl Of Sandwich offers just that. Opt for a hot sub. The Original 1762 is a classic: bread as thick as a brick, a good packin’ of roasted beef, and a generous slather of horseradish (surprisingly mild and sweet). Prices are bang for your buck, so lines get long but move quickly. Unwrap your lunch on Earl Of Sandwich’s patio or (if the weather is friendly) the seats surrounding Waterside Stage (Waterside is a bit of a walk, but the atmosphere feels like an upgrade: cooling, relaxing, and chaos-free). 

Morimoto Asia

Disney Springs is no stranger to celebrity-chef-driven restaurants, and Morimoto Asia (a swish, two-story space where chandeliers drip down like pearls of water) is the celebrity chef concept to note if you’re a fan of Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto. The Morimoto Peking Duck is slow to arrive at the table but worth the wait: a whole duck is served carved and roasted; the meat is tender, the fat is mild, and the skin is as thin and crackly as rice paper. You’ll want a basket of sweet, fluffy bao buns on the side.  

Best Places To Eat Dinner In Disney Springs

The Boathouse

The Boathouse doesn’t just serve good food for a property on Disney Springs; it serves good food, period. If you only have time for one reservation, make it this one. 

This is a surf and turf establishment (with dockside dining and dreamboat views), so try the Oysters on the Half Shell and the Filet Mignon Sliders (three thick, tender steaks). For entrees, the crab cake is a personal favorite. Big lumps of soft, sweet crab meat (slim on the fluff), tangiest in tartar sauce. 

Wine Bar George

Wine Bar George is spacious but feels intimate (picture: soft lights, brick walls, rustic cross-back chairs, and thick wooden tabletops). The wine list, curated by George Miliotes, is smart too. One of fewer than 300 wine experts (in the world) who have earned the title Master Sommelier, Miliotes positions Wine Bar George as the only Master Sommelier-led wine bar in Florida. So, go for recs and to taste the wines (you can try them by the ounce, glass, or bottle). 

The dinner menu doesn’t shine as bright as the drinks list, but the Mac & Cheese bites are delightfully breaded, and the Burrata is rich and creamy (with a burst of mini heirloom tomatoes). So, double up on small plates for a lovely date night. 

City Works

City Works often gets written off as a sports bar, and while it is, undoubtedly, a sports bar, the food is good, and the atmosphere is casual. If your go-to streaming service is ESPN+, you’ll enjoy the dinner vibe: seventeen flat-screen HDTVs, nearly 100 varieties of beers on tap, and Buffalo Chicken Dip that feels like a win. Many of the dishes have a kick, especially the Scorpion Burger (between the buns: melty habanero pepper jack, jalapeños, pepper jam, and pepper aioli). Yes, please. 

Best Places To Eat Dessert In Disney Springs

Gideon’s Bakehouse

Every rumor we’ve heard about Gideon’s Bakehouse is true. The lines are as long as theme park rides’. Cookies are sized like fists and weigh almost half a pound each. The art, by Michael Reyes, is creepy but cute (think: whimsigoth). 

All Hallows’ Eve slips into Gideon’s bakehouse every day, so, unsurprisingly, the Pumpkin Chai Cold Brew is a permanent menu fixture (thank you). Be sure to try the Original Chocolate Chip Cookie (a giant cookie-dough-like lump sheeted in chocolate chips) – you can catch us pairing that cult-favorite with Gideon’s Peanut Butter Cold Brew (a salt-touched, maple-syrup sweetened oat milk nitro that’s as smooth as draft beer).

Amorette’s Patisserie

Amorette’s Patisserie is a place worth featuring on your Instagram Story. Every cake at Amorette’s is (almost) too cute to eat, from the petite (Mickey Mouse and friends inspired) dome cakes to Amorette’s Rose (plucked straight out of Beauty And The Beast). Fair warning: Amorette’s mini desserts tend to be heavily wrapped in fondant (but we can’t resist how adorable they look). 

Salt & Straw

Salt & Straw’s menu is wild for Disney Springs, but that’s exactly why we love this Portland-based ice creamery. Here’s the flavor lineup: Arbequina Olive Oil, Strawberry Honey Balsamic, Mint (Oil) Chocolate Chip. Our top pick? Guava + Cheese, Salt & Straw’s creamy nod to The Salty’s brioche donut of the same name (and yes, each scoop contains glazed donut chunks from The Salty, one of our all-time favorite Florida-founded donut chains). 

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