Nothing says Disney Vacation like a Disney character meal! With good food, a family friendly atmosphere and the bonus of getting Disney characters all in one place, you can often cross “meet a character” off your list, just by having a meal. As such, Disney character dining runs the gamut in terms of cost, characters, and atmosphere. But is the Garden Grill Breakfast at EPCOT one of the good ones? Is breakfast cheaper than dinner? Which characters will you see? Is the food any good? Here we’re sharing our Garden Grill Breakfast Review so you can choose for yourself on your next visit to EPCOT Park.
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Chip and Dale Harvest Feast Breakfast
Sometimes known as the Chip and Dale Restaurant, because this is the only place you meet this dynamic duo, the Garden Grill is located on the second floor of EPCOT’s The Land building. Featuring Mickey in his farmer outfit, Chip and Dale, and Pluto too, you get a home cooked meal served family style for sharing. Complete with meats, eggs, potatoes, Mickey Waffles, and fruit, you can plan on a wholesome breakfast at Garden Grill before you head into the park.
In fact, Garden Grill often uses ingredients from the Disney greenhouses below the restaurant! You’ll see the plants, vegetables and fruits, that may just find their way onto your plate on the Living with the Land ride. As such, you can depend on fresh flavors, and foods you won’t get elsewhere.
- Cost: $47 per adult, $30 per adult
- Hours: 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM
- Menu: Garden Grill Breakfast Menu
- Meal: All You Care to Enjoy, Family-Style
- Reservations: Highly Recommended
Garden Grill Atmosphere
This Disney character breakfast at Garden Grill Epcot is situated just above the Living with the Land ride and rotates slowly throughout your meal. This casual dining restaurant at Disney is tiered with two levels of tables. Both booth seating and table seating is available and is a good restaurant for families at Disney. In typical character dining fashion, you can expect Disney characters to visit you at your table as you eat. So get ready with your camera, phone, and autograph book. As a bustling Disney restaurant, you can expect to be served your meal in courses. With the breakfast pastry, and fruit coming first, then the main dish and sides settled on the table for you to work through at your leisure.
Does the Garden Grill Restaurant rotate?
Yes! The Garden Grill Restaurant rotates, very very slowly, allowing you different views throughout the meal. While the movement is not noticeable while you’re dining, if you look up, you’ll notice different scenery. With views into the treetops of the ride, and the hot air balloons that hang in The Land building, parts of the “scenery” are just walls. However, since your real experience at this restaurant is all about the characters, you may not notice the views anyway!
Garden Grill Breakfast Menu
The Chip and Dale Harvest Feast Menu includes Breakfast pastry, Mickey Shaped Waffles, Backyard Grilled Steak, Smoked Bacon, Scrambled Eggs, Skillet Potatoes, and Fresh Fruit. You can also grab fountain beverages, coffee and tea. Everything is all you care to enjoy, so you’re free to ask for as much as you’d like of any of the menu items. Garden Grill also serves alcoholic beverages at breakfast for an extra charge. You can grab a mimosa, bloody Mary or citrus freeze to add a little more fun to your breakfast.
- Breakfast Pastry
- Fresh Fruit
- Mickey Shaped Waffles with Maple Syrup
- Backyard Grilled Steak with Farmer’s Ranchero Sauce
- Smoked Bacon
- Scrambled Free-range Eggs
- Skillet Potatoes
Nonalcoholic Drinks: Fountain Drinks, Coffee, Tea, and Specialty Character Drink with lemonade, and flavors of cotton candy in a souvenir character cup. Alcoholic Drinks can be added to your breakfast for an extra cost. This is standard and similar to those offerings at the Chef Mickey Breakfast.
- Mimosa: Nino Franco Rustico Prosecco with Minute Maid® Orange Juice or Passion Fruit-Orange-Guava Juice
- Bloody Mary: Tito’s Handmade Vodka with Bloody Mary Mix
- Citrus Freeze: Florida Cane Orlando Orange Vodka, Bols Peach Schnapps Liqueur, and Mango Purée
Garden Grill Breakfast Prices
One of our favorite things about planning Disney character meals for breakfast, is that it’s always cheaper than dinner. Comparable to the Crystal Palace Breakfast, the breakfast at Garden Grill costs $47 per adult and $30 per adult.
Garden Grill Breakfast Review
In terms of character restaurants at Disney World, the Garden Grill Breakfast offers a unique experience you can’t get anywhere else. Seeing Mickey Mouse in his farmer outfit with Pluto, Chip and Dale, you can count on a fun breakfast with photo ops. A similar Disney character restaurant offering an all you care to enjoy, family style breakfast is the Best Friends Breakfast at ‘Ohana.
What are the Garden Grill Breakfast Hours?
Garden Grill Breakfast Hours are 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM. While this is a short meal window, know that the menu does change for lunch, so if you’re hoping to get the Chip and Dale Harvest Feast for Breakfast, be sure to plan an early day.
Do you need Reservations for Garden Grill EPCOT?
Yes, Disney Dining Reservations for Garden Grill Breakfast are highly recommended. While reservations at Garden Grill EPCOT are not hard to get, families often book this last minute, so if you find an open reservation grab it.
Should You Choose Garden Grill Breakfast or Lunch?
If you’re choosing between breakfast or lunch at Garden Grill Epcot, we’d recommend breakfast, simply because it’s cheaper! And because the foods on the menu at breakfast are fantastic! Lunch and Dinner at Garden Grill are the same, including meats, vegetables, potatoes and macaroni and cheese. The menu is similar to that you would find at Liberty Tree Tavern in Magic Kingdom. At Garden Grill, however, the lunch and dinner is about $15 more per person.
Which characters are at Garden Grill Restaurant?
The characters at the EPCOT Garden Grill are Farmer Mickey Mouse, Chip and Dale, Pluto. These are the same characters at breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Garden Grill Character Disney Breakfast Review
While breakfast at Disney World is sometimes rushed in the hurry to do all the things in the parks, the Garden Grill Character Breakfast offers you a chance for a meal at a sit-down restaurant at EPCOT. Why not take the time to meet some characters, have some waffles and ease into the day? With classic breakfast foods, a delicious breakfast bread and healthy ingredients, you’ll feel great about taking the time to eat at Garden Grill, before heading into the park. Hopefully this post has given you an idea of what to expect on your next visit to Garden Grill. Let us know your favorite things about this restaurant and if you’d recommend it!
Rochelle Mariah is a writer, designer and photographer with an MLIS in Information Science and a B.S. in Arch and Design. Determined to make Planning a DIY Disney Vacation easier she makes lots of lists and drinks lots of coffee. When not designing apparel at Polka Dot Pixie Shop, she's watching old movies and planning the holidays. She has been traveling to Disney destinations since 2010.
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