BEST TO WORST: Magic Kingdom Restaurants RANKED!

hey everybody it's AJ from Disney food blog and today we're gonna get a little controversial we are gonna rank the Magic Kingdom restaurants from best to worst okay I expect there to be a lot of conversation in the comments I want you to tell me where I'm wrong and where I'm right this is all opinion of course it's all subjective so I want you to share your favorites and these favorites as well it's all helpful to our viewers to see what people think of the restaurants in the Magic Kingdom okay I'm gonna start with my least favorite restaurants and these are counter service restaurants and table service restaurants they were not talking about the little kiosks but we are talking about counter service and table service all right here we go at number 15 Tortuga tavern that's probably my least favorite restaurant in the Magic Kingdom right now and it's mostly because a it's never open and B right now all of the good stuff is gone for a while there they had some interesting food items now it's just kind of turkey legs and french fries and like a burger so very uninteresting menu never open so well the atmosphere is fine it's pirate themes you know it doesn't get up there on the list number 14 is gonna be diamond horseshoe again diamond horseshoe historical gem all right it's been in the Magic Kingdom forever and it's wonderful to tour around and look around but right now there's nothing really great happening there food wise well it is open for meals it's just kind of basic food nothing extraordinary sometimes even goes back to just like roast beef sandwiches so nothing crazy good is happening over at the Golden Horseshoe unfortunately because diamond horseshoe sorry I'm in Disney World not Disneyland diamond horseshoe nothing greats have it in their food ways right now it's it's just not in its moment at the moment coming in at number 13 is Tomorrowland Terrace this one again another never open restaurant it's rarely open just during those busy times now this one is offering some interesting food right now when it is open we actually have a review of a year on DFB they've got some interesting stuff but the decor is very basic it's kind of Tomorrowland chic which is fine but it's nothing interesting and they change up the menu so often that it's unreliable at the moment 12:00 is gonna be Pinocchio village house the flatbreads here okay every once in a while they have a good menu item that they bring in seasonally and of course I love sitting and watching it's a small world from the window you can get cool seating into watch it's a small world and there's also outdoor seating upstairs which is really fun there's a balcony upstairs a lot of people don't even know about it if they go upstairs and head out to the balcony but again the food here is unremarkable it's not fabulous there's a couple of great things there's a soup that's good and some garlic knots or breadsticks that are good depending on which one they have on the menu at the time but it's not great it's not one of my favorites number eleven cosmic rays start like cafe now we're getting up into the ones that I do kind of enjoy it I do go to on a regular basis cosmic rays it's old school still there's sunny eclipse putting on the show for everybody doing those fun and punny songs then you've got very kid-friendly food chicken nuggets burgers I think they still have the pulled pork bacon burgers you've got all kinds of pork going on there they've got some decent items you've got your toppings bar here they just brought that sriracha aioli in and that's really cool it's really good to add to whatever you're eating so cosmic rays has some pros this is where I go to get my chicken nuggets and cheese sauce by the way but the cons with cosmic rays are gonna be the three Bay ordering area it's always very busy here the decor is not the best it's kind of blah and feels like it's dirty all the time cuz it's so busy and the three Bay ordering area basically means that if you're there with a family unless you all want to order from the same place you're gonna have to split up to get the different food items which is really hard especially if you're a single parent there with those are kind of the cons to cosmic rays number 10 is Toni's town square Toni's town square is as you first walk into the Magic Kingdom it's on your right this is an Italian restaurant themed after lady in the this place is fine that's all I can say about it really is that it's fine I can't say it's extraordinary cuz it's really not the food is all right it's kind of an Olive Garden quality although I would actually put Olive Garden a step up from Toni's Town Square a few of the menu items here are better than fine but this is not a place that I kind of dream of going for my honeymoon or my celebration what is good about Toni's though right now is that you do have viewing of any parades that are happening from the porch seating and that's awesome I love sitting out there and just people watching also there is a parade package a parade dining package at Toni's Town Square so that's a good benefit of this spot as well number 9 Cinderella's royal table this is the princess restaurant that's in the castle that's impossible to book I can never get a reservation here because I always tend to make my reservations way late in the game although I know I shouldn't so this is where you're gonna go upstairs in the castle and you're going to meet tons of princess princess's you're gonna get to sit in the Royal plush of Cinderella Castle the food here is math it's alright it's not spectacular but it's okay this service is okay you get to see princesses in their natural habitat that's awesome but it is pretty pricey and again the food just doesn't recommend it necessarily so although it is getting better it's not there yet although I do always recommend that everybody eat in the castle at least once just to say that they did it and to get the atmosphere and experience of it now we have a whole video about the our guests and we'll tell you if it's worth it which meal to go for spoiler alert it's lunch definitely go for lunch again I love this place for the atmosphere and the theming it's awesome the food is if you go for breakfast or dinner it's okay it's decent lunch I think has great food but the sheer fact that you can barely get into this place 180 days in advance with your dining reservations means that you know that's a big con for me and they really don't make up for it that much with excellent food either again I think lunch is really really good but dinner is met and breakfast is overpriced but because it's in the beasts castle you gotta go number seven is Crystal Palace I know you guys love it I know everybody loves it how can you not love your and piglet and Boo and to her they're the best and they are they're so adorable but again the food here isn't awesome it's not the best yet again it's getting better but it's not great and it is another pricey character meal and if you're going to do that I want you to get your money's worth so I'm gonna tell you straight up it's a buffet the face can be dodgey food wise it's it's good it's not the worst character meal or buffet on property but it's not the best either okay before we get to number six I just want to let you know that if you want to sign up for at the Disney food blog newsletter we have a little bonus that you can get today if you head over and sign up I'm gonna give you a printable checklist of my favorite food items to eat in the Magic Kingdom so this isn't just snacks oh this is everything these are my must eat in the Magic Kingdom including items from every single restaurant so head over to Disney food blog calm /mk list sign up for the DFB newsletter it's completely free and you get this totally free checklist of mine of my favorite places and my favorite things to eat in the kingdom number six is skipper canteen skipper canteen jungle navigation company I don't even know the full name why dad is me why do you do that why do you name these restaurants these long names that nobody can understand or even say skipper canteen that's why everybody knows it this is the Jungle Cruise restaurant I love it because it's very Imagineer themed there's lots of great themes lots of puns lots of sight-gags going on here and I think it's great because I'm a big Jungle Cruise fan as well I've always had great service here although I've heard from my readers and viewers that they haven't had the best and the food here to me has always been very innovative and interesting but again I'm hearing from a lot of viewers and readers that they did not have good experiences that they did and did not enjoy the food we loved to compile lots of opinions here at DFB so I'm letting you know I love it every time I've eaten there I've had a good experience but a lot of people have not the atmosphere is great to me the food is quite good but other people have had a very negative experience there at number five it's Pecos Bill tall-tale in and cafe conveniently known as Pecos Bill's this one is all Mexican food right now and the menu here changes quite a bit for a long time it was more cowboy food and hamburgers and stuff now it's Mexican food Iike fajitas and tacos but the thing I love about this place is that there's tons of indoor seating so there's lots of AC lots of seating I've never had a problem finding a place to sit here which is great the food is decent and they also have that awesome secret menu item the huge nachos that feed eight people or they set a table for you and the whole restaurant takes part in it it's a lot of fun so Vegas bills is a classic and I still really enjoy it all right number four is Casey's corner this is a classic at the Magic Kingdom hotdogs mac and cheese on top of your hot dogs french fries they brought back the plastic cheese this place is just on top right now what are the cons for Casey's corner not a lot of seating not a lot of indoor seating so if you are at the Magic Kingdom on one of those days in Orlando where it's rainy really really hot or you know just humid to the point of not being manageable and that's pretty much 300 days out of the year in a real and oh then you're gonna have a difficult time at KC's because there's just not enough seating for everybody I always walk by and I see people sitting on the ground with their trays so not a lot of seating and that's the one thing that I would say drags this place down for me also the menu is relatively small but hot dogs are hot dogs and corndog nuggets are corndog nuggets okay number three for me is the plaza restaurants Plaza restaurant is a table service restaurant it's I think one of the hidden gems of Walt Disney World the prices are moderate and quite good for a table service restaurant in the Magic Kingdom and the food is classic comfort food there are sandwiches there's ice cream but they actually do a really good job with some of their entrees I love the meatloaf here it's excellent and there are several other entrees that are very very good of course here they've also introduced the plaza fries the plaza loaded fries which are very much like figaro fries if you guys remember those from Pinocchio village house way back in the day so these are gonna have everything piled on top of them and they've also introduced several really really good desserts a couple of awesome cakes and of course they've got the ice cream from next door at the Plaza ice cream parlor so the plaza to me is just a combo of a lot of good things good prices good food decent service it's a small restaurant so it's hard to get a table sometimes but I think this is a great restaurant this is a great restaurant it's wonderful a lot of people really really love it and we do too this is located in Liberty Square it's right across from the Haunted Mansion and right behind the Hall of Presidents and this one specializes in fried fish fried chicken I've got some shrimp dishes you'll usually find a really cool mac and cheese dish here there's a lobster roll so there's a lot of really great meals here there are some more health-conscious items here as well so keep an eye out for some delicious eats here and here's a little tip when you are at Columbia Harbor House and it's a busy day go ahead and sit upstairs there are lots of tables upstairs and they are usually not too crowded if you're not there on like Christmas Day or like the middle of the summer it's not gonna be that crowded up there so that's a great place to go to just sort of get away from the crowds and relax for a little bit so Columbia Harbor House one of our favorites definitely recommended we love it there and number one the winner for me is Liberty Tree tavern I've loved this restaurant for so many years and every time I go it continues to deliver this little restaurant in Liberty Square and they serve a ala carte lunch and they serve a family-style dinner basically Thanksgiving dinner when you go there but the food is really good I very much enjoy it and a lunch again even though it's standard food it's burgers and pasta I think they do an excellent job so maybe this one's just nostalgia for me but I love the decor I love the fact that you can walk your kids around and they can learn while they're there there's so much history in that restaurant because it's themed after or some of our founding fathers and Betsy Ross who was the DES founding father but she was in the mix but Liberty she Travis has always been one of my favorites I do wish that they still had the characters there but alas alas they are character less but still a great place to go and my favorite restaurant in the Magic Kingdom okay so let us know your favorites and remember we didn't talk about places like a loja Isle sunshine truth terrace Gaston's tavern oh I'm sorry I guess Dawn's tavern I'm sorry don't please don't leave any comment I know I always pronounce his name Main Street Bakery Sleepy Hollow Main Street ice-cream parlor those are some epic locations in Magic Kingdom but because they aren't counter service or table service in the same way that these other ones are we did not mention them in this video but go check out our must eat in Magic Kingdom video and you can see a few of those mentioned and again if you're interested in getting my list as must eats in the Magic Kingdom a checklist for you to use it's printable while you're in the Magic Kingdom I can get that for you just head on over to Disney food Boeing comm / MK list sign up for our newsletter and you will immediately get that printable with all of my favorites in the Magic Kingdom that you can go and check them off as you eat them alright this is AJ for Disney food blog thank you so much for watching I hope that you leave us a comment with your favorites in the Magic Kingdom so that other viewers can learn from your experiences as well we'll see you real soon [Music]

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Length: 14min 34sec (874 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 18 2017