With Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge and Toy Story land now very much established at Hollywood Studios it is highly likely that at some point you will be eating inside the park during your time at Disney World. To help you plan for your Disney World vacation we are going to share what we think are the best Hollywood Studios Restaurants along with some snacks to try too.
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- The Best Attractions at Hollywood Studios
- Fantasmic at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
- Toy Story Land Rides and Attractions at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
The Best Restaurants in Hollywood Studios
Let’s get into our favorite places to eat at when enjoying Hollywood Studios. Let’s start with our top five table service restaurants.
We are going to look at the:
- Top 5 Table Service Restaurants at Hollywood Studios
- Top 5 Quick Service Restaurants at Hollywood Studios
- The Top 5 Snacks we think you try too.
Top 5 Table Service Restaurants at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Disney’s Hollywood Studios has some great Table Service options from great themed family experiences to signature dining as well. Let’s take a look at our top 5 choices.
5. Oga’s Cantina
During our last Disney World Vacation, we secured a reservation at Oga’s Cantina in Galaxy’s Edge at Hollywood Studios. Being a lifelong Star Wars fan, I was really excited to see how Disney would present the experience of drinking in a Star Wars Cantina similar to what we saw in the original movie. I wasn’t disappointed and although this is more of a bar than a restaurant, I had to mention it for purely for the experience it offers to Star Wars fan (like me). Check out the link below for our full review.
You can find our full review of Oga’s Cantina here.
4. Hollywood Brown Derby
The Hollywood Brown Derby serves both lunch and dinner the food here is high end so is classed as fine/signature dining. The theme inside the Hollywood Brown Derby is old time Hollywood glamour mimicking the original Brown Derby where you can enjoy a range of fresh and beautifully prepared dishes from the appetizers to the desserts.
For the entree they offer fish dishes, salads, duck, chicken, and beef as well as meal enhancements such as the lobster tail and scallops. If you are dining with kids, they have a wide choice from a hot dog to something healthier such as the fish or chicken or beef pasta dishes. To end the meal if you fancy dessert then you choose three mini portions from several options. Paired with a good wine list you can’t go wrong here.
3. 50’s Prime Time Café
Another restaurant with a great theme. This all about classic American comfort food from the 1950’s set in a family styled atmosphere. All diners are called cousins and you are expected to keep your elbows off the table and eat all your food (I got a sticker for clearing my plate)! Sometimes diners are made to stand up and perform ‘I’m a little teapot’ as punishment and on some occasion unfinished vegetables are brought back out as dessert. Don’t worry the serving staff are very good with children and if you don’t want to take part in any of the fun you don’t have to.
There is some great fried chicken here and if you can’t decide on what to eat, they offer a sampling of all the top dishes in the form of A Sampling of Mom’s Favorite Recipes (fired chicken, pot roast and meatloaf with all the fixings).
2. Mama Melrose’s Ristorante Italiano
Mama Melrose’s Ristorante Italiano Menu
I love Mama Melrose’s Ristorante Italiano because I absolutely love the charred strip steak on offer here. This dish is my favourite table service dish at Disney World, and I can’t wait to get back there and have it again. All the pasta dishes here are good and the atmosphere is nice and relaxed. Mama Melrose’s is a favorite with all our family as we all enjoy our pasta dishes, and the adults can enjoy a glass of prosecco too.
The theme as you would expect is very much Italian. We always enjoy the food here and have always found the service to be to a very high standard too.
1. Sci Fi Dine In Theater
The theme of this table service restaurant is great. It is a 1950’s drive in theme where you dine in cars. A cinema screen is situated at the front of the Dine In theater restaurant showing clips from 50’s movies. Our kids love sitting in the front of a car whilst we sit at the back. The old 50’s footage that is being shown fascinates the kids and we don’t mind it either.
I always enjoy the food; I usually get the ribs, but the burgers are also very good too. The milk shakes here are so good and I highly recommend the strawberry shakes. The Sci Fi Dine In Theater restaurant is a very unique restaurant and definitely worth trying if you haven’t yet.
You can find our full overview of where to eat at Hollywood Studios here.
Top 5 Quick Service Restaurants at Hollywood Studios
If you are looking for quick service options when visiting Hollywood Studios, there are lots of options. Out of all of them these are our top 5 quick service restaurants that we regularly use during our Disney World vacations.
5. ABC Commissary
The ABC Commissary has a good choice for all everyone in your party as there are standard quick service choices of burgers and salads that run alongside rib and seafood platters. For the kids there is the normal mac and cheeseburger or chicken strips. It is themed in an art deco style and there is plenty of indoor seating here and some tables outside too. A good choice if you have kids who don’t like try anything over elaborate.
4. The Trolley Car Café (Starbucks)
Also known more famously as Starbucks. This is a great spot to grab your morning (or any time really) caffeine fix, a quick on the go breakfast (options include various croissants, cakes and muffins, cookies, and other pastries as well as fruit and breakfast sandwiches) to eat and enjoy whilst standing in line for rope drop or whilst walking to your first attraction. Most standard hot and cold Starbucks drinks are available here and they offer seasonal options too depending upon when you visit.
At lunch/dinner the food menu changes slightly in that salads and regular sandwiches are available alongside the pastries and cakes.
3. The Backlot Express
At the Backlot Express you will find all the classic quick service options that you would expect to find. Burgers, hot dogs, and chicken as well as some fresh salads. The kid’s menu is fairly similar to the adults. There normally is a choice of Star Wars themed cupcakes for dessert.
The theming is that of a Hollywood warehouse with old movie props – even if you don’t eat in here it’s a good place to have a look around. There is plenty of inside seating but like most quickr service locations it can and does get busy during peak times.
2. Woody’s Lunch Box
Situated in the Toy Story Land prepare to be immersed in amazing theming. A great location for a quick service breakfast, they offer the breakfast bowl (tater tots with gravy and scrambled eggs), s’mores French toast, breakfast sandwich or the yogurt parfait if you are looking for something lighter and healthier.
The kid’s menu offers the same selections for breakfast at smaller portions, excluding the parfait. For lunch or dinner, the choices consist of sandwiches, turkey, cheese, or brisket or totchos (tater tots with beef and bean chilli, cheese and queso. For desert (or a snack) try the Disney version of a pop tart in raspberry or chocolate. Once you have ordered your quick service meal there are tables outside where you can sit back and enjoy the atmosphere of Toy Story Land and your food.
1. Docking Bay 7 Food and Cargo
Docking Bay 7 Food and Cargo Menu
This hangar bay themed quick service spot at Galaxy’s Edge is a lot of fun. The theme and design of the restaurant is great, and the Docking Bay 7 food presentation is really interesting too. There is some great presentation to the dishes using familiar ingredients but presenting them as a dish from a galaxy far far away. We would say this just beats Woody’s Toy Box to the number 1 spot purely for the variety of dishes along with the more immersive environment.
If you can’t get a reservation at Oga’s, then the quick service options at Docking Bay 7 is the next best thing for a Star Wars dining experience.
Top 5 Snacks at Hollywood Studios
If you are looking for a snack or drink to see you through to your next meal, here are our top 5 snacks/drinks at Hollywood Studios.
5. Breakfast Bowl
Location: Woody’s Lunchbox (Toy Story Land at Hollywood Studios)
Cheat alert this is more of a meal option than a snack, but it is such a great quick option to start a day at Hollywood Studios that I really wanted to mention it. This breakfast bowl has Potato Barrels smothered in Smoked Brisket Country Gravy, Scrambled Eggs and a sprinkling of Green Onions and it is very tasty. Woody’s Lunchbox is a great place to stop first thing in the morning for a bite to eat so I felt the Breakfast Bowl deserved a mention.
4. Strawberries and Crème Frappuccino
Location: The Trolley Car Café
Looking for a sweet but refreshingly cold drink to enjoy whilst at Hollywood Studios? Try the delicious Strawberries and Creme Frappuccino at the Trolley Car Cafe. I’m a big fan of a large Frappuccino when looking to cool down a little at Disney World but the Strawberries and Creme option at Hollywood Studios has to be one of the best.
3. Batuu Bites
Location: Oga’s Cantina
If you make a reservation for Oga’s make sure you try the Batuu Bites. These are a delicious selection of vegetable chips with dip and we enjoyed so much on our last visit. Don’t be fooled by their odd appearance because once you start eating them you just won’t stop until they are all gone.
2. Blue Milk
Location: Milk Stand (Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge)
Any true Star Wars fan wants to try blue milk just like Luke Skywalker and you can do so during your Disney World vacation by visiting the milk stand at Galaxy’s Edge. You can have an alcoholic or non-alcoholic version of this drink. My best description of the taste would be to say that it tastes very similar to a Pina Colada.
1. Nom Nom Cookie
Location: Neigborhood Bakery (Pixar Place)
This good sized warm and crunchy cookie is delicious, and it also has melted chocolate chips inside it too. I was really looking forward to trying this for the first time on our recent vacation and it didn’t disappoint at all. If you love cookies these need to be on your Disney World snacks list for 2021.
You can find our full overview of the best snacks across all of Disney World here.
The Best Hollywood Studios Restaurants
There are certainly a lot of great dining options and restaurants in Hollywood Studios. Over the last few years, the variety of dining options at the park have just got better and better.
I hope you have found this article on the best Hollywood Studios Restaurants helpful. Hopefully you have a few ideas now when planning your dining at Hollywood Studios. If you have please do share the article on social media (you can even pin the image below).
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Darren
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