Table service
Ale & Compass Restaurant
The short answer
The Yacht Club's New England gastropub, and the clearest lunch-versus-dinner price gap we have found at Walt Disney World. Eight lunch mains averaged $24.38 in September 2026; six dinner mains averaged $34.17 off a different menu in the same room. Walk to EPCOT in ten minutes.
- Where
- Lobby level of Disney's Yacht Club Resort, on Crescent Lake. Walk to EPCOT's International Gateway in about ten minutes, or take the Friendship boat; boat or a twenty-minute walk to Disney's Hollywood Studios. · about the resort
- Cuisine
- American, casual dining, à la carte
- Reservation
- Book a few days ahead
- Booking opens
- 60 days ahead, 6:00am Eastern — and if you are staying at a Disney resort, day 60 books your whole stay, up to ten days. Off site, it is 60 days for each date separately, so the same table is gone before your window opens. Work out your date.
- Typical meal
- about $49 a head before tax · average entrée $34.17, dessert $9.50, drink $4.99 on Disney’s menu, read Sep 21, 2026
- Dress code
- Theme park casual
- Noise
- moderate
- Non-resort guests
- Yes — you do not need to stay here
- Dining plan
- Table-service plan, 2026 and 2027 · Disney’s own listing, Sep 22, 2026 · what a credit buys here
$18.75cheapest$29.47median$47.50dearest
Mean main course from Disney’s own menu. Drinks, sides and tip are on top. Read Sep 21, 2026.
Is it worth the money?
At lunch, yes and it is one of the better values in the Crescent Lake cluster. At dinner it is a harder argument.
The $9.79 gap is the whole story. Eight lunch mains average $24.38 in a deluxe resort a ten-minute walk from EPCOT. That is moderate-resort pricing in a deluxe room, and the Fish & Chips at $20 or the Waldorf Chicken Salad Sandwich at $17 are among the cheapest sit-down mains on this side of the property.
The dinner mains average $34.17, which puts three of six of them above Disney's own stated band. Nothing on it is bad — the short rib and the strip steak are proper cooking — but $38 and $39 entrées at the Yacht Club sit within walking distance of the EPCOT pavilions, and the comparison is not flattering.
Breakfast is the quiet third option, served 7:30 AM to 11:00 AM, which makes this a workable pre-park meal for anyone walking into EPCOT at opening.
It books more easily than its neighbours. The Beach Club's Cape May Cafe and Beaches & Cream absorb the demand on Crescent Lake; Ale & Compass usually has tables when they do not.
Who it’s right for
Anyone staying on Crescent Lake — Yacht Club, Beach Club, BoardWalk, Swan and Dolphin — who wants a real meal without a bus. Lunch eaters above all, who get the same room for $9.79 less a main. Seafood eaters. Anyone walking into EPCOT at opening who wants breakfast first. Anyone who failed to book Beaches & Cream.
Who it’s wrong for
Anyone chasing a signature dinner, which is Yachtsman Steakhouse in the same resort. Vegetarians at dinner, who are left with the starters. And anyone who does not need to be on Crescent Lake — the food does not justify a trip across property.
What is actually good
Read from Disney's own lunch and dinner menus on 11 September 2026.
Lunch and dinner are different menus, and lunch is $9.79 a head cheaper on the mains. Eight lunch mains ran $17 to $35 and averaged $24.38. Six dinner mains ran $27 to $39 and averaged $34.17. The room, the service and the starters are identical.
What changes is the list. Lunch has the Pub Cheeseburger at $25, Hand Beer-battered Fish & Chips at $20, Blackened Fish Tacos at $22, Hot Honey Chicken and Waffles at $22, a Waldorf Chicken Salad Sandwich at $17 and a Heart of Palm Croquette Protein Hash at $19 — none of which appear at dinner. Dinner replaces them with a 12-oz New York Strip at $39, Red Wine-braised Short Rib at $38, New England Seafood Pot Pie at $34, Catch of the Day at $32 and Herb-roasted Chicken Breast at $27.
Two dishes cross over. The Maryland-style Crab Cake is $35 at both meals, and Steak Frites at lunch ($35) is the closest thing to the strip steak at dinner.
The eight starters are word-for-word the same at both meals, $11 to $18. Steamed Mussels $18, Seasonal Market Vegetable Flatbread $17, Blue Crab Bisque $14, Parker House Rolls and Spreads $14, Tomato and Burrata Salad $14, Ale & Compass Salad $13, Truffle Fries $11, Wedge Salad $11. Four desserts, $9 to $10.
Disney bands breakfast, lunch and dinner identically at $$, "$15 to $34.99 per adult". Lunch sits inside it with two of eight mains above. Dinner does not — three of six mains exceed the top of the band, and the dinner mains average $34.17, which is $0.82 under a ceiling that half the menu clears.
Portions
Gastropub sizes, which is to say generous at lunch and restrained at dinner. The Fish & Chips at $20 and the Pub Cheeseburger at $25 are full plates; the dinner entrées are composed rather than piled. Two starters and a dessert shared across a table works better here than at most Disney restaurants because the starters are the strongest part of the menu.
Allergies and dietary needs
Workable rather than generous. The Heart of Palm Croquette Protein Hash at $19 is the one plant-forward main and it is lunch-only, which leaves dinner's vegetarian options to the starters — Seasonal Market Vegetable Flatbread $17, Tomato and Burrata Salad $14, Truffle Fries $11, and two salads. Shellfish runs through the mussels, bisque and crab cake. Disney lists allergen-friendly menus at all three meals; ask at booking.
Common questions
- Is lunch cheaper than dinner at Ale & Compass?
- Yes, and by more than most Disney restaurants. Eight lunch mains averaged $24.38 on Disney's own menu in September 2026 against $34.17 for six dinner mains — a gap of $9.79 a head, for the same room and the same eight starters.
- How much does Ale & Compass cost?
- Lunch mains $17 to $35, dinner mains $27 to $39. Starters are $11 to $18 at both meals and desserts $9 to $10. Disney bands all three meals at $15 to $34.99 per adult, but three of six dinner mains are above that.
- How far is Ale & Compass from EPCOT?
- About a ten-minute walk from Disney's Yacht Club Resort to EPCOT's International Gateway, or a Friendship boat. Disney's Hollywood Studios is a boat ride or a walk of roughly twenty minutes.
- Does Ale & Compass serve breakfast?
- Yes, 7:30 AM to 11:00 AM, then lunch 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM and dinner 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM. The breakfast hour makes it a practical stop before walking into EPCOT at opening.
Sources
- Walt Disney World official — Ale & Compass Restaurant dinner menu, read in a browser on 11 September 2026. Six dinner mains $27–$39 averaging $34.17; eight starters $11–$18; four desserts $9–$10. — Disney official · checked
- Walt Disney World official — Ale & Compass Restaurant lunch menu, read in a browser on 11 September 2026. Eight lunch mains $17–$35 averaging $24.38, off a different list from dinner; the same eight starters $11–$18. — Disney official · checked
- Walt Disney World official — Ale & Compass Restaurant page. "American, Casual Dining, a la Carte" at Disney's Yacht Club Resort; Disney's own description calls it New England comfort food and classic seafood in a gastropub reminiscent of a lighthouse. Breakfast 7:30 AM to 11:00 AM, lunch 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM, dinner 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM; all three banded "$$ ($15 to $34.99 per adult)". — Disney official · checked