Bourbon Steak — A Michael Mina Restaurant

Is it worth the money?

It is closed, and has been since 25 June 2026. A kitchen fire that day evacuated the restaurant. A Walt Disney World official said the damage was confined to the restaurant. The hotel's own page reads: "Please be advised that our Bourbon Steak restaurant is temporarily closed." Michael Mina's site says "Temporarily Closed — Reopening Soon!" Neither gives a date.

Disney's own systems disagree with both. On 11 September 2026 Disney's schedule service showed the restaurant closed through 2 October and operating from 3 October 2026. In July, WDW News Today found the booking system accepting reservations from 16 September — a date that has now passed with the restaurant still shut. A date appearing in a booking calendar is not an announcement. We will change this page when the hotel or Michael Mina's group gives one.

If you want a serious steakhouse and the budget is real, yes — this is the best version of that on Disney property, and it is not close. If you are choosing a nice dinner on your Disney trip, understand what you are walking into first.

What it costs, plainly. Sixteen mains averaging $87.50, sides extra at $15 to $18, appetisers to $47, desserts to $19. TouringPlans, reviewing on 5 September 2025, put the cheapest possible three courses at $71 and the most expensive — excluding caviar — at $271, before drinks and tip. We read the menu a year later and the cheapest three courses were $70. The floor has not moved; the ceiling is where the money goes.

A Disney dining plan credit is worth nothing here. Disney's own page: the Dolphin "does not participate in any of the Disney dining plans and does not accept MagicBands, Disney Gift Cards or any other Disney stored value cards." The Swan, Dolphin and Swan Reserve are Marriott-operated. Bring a card that is not a Disney card.

It is new, and that is part of the case for it. Bourbon Steak opened on 26 July 2025 in the former Shula's space. Michael Mina's group runs more than forty restaurants and holds Michelin stars; whatever else is true of the price, this is a kitchen operating at a level Disney property does not otherwise have.

It is loud. TouringPlans dined early and did not hit it, but noted OpenTable reviews and another team member describing it as very loud. Book early if that matters.

Against Yachtsman Steakhouse, ten minutes' walk around the lake: Yachtsman is the Disney-operated steakhouse, takes dining plan credits, and costs meaningfully less. Bourbon Steak is the better restaurant. Yachtsman is the better Disney decision for most families, and we say so on its own page.

What is actually good

Read from Disney's own dinner menu on 11 September 2026.

Start with the band, because it is wrong in a way that will cost you. Disney lists this restaurant at $$$, "$35 to $59.99 per adult". Sixteen main courses average $87.50 — $27.51 above the top of that band — and eleven of the sixteen mains cost more than $59.99. Not one main is under $42. Disney's footnote defines the band as the average adult price of the whole meal including non-alcoholic drinks, which makes the gap wider, not narrower. Read the menu, not the dollar signs.

From the Grill, nine cuts, $43 to $132. The order runs Faroe Island King Salmon $43, 14oz New York Strip $73, 10oz Center-Cut Filet Mignon $75.

Then 16oz Bone-In New York Strip $76, 16oz Delmonico Ribeye $83, and both the 8oz Wagyu SRF Rib Cap and the 22oz Dry-aged Cowboy Ribeye at $115. A 32oz Porterhouse is $125.

The A5 Striploin is listed at $132 and described as "available in 4oz increments", which does not say whether $132 buys one increment or the plate. We do not know, and we are not going to guess.

Bourbon Steak Classics are the Hay-Smoked Tomahawk at $205, Maine Lobster Pot Pie at $95, and a Slow Roasted Prime Rib at $65 marked limited availability. Fish is Big Eye Tuna Au Poivre $56 and Miso Broiled Seabass $49. Farm & Flock is a Red Wine Braised Wagyu Short Rib at $51 and an Espelette Butter Roasted Chicken at $42 — the cheapest main in the building.

Sides are not included. Eight of them, $15 to $18: creamed spinach, loaded baked potato, jalapeño creamed corn, charred broccolini and grilled asparagus at $15, whipped potatoes $16, black-truffle mac and cheese $18. Disney's own description calls them shareable, and at these prices they need to be.

Ten appetisers, $14 to $47 — Black Truffle Bread $14, three salads and an onion soup gratin $16 to $17, Michael Mina's Tuna Tartare, bacon-wrapped scallops and a jumbo lump crab cake at $26, and a Black Truffle Agnolotti at $47. A separate shellfish list runs Shrimp Cocktail $23, oysters $27, Half Maine Lobster $42 and a Shellfish Platter at $105; Red Alaskan King Crab and the Caviar Service carry no printed price at all. Five desserts, $14 to $19.

Accompaniments turn a steak into a bill: $5 to $8 for blue cheese crust, truffle butter, béarnaise or steak sauce, $18 for grilled prawns, $22 for diver scallops, $42 to lay half a Maine lobster on top.

Portions

Steakhouse portions, which at Bourbon Steak means a plate holding a steak and nothing else. The 10oz filet at $75 arrives alone. Building a normal dinner means a $15 side minimum, and the sides are large enough that two people should share one rather than order two. TouringPlans' reviewer put the floor at $71 for the cheapest appetiser, entrée and dessert on their September 2025 visit; the same three courses came to $70 on the menu we read a year later.

Allergies and dietary needs

Thin, and honestly so — this is a steakhouse. There is no vegetarian main course on the menu.

A meatless meal has to be assembled from the sides at $15 to $18 and the cheaper appetisers. Black Truffle Bread is $14, the Petite Romaine Caesar and the Wedge $16, Onion Soup Gratin $17. The $47 Black Truffle Agnolotti is the only dish that would pass as a vegetarian entrée. Only two of the sixteen mains are under $47.

Shellfish is everywhere. Call ahead if anyone at the table does not eat meat — the kitchen is a Michael Mina operation and will likely accommodate, but nothing on the printed menu does.