Character dining
Garden Grill Restaurant
The short answer
EPCOT's rotating character meal, in a dining room that turns slowly above the Living with the Land boat ride. Farmer Mickey and friends, family style, $49 an adult at breakfast and $62 at lunch and dinner. Some of the produce is grown downstairs.
- Where
- The Land pavilion, upper level, EPCOT — above the Living with the Land attraction.
- Cuisine
- American farm-to-table, served family style
- Reservation
- Book at 60 days
- 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 $62 a head before tax · Disney’s set price, read Sep 21, 2026
- Dress code
- Theme park casual
- Noise
- moderate
- Non-resort guests
- Yes — with theme park admission
- Dining plan
- Table-service plan, 2026 and 2027 · Disney’s own listing, Sep 22, 2026 · what a credit buys here
- Characters
- Chip, Dale, Mickey Mouse, Pluto · confirmed Sep 15, 2026
Is it worth the money?
For families with young children, this is the character meal to book, and the reason is the room, not the food.
The dining room rotates, slowly, past the scenes of the Living with the Land ride below, so children have something happening throughout — which is exactly what most character meals lack. Characters work the room in farmer costumes and, because the restaurant is small, the interactions are longer and less rushed than at Chef Mickey's or Crystal Palace.
The food is genuinely decent for a character meal, which is a low bar cleared comfortably: the turkey and steak are properly cooked and some of the salad is grown in the greenhouse below.
At $62 an adult it is not cheap, and two adults without children are paying character-meal prices for a farm dinner they could get better elsewhere. Its value is entirely in who you bring.
Who it’s right for
Families with young children who want character interaction without a scrum. Anyone who liked Living with the Land and wants to see it from above. Big eaters, since it is all-you-care-to-enjoy. Plant-based diners, who get a real version. And guests who want a character meal inside EPCOT instead of a resort trip.
Who it’s wrong for
Adults without children, who are paying $62 for a family-style farm dinner. Anyone who dislikes characters approaching the table. Guests wanting menu choice, since there is one feast. And anyone prone to motion sickness — the room rotates, gently, for the whole meal.
What is actually good
One fixed family-style feast, refilled on request. Breakfast is the Chip 'n' Dale Harvest Feast — scrambled free-range eggs, Mickey-shaped waffles, bacon, steak and skillet potatoes, with a breakfast pastry and fruit — at $49 an adult and $33 a child.
Lunch and dinner are the same price all afternoon at $62 an adult and $42 a child: backyard grilled steak with chimichurri, rotisserie turkey with gravy, cornbread, a garden salad, mashed potatoes, green beans, macaroni and cheese and seasonal vegetables, then strawberry shortcake. A plant-based version of the feast exists at both services. Prices exclude tax and gratuity, from Disney's menu of 13 September 2026.
The Farmer's Seasonal Pie and the shrimp add-on that older menus list are not on Disney's menu now.
Portions
All-you-care-to-enjoy and refilled without fuss. The turkey and the cornbread are what tables ask for again. Two adults rarely finish a first round, which is the argument for treating this as the day's main meal.
Allergies and dietary needs
Better than most character meals. A full plant-based version of the feast is served instead of a swapped side, and the kitchen does the standard Disney allergy chef visit. Gluten-free is manageable but costs you the cornbread.
Common questions
- How much is Garden Grill?
- Breakfast is $49 an adult and $33 a child; lunch and dinner are $62 an adult and $42 a child, the same price from 11:30am to 8pm. All prices exclude tax and gratuity. It is all-you-care-to-enjoy family style at every service. From Disney's menu, 13 September 2026.
- Which characters are at Garden Grill?
- Farmer Mickey and friends — the meal is built around Chip 'n' Dale's Harvest Feast, so the chipmunks are the constant. Because the restaurant is small and the room rotates slowly, the character interactions are longer and less hurried than at the bigger character buffets.
- Does the restaurant really rotate?
- Yes, slowly, one full turn over the course of a meal, looking down on the scenes of the Living with the Land boat ride below. It is the reason this works for young children — there is something changing outside the window throughout, which no other character meal offers.
- Is Garden Grill worth it for adults?
- Less so. At $62 a head you are paying character-meal pricing for a family-style farm dinner, and two adults without children would eat better for the money almost anywhere else in EPCOT. Its value is in the characters and the room, both of which are aimed at children.
- Is there a plant-based option?
- Yes, a full plant-based version of the feast at both breakfast and lunch or dinner, served as its own meal, not as substituted sides. Mention it when booking and again at the table. Gluten-free is possible; the cornbread is the casualty.
Sources
- Walt Disney World official — Garden Grill menus, read 13 September 2026: the Chip 'n' Dale Harvest Feast at $49 and $33 at breakfast and $62 and $42 at lunch and dinner, and every dish in it. — Disney official · checked
- The Mouse For Less — Garden Grill menu, 2026 fixed pricing by service and the Chip 'n' Dale Harvest Feast — reported by · checked
- Walt Disney World official — Garden Grill Restaurant menus — Disney official · checked
- Walt Disney World — Garden Grill: Chip 'n' Dale's Harvest Feast with Chip, Dale, Mickey and more — Disney official · checked
- Disney Food Blog — Disney World character meals by character: who appears at each meal — reported by · checked