Table service
Summer House on the Lake
The short answer
Lettuce Entertain You's California-style restaurant on the lake at Disney Springs' West Side, opened December 2023, with a walk-up Cookie Bar. Twenty-one mains average $29.52, but the median is $24.95 — pizza, pasta, tacos and burgers do most of the work. Weekend brunch dishes average $18.52. No Disney dining plan.
- Where
- West Side at Disney Springs, on the lake. Free parking in the Lime and Orange garages; boat or bus from most Disney resorts. No park ticket needed.
- Cuisine
- California-style 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 spend
- about $30 a head · checked Sep 12, 2026
- Dress code
- Casual
- Noise
- loud
- Non-resort guests
- Yes — you do not need to stay here
- Dining plan
- Not on Disney’s dining plan · Disney’s own listing, Sep 22, 2026
$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?
Yes, if you order the way the median suggests — a pizza, a pasta, a burger or a taco plate for around $25.
It is the easy crowd-pleaser on the West Side. Something for every person at the table, a lake view, three bars and a Cookie Bar at the door, per its operator.
It does not take the Disney dining plan. Disney's own page marks it "Dining Plan Meals Not Accepted". The operator is Lettuce Entertain You, the Chicago restaurant group, and this is the group's first Disney restaurant.
Brunch is weekends only. The menu says Saturdays and Sundays, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Disney's hours listing shows 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM without the weekend note, so check before a weekday visit.
Skip the steak unless you want one. $45.95 and $55.95 are the only prices that make this restaurant expensive, and they are not what it is known for.
Who it’s right for
Groups and families who want wide choice. Anyone at Disney Springs West Side for Cirque du Soleil or the House of Blues. Weekend brunchers. Cookie people, who can use the walk-up bar without a reservation.
Who it’s wrong for
Anyone on a Disney dining plan. Anyone wanting a quiet meal. Anyone expecting weekday brunch.
What is actually good
Read from Disney's own dinner and brunch menus on 12 September 2026.
Twenty-one mains, $19.95 to $55.95, averaging $29.52 with a $24.95 median. The difference between those two numbers is the whole story. Most of the menu is under $26: - Five pizzas at $19.95 to $21.95. - Rigatoni alla vodka at $21.95, and spaghetti and meatballs at $26.95. - A $22.95 herbed chicken paillard, a $23.95 prime cheeseburger, and a picnic fried-chicken basket at $24.95. - Chicken adobo tacos at $23.95 and crispy fish tacos at $28.95.
A handful of expensive plates pull the average up. Seafood runs $35.95 to $41.95 — grouper fish 'n' chips, miso salmon, the fish of the moment and crab cakes. A wagyu steak taco platter is $37.95, skirt steak frites $45.95, and a New York strip au poivre $55.95.
Nine starters, $11.95 to $21.95. Deviled eggs, cheesy dream puffs, jalapeño corn bread and truffle fries sit at the low end. Guacamole and a smoked-fish dip are $19.95, and a burrata $21.95. Adding Dungeness crab to anything is $12.95.
Weekend brunch, Saturdays and Sundays, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM: fourteen dishes averaging $18.52. Buttermilk pancakes are $15.95. A giant blueberry cinnamon roll and a breakfast burrito are $17.95, and savoury pancake tacos $21.95. Short-rib hash is $22.95. There is a vegan breakfast burrito at $16.95.
The Cookie Bar is a menu of its own — twenty cookies and bars at $4.95 to $6.50, including a vegan gluten-free chocolate chip and a gluten-free fudge brownie. Lettuce Entertain You calls it the brand's first.
Disney bands it $$, "$15 to $34.99 per adult". The mains average sits inside that band. Seven of the twenty-one mains cost more than $34.99.
Portions
Generous American plates. The pizzas eat as a meal for one or a starter for two. Disney's menu bills the cinnamon roll as giant. The taco platter is built to assemble at the table.
Allergies and dietary needs
Better than most for dietary needs. There is a vegan breakfast burrito at brunch, edamame, artichoke and brussels sprouts as vegetable plates, and several salads that work without the add-on protein. The Cookie Bar sells a vegan gluten-free cookie and a gluten-free brownie. A dedicated gluten-free and dairy-free reviewer has covered it, which is a useful signal. Speak to a cast member for anything serious.
Disney publishes one of its seven allergen menus for this location — egg — listing 3 allergen-friendly items from $16.95 to $22.95, read 16 September 2026. That is a menu you can check before you travel. Most locations have none, and there the conversation happens at the counter: see our food allergy guide.
Common questions
- How much does Summer House on the Lake cost?
- Twenty-one mains ran $19.95 to $55.95 on Disney's own menu in September 2026, averaging $29.52 with a median of $24.95. Pizzas are $19.95 to $21.95 and starters $11.95 to $21.95.
- Does Summer House on the Lake serve brunch?
- On weekends, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM on Saturdays and Sundays, per its menu. Fourteen brunch dishes averaged $18.52, from $15.95 pancakes to a $22.95 short-rib hash.
- Does Summer House on the Lake take the Disney Dining Plan?
- No. Disney's own page marks it "Dining Plan Meals Not Accepted". It is run by Lettuce Entertain You, not Disney.
- What is the Cookie Bar at Summer House?
- A counter of oversized cookies and bars — twenty of them, $4.95 to $6.50 on Disney's menu — including a vegan gluten-free chocolate chip and a gluten-free brownie. The operator calls it the brand's first Cookie Bar.
Sources
- Walt Disney World official — Summer House on the Lake dinner menu, read in a browser on 12 September 2026. Twenty-one mains $19.95–$55.95; nine starters $11.95–$21.95; salads, add-on proteins, and the Cookie Bar's twenty cookies and bars at $4.95–$6.50. — Disney official · checked
- Walt Disney World official — Summer House on the Lake brunch menu: "Weekend Brunch, Saturdays & Sundays, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM"; fourteen brunch dishes $15.95–$22.95. — Disney official · checked
- Walt Disney World official — Summer House on the Lake restaurant page: "Casual Dining, a la Carte, Bar-Lounge" on Disney Springs West Side; brunch 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM and dinner 2:05 PM to 11:30 PM; all meals banded "$$ ($15 to $34.99 per adult)"; "Dining Plan Meals Not Accepted". — Disney official · checked
- Lettuce Entertain You — press release, published 14 December 2023: Summer House on the Lake "has officially opened its doors at Disney Springs West Side", the group's Disney debut and fourth Summer House, with the brand's first-ever Cookie Bar, three bars, and design by Rockwell Group. — official source · checked
- Gluten Free & Dairy Free at WDW — Summer House on the Lake dinner review, a dedicated allergy-focused reviewer's account of eating there gluten- and dairy-free. Cited as a resource for readers with those needs, not as our judgment. — reported by · checked