Carnation Cafe is a nice spot to escape the hubbub of Disneyland for a moment and sit down for lunch with table service. We enjoyed the chicken parmesan pasta, which came with a generous portion. The fried pickles made for a fun shareable appetizer. Our server was quick an affective. The atmosphere is a little chaotic with a lot of tables jammed into a fairly small dining area, but was still nice and provided a good afternoon break from crowds and lines. We recommend!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Alex
I was not impressed whatsoever at their food. Overpriced and very bland food. California Adventure has way better food quality selling in their carts. Wouldn’t recommend and definitely never going back.
FYI this is a review for their lunch hour, maybe their dinner MIGHT be better?? Maybe??
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Elizabeth Cho
My first time at Carnation Cafe for breakfast! Made reservation but was late due to the lines to enter into Disneyland. The cast members were very understanding and accommodating. We had to wait about 10 minutes to get our table. Food and service were both great. Enjoyed the experience and the atmosphere. Can’t wait to come again. I do recommend to come early, as you never know what to expect at the parking lot, or the entrance to Disney.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kimberly Vasquez
it was a nice sit down restaurant
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Jordan Baker
First of all, bucket list check for the Mickey waffle, great for kids and Disney Dads. The food was amazing for breakfast. With a sister in law being vegetarian, so greatly for the delicious vegetarian options. The veggie scramble saved the trip honestly, because it started the day right. The coffee was pretty mid. Had a slight acetone taste. The only reason I gave the atmosphere a 3 stars is because while seated outside, there a ton of traffic. The bathroom is adjacent to the patio area. You may get a sniff of someone’s turkey leg from last night being digested. Anyway, the service was great as well. I would definitely come back here, not because of the smells but because it makes everybody happy… and that’s what Disney is all about right? Review ended here.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
triviaone1 “Trivia Guy”
Excellent sandwiches, good service. I enjoyed my Turkey sandwich, she liked the salad and we shared fried pickles spears
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brandi
To put it bluntly, this is not a restaurant worth the wait for. It has a nice-cute aesthetic. Though the food was nice to look at, the taste and textures were a big no. Not only do the flavors not stand out, but neither do the prices or service at this location. We all sent our dishes back due to them being undercooked or cold. Second time around the food came back warm and cooked better. Not much to say about carnation cafe.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Tyna Serrano
Very disappointed with my entire experience today! I will never come here again!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Sharon Carrera
We kind like this place at first the food is good the service is ok. But you better bring your “WINTER COAT “, it’s extremely cold and very uncomfortable to eat there its pretty bad when your gets cold before you get a chance to eat it. The worst part is when you ask if they can turn down the air conditioning they come up with they can’t because it’s controlled in Disneyland Florida. ( REALLY)!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 2
vishal agarwal
I had a very poor experience. The masala dosa I ordered tasted terrible and was not up to even basic standards. A simple roadside dosa would have been much better.
After my 3rd visit in the last few months, the service is always good, but the food isn't that good, the cheese burger was horrible.
UPDATE 1/5/26 Food is still trash, use to be good but that was 20 years ago, place take years to seat you still,reservation is at 2pm they're sit you at 2:30, plus make you pointlessly check in twice ,place use to so good.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Teresita S
Of all the table service restaurants on property, this might be my favorite. The staff have always been welcoming, even when the restaurant seems chaotically busy. The food is consistently good. We haven't had a bad meal and we've frequented several times. Even with menu changes, the new dishes are always as tasty as previous favorites. Reservations are highly recommended and if you come during a parade time, be kind to the staff at the host stand and don't expect to get seated with a parade view.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Pickles with Dipping Sauce, Baked Potato Soup, Braised Short Rib
Metellingtruth
This is the best Value sit down and dine restaurant at Disneyland. The food here is good and generally has the American Diner staples at reasonable prices. Walt’s Chilli is always my go to starter but the fried pickles are awesome also.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Motrya Manalac
We’ve been fans of Carnation Cafe for years at this point, mostly for the food. The front desk has always been disorganized and they have never sat us on time. You have to wait at least 10 minute past your reservation time to be seated. We’ve overlooked that as the food and service have been solid. Unfortunately, our server today was not friendly. We sat out our table for 10 minutes before he even came by to take our order. Additionally, our food came out cold. There were runners running food out to tables but perhaps the runner just can’t keep up. We didn’t complain as we were really hungry. This place needs an overhaul desperately. It has such great potential.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Sowmya
Ordered veggie burger, wedge salad and fried pickles. The pickles were quite oily. The veggie burger was quite tasteless, very underwhelming patty and the Brussels sprouts on them seemed quite hard and raw. The fries were however good. The wedge salad was dripping in the dressing nothing like some of the better ones we have had.
Carnation Cafe is a nice spot to escape the hubbub of Disneyland for a moment and sit down for lunch with table service. We enjoyed the chicken parmesan pasta, which came with a generous portion. The fried pickles made for a fun shareable appetizer. Our server was quick an affective. The atmosphere is a little chaotic with a lot of tables jammed into a fairly small dining area, but was still nice and provided a good afternoon break from crowds and lines. We recommend!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
I was not impressed whatsoever at their food. Overpriced and very bland food. California Adventure has way better food quality selling in their carts. Wouldn’t recommend and definitely never going back.
FYI this is a review for their lunch hour, maybe their dinner MIGHT be better?? Maybe??
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
My first time at Carnation Cafe for breakfast! Made reservation but was late due to the lines to enter into Disneyland. The cast members were very understanding and accommodating. We had to wait about 10 minutes to get our table. Food and service were both great. Enjoyed the experience and the atmosphere. Can’t wait to come again. I do recommend to come early, as you never know what to expect at the parking lot, or the entrance to Disney.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
it was a nice sit down restaurant
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
First of all, bucket list check for the Mickey waffle, great for kids and Disney Dads. The food was amazing for breakfast. With a sister in law being vegetarian, so greatly for the delicious vegetarian options. The veggie scramble saved the trip honestly, because it started the day right.
The coffee was pretty mid. Had a slight acetone taste.
The only reason I gave the atmosphere a 3 stars is because while seated outside, there a ton of traffic. The bathroom is adjacent to the patio area. You may get a sniff of someone’s turkey leg from last night being digested.
Anyway, the service was great as well. I would definitely come back here, not because of the smells but because it makes everybody happy… and that’s what Disney is all about right?
Review ended here.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent sandwiches, good service. I enjoyed my Turkey sandwich, she liked the salad and we shared fried pickles spears
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
To put it bluntly, this is not a restaurant worth the wait for. It has a nice-cute aesthetic. Though the food was nice to look at, the taste and textures were a big no. Not only do the flavors not stand out, but neither do the prices or service at this location. We all sent our dishes back due to them being undercooked or cold. Second time around the food came back warm and cooked better. Not much to say about carnation cafe.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Very disappointed with my entire experience today! I will never come here again!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
We kind like this place at first the food is good the service is ok. But you better bring your “WINTER COAT “, it’s extremely cold and very uncomfortable to eat there its pretty bad when your gets cold before you get a chance to eat it.
The worst part is when you ask if they can turn down the air conditioning they come up with they can’t because it’s controlled in Disneyland Florida. ( REALLY)!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 2
I had a very poor experience. The masala dosa I ordered tasted terrible and was not up to even basic standards. A simple roadside dosa would have been much better.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Restaurantji Recommends
After my 3rd visit in the last few months, the service is always good, but the food isn't that good, the cheese burger was horrible.
UPDATE 1/5/26 Food is still trash, use to be good but that was 20 years ago, place take years to seat you still,reservation is at 2pm they're sit you at 2:30, plus make you pointlessly check in twice ,place use to so good.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Of all the table service restaurants on property, this might be my favorite. The staff have always been welcoming, even when the restaurant seems chaotically busy. The food is consistently good. We haven't had a bad meal and we've frequented several times. Even with menu changes, the new dishes are always as tasty as previous favorites. Reservations are highly recommended and if you come during a parade time, be kind to the staff at the host stand and don't expect to get seated with a parade view.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Pickles with Dipping Sauce, Baked Potato Soup, Braised Short Rib
This is the best Value sit down and dine restaurant at Disneyland. The food here is good and generally has the American Diner staples at reasonable prices. Walt’s Chilli is always my go to starter but the fried pickles are awesome also.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We’ve been fans of Carnation Cafe for years at this point, mostly for the food. The front desk has always been disorganized and they have never sat us on time. You have to wait at least 10 minute past your reservation time to be seated. We’ve overlooked that as the food and service have been solid. Unfortunately, our server today was not friendly. We sat out our table for 10 minutes before he even came by to take our order. Additionally, our food came out cold. There were runners running food out to tables but perhaps the runner just can’t keep up. We didn’t complain as we were really hungry. This place needs an overhaul desperately. It has such great potential.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Ordered veggie burger, wedge salad and fried pickles. The pickles were quite oily. The veggie burger was quite tasteless, very underwhelming patty and the Brussels sprouts on them seemed quite hard and raw. The fries were however good. The wedge salad was dripping in the dressing nothing like some of the better ones we have had.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 4
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