During my most recent trip to the Orlando area, I stayed in the Universal Orlando area with a larger group of people for most of the time. Most of this group do not frequent the Walt Disney World property as often as I. For their arrival night, we dined at Raglan Road at their request.  Our trip involved staying in a suite on Universal Orlando property that sleeps nine.  After several nights of Halloween Horror Nights, they asked about visiting Disney Springs again. Since I have developed a reputation for being able to get advance dining reservations at both major Orlando area theme parks, I worked on it.  Of course, with the incredible assistance of MouseDining. I eventually booked a lunch reservation at The Boathouse.

Until this day, I had never visited The Boathouse at lunchtime. I had been here numerous times before but not at lunch. The menu varies a bit at lunch time though. Still, the solid seafood and steak options you would expect here reside on the lunch menu. My dining companions ordered oysters, steak, and lobster. Though those are great at The Boathouse, I wanted something less extravagant for lunch since I had several other food reviews to do later that day. I settled on the Grilled Fresh Mahi Sandwich.

Mahi functions as a common element at The Boathouse. For example, guests may also purchase mahi tacos which they did call to me, but I have enjoyed those before. The main reason I selected the sandwich involved testing out the value of it since tacos do not come a true side dish. Whereas the sandwich comes with fries. I pondered upgrading making them truffle fries but opted for a more economical lunch item. The Grilled Fresh Mahi Sandwich costs $24.50. The various components of this sandwich sound basic with one exception, the tartar sauce.  Your sandwich comes with lettuce, tomato, chipotle tartar sauce served with fresh cut fries.

Even as a food blogger, I cannot determine where to start with this sandwich. The short review would be that this is arguably the best fish sandwich I have ever had. In fairness, I usually opt for fish tacos over fish sandwiches. In fact, I ordered fish tacos at our local Mexican place last night. Still, I ordered a fish sandwich at a table service place at Universal Orlando the next evening. Though the one at Universal Orlando cost far less, the quality fell to less than half of The Boathouse version. Maybe I am not the world’s foremost expert in terms of fish sandwiches. However, even a a week or so later, I would rank this one as the best I have consumed. If you know of a better one on Walt Disney World property, feel free to leave a comment or comment to me on twitter @pastorjonself.

For this sandwich, even the bun came well prepared. In fairness, the fish might have been a bit undercooked, but it still tasted great. The fish was soft and incredibly tender. The chipotle tartar sauce only adds to the overall experience. Personally, I prefer a little more kick with my chipotle. Yet, this spice level should enhance most people’s selection of this sandwich. Every bite of this sandwich features a solid flavor. If you enjoy lightly fried high-quality fish, this sandwich deserves a shot in your Walt Disney World dining rotation. Also, the fries portion size surpasses standard table service size as usual at The Boathouse.

On the less positive side with this entrée, there existed a few concerns when I ordered this. One, the price point feels a bit high despite the high quality. Two, some guests will dislike the tartar sauce due to the messiness factor. Three, the fries on this day feel below normal standard here. Remember, I said best fish sandwich, not best fries.

Overall, this sandwich makes an outstanding lighter style lunch. This entrée did not preclude me from reviewing two other table service places in the Orlando area that same day. The Boathouse continues to offer some of the most consistently good food at Walt Disney World. No wonder, it ranks as one of the top searched for advance dining reservation via MouseDining. As always, eat like you mean it!