Disney’s popular Be Our Guest menu has changed. Here’s what’s new with the 3-course Prix Fixe Dinner!
When Be Our Guest opened in 2012 it was unlike anything else. The restaurant was unique in offering Counter Service by day for breakfast and lunch, but Table Service dining each evening. Additionally Be Our Guest was the first restaurant in Magic Kingdom to serve beer and wine.
Today, it remains one of the rare restaurants where Advance Dining Reservations are available for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
While guests can still enjoy a la carte Counter Service for lunch during the day, the biggest change to Be Our Guest’s menu involves its new “Prix Fixe” Dinner.
Before, the Table Service Dinner options were done via classic-style menus. Guests could skip over appetizers and focus on entrées, or vice-versa. You might even sit down for just some dessert at the end of the evening, and still gain access to the Beast’s castle and all its magic!
Guests simply exchanged a single Table Service Credit on their Disney Dining Plan, or paid out of pocket.
However, recently Be Our Guest switched exclusively to a 3-course final meal known as the Prix Fixe Dinner.
You may have already heard some frustration attached to this change when it comes to the cost. Because the Prix Fixe Dinner is considered to be a “Signature” experience, it now requires two Table Service Credits instead of just one.
(Pro-tip! Tables in Wonderland cardholders have access to a 20% discount, and Annual Passholders get a 10% discount!)
The out-of-pocket price seems to be a better option. Arguably both are if you’re hungry enough to get your money’s worth! Set at $35 per child (9 and under) and $55 for adults, a quick summary of the lusciously updated menu reveals how diners are really getting the better deal.
A Taste of the Menu
Walt Disney World’s explanation for going prix fixe was to “enhance” the menu with “exquisite, delicious cuisine” and an “experience that will make you feel like royalty”.
So far critics give the change their approval after experiencing the elevated tastes within the already enriched castle atmosphere.
(For some of our favorite reviews and insights click here and here!)
Dinner begins with a house-made Sourdough Loaf accompanied by butter sprinkled with coarse salt. Guests then have their choice of an appetizer and entrée, but dessert is pretty much the same for everyone.
Choose an appetizer from several new and old French-inspired favorites. In addition to the infamous Onion Soup, you will now find a Maine Lobster Bisque and Charred Octopus.
Kids can choose either an Iceberg Wedge Salad or a Fruit and Cheese Plate.
All-new and improved entrées include a Grilled Center-Cut Filet Mignon, Smoked Ricotta and Corn Tortellini, Poulet Rouge Chicken, Saffron-Infused Seafood Bouillabaisse, Spice-Dusted Lamb Chops, and Roasted Pork Tenderloin.
Be Our Guest’s most kid-approved entrée is “Beast’s Casserole”, aka house-made Mac & Cheese. There’s also a Pan-seared Chicken Breast or Seared Shrimp Skewer.
3-Course Dessert? Yes, Please!
Saving room for dessert is a must! Even if you’re too full to finish, the consensus is in that this finale is one of Disney’s most Instagram-worthy treats to date!
The “Dessert Trio” features an Almond Macaron with Lemon Jam and Raspberries and a Dark Chocolate Truffle filled with Dark Chocolate Grand Marnier Ganache.
But the best part has to be the White Chocolate “Chip” Cup: a white chocolate replica of the real Chip from Beauty and the Beast! (And he’s full of Oreo “Grey Stuff” and Crisp Pearls!)
Mini fans will love the kid-size version of the Dessert Trio! It has a special twist: little pools of blue, yellow, and red icing and a small paintbrush. Your budding artists get the chance to “paint” Chip and create his face!
To learn more about the updated Be Our Guest menu, click here.
