Disney’s Animal Kingdom® Theme Park Dining

  • Rainforest Cafe

    Rainforest Cafe
    Have fun in the jungle.

  • Tiffins

    Tiffins
    Signature dining at Disney's Animal Kingdom.

  • Nomad Lounge

    Nomad Lounge
    Grab a seat on the veranda

  • Yak & Yeti

    Yak & Yeti

  • Yak & Yet table with a view

    Yak & Yet table with a view

  • Yak & Yeti's fascinating decor

    Yak & Yeti's fascinating decor


= Cara's Favorite

Tusker House

African-inspired breakfast, lunch, and dinner buffet with Donald and Friends.

One of Disney’s more interesting buffets, Tusker House offers a wide variety of healthy fare, an emphasis on whole grains, and many vegetarian choices, all with an African twist. Accompany your meal with a nice glass of South African wine and save room for the plethora of savory desserts served in tasting portions perfect for trying just a bit of everything. Better yet, Donald, Daisy, Mickey, and Goofy are on hand to spice up the atmosphere.

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Rainforest Cafe

Jungle-themed restaurant with American cuisine at the Entrance Plaza. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

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Tiffins

African, Asian, and Latin-inspired cuisine. Lunch and dinner.

Fine dining at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park. Tiffins sits at the entrance to Pandora: World of Avatar with a sophisticated menu. Also Nomad Lounge, a wonderful indoor-outdoor bar overlooking a peaceful waterway.

Inside are three dining areas: Trek Gallery with its Asian influences; Grand Gallery, the largest filled with carved wood poles and walls of folk art from indigenous artists from around the world; and Safari Gallery celebrating Eastern and Southern Africa. The restaurant’s artwork represents the various places Disney Imagineers visited on their quest to create the Animal Kingdom park, also reflected in the restaurant’s global and exotic menu.

A daily sustainable fish is prepared crispy fried in a light batter and served on coconut fried rice and a nice red curry sauce. Scattered atop the fish is a crispy green papaya salad. And know that the fish is served whole, an exciting presentation for sure. If you like a bit of a kick in your food, Tiffins shrimp and grits offers just that—plump, peri-peri-spiced shrimp atop African-style mealie pap (think polenta) dotted with roasted corn and made rich with goat cheese. But I do love the butter chicken, the classic Indian dish, served with a contemporary flair accompanied by a delicious chickpea-rice croquette. And if it’s a great burger you are hankering for, the one here is outstanding. It is thick and juicy, topped with aged cheddar and a demi-glace served on a house-made Parker House-style roll and stamped with Tiffins signature logo.

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Yak and Yeti

Asian cuisine. Lunch and dinner.

Here is one restaurant I return to time and time again. What I love is reasonably-priced but quite delicious food and a fun atmosphere of dining in someone’s home filled with Southeast Asian trinkets and artwork.

Start with the wok-fried green beans, lightly battered and served with a Thai chili sauce for dipping. Or a pile of ahi tuna nachos where instead of corn chips are crispy fried wontons topped with sushi-grade tuna mixed in with Asian-spiced slaw and topped with wasabi aioli and a sweet soy glaze. Then my favorite entrée of chicken tikka masala made with chicken breast in a traditional Masala sauce with a kick of spice. The Korean Beef is another great choice, wok-fried beef with peppers, onions, pineapple, and Korean BBQ sauce. Really, any entrée options are pleasers, so just choose whatever looks good to you and enjoy.

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