Grand Floridian Cafe is scheduled to reopen Monday at Walt Disney World Resort, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner again after closing in July for an extensive refurbishment. The restaurant inside Disney's flagship resort is bringing back familiar comfort food alongside new additions, including a $19 club sandwich, a $21 Cobb salad and a $12 order of plant-based fried green tomatoes.
The cafe has been closed since July for the refresh, according to wdwnt.com, which reported the restaurant finally reopens for breakfast, lunch and dinner service tomorrow, Monday, November 2. During the closure, Grand Floridian Cafe's brunch service was temporarily shifted over to Cítricos, the outlet noted. Disney's own dining page describes the restaurant as open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, serving classic American cuisine.
Travel blog Disney Tourist Blog frames the reopening as a milestone for the broader Grand Floridian makeover, noting the cafe is the final major component of the resort's reimagining project, which began in 2019 and is scheduled to wrap up in 2027, to reopen. The outlet also reports the Garden View Lounge reopened this spring after a six-year closure, and that reservations for Grand Floridian Cafe opened last month for dates beginning Monday, with availability stretching through New Year's Eve, including opening day itself.
What the New Menu Looks Like
The refreshed lineup leans on hearty classics with a few upscale twists. The Club, at $19, comes stacked with house-roasted turkey, carved ham, bacon, herbed cheese spread, crispy onions and tomato focaccia alongside steak fries, per wdwnt.com. The Cobb Salad, priced at $21, includes romaine, turkey, bacon, avocado, tomato, egg, blue cheese and Cobb dressing, while the plant-based Fried Green Tomatoes run $12 and arrive with remoulade sauce.
Dessert gets a new entry too: an Apple Butter Cinnamon Roll for $8, topped with cinnamon-caramel crumb, the same report notes. Disney Tourist Blog's rundown adds further detail, describing a menu structure of four appetizers and six entrees, plus a salads section with seven listed options that the outlet characterizes as three distinct salads — Cobb, heirloom apple and Caesar. That same account lists buttermilk-fried chicken served with waffle and hot honey for breakfast and lunch at $27, and a dinner version with mashed potatoes and warmed bacon vinaigrette at $31.
Pricing on a few items appears to be in flux. The WDW Expert reports that the steak-and-eggs listing, featuring a 10-ounce New York strip with cheesy hash brown casserole, saw its price move from $27 to $28. The same outlet lists a Grand Floridian Cafe Signature Burger at $27, built around a seven-ounce patty with Brie, bacon-pepper jam, roasted garlic aioli, arugula and a brioche bun, along with a $32 miso-glazed salmon entree served with lemon-scented sticky rice, haricot verts and ginger-soy vinaigrette. New desserts on that list include orange creme brulee, a seasonal fruit cobbler and a key lime meringue dome.
For dinner, The WDW Expert's menu comparison also lists a $28 salmon power bowl, the $31 buttermilk-fried chicken and a $42 grilled New York strip. On the kids' side, the outlet notes updated brunch selections adding apples, green beans, rice, macaroni and cheese, and salad.
Inside the Redesigned Dining Room
Visually, the cafe keeps its bones but swaps in a lighter palette. Photos shared via blogmickey.com show pale green latticework extending overhead and along the room dividers, paired with white columns, brass-framed shelves holding blue-and-white porcelain, floral banquettes, coral chairs and white-topped tables trimmed in gold. Disney Tourist Blog similarly describes the interior structure as largely unchanged, with the real updates coming through replacement carpeting, tables, chairs and bench upholstery, wallpaper removal, and some new light fixtures.
The refurbishment lasted more than three months, according to Disney Tourist Blog's account, which also notes its author expects to dine at the cafe the following weekend and recommends advance reservations given the restaurant's popularity and the potential for lengthy waits.
Service Hours and What to Know About Reservations
Disney Tourist Blog reports Grand Floridian Cafe will serve breakfast from 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., and dinner from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Guests booking a table should also note that Disney's official dining page discloses a reservation policy: a guest will automatically be charged a per-person fee for a no-show, with cancellation and modification policies outlined separately on the same page.
The cafe's return doesn't mean construction at the resort is finished. Renovations elsewhere at the property, including the covered entrance, are expected to continue through early 2027, according to blogmickey.com. Disney's dining page similarly notes guests may see or hear daytime construction work and may need to use alternate walking paths while renovations continue in select areas through early 2027. Disney Tourist Blog adds that the Grand Floridian porte cochere and monorail station have had walls and scaffolding up for several months, and that the nearby Floridian Way project, which includes road rerouting and expansion and has already opened much of its new road and roundabouts, isn't expected to finish until late 2027.
