List of Disney World meals and snacks that are big enough to share

Disney World food can be expensive. You can look at those menus and second guess your decision to eat at this restaurant or that snack cart. One solution is to share food! I’ve gathered a list of meals and snacks that can be shared with someone else.

With the dining plan suspended and the cost of food increasing, it can be daunting to plan what meals you want to eat while on vacation. Disney food just seems to cost more than it does at home.

If you are anything like me, I stress the most over the food budget. Resort, tickets, and transportation costs are all known well in advance. But, food costs are unpredictable because there are so many variables. Will you book a last-minute character meal the day before you go? Does your family like to go all “YOLO” while on vacation? My husband does, and it can be hard to predict what to prepare for.

But, with a little prep work you can have a pretty good idea of what the menus at Disney World restaurants offer and if your family will share any meals. This is particularly helpful for families with young children or big families.

Table Service Restaurants

Any table service meal that is not prix fixe (total fixed price for each person) or family-style (several food items all come out on one platter) can essentially be shared. If you are looking to save quite a bit of money but still want to eat a variety of food, reserving table-service restaurants that have individually-priced entrees is a great way to do that.

To help, I’ve broken down each restaurant at the theme parks and resorts where you cannot share entrees along with a few options in which you can share.

Magic Kingdom

Shrimp fettuccine Alfredo at Tony’s Town Square

Be Our Guest and Cinderella’s Royal Table are both prix fixe. Liberty Tree Tavern and The Crystal Palace are served family-style. You will pay a set price for each person at all of these restaurants. Food can still be shared, but you will still pay for each person.

Alternatively, Skipper Canteen, The Plaza, and Tony’s Town Square Restaurant allow Guests to share meals. I recommend sharing the chicken parmesan at Tony’s. That portion is huge! Smaller kids could easily share a plate of spaghetti and meatballs!

EPCOT

Garden Grill and Biergarten meals are family style so everyone in your party is charged regardless of what they eat. Do note that Chefs de France does have a prix fixe meal option, but individual entrees can also be ordered.

Beyond those restaurants, however, the possibilities are endless! There are so many amazing restaurants in the World Showcase. Le Cellier and San Angel Inn would be great options to share entrees. Via Napoli has large portions of pizza and would be a great option for a family to fill up!

I do want to say that the Candlelight Processional package pricing is based per person and offers advanced seating so you would not be able to share entrees at the restaurants you can normally share meals at during other times of the year.

Hopefully we will see Candlelight Processional return for 2021!

Hollywood Studios

Hollywood and Vine at Disney’s Hollywood Studios offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner, but they are all prix fixe.

If you are looking to share a meal at a table-service restaurant, I recommend 50’s Prime Time Cafe! Entrees like A Sampling of Mom’s Favorite Recipes include several meats and sides. The fried chicken entree also has several pieces of chicken so it can be shared as well. Don’t forget the milkshake!

Animal Kingdom

Tiffins, Yak and Yeti, and Rainforest Cafe are the only table-service restaurants currently open at Animal Kingdom. And fortunately for you, the entrees at each restaurant can be shared.

There is a ribs, steak, and shrimp platter at Rainforest Cafe that would satisfy a few people in your group. You can also add enhancements, like shrimp or ribs, to any entree to “beef” it up a bit.

Resorts and Disney Springs

There are endless restaurants at the resorts and in Disney Springs, and it would be impossible for me to rattle them all off to you. Most notably, Chef Mickey’s at Disney’s Contemporary Resort and Topolino’s Terrace at Disney’s Riviera Resort are both character breakfast meals where everyone is charged the same price regardless of what they order.

Trattoria al Forno at Disney’s Boardwalk offers larger portions of food for dinner that could be shared. Two children could easily split the lasagna skillet.

Fried chicken at Chef Art Smith’s Homecomin’

I do want to share a favorite restaurant of mine at Disney Springs. I’ve eaten at Chef Art’s Homecomin’ a few times and have enjoyed each experience. The adult portions are so huge that I have eaten off the children’s menu so I wouldn’t waste any food. The entrees at Chef Art’s could easily be shared.

Sharing entrees allows you to sample more of the menu offerings like appetizers and desserts!

Quick Service Restaurants

You can share food at any quick-service restaurant. It does get a bit tricky though because the portions at quick-service restaurants are a bit smaller than table-service locations.

Adults can order off the kids menu, and children can order off the adults menu. If you have two younger kids, you could order one adult entree and split it in half. With mobile ordering, it’s easier than ever to order food.