Disneyland Jolly Holiday Bakery Review

Jolly Holiday Bakery is a quick service restaurant located in Disneyland in Anaheim, California. This Mary Poppins themed bakery offers up pastries, sandwiches, an assortment of coffee drinks, and some wonderful seasonal items throughout the year. Jolly Holiday is one of the highest rated quick service restaurant in Disneyland with TouringPlans.com and Unofficial Guide to Disneyland readers with a rating of 97% thumbs up rating. Today we’ll take a look at some of its menu items.

If you’re headed up Main Street towards Sleeping Beauty Castle, Jolly Holiday Bakery will be on your left hand side, just to the left of the entrance to Adventureland. You’re greeted by this pretty archway topped off with one of the film’s famous penguins.
There’s no indoor seating at Jolly Holiday, but there are two large outdoor patios. The restaurant is located in the highest trafficked area of the park so seating can be hard to come by during peak dining hours. The highlight of Jolly Holiday’s menu for many people is the Jolly Holiday Combo. For $14.49 you get a toasted cheese sandwich and a cup of tomato basil soup. This entree is perfect comfort food that’s simple but perfectly executed. The tomato soup is creamy and rich, and the toasted cheese sandwich is gloriously gooey. If you don’t want the soup you can get just the toasted cheese sandwich for $8.99. The Jolly Holiday Combo is especially good on chilly nights later in the year, or on a rare rainy day in Southern California.

Another highlight I have to bring up is the Matterhorn Macaroon, which is my personal favorite Disneyland treat. This is a coconut macaroon, dipped in white chocolate, and sprinkled with confectioner’s sugar to recreate the look of the park’s famous ice capped mountain. It’s a delicious as it is photogenic. This treat has gone up significantly in price over the last few years. It started out around $2 and is now $8.29.

The Beef Birria Toasted Cheese ($15.49) includes pepper hack, onion, cilantro and salsa verde on sourdough bread and served with consomé for dipping. The beef birria is rich and savory and has a slight kick to it. It’s a greasy mess but it’s also darn good.

Jolly Holiday receives a ton of special seasonal items for major and minor holidays, as well as whatever event the park is promoting. These are usually very good quality and photogenic. Pictured above is the Mickey Pumpkin Macaron which is available during the Halloween season. How cute is that?Here’s the Turkey on Ciabatta. This sandwich is tasty and substantial with a generous helping of thick sliced turkey and mustard aioli. At $11.49 it’s another decent value relative to other Disneyland quick service items.

The turkey sandwich is served with house-made chips. They’re crunchy, salty, and very satisfying.

I’m all for complex and inventive desserts, but sometimes something as simple as a slab of peanut butter on top of a brownie is just as delightful. The Peanut Butter Brownie Slice ($7.99) is topped with peanut butter mousse, melted peanut butter and chocolate.

We didn’t cover the variety of coffee drinks or other baked goods available, but you get the idea. I have to assume Jolly Holiday is as highly rated as it is because of it’s central location in Disneyland. Everyone walking up Main Street after entering the park will undoubtedly see the restaurant, so therefore more people will eat there. More than, for example, Docking Bay 7 in Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge which has a much more diverse and better quality menu. With all that said, Jolly Holiday is a great place for pastries, baked goods, and sandwiches.

What’s your favorite item at Jolly Holiday Bakery? Does it deserve to have one of the highest ratings in Disneyland? Let us know in the comments.