Disneyland Tiana’s Palace Review

Tiana’s Palace is a Princess and the Frog themed eatery is located in the New Orleans Square section of Disneyland. In this post we’ll review some of the menu items, including some new ones that were recently added, and help you decide if it’s worth a visit.

Before we get into the food lets take a look at the restaurant itself. The riverboat smokestacks from the Princess and the Frog movie version of Tiana’s Palace were added to the top of the building the restaurant is located in. Some nice string lighting hangs from the building and over the dining area. It’s worth mentioning that Tiana’s Palace does not take up the entire building its housed in and there is no indoor seating. Most of the building is occupied by Club 33 and shops. Jazz posters adorn the walls in the seating area.

Along the edge of the seating area there’s a bandstand where you can occasionally catch a performance by the long running Jambalaya Jazz Band. If you’re going to eat here I recommend planning your lunch around the time they will be performing. Listening to some jazz while eating is an absolute delight. Sometimes Tiana will show up to sing along. The inside of Tiana’s Palace has some nice colors and those pretty flower lighting fixtures evoke the look of Tiana’s classic dress. The blue lighting is an interesting choice since it gives the food a slightly unappetizing shade of color, but this is a minor nit-pick Here’s another look at the iron and lighting details. The restaurant doesn’t exactly match what’s in the movie, but it’s close enough and gives them the same feeling.

Some nice props and decor.

The menu board and recipe cards.

A picture of Tiana and her dad near the restaurant’s entrance. There’s no indoor seating available but there is a large outdoor patio. Seating can be hard to come by on busy days.

Tiana’s Palace signage facing the main walkway near the entrance.

Tiana’s Palace has a dedicated mobile order pick up window located to the left of the restaurant’s main entrance.

On to the food, but before I get started I need to say something. Anaheim, California is not New Orleans, Louisiana, and theme park fast food is not the same as in restaurants by locals that have been open for decades. Way too many people have been arguing over whether Tiana’s Palace food is authentic or not. That’s not for us to decide but we’ll say this. We review food on this website in a theme park bubble. When we talk about a $13 quick service Disneyland hamburger, we know you can go across the street to McDonalds and get something similar for a cheaper price. The majority of Disneyland visitors are not going to leave the park to do that. With all that said, we will review the food at Tiana’s only based on if it’s good or not.Here’s the House Gumbo. You may be asking why this picture is of this entree served in a plastic container. The reason is because when you place a mobile order your entire order will come in to-go packaging. Plastic containers, plastic bag, and plastic utensils. When you wait in the stand-by line and order in person your order will be served on regular plates with regular utensils.

Anyway, the gumbo is heavenly. It’s one of the better quick service entree in Disneyland. It’s served in three varieties, House Gumbo with Braised Chicken, Andouille Sausage and Heirloom Rice ($17.49), 7 Greens Gumbo with Chicken & Andouille Sausage with White Beans, Okra, Yams, Sweet Potatoes and Heirloom Rice ($17.49), and the vegetarian 7 Greens Gumbo ($14.99). Tiana’s gumbo is hearty, filling, and packed full of flavor.

I noticed the gumbo is prepared assembly line style, where the base is added, then the rice, meats, and so on. All the ingredients are not simmered together, but instead cooked separately. This is because of the different varieties and the vegetarian options. In my opinion this doesn’t effect the final outcome and it’s still a fantastic dish.

The Cajun Spiced Half Chicken is on the pricy side at $19.99, but for that price you get a filling meal that tastes great. The chicken itself is moist and tender while the cajun spiced rub is flavorful and a unique taste when it comes to Disneyland quick service meals. You also get baked macaroni and cheese and coleslaw on the side.

The Andouille Sausage Po’Boy includes roasted andouille sausage, lettuce, tomatoes, mayonnaise and rémoulade sauce on toasted New Orleans French Bread, and is served with collard greens and house-made pickles for $16.99.

It’s hard to beat a giant sausage every now and then. The sausage itself has a nice snap to it when biting in. The sausage also had a nice kick too it, but it wasn’t too spicy. I found the bread to be a tad stale, which happens every now and then with Disneyland quick service entrees.

Wash everything down with a staple of Disneyland quick service restaurant. That of course would be an ultra sweet beverage. Tiana Punch is made up of Hi-C fruit punch, Sprite, raspberry syrup and macerated berries for $7.29. The fruit punch and Sprite go well together but it’s a total sugar bomb.

Available as a side are individual pieces of Buttermilk Cornbread for $3.99. These are good and dense pieces of cornbread that are cooked individually in the tins. Very tasty.

For dessert there’s the Classic Beignets for $6.49, which are dusted with powdered sugar and topped with honey drizzle. These were light and fluffy, and are perfectly fine beignets. However the beignets at the neighboring Mint Julep Bar are much better and more fresh.

Overall Tiana’s Palace has some great items that are a bit on the pricier side, but the taste and quality of ingredients make them worth it compared to other similarly priced quick service restaurants in Disneyland. Hopefully Disney keeps the quality consistent for years to come. They have a tendency to let quick service menus slide over time. Not so long ago, this location’s previous tenant, French Market, was one of Disneyland’s best restaurants, but it slowly descended into mediocrity in the last few years before it closed.

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