Review: Disneyland’s Beauty and the Beast-themed Red Rose Taverne

Red Rose Taverne is a quick service restaurant located in Fantasyland in Disneyland. We’ve reviewed this Beauty and the Beast-themed eatery a few times over the years but it yet again received several menu updates so it’s time to take a fresh look. In the last year, 84% of TouringPlans readers give Red Rose Taverne a thumbs up rating, which gives ranks it as one of the lowest dining locations in the park. Is it that bad? Keep reading to find out.

First up is the Taverne Cheeseburger for $15.99. It’s topped with grilled onions, american cheese, house-made burger sauce and pickles, and comes with Cuties mandarin oranges or taverne potato bites. This is a pretty standard theme park burger, except this time it’s topped with a sauce similar to Thousand Island dressing. You also get two patties of meat here, or you can pay an extra $2.49 to get another patty and some bacon.

The Chicken Cordon Bleu sandwich is topped with prosciutto, white american cheese, spinach and spicy dijon mayo​, and served with Cuties mandarin oranges or potato bites for $15.29. This item is the embodiment of bad theme park food. Dry and flavorless chicken, rubber cheese, and expensive. Avoid this and eat anything else in the park.

The Taverne Chopped Salad includes chopped romaine with mixed greens, capocollo, rosemary ham, muenster, olive tapenade and crouton crumble with creamy italian dressing for $11.49. Disneyland Resort has really stepped up the quality of their quick service salads in recent years. The Taverne Chopped Salad is tasty, fresh, and most importantly actually filling. It’s also one of the cheaper dining options in the park.

Red Rose’s menu always has a variety of flatbreads on the menu. Usually there’s cheese or pepperoni flatbreads for $10.49, as well as a seasonal option that changes regularly. My one complaint is that the flatbreads are flimsy every time I’ve gotten them. In terms of pizza, this is much better than the pies served over at Alien Pizza Planet.

Served exclusively during dinner hours (which is after 4 PM) is the Fantasyland Faire Fold. There’s a burger option for $14.49 filled with ground beef, hash browns, white cheese sauce, and burger sauce. Pictured here is the chicken fold for $13.99. The chicken fold includes chicken, hash browns, cheese, white cheese sauce, and pickle aioli. They’re called folds because all the ingredients are folded and pressed into a tortilla. If you’ve ever had a Crunch Wrap at Taco Bell you know what to expect here. They’re both good and filling, but I’d recommend the burger fold over the chicken one.

The Little Town Harvest Bowl is a plant-based option on the menu. It includes quinoa, roasted mushrooms and cauliflower, arugula, tomato, taverne potato bites and is topped with spicy lime aïoli for $9.99. It doesn’t look like much but you do good serving of fresh vegetables in the Harvest Bowl.

For dessert, there’s the Grey Stuff for $6.79. I was expecting this to be sickeningly sweet, but was pleasantly surprised to find it smooth, not too sweet, and overall very tasty. The cookies and cream-flavored frosting compliments the red velvet cake inside and I especially enjoyed the drop of raspberry filling. Overall a great dessert.

A look inside the Grey Stuff.

Seasonal Grey Stuff versions come and go throughout the year, such as a this spooky Halloween variation or “Spring Stuff” around Easter.

Before I wrap this up let’s take a look around the restaurant.

Lumière and Cogsworth wood carvings at the entrance of the restaurant.

Mrs. Potts makes an appearance.

Indoor and outdoor seating is available.

Gaston, antlers, you know the drill.

Back when this location was known as Pinocchio Village Haus, the famous off-center exit sign was being pulled Figaro. The Beauty and the Beast update swapped out Figaro for the footrest.
The ordering and food pick up area has always given me major Epcot vibes.

The outside of Red Rose Taverne matches the European village aesthetic from both the rest of Fantasyland and the film as well.

Red Rose Taverne has a disappointing menu with no standout items that make it worth spending your hard earned money on. It’s mostly made up of standard theme park fare. For better food at roughly the same price, make the short walk to Docking Bay 7 in Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge, or Tiana’s Palace in New Orleans Square.

Have you eaten at Red Rose Taverne recently? Are we being too hard on it? Let us know in the comments.