REVIEW: Satu’li Canteen Breakfast is Beautiful and Tasty Too
It’s been a few years, but Satu’li Canteen is once again open for breakfast in the Animal Kingdom. Our parks team stopped by to try it out and see if the food was worthy of Satu’li’s stellar reputation. Spoiler alert: that’s a big yes!
You’ll find Satu’li Canteen in the back corner of Pandora, across from Flight of Passage and sandwiched between WindTraders and the path to Africa. Both indoor and outdoor seating are available, and at breakfast time you shouldn’t have too much trouble finding a table.
The restaurant is open for Early Entry and usually serves breakfast until about 10 am. (The exact end time for breakfast may vary with the park’s hours of operation.) A full sit-down might be more than you want to spend time on during Early Entry. But if you’ve ridden Flight of Passage and Na’vi River Journey, it can be a nice place to take a breakfast break before heading off to the rest of the park. Our reviews of individual dishes are below; you can see the full menu including current prices here. Breakfast entrees range from about $12-15.
Satu’li Canteen Breakfast Dish Reviews
Slow-roasted Pork Shoulder Potato Hash
—with Chorizo Sausage and Charred Onion Sauce
This was a terrific blend of smoky, bright flavors. The chorizo was on the spicy side, but not too much unless you are the wimpiest of spice wimps. (Which some of us are, so that is not a judgment.) The charred onion sauce is savory, with a bit of sweetness, and the char going perfectly with the other smoky notes. If you are a light eater, you’ll find this is plenty to share.
Cinnamon French Toast
—with Blueberry Cream Cheese, Passion Fruit Anglaise, and Sausage
Bless the chef that has allowed us to eat a loaf of cinnamon bread and call it “breakfast”! Other items on this menu are more savory than many other breakfast dishes available in the park, so if you have someone who is jonesing for a cinnamon roll or pastry, steer them straight to this. It is a wonderful, indulgent plate of cinnamon sugar joy, and the blueberry cream cheese and passionfruit anglaise are bonkers yummy.
A secret weapon for smaller appetites: the kids’ menu version of this dish is the same, with a single piece of French toast instead of two. You also get a drink and it costs a few dollars less. Also good as a one-for-the-table if you have a big group that just wants to taste alongside savory options for individual meals.
Frittata and Beef
—Vegetable-Goat Cheese Frittata with Wood-fired Beef tossed in Chimichurri
OK, straight up, we think you need the Cinnamon French Toast but we also think you need this. You’re going to walk it all off anyway, right? The beef is the same as you’ll find in the bowls on the lunch menu, and it’s wonderful. But the frittata with the vegetables and goat cheese is what makes this a standout that you won’t find just everywhere else. (Or maybe even anywhere else.) This whole dish is excellent, and if you prefer a protein-focused breakfast then this is your ticket.
Tropical Pandoran Forest Fruits
—with Fresh Yogurt, Muesli, and Honey
It’s hearty and sweet and you’ll feel healthy as you watch your family devour their cinnamon french toast. We propose you share this and the toast so you get a bite of each. The Muesli is excellent. For sure this is worth the money for the quality and size, even though it reads like a “lighter breakfast option.”
Closing Thoughts
Animal Kingdom is blessed with an abundance of great dining, and for Quick Service Satu’li Canteen might just be the crown jewel. It’s currently the only option in the Animal Kingdom for Mobile Order at breakfast, and that might be a deciding factor depending on how crowded the park is during your visit. But Satu’li’s breakfast is also unique because it doesn’t feature handheld foods that you can easily walk with; you’re going to want to sit while you eat. If you can’t wait to eat until crowds have started to build, it may be a better strategic decision to save a stop at Satu’li Canteen for lunch.
Have you stopped by Satu’li Canteen for breakfast? What did you think? Let us know in the comments!
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Hey Jennifer, thanks for the reply. I thought your Closing Thoughts was a solid value-add, too, thanks!
And lack of prices here isn’t nearly as bad as Bricker not dating his articles. I disagree with your choice here, but at least you’re not actively trying to fool people into thinking old information is current.
I agree that Bricker’s undated articles make me a little nuts, but from this side of the aisle I can have some sympathy for how difficult it is to keep a large stable of articles updated on relatively few resources. Sometimes you have to make tough choices.
I really did appreciate your earlier comment and after some thought I’ve gone back and added a bit after the menu link with the range of entree prices. It won’t go stale as fast as individual prices would, and it will serve the purpose of letting people get a ballpark. I hope you find that helpful.
I don’t know if linking the menu with prices instead of listing the prices in this blog post is an attempt to avoid having outdated information here in the future when the prices increase, but I, for one, would really appreciate listing the prices in the reviews. I start imagining TP bloggers who are all rich or don’t really care about prices when shopping on the company dime.
That is a good tip about the kids meal, though! (But again, please just say it’s $5 cheaper instead of a “few”!)
Hi hizouse, appreciate the comment. Have you ever heard the saying that a good compromise leaves nobody happy? Unfortunately, for every person who thinks like you, there is one who will be bent about our accuracy if the prices in the article don’t match what’s in MDE. We do include prices in Table Service reviews because the range is so wide that it makes a big difference to know up front, but Quick Service is generally a pretty tight range from location to location so yes, we link the menu to help keep the article from becoming stale. Sorry if that means an extra click for you, but I can assure you that everyone who buys food and reviews it – whether on their own dime or the company’s – is very conscious of price.